Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-06-21
FOUR STRAIGHTS
Won By Local Ball Team Last
Week.
GAINESVILLE Proved An Easy
rlark In Last Two
Games Played Here.

The Hopkinsvllle team is now at
.Clarksvilie and played the first
game of the series yesterday. After |
finishing up the three games at
that place they will return here for
a series of games with Vincennes,
commencing Thursday. Henderson
then comes here for three games
with the locals, beginning Monday,
June p. Hopkinsville has a win
ming team and large crowds should
witness the contests scheduled for
this city this week and next.
The game here Saturday between
Clarksville and the locals was won
"dead easy" by Hopkinsville, the
score being 10 to 4. Bomar occu-
pied the box for Hopkinsvllle and
his pitching and HoepPel's two
home runs we're the features of the
game. The last home run in which
the ball was Knocked over the west
fence for the second time, brought
in four men, making FIVE scores for
that inning. The spectators in
their enthusiasm raised a purse Of
$3.50, which was presented to
Hoepple by Miss Tony Ware.
The first game of the series be
tween Hopkiasville aud Clarks-
vile, played here Friday, was an
] eleven inning contest, and was won
4 by the local team by the score of 8 to
Up to the eighth inning it looked
like the visitors would carry off the
honors, but #opkinsville braced up
made three runs inSthe eighth and
three more in the ninbh. The locals
made one ram in the sixth inning
and this added to the scores ia the
eighth and ninth tied the score, the
visitors having made four runs ID
the second inning, one in the fourth
and two in the ninth. In the tenth
\ inning neither team scored, but in
the eleventh Hopkinsville made a
run, thus nntying the score ard
winning the. game. lDoutiel twirled
for Hopkinsville and Weakley for
the vIsitOre. The Tennessee pitcher
in the early part cfsthe game was
invIncible, but after the seventh
inning the HQpkinsville boys bat
ted the ball all over2the field.
| The third game ofthe series be
tween the Tennesseeans and locals
was transferred to Henderson and
was lost to cClaEksville, the score.
being 10 to 5. This gave Clarks-
vile only one of the three games.
played with EopkinsEille.
There were no games Sunday.
either at Padncah .er Vincennes,
ON accoWat ofraln.
Hopkirsville defeated Paducah
Last Thursday in the contest at
iP aducah. the score being 10 to 4.
This gave two -gamesr0f the series
to the local club.
AT Cairo Thursday Clarksville
won by the score of 2 ito 0. This
Was the fastest game played in the
Is. /. T. league this season, only
ffty-six minutes being consumed.
The same day at Wincennes Hen.
.dersOn played an errorless game,
winning by the score ofStoO.
AT Cairo Friday the Egyptians
won easily from Henderson, as the
scOre-7 to Indicates.
The game at Vincennes the same
day between Paducah and the In
dianians resulted in a victory for
VineenOes. Twenty runs were
made, the score being 10 too.
Viaceunes and Paducah played
at Paducah Saturday. The game
was very close and exciting one
and resulted in victory for VIM
cennes by the score of ? to l.
Henderson and Cairo played at
Cairo Saturday and the Hens we're
shut out, the score being 2 to 0 in
favor of the Egyptians.
Standing of the Clubs June 20.
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