The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-08-19
H0F SPRINGS. BtNGtER..
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Swinging his little whitewash
brush with that, ease and grace
which mark his ,twirling Cote .Coch-
ran, thei stir twirlerr Of the Charles
ton stan of box artists, applied a neat
coat OF celctInihe to the Binglers
from Hot Springs: Virginia, who ar
rived Wednesday. In their. black! and
old gold for a series of two games
with the local aggregation.
While the visitors were strength
ened with Starbuck, the seasoned.
catcher;, Pop: Turner in right, field,
and Pitcher Wills: Of the Anderson
team, the Old Dominion crew, was
not fast enough to combat the ex-
cellent playing Of , the Charleston
team. ....- = - 49, "a.
Only One Visitor Reached Third lsasse
During the Whole nine innings. bf
play. only one Of the Hot SpritiEers
reached third base and he arrived at
McWhorterville, only when Cochran
pitched four straight balls to- '.''Wo-
mack after he had,two strikes on the
visiting first; baseman. = It was the
only time Cote ,wobbled in, the long
journey. but luck was with Charles.
ton and the visitors were retired In
the inning without run. AYaeger,
the speedy shortstop of: the, iHot
Springs team made an attempt TO
steal third hut fell victim, TO i@ocne
of Hicks splendid throws. }. -: @<t>i
Large Crowd Turns Out. g -:
While the weather threatened and
f1zzled a large crowd turned out to
witness the initials game Of mid.
week ball, showing that the fans IRE
appreciat1ve Of the good playing of
the local team and OF the desire OF
the management> to- give" them is COCA;
clean ball. i .-.-..s , trssi:.f
Cochran's shutout victory was. the
tenth. straight win for Charlestons
The Splinter" pitched grand ball,
weakening only once in the entire
game, out he recovered himself I'M,
that seventh inning In time ia pre-.
vent any damage, although it tooi:ef
squally tor time to the ardent root
ers. He will pitch another game this
week.. ...,. },:.5 -. ! -. ., ....; ~
Charleston has the best lnfield Of
any amateur team seen ON. the local
lots this season. Carney at hrst. Ia
playing grand ball. 1t was an. ex-
cellent move to place him on the mi
Cel: bag; for he is getting. almost
everything that comes his way and
n1s batting is improving with every
game. AT: second a"Cooney" Doe is
playing a star game and the fans
nave never missed McHenry. While
the latter was with the team Doe
played the outfeld, but he rombs
around second like it was more nat
ural. In the game Wednesday
Hicks threw high to the second bag
oven, Newcomers head and the fans
thought the .bait4had gone to center
Held; but Doe, who backed I'D New
1 conner, made q stab in the air, and
caught the ball. + 49,
:: AT the Hh ortfeld Captain Newcom-
en- Is playing the game from every
/ angle. Seldom does he make the
wrong play and. the: brains, he has
used have been largely responsible
for the teams continuous string of
victories. At the third bag Charley
Now horter tackles everything and
usually gets away with it. His equal
at this station has not been seen in
charleston this season and every
game: demonstrates his throwing is
true and accurate. Besides he has
The faculty of getting on the bases
and usually scores the. first run for
Charleston. 4
Womack, the first baseman OF the
dot Springs team, Is a southpaw and
ID star at the fielding game, but
weak at the bat. He gave several
exhibitions at the initial bag Wednes-.
lay which pleased the audience. Be-
Ing lefthanded, he has an advantaSe
over the righthanders, but had no
difficult chances in the first game.
Because Of his wiggles the fans tag
ged him Salome.
George, who played center field In
Wednesdays game, Is q pitcher who
played here earlier in the season with
Mlddleport. He impressed the fans
az being ballplayer and handled
himself we'll in the field and ut bat.
IN the field he probably saved the
game In the seventh inning when
ne captured Pop Turner's long fly at
MS ankles. The basess were FUR
when the fly was caught. /.
Congressman Joseph Holt Gaines
witnessed the game as did Governor
Glasscock and other officials from the
Capitol. The third district con-
gresham has become an ardent I'm |
'1nce the Demmics gave him that
awful lambasting over at Washing |
ION when the Republicans went down |
to defeat before the Democrats of the |
lower house Of congress,
1t has been a great season In the
minor leagues for mobbing umpires.
Those southpaw pitchers Of the |
Athletics are enough to discourage
the best Of opposing teams.
Nap Rhcker, Of Brooklyn, has q