The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1903-06-03
TIMELY HITTING

-
Contest Hest Exei'iag Of the season
t;ronniger did ssaod Work on Rub.
Der Visitors Take Defeat TO Heart
kre cut for Blood To-day.
4 Nine Varsity men played tall like
veterans Thursday, and lIenns tesd Is
awfully sore because 81 il. they are
swearing vengeance teday and may
get il. but ses.erday's contest has
broken into the pasture where ". v.
u. keeps her victories aud all creaih,n
can't get out again.
The game was nerve tGnic tn the
fans from start TO finish. w. v. U.
came up strong in the first inning
Kennoy hit pretty one, Purinton sac
riflced hin to second, and Shriytr
smashed out two baggar THAI scored
him. The team with the multiplicity
luf initials was banked until the tenrih
inuing, When string Of un'iiney ~
i, rurS. ard hit scored 3 rams, rLey
I got another in he alta The Nafsi
/ ~ got two more in the hah, making
! the seer. I There was nothing 10
/ ing in the sixth and seveath, tut 10
the close OF the eighth, w v. II.
lsmashed the bah for keeps, aud whru
the batting scanee was oser, tive more.
runs had been tallird. III. L A. c.
worked hard 30 retrieve the defest In
the ninth inning, With two men tut, a
man IN third, aud two strikes nn the
batsman, hot grounder was s.nt out
The hifd~hase line The unpife r,lll-
ed It a foul, and ttt4htideus hHM
p0ufed cat ttplA lie inside VI nint
scafle, rain coats But ii didn't
lcputt Grnntger put one morr EVER
The plate, ard the man with the stick
famed the azure canopy.
The game Was ever, and the Varsity
was winner.
Gronniger was on the rubber for the
Varsity and pitched remarkably fine
game. He behased ike Lacquer 10
seyeral light places. and never let up. |
He was carried OF the tleld IN Triumph. |
Burns also did well for Homestead. |
He had anlY one weak spot, ana that |
was in the glorious eighth,
Seore BY innings. RUE
" - y y v e. - - - \ - y 4 u
II. l.. A. c. o0o3ioo00 81
SumuarY-S Stolen bases: Varsity. /,
II. L. A. Z. 4 Two base hits; Shriy- |
er. Prlniz, CnsgFove and Tate. D0uhe |
plays: Pnrintop and kennny, Grnn- |
niger, Shriver and Reynolds. Base on |
balls: off Gronnlger, 8; off Burns, 6:
Hit by pitched ball, Cole and Edmund
son. Struck out: by Burns 8, by Gron-
niger 3. Left on bases, w. Y. U. s,
II. l.. A. c. 8. Sacrifice bits. Purin-
ton, Patterson aud Edmundson. Time
2:lo. Umpire, Ycager.
NOTES ON THE GAME.
Reynolds sensational catch OF
Smiths high one was feature.
A glance at the summary shows
that the game was pretty nearly an
even break in all particulars. The
figures are duplicated in nearly every
case, and in no instance is there dir |
ference of more than one.
The Delta Tau Deltas Whuored it
up for GruDniger all The time, aud
when 1t was over carried him OF The
field on their shoulders. He deserved
IT, He pitched neat bail
The Columbus papers say All kinds
OF nice things about the Varsity base
ball team In its game with Ohio State.
Allof them refers To lie difly PLAY ing
OF o 5. u. The Columbus Pi,ss ays:
The best base ball seen on VARSITY
field This year vas rut up W the
teams frpre>cntiug the SLATE upisrisi-
The ol Ohin and Wesi Virginia when
thy nsci Saturday afternoon ia the
fess tise "a hiee lntNr Il live, fn' L
erS
Tie , s q iu,s ,lya gifl d !ir
unlf ta - Gtly pierre af IL
playing rs WIS tytr III ttattfi IA al
college loy 80 lLc bait 81 ''sox"
lsyn"td. "a. local l'uts won, ) to-
tNAs Iaiiche : lstilr ald q ey
had aiptat au Ncu hing o. II.
Raymond ~ ilf>t fuf nJthing liz
Ms aaAsec 81 - hl' aaa Mhil,- lead
irg nff thif was caught WITH a tr.i-
~ tAr W from Sc'eri'es. Gntnieet nut
ittu him and had him iA iwn fcet tut
ihe ~ pire was AISLE afd eall,d hinI
.a',. Fam liifhry CurhrA arpk-d
IA littie PIP iu>I over the scroa.d base
niap's imd and laisninrd vent henle.
A. h. -nrIt itist Shriysr The laii'rl
drew lack "a thr,w the lsil es,cond
Ra, nr,pd gratbtd his aim and made
the tall " MID. and ihl- piece If
dirty work lei in I'VE oth,r runs
The visitors put up fast ime aud
Gronaiger at third played as good ball
as any man has ever played. Their
field work was more sure than O. S.
u, their throwing being perfect.
At Ohio Wesleyan. w. v. U. played
another fast game. Three times dur
Ing the game the score was tied.
When the Varsity came up In ths
ninth, it was A They started
something and when it was over, they
had scored 5 runs. Cunningham fam
ned the 0. w. U. batsmen one, two,
three.
.. w. u took the defeat very much
to heart. They beat Oberlin last week,
the champions Of the middle west.