The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-22

lifting line fors ID locals S,ind WIS ops
posed by one elsh; Who proved fins
self worthy the name Of pitcher:
Reed lacked 6ntrol sne arly alr
tlharoagh and alta ibnte u u; lack sot
work the us tell not hayln pltcas
ed q game I'M three lie eks. AS itSwais s$
NE gave three base on wide ones.
and hit three men! Eight of5the Visit
ling batsmen we're retired on strikes
Eand but four safe drives we're neg =
llttated from his delivery, Intact,
leach Of the four8rpns scored blythe
losers can be- traced to Reeds wild,
IIness. For three long weary Innings
1.-THE visitors were one measlyHlittle
|Irun 10 the good, and the crowd cheer.
led them Justify. Then the, Snakes
Iiwokelup and told the knocking por.
ltion 81 the I, 200 assembled that ii
Iiany cheering was to be done they
were going TO be the recipients lof 1T
The locals demonstrated to the sat.
Iisfaction Of their admirers that they;
are hard hitting aggregation, iblf,
tlng the leather safely eleven times;
two OF the clouts being for extra
bases. The only two errors were con.
tributed by Jack snedden. the fast
boy who looks afterSthe left side Of
the intield in such a competent man.
ner, and both were on hard chances.
The scoring started off for both
teams in the very first inning. West
started things off for our own and
sent a home runlto left field, and
thereby hangs a tale which is related
on the first page, sneddenS singled
TO first, and Gibbs nobly sacrificed
him to second, and he went to third
on Greenwald's out, Ashenbaugh 10
Carney. Connor3 brought him home
with beauty single through the In.
field. LANCE drew a base on balls
and Connor mouched on the second
sack justSas If he had a right to, and
was promptly tagged. In fact three
times during the game did the lanky
first baseman run wild on the base
paths and each time was he easy
picking for the opposition. Whether
the fault Of the coachers or his own
is something that Captain Casscl will
have to determine and remedy.
The visitors promptly eyened up in
their half Of the initial inning. Ash.
enbaugh went out, from Duff 10 Con.
nor. but Reed was Wild and passed
Carney, who was mean enough to fur.
thor impose by stealing second. P.
Connor beat out a bunt and Carney
went to third, Sloan was hit by q
pitched ball, and the bases were full
Davis singled TO middle and two
counted, but Sloan was caught try
ing for third and Dugan struck out
AS mentioned above the visitors
took the lead for three innings on q
run scored in the fourth which was
the fault OF Umpire Carr, that gentle
man making ruling that does not
conform TO the rules, II the average
umpire In the big leagues interpret
them correctly. This is how It all
started. Sloan dropped Texas
Lacquer back OF Dun and reached
first safely. Davis popped a little
one to Snedden, who allowed It to
drop and then recovered in time to
throw the runner out at first. Sloan
was away off the bag when the ball
was hit, and then when caught he ran
back. Connor tabled him, but Carr
said that when the ball Twas hit he
declared 1t an infeld fly, and no one
but the batter; was out. IN the first
place, first and second, or first, sec
ond and third must be- occupied sby
runners with less athana two hands
down beforeisuch a ball, can be de.
clared SO, end according to ithes book
a man IS forced off the base, in4 cues.
ton as soon as the aball was hit. "A
large portion of;the crowd sided with
the visitors, and thereby showed their
ignorancelof the playing rules of4the
National game which they profess 40
mucf5to admire land then knock the
very teamiiwllich furnishes them the
sport. SloanNstole fsecond after. the
funny ruling, and5iwentgto third 3or
4 Dugan's out scoring afsecond later
4 on Manning stisingle TO left. Thai
ended the scoring stntil' the seventh
inning! although the. Lawrenceville
bunch looked dangerous inh the, fifth
when, after two were out, Reed hit
two i.batsmen, but, abest III Sloan
could do was TO pop toSR Reed. Il
freed Spractlcallyltresponde stoy the
plea hls!oteamh mateslt to- win tshis
own game lin Observation-Disclosures