The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-30

Our boys took another goose-chase te
Water Valley the latter part of last
week and added another series of games
to their long string of victories. With
her formidable coterie Of tOssers, and
with her almost invincible twirJers she
series from these fast old leaguers that
represent Water Valley. Heavy stick
work and all-around baseball in Green.
wood style was too much for the Hill.
billies, and they all admit now that
Greenwood is the real article in the
Bush League. We dropped the first
game on last Thursday, but Fridays and
Saturdays games were easy picking, &C
we bagged the series.
ursddy'S Game.
We can't expect our smiling friend
''Rube" Ball, to win every game he
pitches, SO we don't hold him to ac-
count for the first game he has lost
After winning about eight straight
ones he was due to lose one. But all in
and except for the first inning, when
Water Valley piled up two tallies on an
error or two and a hit, he pitched a
clever game of ball. They also managed
inning Ia all they punched only four
hits Off of his delivery. The real OBJ
stacle was Casey, who is pitching win
ming ball for Water Valley. We only
secured three hits and they were scat
tered ones. The errors were ours, we
making threo to their two. Attendance
was fair, and both teams showed fast
team work and clean exhibition OF
baseball.
fridays Game.
Frank Allen knew that it would not
he went to business in the initial in
ming and worked like a Trojan the re-
naming eight innings. Twenty of this
heavy hitting team were zigzagged
Frank was thoroughly warmed up and
three measly hits, all in different in
nings were all that the scorer could
chalk up for the Water Valley team
Those baseball know-it-alls who imag-
ined Frank had run out of his season &
supply of benders that float to batters
in friendly fashion, inviting an embrace
a love-tap or handshake, were some
what fooled, because frankie batfled the
best of hitters. keeping all but three
from gauging him safely, while his COM
rades made these would-be champions
look like baseball monkeys, piling up
eight hits off Of their friend, Harry
Peaster, the versatile spit-ball artist
Peaster was due twelve strike-outs, but
they were scattered, and when we we're
in need of hits, biff they came.
Greenwood was the. whole thing, and
all through the grandstand it was mur-
mered thai we were in a class by our
selves.
Saturdays Game.
Just because Casey made a miscue
and shut us out in the first game Of the
series, they thought he could duplicate
his performance, so he was sent in the
box to bag the series for Water Valley
But Casey had hard luck. Bennie was
on the other side of the fence and
peeped some several feet higher than
the mighty Casey. The Water Valley
fans just knew that the third game was
theirs for Casey had downed the in.
vincible Hickey of Canton. Greenwood
scooped eleven hits and became tired
and loafed the rest of the game, piline
up seven runs. while Water Valley with
all her attempts only touched BeDnie
for two tallies. One of the Water Val
ley papers said that they were always
of the opinion that Green wood far out
classed the Water Valley team. The
features of the last game was the slug.
ging of our boys. Gus Mcdonald biffed
Casey for four Texas leaguers, every
one of them being hard and clean rapa
Our boys returned to Greenwood Sun.
day morning; and after resting Sunday
journeyed on to Clarksdale to spice
that team up, and thence on to Mem
phis to be entertained by the Kupfer
schmidts, whom they play Thursday
Friday and Saturday. Greenwood vii
take every series and will have to get 1
new file upon which to string her many
victories.