Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-05-17

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 In one of the fastest and most mag nificently played games of the presen season here, the Pine Knots snatched victory from the Helena baseball team at Forest Park Saturday after noon, after eleven hard fought innings were furnished an enthusiastic gath ering of fans. The loyal ones went tC the park expecting to see about five innings played, because of the threat ening clouds that overhung the city and which had an hour previously sent down enough water to float the battleship fleet. What was the sad dest feature of it all, most of the water was left on the baseball dia- mond. But like on the previous day, the Pine Knots proved themselves good "mudders' and tielded to per lection Big Liz Taylor swimming around in left field after fly balls as gracefully as he chews tobacco. Up to the eleventh inning not a hit had been registered off Pitcher Rogers, he of anti-Sunday baseball fame, and if ever a baseball pitcher deserved to carry away the sweets of victory it was that cool headed young twirler who occupied the box for the Helena Ponies Saturday afternoon Only five men reached the initial bag for Pine Bluff because of his steady box work and fast fielding behind him. Two of these, Clayton and Berry, secured the only two hits made off Rogers in the eleventh inning, Berrys hit to right scoring Clayton and send ing home the winning run, the only one made in the contest. All but one man was out in the fatal eleventh when Berry connected with the horse hide and dropped it nicely in the ter ritory just half way between first and second bases aEN a little to1 far out to enable any of the fielders to pull il down.
 Frank Taylor a local lad who has been playing great ball, undoubtedly saved the game for the locals when he pulled down long fly which went over his head ill center garden. This was in the ninth inning Neither side had scored. Jolly and Schmidt had gone out, the former with pop up fly to Berry and the latter. Ruh to Flood. I<lins was walked by Welch and it was the first and only free transportation issued in the game. Harlow got safety to right and King went to second. He reached third later and Waldrop caught the bah on the nose. sending it high and free of Frank Taylor's reach. Bur Taylor knew that 1t meant defeat if he let it go. so he splashed through the water covered center garden toward the back fence and With one determined effort grabbed the ball as il was passing two feet oyer his head. He pulled it down while the crowd yelled itself hoarse and kliag looked sick as he crossed the rubben.
 The visitors had several opporruq5- ties to score, with men on .hird in number of innings Bur Ina, little a.l Welch did the work each time. rer.r- ing the batters as fast as they walked up. Welch pitched good, heady ball and also deserved to Win. His sup port could not have been better.
 The locals played the victorious tune in the eleventh in about the fo, lowing manner: Ruh hit to center and reached frst. He was relieved there by Big Liz" Taylor, who ran for him. Clayton bunted 10 Rogers, who, in trying to catch Taylor at sec ond permitted Clayton 10 reach the initial bag. Pittman sacrificed and both runners advanced a base. Berry swung his bat Yiciously at the speedy ball from Rogers left arm, but he failed to connect. He had two strikes and three balls. Then the sadness came for the Ponies. Berry smashed the next one into the righ+-center gar den and Clayton scored. The fans were still yelling praises for Berry at last night.
 The Official Score.
 Helena AB R II 20 4 E Benham, If .........5 0 Il Q 0 Durand, Of .........4 6 l 8 0 0 Jolly, If ...........5 Q 0 0 0 0 Schmidt, ss ....5 0 0 4 1 Kling, 2b ...........4 0 2 0 O