The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-05-22
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game the crowd warmed up though
and didn't seem to notice the clauiry
twang Of the cold winds Preceding
the game both teams and Iiink nkliia
band headed nv the jackson Hotel
automobile containing Pfesi sident
Slack, Secretary Ashcraft Director
Murphy, Mi. Bean manager ot the
visiting team, and the West ssit
ginlan' sporting writer paraded from
the South Side bridge % Madison.
thenceit To Jefferson yia aekson. where
they embarked for the Park A SUM
mer4 car was al 4 the disposal of Tie
teams andsthes sband. Music was pien
titul all through the afternoon and
seemed tosput iging gerSinS the men, THO
game was started without any cere.
mony and before twas man iainntes
old the spectators had voted The bunch
headed by cassel tie best Al the shis;
tory OF Fairmonts
aElegend5 81 long standing tl,it
aEsnake will stay I'M Il hls den during
chilly weather, but HE Snakes Woke
| up and shook their rattles Saturday
trimming the carnesie Steel Works
team, a&rencevilles AZ 10 whatthe
iIlittleSboys$ shot sats hank you: # was
stmostlys the fault III one Ernest Hell
|mlck, who halls from d snal hamlet
lover III The Buckley State, mentioned
on L, Il map as adsworth. IT was
! he Tof Rthe rosy compile exion, husky
frame and retiring manner aided and
] IabettedS SSbys eight other reptiles par1
] tlcularly one Lang vino was RECON-
|mendedS by Cal yasbinder and he halls
!, from the same Saline eyille as that eos
centric genius that lea TO the ilndeIng
lof the visitors.
n Such pitching as Helmick tiid has
never before been seen on Traction
\ Park. He had the bfoade Of curves.
!, the best of control the choicest of
4 repertoires and the best Of catchefs.
! Law, showshes al dSput that Indian Sign
!, on those rascals from william Penn's
commonwea He had them stretch
!, ing like Phil Johnston IS supposed %
u on Saturday night preyious to the
ilexpecteds Sunday visit sof The parson-
The next minute one would apparent
" come straight at them and Just
about lifetime the Ibatsman Concluded
y that his time had come Umpire Char
: lie Carr would. in nearly every In.
stance yell, good one, e with the re
< suit that s16s 81 the ylsltorsS struck gut
I and the record for such doings on
! Traction Park and Tor that matter In
! Fairmont's s baseball history Tor tiia
!. past Is years was broken Helmicls
! arrived In this city with the intention
!. OF staying but It's all of now; he'a
! got to stay. Il Il
/ Little Lange, the emidg t!of heteam,
9 aptly named The Rabbit by Happy
Jack Kennedy was there In an his
glory While II isg gandeniably true
y that he 5is tiny, yet eballicaily''
& he Is a giant. When the fIrst Jackpot
# Twas formed and Gibbs and Greenwald
3 were all ii and playing FOR q show
n down, the Rabbit opened things
with a pair lof bases and TIE Two
next the dealer ;cashed In! This wasn't
|elallS lie accom- mplished by alarge major
h lty. In the seventh Gibbs drew 3
\ pass and then on sacrifces was sent
z Ito third: Then the Rabbit stalled
al lup to the plate with q panied expires
sion sort o. like; he hated to do lt and
stung triple over in the left feld
suburbs. Now Just walt q moment
4 that isn't all. It was the ninth and
Y the boy had received as glad hand from
/: the crowd for his former perform
! ances, SO in order To- impress tie
! bunch that he had no horse shoes
8 around his clothes, he whacked the
4 first one sent up for a double. The
ball sailed high over 9. Ddgan,s dome.
\; \; Well that IS about all in the blMgltns
: line but he also al elded some as about
: 500 spectators can attest Sloan sent
y q screaming line drive In the boys
Z region In the fourth and II seemed sc
= = the crowd that ething like an ex
E & tension ladde nigh reach II but he
y went and grabbed II so when he
Z reached terra frma again the croTd
Z said nice things about him audibIy
y The eighth came scandalous near re
+ suldng In d score for the visitors be
ss cause q runner was canped on third
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