Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-07-01
Two Games and Took One Here
This Week.
Rank Decisions Largely RESPONSE
bic For The Result Of The
Games With Henderson.

this week, but lost two of the series
of three games. The result was
due largely to numerous rank de-
cislons by Umpire Shuster against
the locals. The 6rst game, played
Monday, resulted in score Of 9 to
in favor of Henderson This was
good game up to the fifth inning,
the score at that stage being 3 to l
in favor of the visitors
In the last half OF the fifth WEIGH
hit the ball to left field and foot
or more inside the foul line. The
bases were all full and the hit was
good for three and maybe four
scores for HopKinsville, but the
Umpire called it foul and all the
men were sent back.
This and other decisions of the
same kind, knocked all interest out
of the game,
Tuesdays game was won by Hen
derson by the score of 4 to /. The
contest up to the ninth inning, was
one of the most interesting ever
witnessed on the local diamond.
Hopkinsville scored one in the sec
ond inning, while Henderson fail
ed to land a man across the home
plate until the ninth, when they
made four scores.
Bomar pitched for the locals and
for the first six innings the Hens
were unable to get hit off him.
He pitched a fine game drought
and Hopkinsville should have won.
The game Wednesday was a
good exhibition of ball playing and
the contest was won by Hopkins
vile, the score being 7 to in favor
OF the locals. In the first four in
nings Henderson failed to score,
but in the fifth they made one run.
In the sixth, seventh and eighth
they got only goose eggs, but in the
ninth they succeeded in getting
three men across THE plate. Hop
kinsvlle made run in the first,
one in the second and four in the
third. The locals made another
score in the eighth, thus footing up
seven, while the visitors only had
four runs to their credit. AS Hen
derson was first at the bat in the
opening of the game the last half of
the ninth inning was not played.
Morris pitched for the locals and
pat up an excellent game. In the
third inning with one man on base,
Morris knocked the ball over the
right field fence making home run.
HopkinsVille made eleven hits and
only two errors, while Henderson
got only seven hits and made three
errors.
Mondays game at Paducah be-
tween the Paddles and Cairoites
was a ten-inning contest. Cairo
won. the score being 7 to 5. The
game scheduled for Monday at
GAINESVILLE between Vincennes and
the Tennesseans was postponed on
account of rain.
Rain again Tuesday prevented
the contest at Clarksville. At Padu.
cab Tuesday Cairo lost to Paducah,
the score being 6 to 5.
Wednesday at Clarksville a |
double-header was played between
the Tennesseans and Vincennes. |
The Indianians lost both games. |
The score in the first contest was 2 |
to l, and in the second 6 to L.
The game at Paducah Wednes-
day was lost to Cairo by the score
of to 3.
The Hopkinsville team went to
Vincennes Wednesday night and
the first game of series of three.
at that place was played yesterday
The games scheduled here for July
3, 4 and 5 between the locals and
have been transferred
to Cairo, with a double-header Mon.
day. The next series to be pulled
off here will be between Paducah
and Hopkinsyille, July 6, z and 8.
Piepho has been elected captain