The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-30
TIGERS CONE FAST
IN FINAL SESSION
At COLUMBIA
Score Four Runs After Abe
Welsher, Newark Boy, Goes
on Mound.
BY JAMES N. GOULD.

COLUMBIA, $. G., March So.-It was
peaches for the Tigers yesterday after
noon when they defeated the Columbia
a score of 7 to 4, For eight innings
the contest was not an easy PROPOSE
ton for the Bengals, but in the ninth
they jumped upon the pan four times,
and 1t was all lone at the expense of
Abe Welsher, a Newark boy, whose
clever work in the South last year at
tracted the attention of many major
league managers. However, it can be
said that Welsher was not throwing his
arm out of its socket and taking no
chances of putting himself out of the
running so early in the baseball sea-
son. The game was at evens when
Welsher was sent to the hill, After
very few moments of preliminary worls
the Tigers started to land straight
rights and lefts ON Welsher's pitch
product, but at that in the three
innings which the Newark boy worked
the Wclyerton brigade only got five
hits. In the seventh and eighth periods
Abe was especially effective, and it
vas only in the ninth round that ha
- oHt ~ itDi Us vi Ills oiil
city to run wild on the bases.
Right off the reel In the opening session
the Tigers started their run getting. Loud
en- was given walking papers and on the
first ball pitched made a great steal of
The second cushion. Kelly died. but old.
reliable Jake Gettna1s came to the rescue
with II terrific drive to centre, and before
the sphere was fielded back Louden was
resting quietly on the bench and Jake WAS
within one station of home.
Then White sent n single right through
the pitcher and Jake romped home.
Then came a series of zeroS until the
fifth inning. In the last half the Columbia
team, encourag ed by the local rooters, fell
on Kid tMueller's shoots. Before the
smoke had cleared away a total Of five
hits and three runs had been tailed. and
the Tigers felt glum, With one run in the
rear the Tigers went In in the sixth to
even things mp. And they did.
the first station. Wolverton was safe ON
an Intended sacrifice and Whiteerested ON
second. Sharpe's single scored White. The
following batters We're retired.
In the seventh and eighth innings the
Tigers had men on bases, but didn't get
anybody over the plate until the ninth,
when, on three hits, including Schlafly's
three-base wallop, they made four talies
and the game was won.
Columbia's last effort was a single tally
in the ninth.
The Tigers played an almost perfect
fielding game, the single error being made
by White when ne allowed Grofer's single
TO roll through his legs and gave hin Il
chance to complete the circuit.
1t was almost twilight before the game
WAS finished.
Scblafiy. Sharpesand White starred Mt the
bat. Each made three s~afeties. Larry was
also a luminous star in the field. pulling
down some hard ones. Mueller pitch ID u
great game in all but the fifth inning. After
the fifth he settled down, and base hits
were as scarce as umbrellas on II rainy dav.
Reynolds caught the first five innings, and
did well. 1t was plainly noticeable, how
ever, that the Kid worked better with
krlcheli, who went behind the bat after the
fifth inning.
The Tigers left for Lynchburg at 10
o'clock tonight. Al Ortiz will pitch for the
Vireinians against the Tigers today, and
Frill and Randolph will be the Tigns' bat
terry.
IL was announced tonight thar MeLaverty
had been released to Trenton of the Tri-
State League.
Here is how II was doEes