The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-06-06
A FEW SINGLES.


and Griffin will umpire again Sunday.
The score board is finished, but there
was no one there to mark up the runs.
Get in the game, Manager jackson.
Boland is considered one of the best
pitchers in the league but was certain
ly showed up" strong enough yester-
day.
The Henderson boys thought they
had an easy thing until Paducsh be-
gan to hit and then they went up into
the air.
Hedges pitched good game, and
his work compares favorably with
that of Bolsnd, who is said by many
to be the best in the league.
Clifford is q great fAvorite. He Is al.
ways in the game and never loses
courage. He is the best catcher in
the league and is hard to beat in any
league.
The players who had q fight out in
the diamond were fined Us by the man
ayers of their respective teams and in
formed that if 1t occurs again both
will be elected from the ball park.
Girard will be seen in the box this
afternoon for the first time sGnoe he
has been with the local team. Much
is expected Of him and doubtless
large crowd will be out to see the
game.
Becker's work at third base yester-
day was faultless and he hit we'll. He
played to q disadvantage at first but is
now getting in trim and will make
one Of the fastest basemen in TIN
league.
The Paducah man who knocks q
home run will get a IS hat from The
Sun, . IS gold piece from Mr.. Arch
Bohannon, . good supply of Ken
tucky's best from Mr.. W. O. Stanford
and Daddy" Root a months barber
ing free.
Hedges work yesterday was the best
see here this season. he gave only
two bases on balls and struck only one
man, striking out nine and giving
only one clean hit. This is excellent
work and a thing the local sports feel
proud of.
Griffin's work Yesterday was good
Notwithstanding the beeting OF the
Henderson boys. This is part of their
business. Griffin gave as many sppar-
entity bad decisions for Paducah as for
Henderson and only those in the
grand stand who are directly behind
the home plate are in position to
comment on the umpire's work.
Murray and Sexton came in again
with timely hits. Capt" Sexton
struck out once but this will happen
often, even to the best hitters. Sim
cox did not have luck in placing his
hits yesterday and never got to first
base on clean hit. This is unusual
hard luck for "Simmie" who general
ly hits for two and three sacks.
4 "Tommie'' Clifford has certainly
made himself "solid" with the fans
here and has deservingly won the rap
utation of being the hardest working
catcher in the league. Clitford's meth
DDS Of encouragement to the pitcher are
perfect and he can get more work out
of pitcher than any other catcher
seen here. Clifford is all over the
ground and once yesterday was seen
in right field preparing to back up first
in throw from the infield on slow
grounder. The blow he received yes
terday when struck by the ball bruised
mis- back and today he is little, stiff
but will still be behind the stick.
II the players would not do so much
kicking the games would draw more
people. The spectators are there to
see ball play ed, not to hear the play
ers "chew the rag every time there
is a decision against them. The um-
pire was put there for the purpose of
umpiring and none Of the players
Observation-Disclosures