The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-07-24
BUT NOT UNTIL FAlRMoNT HAr
WON A SHUT OUT ON THE
PlrTssuRe coLLEelANs.

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The Pittsburg collegians. with the
famous Don Doyle In the box, suffered
a shut-out at the hands Of the locals
yesterday at Traction Park in a de
cidedly interesting seven.inning game
OF the variety that will make Fairmont
the best base ball town in the coun-
try should such exhibitions occur fire.
quently. In every inning something
happened to keep the large crowd on
its feet or yelling itself hoarse with
delight. And 1t was an impartial gath.
ering, roo. The visitors received the
glad hand for c%leverness displayed
just as readily as did u own Cap
tain Willig furnished the brilliant
fielding stunt OF the day for which he
was layishly applauded. It was a run
ming catch Of a terrific line drive ham.
mered out by Mccracken in the sixth
with two on bases and two out. Will
Zig didn't make 1t look hard because
he got 1t on an easy u But the
wonderful part Of 1t was that when 1t
"a hit no one thought 1t in the
power of mortal man to reach, but
at the crack of the bat he was of and
gathered 1t in. Updergratf, in middle
for the visitors. was guilty of two
good catches, one particularly evoking
applause. The one and only run
came in the sixth when all were get
ting uneasy and afraid that the rain,
which later stopped the contest in the
first half of the eighth, would put an
end to the doings with the game a tie.
All wanted to see some sort of a con-
clusi6n arrived at, and 1t finally ar
rived. Dawson was first up in this
round, and went out to Updergraff.
Wharton sent a mean bounder to
third. which T%hounherst fumbled long
enough to allow the speedy catcher to
reach the initial corner in safety.
Willig singled through short, advanc.
ing him a base. Carpenter did his
best, a long fly to Updergraff, and
then came Jim Connor. He found
one Just about where he likes them,
and drove 1t over first. 1t was a good
solid smash, and Pefiefer ran under
1t. Before he could recover Whar.
ton had counted and wfllig was max.
ing an awful try for the plate. Up.
dergraff, who was backing up, made
a perfect throw, and got him by a
foot. Doyle vas using his famous spit
ball, of which he has such perfect
control, and the locals had some diff.
Guilty in locating it, getting but four
safe ones. yet it was principally be.
cause he had them scared at the be,
ginning. Two struck out in this round
and that was the extent of such carry.
tngs or. Just the same while they
were solving his delivery in this man.
ner, they were not damaging his rep.
utation much. For the most part lit.
tie dinky pop-ups and dumpy ground.
ers were the best they could do. DC.
casionally some n would sting one
on the nose for a safety. At that we
wouldn't trade him for our own Lefty
Jackson, who pitched such a mastery
game against them. He was touched
up for but five bingles, and with the
exception of the sixth, when willig
saved the day. was never in any
danger. Lefty doesn't use the sloppy
fing, but he does use a LOT of other
things that have the best of them
going, and he was there with them all,
forty ways. Once when things look.
ed a little ticklish he struck Pefeifer,
their star batter, out, retiring the
side. A nicer, header game was
never pitched on the local grounds,
and the crowd appreciated it. Daw.
son made his first appearance, and
created a most favorable impression.
While but a kid he displayed the ear.
marks of a conner, and at the same
time his present work is a little bet.
ter than that of almost any other out.
fielder seen at Traction Park this
year. There was no mistake made
when he was signed. He was unfor.
tunatc at the stick, but the way he