Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-07-09
Baseball Fever Getting Higher.

Berryville and SnepnerdstoWh ne'
in baseball combat last Saturday on
our home grounds, and as soon as we
met the enemy he was our'u We con-
fess that we treated him badly, for we
never let him have any sort of show.
Two games were played-one In the
morning and one in the afternoon
and we won the former by score Of
9 to 8 and the latter by 9 to l. In
the morning Percy Wood pitched a
| fine game, striking out eleven men;
Eugene Wood caught both games, and
if ever you saw sturdy oak tree stand
ing unmoved, you may know how
Wood acted behind the bat. He ought
to be called Stonewall Wood, for ne
was right there all the time. The
BerryVille boys made run in the
first inning, and later our team began
to fool too much and let them have
two in the ninth. Robey pitched for
the visitors the first game and Shack
lett caught both games in fine style,
taxing in several difficult high Ton :.
DR. E.Ison Was umpire.
In the afternoon the visitors, though
realizing that we were too strong for
them, put plenty Of ginger into the
game and did their best. Shepherd
pitched for them, but we pounded
him for fair. Musser won applause
by hitting a three-bagger, while Z.
Wood whacked the ball into remote
corners as he pleased, making three OF
the nine runs. Grayson pitched a fine
game for ShepherdstOwn-as he always
does-striking out nine men and al
lowing but FIVE hits. For the visitors,
Jones, the lightest man on the team,
played fine game in left field and
captured the good will of all the
rooters by his cleverness. P. Wood
on first base played a perfect game.
while Page Andrews as shortstop and
captain was tower of strength. Indeed,
our boys put up g,me that was full
of good work in general. W. K:
Moler was umpire. A large crowd
witnessed both games.
Tuesday the Shepherdstown boys
iourneyed to Charles Town to play the
team from that place and were de.
feated by Winchester by a score OF IL
to l. No, this isn't mistake. We
went there to play Charles Town and
were beaten by Winchester. Charles
Town was afraid of US, and so called
on the Winchester team for reinforce
ments. With six men from Winches'
ter and three from Charles Town they
presented mighty strong combination
and whipped US out OF our boots.
Grayson pitched for Shepherdstown
and Wood caught. For Winchester
the battery was johnson snd Mary.
The Winchester men are heavy batters,
and they pounded Grayson savagely,
making II hits of Of him Our boys
got six hits off Of Johnson, but they
couldn't find the ball at the time
when a hit was most needed. The
shortstop and right and left felders Of
the enemy were Charles Town players,
while all the others were from the
crack Winchester team, the strongest
team in this section. They have won
nearly every game they have played,
defeating the strongest teams in
Maryland and the Virginias. They
are all paid men and simply out-class
our amateurs.
Nevertheless, our boys were not
scared at them, and accepted an in
vitation to play two games with them
one on Wednesday one on Thursday
ON the Winchester grounds.
Of course we didn't expect to defeat
the professional players on the Win
chester team, 80 we were not dlsap-
pointed at the result of yesterdays
eame-seven to one in favor Of Win
chester. Our battery was Andrews
and Rogers, while that for the locals
was Montgomery and Duffy. E.
Wood, Of the Shepherdstown team,
made three hits out Of four times up,
but we could not make hits at the
psychological moments. Our boys
played well against heavy odds.