The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-09
New Series-VOl. XIV. No. 8
CHERAW DEFEATED.
Sumter Takes the Series in a Game
Abounding in Errors-An Excir-
ing Finish.

ing Finish.
Under the guidance Of Billy Earle,
Sumter came out victorious in the
second game with Cheraw. The
home team showed a tendency tc les
up on the visitors when the game had
seemed reasonably safe, but urged
the necessity cf more ruas., and luck
lily they We're made. Ea:I, hal tii=
team bunting so successfully that
Cheraw went % in the air. and thy
stayed there until the seventh inning,
when Beusse began to put pingpons
balls over the plate, and the Cheraw
boys pasted them out with such mark
| ed regularity that it became neces-
sary to replace him in the box by
Ashton when the bases were full, and
then errors by the retired pitcher at
third, Tedards at first and punk play
ing all around let in four runs, which
gave the home boys the lead by mar
row margin of one score. But it
did the fans hearts good to see Ash
ton deliver the goods in the ninth;
the first three batters who faced him
went out in order on infeld balls, one
of them being a difficult chance to
the clever little slabman,, who as
sisted to first in faultless style. Ash
ton, may good luck follow him, has
won a name in Sumter
The celebrated spit ball was used
for the first time in Sumter By
Beusse Friday; one Of them, which
was particularly successful, came over
the rubber at Cunningham's waist,
and as the batter swung, it broke ab
ruptly and hit the plate. Beusse
seemed to enjoy the perplexed express
sion that pervaded the face Of the
batter.
The delivery Of Linstedt was put to
the bad in the opening part of the
game, but later he got down from his
airy fights, and began to delive.'
Knockout drops. His drop ball was
particularly effective.
Holland at second played nice
ball; he covered his sack we'll, and
is credited with a two-bagger, a sin
gle and a sacrifice hit
Lawrence did much to disconcert
the visitors pitcher by his antics on
the side line; he accepted every
chance, and sacrificed nicely when
called upon to do so. He was very
anxious to walk into Mr. Linstdt's de-
livery, but he did as he was instructed
to, and the result Of his stick work
showed up in the score. If .Patter-
son had done likewise, the score
would have been larger, but there is
no kick coming for the game was
won, and his work in left garden was
fine.
Weatherly and Knox, short stop
and second-basemen for the visitors,
are the surest infields and the pref
tiest infelders that the fans have
ever seen. They both work elegant
ly. Weatherly is a perfect hend with
the stick, and cracked out the finest
hit of the game, a three-bagger to
left garden.
Mabry is a splendid worker behind
the bat; he tries hard for every
chance, and uses good head work
throughout the game. Everyone
was sorry to see him get hurt in
cutting of a run at the plate, but he
held to the ball, and one less score
may be attributed to him.
There were entirely too many er-
| rors on both sides.
Score.
Cheraw-0 . 0 2 4 O-9
Sumter 3 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 SO
Summary.
Hits, Cheraw, 8; Sumter. y.
Three base hits, Weatherly.
| Two base hits. Holland.
Struck out, by Linstedt 6, Posey l.
Beusse l. First on balls, off Posey
i: off Linstedt L. Left on bases, Che
raw, 5; Sumter, 4. Batter hit Tom
linson.
Umpire, Mr. A. X Sanders; Scorer.
Mr. H p Moses.