The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-20
Y. M. c. A. TEAM HAD A STRENUOUS
TIME WITH DUFFY'S BALL BAND
ESTIMATED SCORE SHOWS NEW
RECORD IN THE ERROR COLUMN.
HARMON PITCHED AN
IMPRESSIVE GAME,
COULD DO NOTHING WITH THE
POOR SUPPORT ACCORDED HIM.


showed Up Better Than McGravv's
Men Did Mt Any Practice Partici-
pated in While Here-InheId Will
Compare Most FavOrabIy With
Any in the League-Chick Frazier
Is in Great FOrm-DuHy Has a
Prize in Marshall, the New Back
stop.
The farce comedy in nine acts en-
titled "A Game of Ball, or Who Hit
the Leather" presented at the Bolton
Street Park at yesterdays matinee by
rap and run artists from the patient
Quaker City and local players, was
stopped in the ninth act by the super
intendent of the society with the long
name.
Three hackmen and their worthy
dobbins, mounted patrolman and the
park keeper witnessed the finish of the
game, the spectators having left ear
ly, being unable to sit and witness the
slaughter that was going on in front
of them. 1t was a game of Pass it
to me and I'll drop it," knock it out
miss it." These tactics, however, were
only adopted by the locals, who were
badly off their feet after the first in
ming.
Waymon Harmon was the only man
on the Y. M. c. A. team who deserved
an exception to general criticism. For
four innings Harmon held the Phillies
down to three hits, but collection of
errors that would have turned cross
roads team hopefully toward cham
pionship contests, especially when
made by a team of more pretentions,
left him with nothing to do but just
toss the sphere across the plate, and
let the fielders run for it, taking a
chance that one of them could hold it
when it came down from the blue dome
above.
Harmon Did Good Work.
This was the first time Harmon has
pitched to a batter this season, and at
no time did he take chance get
ting a sore wing this early, and put
ting himself out of the game because
of a bad topper. Manager Duffy was
particularly impressed with Harmon's
playing, and it so far ~outclassed the
other members of the local team that
the contrast was most striking.
Chick Frazer was in the box for the
visitors for five innings, when he was
relieved by Dugglesby. Frazer is IN
great shape and is developing a style
of underhand delivery all his own. He
resembles McGinnity while in the box.
He has wonderful control, and if any
thing, is speedier than the Iron Man.
Harmon was relieved after the fourth
~
paw, and Red Doom did the receiving.
Lush was hit even harder than was
Harmon but was not so wild and did
not give a base on balls or hit a bat
ter.
PhiIIies Made a Great Showing.
Taking the serious side of the game
the showing made by the Phillies was
fully as impressive as any days work
done by the Giants, and Duffy may
yet make trouble for the leaders, who
ever they might be. Like McGraw,
he Is coaching his men in dumping
them, and expects with his six left
handed batters, who can get away from
the plate like a flash. to count many
of the slow, teasing hunts as hits
against star slabmen. Thomas is
wonder at this kind of base earning.
With his little stick he rolls the
sphere slowly down the third base line
ana Is nail way " niSI OSlOlS II SUES
five feet.
An Unsurpassed InfieId.
With Capt wolverton at third, Hulls-
witt at short and Kid Gleason at sec
ond the infield will be one of the
fastest in the big league, when Bill
Douglas gets into uniform and takes
the first bag. Compared with the
Giants, the Phillies have the best
working inf1eld. Reports from the
practice games of the Giants verify the
predictions that Bresnahan will be
disappointing at third. Wolverton lead
the league last year and will put 1t
all over the hard hitting Bres.
In Hullswitt at short Duffy has
man that will play all around Bad
Bill unless the latter shakes off the
lethargy that comes over him after
the season is well over. Damien is
the better man all around, but Hulls-
witt is life and ginger to team ana
handles himself just as fast as BAD
Bill. The Kid at second will more
than hold his own with little Gilbert,
and at the bat he is decided I'M
provement over McGraw's key bag
man. At first base the Phillies will
fall a little short for big Dan NC
Gam will not be beaten
1t was the infield that did most OF
the pretty work for the Phillies yes
terday They went at it like we'll
regulated machine, and have little I'M
provement to make before they viii be
in shape to meet any of the Nationals
for championship contests.
Particularly impressive yesterday
was the work of Marshall, Duffy's new
backstop. He sends them down to sec
ond just like Red Doom and coaches
all the boys along like veteran.
Manager Duffy played few innings,
and showed the boys few things
about larceny from the basemen. At
this particular kind of playing Dufry
is rival of the famous Billy Keller.
The estimated score of the seven IN
nings really played yesterday follows:
Y. NJ. C. A. ABB. r. H. Pc. A. E.
Harmon. p.-1b. .....S 0 Q I
Stark, elf ....3 o !
Brewer, 2b. ......S
savarese, SIS. .....3 0 2 2
Wilkinson, 1b-c.f. % 0
Graham, r.f. .......2 q
Howard, 3b. ........3
Mcneil, CT. .......2 0 y
Mcconnell, If. ......1
room ............l
Lush o. ............1 v