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Harmon's wildness, together with
ragged support on the part of the
Pathfinders at critical times, cost the
locals the third game of the series with
Macon, and over 1000 disappointed fans
Aled out of the grounds last night.
The final score was to 2 in favor
Of Macon, but that only half tells the
story. 1t was the rank errors and
dummy plays at critical times that
lost the game, and these same mis-
baps, growing out of poor fielding,
drew several pink slips from Manager
MoCammons ready box last night
when checks were handed out for the
first five days salary.
Bayne for the visitors pitched the
best game of ball exhibited here by any
of the visiting pitchers so far. He
has a world of speed, and showed fair
control, with good judgment. He is
the star on Smiths slab staff and ex-
hibited more form at the bat than any
of his team has done SO far.
How Harmon Pitched.
Few of those who attended the game
were not confident that Harmon would
be able to hold the visitors down. He
might have done so had not all of the
ill luck of baseball followed him. He
could not control the ball at critical
times, and when the bases were fill
ed up an opportune hit would be torn
off by the Highlanders.
Everything went as merry as a mar
rage bell until the third inning. Lipe,
Smith and Duplane had retired in one,
two three order in the first. In the
second Harnish famed, Senteu reach
ed first on the first error of the game
when Bratton let the ball get away
from him. Sens was thrown out at
first from second, and Billy Oyler
made a beautiful stab at Hayes hot
one down the third base line. and hur-
ried it over to first just in time to cut
the runner off.
Visitors Were Lucky.
That was the way the game was
going for the visitors up to the third
It looked we'll enough in the COM
meneement of that inning, when Hoff-
man, the first man up, swung three
times and retired. Bayne ambled up
TO the rubber with that rare counte-
nance of his ablize with contentment
and assurance. He swung at the first
but landed squarely on the second for
smashing single into center field ter
ritory. Billy Smith let a slow drop
land on his foot and ambled down to
see Dad. Duplane took look at four
wide ones and filled the bases.
Just as baseball luck would have 1t,
Harnish, who is decidedly the weakest
hitter on the Macon aggregation, came
up, and made a horseshoe single into
rightf1eld territory, scoring Bayne and
Smith. Webster sent the ball into the
plate, and Harnish started to second.
Kinsky sent the ball back to second
and Duplane came down from third
like a streak. Bratton got it back
just in time to have the big left fielder
tagged, and the side was retired.
When Balloon Went Up.
But it was in the fourth that the WIS.,
1stors sent up the balloon, and Pa Egg
CERT fell all over himself in an en-
deavor to get out of his way, and fall
on the ball. Sentell might have scored
with the rest had be exercised a little
more patience after making a neat
single. He was caught at second on
a foraging expedition.
Sens hunted and beat it out to first.
He went to third on Hayes single to
left field, and Hayes went down to Sec
ond on the first ball over. Hoffman
tanned. Bayne drove a hot one down
to Eggert. The sphere rolled up Pas
leg, then over the back of his neck,
tckling his risibles until he did not
know which way to look for it. 1t kept
going, however, and after bounding
several yards in the air fell over at
second base
While all this juggling was going on
Sens and Hayes sprinted across the
plate. Lipe took advantage of the
excitement and let four wide ones go
!py, taking free passage down the
line. In the excitement he scrambled
aoWn to third, and when Pa Eggert
aurt his thumb on the hot one that
smith drove down his way, Lipe took
advantage OF an opportunity to sneak
across the pan behind Bayne. Du-
pane stopped the run getting by fan
ming.
Playing Was Ragged.
i, 1t went on in this wierd way until
the end of the ninth inning, and the
crowd expressed its dissatisfaction at
tne ragged playing in no uncertain
terrns' Few stopped to think that even
IN the big leagues players go all to
pieces sometimes and play like col
tese boys. Let us all boost what we
better.
1, The features of Savannah's play, and
mere were some features, were the
hitting of Ray and Eggert and the
eharp fielding of Billy Oyler Ray
was at bat four times and got three
clean singles, and only the brilliant
running catch Of Billy Smith kept him
rom getting the fourth. Eggert made
rwo-bag drive and a clean single.
IN his fielding, Oyler took three
tnances that did not properly belong
70 MIN, and handled them all like light
mng. He was at bat four times and
waited long enough to walk once.
Five stolen bases for the visitors
we're charged up, and be ii said to
me credit of Kinsky, Harmon's Pc