The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-06-25
SPORT.


I coming strong since their trip through
Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, and
in a game Thursday shut out the East
Nashville Furniture Line boys to 0.
Mr.. Smith says he is very hopeful for
several members of his team and says
that in another year they will be able
to hold their own in any company.
There are quite few good ball play
ers in and around Nashville and by
degrees they are being brought to-
gether. Rain has been quite a set
back to the managers all over the
country, they state that in no season
has rain caused such loss. The peo-
pie are turning out, but the throwing
out of games on account of the rain
! causes much loss. Yet they are hope
full and say with good hot weather
! from now on they will be able to make
up the loss.
There seems to be quite big stir
in the world of the Pugs ON account of
the position of the Negro fighters.
True it is that he has a good hold on
( everything in sight worth having, yet
this does not say he has never had any
! good fighting until now. There has al
ways been good Negro fighters in ev-
1 cry class, and they have always been
up near the top; but; on account of
not being given chance could never
show their real strength. The sport
ing public has been brought to the
place now, where they want to see
the best men in action, whether they
be Indians, Jananese or Negroes, and
any man that is champion must be so
by beating the best men in his class.
The color line set up by Sullivan is al
most removed, and when a fighter
draws the line the Followers of the
came are inclined to believe he sees
dark shadow in the far distance, and
is trying to evade it by the color line
route. Some of the best fighters the
world has ever known have fought
Negroes and in almost every case, the
Negro has proven foeman worthy of
his steel. This thing set the public to
thinking and now when Negro has
the goods and can deliver them they
are for giving him a chance and sell
dom he falls down. They seem to
get the principle right and then build
upon it until all is complete that goes
to make wonderful fighter. Here's
luck to the black Americans and may
success continue to follow them.
The National Baptist Publishing
Board Juniors defeated the White Sox
in double-header.
The features of the first game were
the pitching of Saul Patton and the
swift short stopping of Charley Kirk
who saved the game by robbing the
batter of a clean hit across the sec
ond, and cutting off runner for the
home plate leaving the score for the
first game to Z in favor of the Ma
tional Baptist Publishing Board Jun
iors.
The line up was as follows: B.
Cumming, C. f.; T. Pennington, c.; o.
, Jennings, b.; T. B. Boyd, 2 b.; G..
Cheatham, b.; S. Gains, +. f. ; G.
Hart, c. T.; c. Kirk, SIS; S. Patton, p
The features of the second game
were the pitching of Captain Obie
Jennings and the fast fielding of Man
ager Charley Hart. Hart saved the
game by catching a hot line across
third base and cutting off a runner
going home, leaving the score 10 to
in favor of the National Baptist Pub
fishing Board Juniors.
The line up of the second game was
as follows: B. Cummings, C. f.; T
Pennington, c.; ]. Shelby, 1 b.; T. B
Boyd, b.; G. Cheatham, b.; G
: Hart, l. f.; G. Kirk, S, S.; o. Jennings