The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1909-07-08
TWO MORE GAMES
FROM NASHVILLE.
.Redsox Now Have -Four Straight
on Former Hoodoos.

last year iurniSneu Inc houeox IS 1nucn
trouble % any other teamlin this neck
Of the woods, shss apparently lost its
rabbits foot SO fsr as Jasper is concern
ed. AtLsmaf last Saturday and Sun
day they donated two moro games to
the Sox' won column, making total Of
four thus far for the season. They
played good ball, but 10 ea,h case the
Sox managed to play enough better to
win, the score on the two, days being re-
spectively 8 to 5 and to O. in favor of
the town boys.
Saturdays gamep despite the numer.
GUS errors by both teams, was about as
interesting contest as one would care
to see. There was some truly sensa-
tional fielding, iets of good healthy
swatting, and an abundance. OF those
nervewfacking moments when the out
come Of the whole game seems to lie in
one pitched ball. Ihe SCORE see sawed
back and FORTH like the pendulum OF a
clock, and not until the ninth inning
did the Sox stow it safely away.
Jasper scored one in the first, but
Nashville came back with q pair 10 the
second. In tho third the Sox made it
three to two by means of VOLTS double
with men on second and third. In the
fifth they apparently sewed the game
up with three runs when bits by Wolf,
Hicks and Persiuger were mixed in. with
two errors by Potts, pitching fer Nash
ville, but two innings later Thomas
whacked doubla that scored two runs
for the Barton copntyites and later
scored, himselfsona sacrifice hy.z The
count was now sJasper g. Nashville s,
but 10 the ninth the Sox put the situs.
ton mice with thumps by Hicks, Grain,
Thompson and Persinger scoring three
more runs. Nashville went out in order
in their half.
The score l2S456 7s9-R H E
Jasper l02.03o 900 80 IN 8
Nashville $500 003O 0-5 Z s
Batteries-Jasper, Bridges and Grain;
Nashville, Potts and Enspinger. Um
pire, Box.
Grain established record behind the
bat with eighteen putouts without a
bobble. Twelve Of these, were strike
outs by Bridges, four were high fouls
and twotwere on plays st the plate.
Grain also kept lk,,sunneEs nailed to
the sacks. y 49, -, ...,..
The sparkling feature ,swas the work
OF Crouch, 10 the center field for Nash
vile. The lanky youth had six put
outs; OF these five were of the difficult
order and at least, two were distinctl,
sensational. He saved many a rur
with his neat work.
The Sox hit Potts. hard throughout
Thirteen hits will win most any ole
game. Wolf got two singles and two
doubles.
II 8 SUNDAYS GAME.
4 Bob Thompson was still sore over thu
showing he made at Monet last weel
and Nashville had to- hearth brunt o
his revenge Sunday. Bob simply had *
much smoke that this opposition woult
have had to use opera glasses TO see tn
pill at all, let alone hit IL. .Thirteel
Nashvilliaps struck out, and their thre'
hits were all Of the ;soratchiest variety
Two were slow ground balls that tn
mud made it impossible to field quickly
and the other was a pop.up that fel
just beyond McComb's grasp back o
first. With dry ball Bob would proba
bly, have hung up strike out record TO
amateurs to shoot at for some time.
Nashville twice had runner OF
second with nobody out, but not on
ever reached third, and they were neve
in sighting distance OF aSscore, as Coch
ran, who was behind the bat, kept then
j pinned close to thetsacks.,
The game progressed very evenly TO
, four innings, as tbs. Sox, though o.
J bases continually couldn't get around
, thanks to sharp fielding and Crouch
nice pitching 10 pinches, In the fifth
} however, bedlan broke loose and whe
, the smoke lifted Jasper had four run
, and the game was practically over RICH
! there. 1t happened thusly. After Cone
: was out Thompson singled to left cente
, and Burkett walked, Thompson takin
third ia the confusion. A passed ba
scored Thompson and put Burkett o
second. Epsninger differed with th
"umps'' on o bail be- thought shout
have been called strike, and while b