The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-09-03
: TEN INNING GAME
RESULTED IN TIE
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Brunswick and Waycross
Played Beautiful Game
Yesterday
HARMON WAS INvINCIBlt
Crack South Paw Only Allowed the
Semi-ProfessionaIs One tiit-Ama-
teurs Landed on Maynard for
seven-Score l and I

With the crowd divided almost equal
y between Brunswick and Waycross
fan and with interest at fever heat
tae Brunswick Pilots and the Way.
cross emi-professionals yesterday
fought out one of the prettiest games
Ct baseball yet witnessed on the local
diamond, the fnal result being / and /
tie game being called at the end OF
tbs tenth inning on account of dark
ness.
The Waycross fans, two hundred
strong, who arrived here on special
train about o'clock, went out to the
tall park roofing, and they kept ii up
fer some time, thinking that their
81 600 per month team would have an
eGsy thing with the local amateurs,
but. after several innings had lss@gS
: piayed, during which not single high
salarled man hit safe, the visitors
were unusually quiet, and the only
time they were heard from was when
the umpire made a decision which did
rot exactly suit them.
The Pilots outplayed their semi-pro.
fessionai opponents in every stage
Of the game. and, while the score
was tied still it must be admitted
tnat the locals deserved victory
The feature of the game was the
pitching Of Harmon for the locals, who
made monkeys out of the visitors, and
Cnly one of these semi-professionals
gan say that he was not struck out
by this well known south-paw. His
pitching yesterday was marvellous. Up
u the fourth inning not single bali
was knocked out Of the infeld and
very few were touched at all, and up
t. the ninth not a single safe hit
vas recorded on the Waycross side
o. the score card, and in this inning
there was only one Then the Way
cross crowd was heard from. "Hurrah,
we got a hit" they yelled, as if that
Y as something very unusual. and it
vas in yesterdays game as far as
ne visitors were concerned Harmon s
record: Base hits, one, number of
f3Jn struck out, IA. Wen, Manager
Cox, you should get some better hit
aers for $1,000 per month
Maynard. the Mercerian with a re-
cord, was on the firing line for Way
cross. The management selected him
as the star twirler Of the aggregation,
and while ne pitched a very good
game, he was entirely outclassed yes
to-day, which the Waycross players
and fans themselves must admit. The
amateurs touched him up for seven
safe binglets, and he succeeded in
striking out only seven men. But
still he did some good work and kept
the hits pretty well scattered
There was considerable kicking Oh
10th sides on the decisions of Umpire
Hufty, and while the umpire was off
in several instances, still he more
tar eyened up matters. Waycross
ENTERED several kicks on nis decisions,
tut none of them gained run for
tire locals, while one of his decisions
which seemed little unjust, netted
the only run for Waycros. The Pilots
did not kick, but many fans, who were
standing near by are firm in the belief
that Griffin was out by two feet when
he came home III the ninth inning.
etill the umpire called him safe, and
the run tied the ore.
The first run was made in the sew
enth inning by the Pilots. Walker
was the first man up and he went
to first on Richards error, stole sec
cnd and went to third on ano'her error
by the third baseman in handling Nc
Cormick's slow hit to thirt. Hopkins
was the next man up and hi to May
nsrd Walker tried TO score and was
thrown out at home, Mccormick going
tc third. Mallard followed and hit to
third safe. beating the ball out, Nc
Cormick scoring. OConnor went out
from pitcher to first retiring the side.
In the ninth Griffin was the first
man up for Waycross, and he succeed
eo in hitting safe, the first Of the game
He stole second McPhail struck out,
Martin hit to Abbott, who threw to
walker. Walker missed the man and
quickly fired the ball home, catching
Griffin two or three inches from the
home plate, but the umpire did not see
i. that way and coiled Griffin sale.
Martin was caught at second and Rich
sTds struck out.
One additional inning was played,
after which the game vas called on