Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-29
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BASEBALL NEWS.

the locals against The league leaders
yesterday AFTERNOON and they realty
had no chance 10 Win. The veteran
got to thinking OF The time when ne
was with pittsbnrg III the National
league and thought the Vicksbure bat
ters were champion sluggers from
way back, So he fooled them ali bv let
ting those same heavy sIusgers down
with three measiy little hits Two OF
these hlts came in the first aiming be
fore Lucid got warmed clear through,
and d tumble by Cayender allowed
Bammert 10 score After that l.ueId
was foxy and tie Nil Climbers falIed
io connect AT times when they most
needed runs.
On the other hand every one Of The
] lumb"rmen had d bai with "a magnet
in it and when that magnet me1 the
ball There was plenty OF work for the
men who played the ou1tield tor
NlckSburS. Every man on the team
got hit except Murphey and Clayton,
and Murphey took two Of his on bases
on balls. Cavender and Grnbb were
easily the faNorites, getting three hits
each. while Sample came ont OF mis-
Shell and Hncofked three baSGer
which he had brought with him from
St, Joseph. Mo Even Ollie Gfroerer
laid aside his ability TO ges bases nn
balls and hammered out three bag
ger. To say that Fritz was easy is
but to express it lightly. yea very
lightly. The first of the thirteen hits
made by the locals came in the first
inning and from that time on singles,
two baggers and three bagsers drop
ped into all parts Of the field like ram
drops on a summers day There was
no playing for rain, for he locals
were exceedingly busy and forgot 70
watch the clouds at all
Billy Earle. who is catching TOR
Nicksburg while Frank Belt is on the
bench, had al awful day OF it, and the
old man was nearly put out Earle
won the respect and admiration of the
crowd by pluckily finishing the game
when he had gotten bumps and
bruises enough 10 put out Two ordi
nary men. Grubb ran into the vete
ran at the home plate in the fourth
inning and nearly knocked MIN out
Ii was not Grubbs fault for Billy was
intent on catching a ball thrown from
the field to catch the runner ant
Grubb was straining every nerve tf
cross the rubber in time. When the
"irOn man" ran into Earle he put the
old fellow down and out for time bu
after brushing the stars and stripe:
from in front of his eyes, Billy was {
true sport and kept right Oh. Then II
the seventh inning Lucid turne'
loose one of those swift hot weathe
inshoots which caught Earle in tn
Stats Just above the heart and it wa
another knockout. Several foul tip
caught him on the neck and shoulder
but he caught the last ball just like n
did the first one.
vicksburg took the lead in tn
first inning when Bammert hit sin
gle to center and scored when Caver
der fumbled Hahn's hit to left. Afte
that there was nothing doing for tn
leaders.
The locals got busy in the fourt
and hammered out enough runs {
win the game. Lauzon was first II
and got a. twobagger as startel
Grubb followed with a single and Lal
zon scored. Sample duplicate
Grubb's trick and Grubb beat Wa
laces throw to the plate, Dawkln
singled and Sample scored. Clayto
was out on a fly to Wallace. br
Dawkins was caught at the plat'
Gfroerer ended matters on popup t
O'Rourke.
All the other runs were made just I
see if they cannot be counted on u
DAVIS game. The score:
Pine R)uff- ALB r H PO A
Gfroerer, CT 4 !
Cavender, If. 5
Murphey, RI. )