The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-15
CADETS TAKE
GREAT GAME
WHITE AND PURPLE TRAILS IN
THE DUST AND HooDo
is BROKEN.
LOCALS WIN BY SAFE MARGIN
Neal Pitches a Great Game, Striking
Out Ten 5atters-Good
Stick Work.

Cadets have broken over the hoodo
that has worked many wonders for
the purple and white of the Branham
& Hughes lads and the latter lost
their first game of ball to the Cadets
Friday afternoon by to l.
In spite of the very disagreeable
weather there was a fairly good crowd
out at Academy field to witness
the game, and the usual faithful root
ers came from Spring Hill TO boost
their boys. The Cadet body lined up
in full force and from the time the
game started until the finish they kept
up one continuous clamor, and. such
roofing was never INDUCED in before.
They started in with the determina-
ton to win, and no doubt but that
their yells, congs and hurrahs had
something to do with the unnerving
of the visitors.
In the practice it looked from the OBJ
server on the side that B. & H. had
the better Of the soldiers, and there
was much fear on the part of the Co
! lumbia tooters that the visitors would
get away with the lead and cinch the
game. Every man on the team was
an athlete and took every care to dis
play that fact in the practice work.
At Is minutes to four o'clock his
Jumps said play ball" and Neal step
ped in the pitchers box, Troy was
the first man up and Joe set him down
in one, two three style. Next man up
Joe had feeling for and tried to help
| him out by tapping him with the ball,
I but retired him when he tried to steal
second. and struck out the third man.
Elousa, c. NJ AS crack stick ar
fist, was the first man up for the Ca
| diets and connected with the first ball
that the south paw from Spring Hill
] sent In. But the first run did not
come until the second inning, due to
the timely hit of Lee. Taylor got
first base by hit ball, gained second
on a passed ball, and Lee the next
man up connected with the sphere
and brought Taylor in. There was
great demonstration and Lee, who was
thrown out at first, was the hero Of .
the hour. In the third inning Neal
got a hit and run which gave the ca
diets two to nothing. The soldier boys
got together then and made it up for
shut out, and it looked as if though
they would succeed until the fifth in
had plenty of speed and a good curve
and had the purple and white boys
boys saving theair. At the begin |
ming of the fifth, Hardwick was the |
first man up and was hit by the ball; |
Troy got his base on balls, Polk got |
little hit, filing the bases. Jackson !
made scratch hit which was fumbled |
and Hardwick scored. This was the
first and only run the visitors made. |
Neal Juen oetIleu uONH " buoihSo0
and famed the next three men up in
one, two, three order. The Columbia
fans were holding their breath, for a
little bingle meant from one to two
runs which would have put the visit
ors in the lead.
Three times Neal pitched himself
out of a hole, striking out ten of the
B. & II. heavy hitters, Troy also
pitched fine ball, but his center fielder
and catcher were weak, which in a
measure lost the game. The score
really should have been without the
last half of the ninth inning, one and
one as two of c. NJ, AS runs were
on errors made by the visitors. Troy
has fine delivery and has an out
drop in his rep rtoir that is almost
invincible He was too strong for
Golf, as Goff could not hold him, al
lowing five passed balls one of which
netted run for the cadets.
The star players for the Cadets
were Elousa, Neal, Moore, Taylor, Lee
and Or. Brock. DR., Brock was handi-
capped in the game yesterday from the
fact that one of the B. & II. boys
placed his No. II on the Doctors hand I
and spiked Mn It occurred in this !
manner: The Doctor was on the first
bag, and was playing off little,
When the ball left the pitchers hand
The coach sent the doctor down to sec
md which was a rather risky business
rs the Doctor was not up to his usual \
'unning form The catcher dropped \
he ball, which all that saved Brock
rom getting thrown out and for fear \
hat he would be the rooters began \
o hollow "Slide Brock, Slide" And X
10 slid and as he reached ont and Il