Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-04-03
Wednesday, April 3, 1901
X. NJ. Nj. A. BOYS IN CHARLESTON.

X. NJ. M. A. BOYS IN CHARLESTON.
The News and Courier of Saturday
morning gives the following account of
the game of baseball between the K.
M. M. A. boys and the Charleston Col
lege team:
With the gift Of a single score to
make the visitors hopeful, the College
of Charleston defeated the King S
Mountain Military academy in the first
ball game of the season yesterday by
a score Of "a to l. In the eighth in
ming the soldier boys managed to hurl
one player over the rubber, and he
smashed the goose egg that had been
growing larger and larger ever since
the umpire gave the signal to get busy.
From the jump the Charleston team
lit on the neck of the Yorkville pitcher
and he was hammered without mercy.
After six innings or more he was taken
out for repairs and another twirler who
went to the box was handled in the
same rough fashion. Heavy hitting
by the locals was the feature and the
runners got around the bases in cake
walking style. The ball got a run for
it's money, and as fast as it was shot
over the plate it was sent steaming
back to the gardens and safe beyond
the reach Of the men anchored in the
fields. The visitors failed to connect
with the puzzling curves fired in by
Brouthers and they were rushed to the
bench as fast as they could make a
pass with the stick.
For an opening game the crowd was
large. 1t was a trifling bit cold at the
park, but the merry ha-ha Of the root
ers warmed things and the lady visit
ors remained to see the game dragged
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there was an army of black boys, who
had paced in the gates when the pay
ribbon was lifted, and they helped to
cheer. The rag-time element furnished
the burlesque end.
The visitors were clearly OutclasSed.
They were not as heavy as the locals
and the team work was not equal to
that Of Manager Shaffer's aggregation.
Slattery did excellent work behind the
bat and the men sent to the bases
held those points remarkably we'll.
The playing showed that the college is
better able to go up against the state
teams. and the record of the season
should be crowned with no end Of vic
tories. Brouthers has plenty of speed
and good control and what he did to
the Yorkvillians was more than
enough, as a chap in the bleacherS re-
marked. Fourteen men went to the
plate and sawed the breeze without
getting on to Brouther's delivery, and
the chopping was fast and warm. Nc
Claim sawed five Charleston batters.
The little fellow who played short
stop for the Kings Mountain acad-
emy was the smallest chap ever seen
in an intercollegiate contest in this
city. He was not much bigger than
the bat. but his clever work astoniSh-
ed the rooters and he was cheered
wildly. Once when the little man
went to the plate and lifted the stick
to his shoulder the rooters cheered.
Hold de game till de little man kin
grow" cried a black-face rooter.
list watch Casey at de bat," yelled
another.
"See de giant dodge Rusie's stunt"
was another crack.
The first ball sent over the plate by
Brouthers was wild. The game little
player winked and waited for another.
This time the ball came square over
the plate, then dropped quickly. The
batter saw the drop, however, and with
a mighty swing he lifted the stick,
caught the ball we'll and good and sent
it flying to the left field and beyond the
reach Of the Charleston players. 1t
was a clean single and one of the few
made during the afternoon by the
visitors. After that the short stop
was the feature and he never failed to
meet the call.
The Charleston team was composed
of the following players: Slattery,
Sparkman, Garnett, Brouthers, Hub
bard, Bull, Brawley, Jervey and Fur
man.
Yorkville-McClain w. Neil, DeGraf-
fenreid, N. Neil, Walker, Darby, Jack
son, Ruff and Phelps.
The little shortstop spoken of so
highly in the above account, is Cadet
Phelps. The X. M. M. A. boys played
the Citadel team Saturday afternoon
and were again defeated IL to 4. The
attendance was quite small on account
OF the disagreeable weather. Accord
ing to the programme when the ca
diets left, the last game of the series
was to have taken place yesterday
(Tuesday) afternoon, with the South
Carolina college team in Columbia.