The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-13
CANON LOSES CLAIM
TO CHAMPIONSHIP


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alton to take this one game, il not til,
series They had their young collegian
Fluker, doing slab duty, while Green
wood sent in her winding" Ball to o.,
pose him. Ball complained Of sickness,
before entering the game but pitched i,
out to please the management. And
we wish to say few words In defense O.
Rube. There seem to be considerable
number Of people sore on Rube and the
reason why we are at q loss to know
Greenwood wants winning team and
Bali certainly has dished out the chor
seuy since he has been with IN, losing
only two games ont Of eleven OF
twelve. Last Friday he complained ol
hay fever and hesitated before working
out the game. But nevertheless he
stuck to 1t, and though they touched
him up for twelve hits, he teethed it
out. His usual smile was missing when
he tossed over the first ball, which is
not at all characteristic Of Ball. We
admit that he was pounded all over the
lot and almost at will, and that he was
wild, hitting and basing men and MAX
ing four costly errors; but fallibility has
characterized the human race since it's
advent upon the earth, and. will doubt
less accompany It to the end Of
time. 1t would be inconsiderate OF us
to expect hime to win every game. So
we pass this game up and think Of Ball
IN the same light ~ We formerly did
good pitcher, hard worker and = true
athlete. We touched Fluker far thir-
teen hits and they were all terrible
swats, but they were not punched as
we'll as those made of Ball, Jimmie
Dodson Was in rare form on short, and
also added two more home runs to his
string. Jimmie can make good in the
fastest of company. He is the only
shortstopper. Albert Metts had his big
stick in the game and hit we'll. Currie.
Mcdonald, and Wells followed closely
and rained in several nice aingles.
kalsomine was served by both sides
during the tirst two -innings. In the
third and fourth Canton leaped on Ball
rather hard and showed in five runs.
Jimmie Dodson's first homer came.
Things looked as though Canton had
sewed up the game as they Also made
one in their half Of the sixth. But in
the ninth, Greenwood made q rally that
almost won the game. with one down
Jimmy got another home run. Then
Albert Metts, Isom Jones, Warner Wells
and Hec Currie got hits and piled up
enough scores to tie things up in hard
knot. Then Hicky began to warm mp
for Canton and went in the box to set
down our boys. In the tenth Canton
showed in her winning run, while we
were unable to do anything in our last
half. The game was replete with er-
rors, and was uninteresting save for
the exciting ninth inning. Attendance
was fair. Vardaman handled the inGli.
Gator.
Saturdays Came, I: ~!
knowing that last satnrdayA game
would test Cantons claims to the State
championpsehhiip, npsehhiip, Frank Allen was sent in
TO tWirl for the locals. Frank was him
self that day and had every thing but
. mnstache. He had perfect control Of
his curves, freaky curves and only one
was found oil his delivery by those hard
swatting Cantonians. The afternoon
was damp one but Allen didn't seem
to care. Many Of the Cantonians COM
pletely exhausted themselves in their
feeble attempts to safely connect with
the leather. Seventeen anxious bats
men were cooled by their own tanning.
Striking ont because mere mechanical
process with some Of the visitors. They
oven went SO far as to lose all hope Of
drawing foul ball. Aliens freaky
benders were characterized by . mas
sive volume Of smoke. From the first
inning throughout the nine rounds
Frank showed unusal speed; opposing
Allen was Steve Mitchell, the youngest
IF the Mitchell boys Of Sardis. Steve
has never claimed to be slab-artist, but
good-natured and responsive as Steve
is, he consented to offer himself az q
willing sacrifice to the heavy hitting
stars that noodle for Greenwood. Steve
Jared tor better than was expected Of
him, a. we only touched him for eight
safe ones. Several errors and bone
headed plays were pulled OF by Canton,
The ground was muddy; and the watt
ing batsmen Of Greenwood all conspired
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