The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-06-24
MACON LEADERS
HAD CLOSE CALL
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Pilots Had Them Defeat
ed and Then Lost
Game
Professionals OUI PLAlED
srunswiok's Ameteur Aggregation De,
feated by Macons League Team
by Score of to 2 in a Beau
tful Game.
Professionals OUI PLAlFD

The proud Macon bali team, which
is leading all the other teams OF the
South Atlantic league by two hundred
points and over, came very near seeing
their colors go down in defeat yester-
day afternoon and by no other aggre-
cation than the Brunswick Pilots. the
swiftest amateur baseball club in the
south. So close did the amateurs
come to defeating the professionals
that the latter fought for the game
as if the pennant depended entirely
upon it, and though the entire nine
inniss they played as hard baseball as
they have this season. Tie score
was to ? in favor OF Macon,
From the very beginning the Pilots
played a beautiful game As matter
of fact they really outplayed the pro.
fessionas and all the star plays and
honors Of the game went to the locals
1t is but simple justice To pitcher
Crimes to say hat he pitched as good
a game as has ever been witnessed
on the Brunswick diamond. with
plenty of speed good curves. excellent
control and superb head work. he
held The Macon leaders down in profes
sional style, Several times during the
game the visitors had him in bad
hole, but he pulled out in magnificent
style and was loudly applauded by the
four hundred fans who had gathered
to witness the game. and who ex.
Ipected to see a one sized, poorly play
ed game
The support given the star pitcher
was all Chat could have been desired
from any amateur club. OF course er-
rors were made, and one Of them real
ly helped the visitors to the victory
but seldom very seldom, is a game
of lQsebaIl played without errors.
Every member of the local team play
ed good ball, not only in the filed, but
they battcd well aud showed good
judgment at all times. Crovatt, on
first and in right field probably did
the best work Of either team He
made a double play unassisted, cap
tured everything that came his way
at first and when shifted to right field
made two or three pretty catches. He
also did fine work at the bat, getting
credit for two singles.
How the Runs Came.
Macon was the first to cross the
home plate, making one run in the
second inning Blake was the first
man up and hit to Abbott. who threw
wild, allowing the runner to go to sec.
ond Hoffman singled, scoring Blake.
Sentei flew out to Grimes, Strader
flew out to Abbott, and Harnish struck
out retiring the side. Nothing else
was doing for the visitors until the
sixth inning.
The Pilots two runs came in the
second Walker was the first man
up ana singled; Hopkins followed suit,
advancing Walker to third O'CoBnor
sacrificed, scoring Walker and adyanc-
ing Hopkins to third. who scored on
Crovatts clean single. Andrews was
thrown out a. Grst. and A. Croyatt
flew out TO Hoffman, retiring the side
and leaving w. Croyatt on third
It looked as if the visitors would
score in the third Tho first man up
hit safe, Lipe followed and hit TO W.
Croyatt who made a pretty double play
The next two men hit safe. but Horf-
man flew out to Hopkins, retiring the
side and leaving two men on bases
one on first and one on second.
With the score two to one in favor
Of the ameteurs Macon came in
and in her half of The sixth succeeded
in tieing the score, and right here
the best work Of the game was done,
when, with three men on bases and no
men out, the next three at the bat
were retired in one, two, three order
The three ON bases dying on their re-
spectiye bags Two Of the men went
down before Grimes benders and the
third popped up to Bowen. The Bruins
wick pitcher was given loud hurrah
after this excellent work.
The Pilots also made desperate
effort to score in tho sixth, and sue.
ceeded in getting two safe hits, but
the third and badly needed one failed
to come, Brewer striking out with a
man on third and one on first
Neither team had any change in
scoring in the seventh or eighth.
Fatal Ninth.
With the score tied IN the ninth, and
with the big crowd on the qui vive