The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-06
HARMON INWNCIBLE.
PITCHED SHUT OUT GAME AGAINST
GALATIANS.
EIGHTEEN STRIKE OUTS.
ONLY TWO CLEVER HITS WERE
SECURED OFF HIM,

oIfphant showed Up Well ON the
Slab for the ArtiIIerym
Not Let Himself Out With Catcher
Unfnmiliar With His WorL--Re-
suit of Yesterdays Game Does Not
Decide Race for Pennant I'm Tri-
Club Leagne--Chathams and C. L.
AS Next Saturday.
Runless and almost hitless was the
defeat administered to the Chathams
at the bah park yesterday by the yell
low Legs, while cluster Of seven clean
bingles off Mr.. Oliphant were fruitful
of two imports for Capt. Harmon and
his faithful followers
AS has been the case every game in
which the invincible southpaw has
pitched, it was nothing but Har-
mon, and not for minute did he let
down in the terrific pace he set for
the Galatians. Ohphant, an imported
star slabman from the Wiregrass
League, cooked and primed, sizzied and
smoked on the firing line for the artil-
lerymen. His work is not to be dis
credited, however, and had he been
given better support the result--wen,
it has always been thus in baseball
games.
Oliphant has speed that he never
used yesterday for, with the wonder
full amount of steam that he is able
to pack in behind his benders, he
could not turn himself loose with a
catcher who has never caught him
before. Mcbride caught a remarkable
game, in view OF the lack of practice
in which to familiarize himself with
ELEPHANTS pitching. 1t was not OIL
plants fault that the Chathams were
not victorious, and it hardly could be
charged to any one other than Har-
mon.
With interest at the bubbling over
point, it is little wonder that the spec
tators went wild at intervals during
the game when the result hung in the
balance. Time and again it looked as
If the Chathams would cross the pan,
but when an artilleryman got danger
ousy near the coveted plate Harmon
would plant himself firmly in the box,
wink at Starke and the man at the bat
knew that there was trouble ahead.
| They would come over the plate, the
first one wild, the next one straight and
so swift that IL looked as small as a
/ partridge egg, and the last one would
wrench the back of the attempted bing-
| Ter as 1t broke off just at the handle OF
his stick, and dropped into Starke's
waiting mitt, twelve inches below the
blue streak 1ambasted out Of the ozone.
There Is little to add to the state
s,.a,Af chat the Chafhaysag tuarh r1nahia
to score. With eighteen strike outs
against them there was not many left
to hit the ball, and only two of these
connected safely. Downey and German
were the fortunate ones to draw these
two PRICES.
Graham was the first Yellow Leg to
connect with ELEPHANTS puzzles. He
pasted one square in the nose, and
sent it twirling over short. He raced
down to the first turn, and went to
second on a passed ball. where he
waited until Harmon came up and
pasted O. long one out into deep CEN
ter. Germany raced for it, but was just
a little short. Graham trotted down
the line, and Harmon went to second,
where he died. All OF this happened
in the second inning.
In the sixth Heidi singled and went
to second on sacrifice. Went to
third on Harmon's single, and scored on
passed bail.
The result of yesterday afternoons
game does not settle the race for the
pennant yet, If the Chathams are sue
cessful against the c. L. A. next Satur-
day the flag will go to the Y. M A.
but If the c. L. AS defeat the artillery
men they will again be tied with the
Yellow Legs and it will be necessary
to play the tie off.
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