The Springdale news., 1908-09-11
TWO GREAT
 BALL GAMES. Fayetteville and Springdale the Contenders, With Latter
 the Winner.

Two of the most interesting games of base ball ever played on the local grounds were those of Thursday. and.Friday. between the Springdale and Fayetteville teams. After battling for eleven innings the first game had to be called on account of darkness, the score standing 1 and 1. The sec ond game was won by the locals, score , to ,.
 In the first game Fayetteville secured their run in the second inning, and in the eighth Wood- son, who had been pitching great ball for the county seat boys, went up Tn the air and walked three men, and this, coupled with two hits, allowed the locals to tie up the game where It remain ed tight and fast, notWlthstand- ing both teams had men on bas- es in the following innings and II looked at times as If the needed run would be forthcoming, but fast fielding cut off the runners. A splendid throw by Stroup from left field cut off Hawkins at the plate and kept Springdale from winning.
 Following was the lineup of the two teams: Sprlngdale-Slaugh ter ss, Ninson Sb, Lewis C, Long ID, Denver ef. Daily 2b, Hunt If, Needham ?, Hawkins If. Fay etteville-Thompson (, Stroup If, Tilley lb. Woodson D, kar- sten 2b. Kuntz ef, A. Eason ss. James sb, II. Easen if
 The locals were unabie. to hit W oodsen, and had ke maintained throughout the entire game the pace Set at tile start there might have been another story to tell But lie weakened in the closing innings, and walked eight men during tie last four innings. hitting ole and giving seven bases on balls =Needllanl. who was in the box for Springdaie, pitched good steady game, and was working better at the final wind up than in the first stages of the game. Although he was hit freely. excellent fielding pre- vented the visitors from scoring.
 H. Edson and karsten lead in batting, each being credited with four hits; Woodson and James got two each, and Tilley, Kuntz and A. Eason 1 each, a total of 15. Springdale only got six hits, two of which were by Lewis, a two-bagger and one each by Yin son. Daily, Hunt and Needhan.
 Struck out, by Woodson $, by Needham q, first on balls. off Woedson s, off Needham !. C. $. Bouton umpire.
 The lineup for the second game Was changed slightly, Bingham being in the box and Needham succeeding Long at first, who was unable to play on account of injuries sustained in Thursdays game. karsten was in the box for the visitors, H. EaSon at second and Cannon in right field. Fayetteville secured their two runs in the second inn ing, both on errors, and the To- calls got one run Tn each the first, third and sixth innings. Springdale secured seven hits, two each by Lewis and Hunt, one of each being a two bagger, and the others were by Vinson, Slaughter and Denver. Fayette- vile secured eight hits, two each by A. and H. Eason, and one each by Thompson, Stroup, James and Cannon. Struck out by karsten :, by Bingham 10; first on balls, off karsten l, off Bingham 1. (. $. Bouton um- plre.
 Sprinedale's inield worked spiendidfy in both games, only two errors being made. ln the first game Ninson made bril- liant one-hand stop of swift grounder, and Ill the second Slaughter knocked down a grounder that looked like sure hit and threw his man out at first. Needham played first in second game without an error.
 An amateur baseball team from St. Louis played at Bentonville