The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-02
GREfNWOOD'S FAST AGGREGATION
OF CLASSY BASE BALL ARTISTS
Prove Concusy to Water Valley That Greenwood Has the Best
Team in the Bush leaque
OUR BOYS SLUG LIKE MAD men IN MONDAYS GAME
Rube Ball Ben Mitchell Put Up Neat Exhibitions of SabW and
Are Given Excellent Support BY Their Backers.

After winning a series from Water
Valley in this city on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday of last week by the skin
of the teeth, our team left Greenwood
Monday morning for Water Valley for
series with that team in their own lots.
Bennie Mitchell, Rube Ball, Isom Jones,
Mickey Mcclellan, Warner Wells, AL
bert Metts. Jimmie Dodson, Gus Melon
aid, Ewing Johnson and Con Welsh and
our capable manager, Prof. c. e. Saun-
ders, composed the crew of tossers that
were to represent Greenwood on this
scouting. They arrived in Water VAL
ley at three clock and were sent to
the hotel to prepare for that after
Moons game. The Water Valley people
city, Notwithstanding hat we are its
strongest rival for baseball honors in
the Bush League. After a few canary
dips by few of our boys, they joggled
ont to the diamond to make their debut
On the Water Valley grounds.
Mondays Game.
Everything looked bright for Water
Valley, as she sent out her pet and cap
tain, "Sadie" Parker, to do the twirling,
with Ling as his battery pal. By the
time the game had begun, good crowd
filled the bleachers and park to witness
the game. The gate receipts amounted
to about S66.15, and the crowd seemed a
pleasant one. AS the umpire, Mr.. Joe
Matt Wheeler, the ex-Cotton States
Lacquer, and ex-Water Valley slab ar
tist, the canary bird kid, and who made
many friends while here with the Water
Valley team, was announced as the
handler of the indicator. When Joe
Matt had announced the batteries, the
game was on with Gus Mcdonald lead
ing off for Greenwood. Sadie Parker
was himself in the initial inning and
Greenwood received a goosegg. Then
Greenwood went in the field. Isom
Jones sent out our popular "Rube' Ball
to win the game for US, and it seems
that he we'll understood his mission,
for at all stages throughout the game
he had everything his way and never
did Water Valley stock rise to par val
ue. Rube kalsomined them for seven
straight innings. In the eighth they
pushed in two runs, which ended their
run-getting for the first game. In the
second inning Metts opened with a
good rap, and was sent in with the first
tally of the game. Things went by
quickly then until the fifth inning, when
it seemed as though we were treated to
an aeroplane excursion. Everybody
jumped on their "Sadie" with all fou'
feet and piled up nine innings in their
fatal fifth. Metts, Isom Jones, Bennie
Mitchell, Mcdonald and everybody or
the team hit the bail on the nose like
flends. Albert Metts would refuse te
run the bases if he failed to draw a two
bagger. Several of his drives would
have scaled the Bernstein sign in oul
park Bennie Mitchell showed his
usual batting, and Gus Mcdonald was
as sure and fast as ever. The whole
team meant business, played classy
game, batted like leaguers and raj
bases like winding balls. After thu
fifth had finally been swallowed by the
Water Valley fans, we were tired ou
from running bases and didn't care fol
any more runs, but our boys kept slug
ging and added tally in the sixth ant
another in the eighth. Greenwood
made two errors while the scorer mark
lieved Parker after the aeronautic trip
but both together only had one strike
out. Ball piled up seven strikeouts
Wheeler gave general satisfaction a
umpire, and the boys were cordially re
ceived by the Water Valley team an
were accorded excellent treatment.
tuesdays Game.
In order to redeem themselves frol
their slaughter Monday. Water valle
called on her pet, Harry Peaster, to wi
game. Peaster is as good pitche
as is to be found in the Bush League
His spit ball is almost perfect, he ha
good control, has pace Is correct, an
his headwork is of an extra order. Lin
caught him we'll and worked like an oil
veteran. But Bennie Mitchell, who wa
sent in to attend to Greenwood's inte
ests proved himself his equal an
pitched an excellent game Of ball. Jo
Matt Wheeler was again given the IL
dicator, but the boys blame their d
feat to one of his decisions. When tv
men were on bases, Warner Wells can
up to the bat and sent drive at Hows
their first baseman, who stabbed at
making it run on the foul line But u
ball hit fair and we should have bes
entitled to the two runs, for Joe Ma
afterwards stated that the decisit