The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-04-16

that third time is charm and the
truism of the statement was agaiI
demonstrated on the Lake Park dia-
mond last Wednesday afternoon
when Columbus won the third and
last game of the Gulfport series by
a score of 8 to o. May, who was or
the local firing line, was invincible,
and the Discoyerers just naturally
played rings around the Sand Fid-
dIers throughout the entire contest,
which was highly enjoyed by several
hundred enthusiastic fans. Only once
during the game did a visitor hove
in sight of home plate, and that was
in the fourth, when Murch raped
out a three Dagger. He was followed
BY Reilly and Holland, two of the
heaviest hitters on the team, but May
famed them both, and the smile
which usually overspreads the coun-
tenance of Bobby" Gilks vanished
when he went out on an easy ground
er
The locals not only fielded fault
Iessly, but got in some hefty stick
work, Marshall having knocked a
home run and Huber having smashed
out double, which enabled two men
TO score. A collection was taken up,
and each man got a nice bunch OF
money for his work. While all the
men were in the game from start to
finish, Mays twirling was the fea-
fure of the contest, and if he keeps
In q
Alabamian will prove himself to be
one of the best men on Toft's pitch
ing staff. He allowed only three
scattered hits during the progress OF
the game Wednesday afternoon, and,
as stated above, famed Reilly and
Holland, two of the heaviest hitters
on the Gulfpot team. Dorsey, whose
work in the opening game was OF a
saffron hue, redeemed himself We'd
nesday afternoon, having run from
third base home on a wild pitch
Four scattering hits were all that
Demaree allowed the visitors in the
opening game between Columbus and
Monroe Thursday afternoon, which
resulted in a victory for the locals by
a score of 3 TO 1. In the first inning
honors We're even, each team having
made one run. For Monroe. Ref
hit safe, who was sacrificed to second
by Hunter, and scored on Blan-I
chette's double For Columbus Dur
meyer reached first on grounder to
short, which Ref fumbIed. Huber
hit safe and Durmeyer went to sec
ond, advanced to third on a wild
throw, and scored on Manush's safe
ty. Neither side scored again until
the eighth, when two of Tofts men
crossed home plate. Marshall, Ma
nush and Huber hit safe, the latter
having been thrown out while at
tempting to steal second. Mitchell, !
the next man up, sent a long fly to
left field, and both Manush and Mar
shall loped in home. Manage Toft
was behind the bat Thursday after
noon and in addition to catching a |
faultless game got in some effective
work, having raped out several we'll |
placed bingles when they were badly !
needed.
Columbus took the second game /
from Monroe Friday afternoon, hav- /
ing defeated the Louisianians by a /
score of to 3. Pylant was in the /
box for the locals, and was little /
wild at the opening, having allowed |
the visitors to make two runs during /
the initial inning He soon settled /
down, however, and the only addi-
tionaI score which Monroe got was
in the eighth. The fielding of both /
teams was ragged, Columbus having
secured her runs by punched hits /.
and by errors on the part of the
Monroe players. Several of the Dis
coverers are doing some hard hitting
this season, and Marshall got in some
very effective stick work Friday aft
ernoon, having raped out two three
baggers. The team is playing big
league ball, and local fans are sat
isfed both with the players and with
Toft's management.
Columbus won her third game
from Monroe yesterday afternoon,
making the fourth successive victory,
Gulfport having been defeated in the
closing event of the series. May was
in the box for six innings, and was
relieved by Wheeler, who was wild,
and retired in favor of Pylant, who
succeeded in holding the visitors
down. The score was to 8.