The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1907-04-18
JACKSON TOOK
ALL THREE GAMES
COLUMBUS LOST ALL THREE OF
THE GAMES PLAYED WITH
JACKSON - LACK OF
PRACTICE CAUSE.
1t Has Often Been Said, However,
That d Bad Beginning Makes
Good Ending, So Rooters
Need Not Feel Bad.

lis uOuTulul story, TOOLeES-
'tis sad, sad tale, o fans. Jack Law
lost the first game with Jackson,
leading the doughty Columbians to
ignominious defeat and causing hun
dreds of loyal local enthusiasts to
take lugubrious plunge in the dis
NAL slough of despond.
Mr.. J. Bug, Raymond was in the
box for the Jacksonians, and he it
was who put the Lawyers on the
hummer. The rooters of the Capital
City have been kicking on Bugs"
work in the exhibition games, and
yielding to the popular demand for
his release the directors recently sold
him to Charleston. Under the rules
of baseball he had no right to pitch
Thursdays game, and it was over
Laws protest that he went in the
box. Now bug" is one of those
erratic fellows who has his good days
as well as his bad days, and Thurs
day he was evidently feeling fine.
The illustrious Bug" doubtless feel
ing somewhat disgruntled at his re-
lease, seemed determined to force
the directors to repent their action
in giving him lemon. He went in
the box and pitched the game of his
life. Only one hit did he allow the
Columbians, and McDivett, who
touched him for a single, failed to
score, while four Capital City run
ners planted their flying feet safely
on home plate.
But let us not become down-heart-
ed or disconsolate. One swallow
never made a summer. and one game
never won the rag" BY rag" we
do not mean that the penant is rag
ged" or holy" Well never get it
by ragged playing, but by whole
lot of hustling we may succeed in
tieing the penant to a Lake Park
flag pole. But we are DEPRESSING.
Let us leave the penant waving in
the summer breeze at Lake Park
and return to the Jackson game.
Casey was in the box for Colum-
bus, and while the game was lost no
fault is to be found with his twirl-
ing. He held the home team down
to six hits, and the way the Jack
sonians secured the three runs in the
seventh inning was by punching their
hits. There was only one error made
by the Columbians, and this was not
costly, as no run was secured. Man
ush, Huber and Wright made double
plays, and Pease came very near
scoring in the first inning, having
to touch home plate. The one hit
credited to the visiting team was
made by McDivett
The score by innings: R.H.E.
Col. =. o 0 0 0 0 90 1
Jack. o / 0 0 0 3 x-4 6 8
Summary Hits, off Casey 6, off
Raymond i. Double plays, Manush,
Huber and Wright. Batteries: Ca
sey and Turner, Raymond and Ed
wards Umpire, Dawkins.
After having the game almost won
the Columbians lost to Jackson again
Friday afternoon. At the beginning
of the ninth inning the score stood
eight to seven in favor of Columbus,
but Jackson made two runs, winning
out by total score of nine to eight.
Enthusiastic fans were gathered
around the several local bulletin
boards where results by innings were
posted, and when the final news came
in their momentary feeling of hope
fulness was turned to despair.
Brazealle, who started out to pitch |
for Columbus, was wild, and was
taken out at the close of the third |
May, who yielded no hit until the
ninth inning, when two runs were
made.
When the game opened Tevis was
in the box for Jackson, but was taken |
out at the end of the sixth inning, |
being followed by bug" Raymond. !
who pitched Thursdays game. The |
of the Columbus team
protested against the substitution of |
Raymond for Tevis, and the game |
will probably be contested.
The Jackson papers say that there
are some good players in the Colum-
bus bunch. but that they are lacking |
in team work. Wright made home
run on Tevis. and Brazealle touched /
him for a two bagger.
The score by innings: R.H.E.