The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-08-28
IN THIRD PLACE.
The Visitors Bunch Hits in the Sew
enth and Win a Close Game.

/ Columbia and Decatur pldyeu fSi1
evenly matched game Friday after
noon, but the visitors had all the luck
Pylant went in the box for the home
team, but was wild and Spencer re-
placed him in the box in the first m
nIng. The former had given two mer
bases on balls and the first of then
scored on foul fly. Spencer held De
catur down to two hits until the sew
enth, when they punched two single:
and two doubles and scored five runs
Spencer, Clapp and Palmer hit in the
third, scoring two. In the sixth, Smisel
hit safe, Motley walked, Merrill was safe
on an error, Womble hunted success
fully, scoring Smiser; Nollay vas forced
in by another free pass; Spencer hit
scoring Merrill: but the next three men
went out with the bases full. In the
fifth, Spencer hunted safely, stole
second and went to third on bad
throw; but poor base running by Fisher
allowed double play and prevented
score. Barnett, of Decatur, made three
hits in three times up. Spencer pitched
fine ball with the exception OF the fatal
seventh. and got three hits.
After Decatur took the lead in the
seventh, they began to delay the game
as much ~ they dared. At the end u
the eighth, darkness stopped the con-
test.
Score:
Decatur 100000 500 7 9
Columbia OO2O 1905 8
Huntsville, Aug. 22.-Lawler pitched
another winning game for the leaders
Score:
Huntsville ooo4soo *-7 s
Pulaski 5000 O011 o. 6 4
Batteries: Huntsville. Lawler and
Swain; Gilbert and Mcbride.
The crowd at Riverside Park saw the
best game played in the country Satur-
day. Collins did his best work, but
Matthews did as we'll and was little
more lucky. The fielding on both sides
was remarkable only one error beng
recorded and that did not figure in the
score. Unlike most pitchers battles,
tho contest was interesting from start to
finish. and. though we were beaten, ev-
erybody left the grounds feeling that he
had received more than his money g
worth.
The feature of the contest was Collins
work in the fifth inning. After Foster
had struck out and the bases were filled
with Alabamians, Barnett, perhaps the
safest hitter on the team, came to the
bat. Collins gave him three bad ones,
but steadied down and struck him out
with the next three When Mac Gam
BILE stepped to the plate and got the
same dose the spectators gave the heart
less cheers that have been heard this
wear. The soldier also did some sensa-
tiopal fielding, and his wonderful speed
in handling bunts cut OFT the runner In
the sixth, seventh and eighth.
The game was lost in the seventh, as
it was the day before. Fisher, Matthews
and Barnett hit in succession. and the
two former got three doubles, but their
five hits we're scattered through as
many innings.
Decatur 100000 % 6 0
Columbia 10000 000-0 8 |
Batteries, for Columbia, Collins and
Weaver; for Decatur, Matthews and
Fisher.
Struck out, by Collins, 5; by Mat
thews, 6; Bases on balls, by Collins. 3;
Hit by pitcher, by Collins. l; by Mat
thews, i. Two base hits, Merrill, Bates,
Smiser; Matthews.
Huntsville, Aug. 24-The reorganized
Pulaski team batted Dickens out OF the
box Saturday, and won easily.
Score. R.H.E
Pulaski 2 0 0 y U U O-S IL 4
Huntsville OOO03 90 0-3 8 6
Batteries, for Pulaski, Schwenk and
Mcbride; for Huntsville, Dickens, Logan
and Swain.