The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-04-29
Local West Penn Baseball Team
Hangs Il AN oveF the Visitors
q Union Park.
FINE PLAYING BY HOME BOYS.
Score Was Eleven to Nothing and
Clarksburg Got Fifteen Hts
Thousand Fans See Game.

BenwoOd bit the dust to the tune
of eleven TO nothing in the baseball
contest with the clarksburg West
Penn team at the local park Sum
day afternoon to the delight Of
nearly thousand enthusiastic fans.
The visitors proved to he entirely
too slow for Manager Huling'sI
braves and they scarcely knew what
a hit was so few did they get
clarksburg walked of with fifteen
to their credit and they could cas-
lily have taken some more had the
necessity arisen, but the locals didn't
want to make the visitors feel too
bad.
Hoffman pitched TO- clarksburg
and did very well, although his arm
was not in the best of shape. clariis-
burg tielded and batted well and
came OF without an error marked
against the players.
G. Whiteman, the first man up
made bingle to first, Frazier get
his base on balls while Whitcman
was put out at second. Wharton
made a hit which was gobblcl up
by third baseman who threw Frazier
out on second. Allen went out SEC
ond to third.
The first thing clarksburg did was
to make two-bagger. Peer did the
trick. Mccracken stuck out aud
linn got nice double-sacker. HUI
ing landed safe hit and when IIol-
lister did the same thing Iulins was
caught between second and third aud
put out. Wardman went out short
to first.
In the second inning Fowler went
out short to first. Garvey was hit
by pitched ball and took his base.
Then came double play which call.
ed forth cheers. MCGEE binglea To-
second, was put out at first and Gar
yey was killed at second. Clarlrs-
burg then got run vasblnder COM
ing in when Hoffman and Wickeu-
hoover made safe hits.
In the third Kearns struck out. W..
Whiteman got base on balls and
when G. Whiteman pushed the bali
out to Huling Clarksburg made an
other double play. Huling to Ward-
man to Huling. Then Clarksburg
made two more runs. McCraclien
took base on an error of Wharton.
linn got base hit and Huling bunt-
ed to first on a sacrifice. Hollister
few out to first, wardman got his
base on balls, andwith the bases full
vasbinder swatted neat double
bagge rthat let Mccracken and zinn
across the home platter wardman
came near crossing also but was
caught out third baseman to catcher.
Benwood went down in one, two,
three order in the fourth. Qarks-
burg then took the stage and Wick
enhoover and Hoffman got singles.
but Pear, Mccracken and Zinn went
down one, two, three.
Fowler got his base on balls IN
the NTH. Garvey flew to third aud
on wild pitch of Hoffman's Fowler
went to second. When Mcaee dew
out to third. Fowler slipped to sec
end. Kearns then got up and gave
Benwood's only double-bagger. but
Fowler couldn't get farther than
third. Whiteman then few out 10
vasbinder who made a nice. catch.
Clarksburg went to bat and HUNG
was put out on bingle that third
base got down to first before Huling
could get there. HOLSTER and Ward
man struck out.
There was a balloon ascension on
the part of the visitors in the sixth.
C. Whiteman flew out to left field.
Frazier got his base on balls and
then Wharton came to bat. Catcher
wickenhoover then got hit in the