Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-22

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Is eHtfeme ' annoying 20 tie fans q
i5re btlH. Nj coh.pnt With making
al Kinds Of his wac he was le.c
aefo,a ii itling had to = and rap
1at lhsee-bas4er With tpr,e mvu
on bases in TIE ninth inning Of the
game w5h l.ittlg Rock yesterday
aft :na3n aHd take Al. ,He Wiad out
Of h" sails Of Th "Eumb2 men,3 and
al tae hopes cat of The hearts of the
fans. III hal not Ell for Heitlin2's
drive over III third tag, which. by
the way nc mortal man could have
captured, he score might have bee&
different As il was the score was
8 10 ) in favor OF the men Who draw
Pay from tho=little Rock Baseball
associatiGa
Il was nor an . sy proposition f'r
tn Southern Iea9uers to win the
gene, and the contest Was no Q ex
citing than the score would Indicate
In battng tie "I.umbermen out
classed the visitors. and in fielding
did as well if not better. The locals
seemed somewhat nervous in gaing
I'D against a team as famous as the
Little Rock team. and one which car
ries such men as Wright, Gilbert, Nc
Cam, Householder and Dannehower,
but the way they went after the game
Frank Pardec made his first APPEAL
arcs on a Pine Bluff field, and. barring
extreme Wildness. pitched fine
game 1t is the general opinion that
he will do, for yester day was the first
time Pardoe has toed the slab this
just eighteen men getting safely to
first Seven of these made hits
eight went by free pass route and
three were hit in the Stats OF the
eighteen men who got to first. nine
c!ossed the rubber. Seven Of the men
who were given the free transporta-
ton route scored and this will show
Just how responsible Pardee was for
the loss OF the game without further
comment
Gilbert started the bail 1o!!ing fer
Little Rock by getting four wide ones
and Taylor, not to be outdone. looked
at four more. Then came Household
er. Who chose one to his liking and
was on third before tie ball was
felded, Gilbert and Taylor going in
ahead of him. Mccain lifted long
fly to center and Householder trotted
in.
For the "Lumbermen" Cavender
was given base Gu balls and Gfrorer
singled. Murphey also singled, but
Cavender was touchM out by the
catcher before he could do all that
was expected of him. Grubb hit to
short and Murphey was out at sec
ond Blue singled to right and the
ball getting away from MsCann, both
Gfrorer and Grubb scored. Dawkins
hit to right and blue scored. Scoring
was an easy matter for both sides in
that first inning.
For Little Rock there was nothing
until the fourth. Wright was safe in
this inning when Murphey dropped his
fly and scored on wild throw to
Sc econd to catch his steal, an infield
out and an error by Casey cn a low
throw by Grubb In the fifth, the Wis
itors got another run when Anderson
was given a base on balls, stole sec
end and took third on Blues wild
throw and scored on Dannehower's
single.
The "Lumbermen" got another in
the fifth Gfrorer went to bag ! ON
four wild ones and pilfered second.
Murphey hit to left for two bases and
Gfrorec took part in a touching scene
at the plate. Another was to be had
in the sixth On a base On balls, and
Cavenders one-baser, which allowed
Clayton an easy. way CT going home
without walking This did for the
locals.
In the ninth came the agony, and it
was agony, for there was little use
in it, and the managers were looking
for the crowds TO come out this after