The Jasper news., 1908-09-03
OPOLls WAS SHUT OUT
Sundays Game Was q Pitchers Bat
tie and 0uliIow Outpitched
Mitchell,

NltkSuGkE.
Those fans who journeyed out to the
Ward grounds last Sunday and braved
the sun for two hours were rewarded
for their patriotism by seeing about the
prettiest game Of base ball that has been
played here this season, and that is say.
Ing good deal, considering the quality
Of entertainment furnished during tho
month past. For the fan who loves the
air-tight sort Of contest popularly call.
ed 'pitcher's battle'i Ii. was an ideal
exhibition, and even he who likes to
see plenty Of good. hard hitting got a
taste Of Joy now and then, which was
| usually nipped, however; by some fast
travelling infitlder. -,
| II was Upolis, Kans that furnished
the losing team Sunday, and 1t was the
long, laDk, stemwinding Mitchell, last
year OF Nashville, who dispensed for
them the sizzlers that sizz and puzzlprs
that puzz. Also, it was the bulky En-.
sninger Of the same, Nash Vile bunch,
who dwelt behind the platter and act
ed as receptacle for those shoots that
got past the Jasper hitsmen. Three
other Nashville players, Pope, Schooler,
and Fillhonr, were in tho visitors line.
up. L.. at
The "human slst," Mr.. Mitchell,
was some pumpkins at this twirling
game all right. lie famed seven Red
sox slugsters and the score keeper re.
corded only one hit off his delivery.
And that is surely burning up the
brush. However there were two other
blows that were to all purposes, hits,
one Of which was Guiilow g long swat TO
right that WAS barely touched by Fill.
hour, and the other short dump to
third by Yes Wolf that Gould wierdly
chucked into buggy 10 the distant Off
ing back OF first. He couldn't have
got Yes il he bad fielded perfectly, but
he didn't field perfectly and 60 got an
an error, which deprived Yes Of the hit.
Mitchell pitched good enough ball to
win nine games out Of ten, but Ed
Guillow pitched just shade better and
willowy Nashville youth. In fact
Guiliow's work was nothing short of
sensational. 10 the nine innings only
thirty men faced him, be allowed but
one meager hit, and made eight Opolis.
ties iacerate the atmosphere. With
the exception of the fourth inning only
three OF the enemy went to bat in each
chapter. That fourth Inning was some
nerve.wrecker, but Guillow pulled. out
Of it all right, as he alv ays does.
! Thomas, first up. smashed single to
center, that made noise 10 the grass
like the hired man eating celery. He
took second on Gould's sacrifice, En-.
singer walked, and he and Thomas each
advanced base on wild pitch. Pope's
best was a tall spiral, real cloud-in-
epector that was on the job seemingly
an hour but finally dropped into Nc
Combs waiting init. Schoolar stopped
an inshoot with his left clavicle and
ambled, filling the bases. Fillhour,
who is called the best hitter on the
Opolis team, was up in the pinch, and
things looked omipous, but Guillow
outguessed him and he stewed the
ether.
In the other eight innings Guillow
WAS az steady as n Pullman porter and
With the exception Of three who got on
by virtue Of Burkett's and McComb's
excusable errors, no Opolis uniform
reached the first way station on the
trip aronud.
Jasper's two runs came singly In the
sixth and seventh. In the sixth
GuiIlow's y long whop elu Jed Fillhour's
grasp long enough to permit Ed to
reach second. His attempted steal OF
third was rather untimely. but En-.
sninger hove the pill to the foul flag and
the first run coupted. Ip the seventh,
Rathburn got his elbow in front OF q
fast one and walked, taking third on
Hicks single to right, and scoring when
Mitchell! kicked Cones easy bounder.
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