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BEAT THE SOLDIERS
\. VI. C. A.DETEATED oGLETHoRPH
LIGHT INFANTRY TO A.
WAS AN UNEXPECTED VICTORY
uur CAME HARD FOUGHT FROM
BEGINNING TO END.

.,ousIy-Both Pitchers Played
Good ball and the Game won only
NV the Hardest Playing on the
nut of the winning Team-How
40 Came Was Won and Lost.
victory again perched on the ban
.s If the Y. M. C. A. baseball team
yesterday Afternoon in the match with
the Oglethorpe's, but only after
.oodetand finish in the ninth inning,
ut brought to his feet every rooter
i, the grounds. In fact, the victory
,,,as so unexpected that it was all the
more welcome.
The game was an unusually hard
fought and exciting one. Also, it was
rlaved in a very short time, consider
ine the two delays made necessary
nv injuries to two of the players,
cumming of the Oglethorpes, who was
struck by Hobby in trying to steal
third. and King of the Y. M. c. AS,
who in stealing third on a slide-in,
struck his head on an iron ring, max
ing a cash in his forehead that bled
en- profusely he was unable to pitch
the lasting inning, Elton going into
the box in his stead.
The crowd that saw the game wasn't
a large one, nor did it show any great
enthusiasm until after the seventh in
ming. when the score of l to in favor
of the Y. NJ. C. AS was tied by
run for the other side scored by Cum
ming. After that there was roofing
a plenty until the Y. NJ. c. AS, in the
last half of the last inning, tied the
score of 4 and, with two men out, sent
in the fifth and winning run The final
score was 5 to in favor Of the Y. M.
C. AS, with still an out to spare.
Nell. the first man up for the Ogle-
thorpes. went out on a fly to Elton in
center field; Schreck hit safe over short,
but was caught trying to steal second;
Mcbride struck out. but beat drop
ped ball to first, and the side was re-
tired with Kelly out at first. For the
Y M. C. A., Hobby hit safe past Nell
and made a second before the ball was
felded; Harmon struck out; Hobby
scored on a passed ball by McAvoy; Ell
ton was out on fly to Kelly in left,
struck out.
With all-round clever work by both
teams no more runs were scored until
the seventh inning. Then Cumming
hit safe between second and short and
got to second; Sullivan struck out
McAvoy hit a grounder to short and
was out at first, and Cumming, who
had gone to third, scored on a passed
ball of Stark's. O'Connor made the
~ 49, al
ed to first. The Y. NJ. G. A. men went
out in one, two, three order, without
ever reaching first.
Encouraged by the tied score, the
Oglethorpes went to the bat in the fol-
lowing inning. the eighth, determined
to cinch the game right then and there,
and before they got through they look
ed as though they had done so. Clarke
hit safe between first and second Nell
followed with one in the same place;
Schreck hit a bounder over Kings
head, and the bases were filled, with
nobody out
Mcbride hit to Harmon, who fumbled
the ball, Mcbride being safe at first
Clark scoring and the other men NOV
ing up base; Nell scored on a passed
ball by Stark; Kelly went out on a
foul fly to third; Cumming was out on
a long fly to center that looked as
though it were good for two bases at
least, and Mcbride was caught at the
plate. Schreck had scored on Elton's
throw in. This made the score to
IN favor of the Oglethorpes, and their
friends were both confident that they
would win, and jubilant as we'll; but it
was another case of the slip 'twixt the
cup and the lip" Stark hit to third
Dase and got safely to first on FUN
Die; Hunt was out on a fly to Kelly;
HEIDI struck out; King hit safe past
nrst, and Stark, who had worked
around to third, scored. King, who was
injured at third, secured Stark to run
Ior MIN, and he was caught out at the
plate.
In the first half of the last inning the
oglethorpes went out one, two three
without even reaching first, and then
came the Y. M. c. AS fireworks. Har-
mon cracked one past first and got to
second Elton went to first on balls,
ufeW throw to second when he stole
IT, on which Harmon scored. Quillian
went out on fly to right, Riley struck
out, ana with only one man on bases
ana two out it looked like it was all up
with the association chaps, but Stark
put bounder over second baSeman on
Which he went to first and Elton
scored, Stark scoring on Hunts pretty
rap 10 center, and Hunt himself scoring
tHe winning run on a throw home that
got there too late.
both pitchers played good ball, CIV
ing rev bases on balls, one each, and
each striking. out eight men. Elton
struck 81, out one. The umpire was Mr.
Oharles Schley, whose decisions were
uniformly satisfactory.
The lineup and batting order was:
W; I. A Oglethorpes.
IIIIoOdy' h. Nell, 1b.
EIiallnon' 3D. Schreck 2b.
ION ION C. I. and p. Mcbride, SIS.
~ G,uilIllan s. s. Kelley, !. f.
rslley' %. Cumming. 3b.
Htdrk, c. Sullivan, c. {.
1Iunt' l. I. McAvoy, c.
1Isiut' r. I. O'Connor, p.
ming p. and C. f. Clark, r. f.
Saturday the Y. NJ. c. AS will cross
OATS with the Chatham Artillery. This
WIN he the first game between these
IN POLICE COURT.