The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-05-06
Charleroi Takes the Opening
Game of the Season
from Drummers.

Superior and very effective pitch.
ing on the part OF HUMPHREYS got the
opener Of the Pawva league season
at Union park yesterday afternoon
for the charleroi Cherubs. The
score was 6 to 8.
HUMPHREYS took charge OF the
whole business at the park and ran
things to suit himself. He was pain.
fully slow and deliberate In his work
on which account the game was
dragged out to the length of two
hours and thirty-two minutes, one
of the longest and slowest games
ever witnessed at the park.
Bat Some in Fifth.
| Only once did the Clarksburg bat
tiers wedge themselves into the
Humphries delivery. That was in
the fifth inning when Wilson led of
with drive into right, Cy Dawson
followed with another into deep
right and got killed trying to reach
second on It. and William Dunn
came up to the plate and negotiated
a ripping double-bagger into middle,
scoring Wilson. Bailey dinged a
hard line drive hit to short for q
single and Dunn danced across the
dish. Llewelyn went out on an in
field push. Bailey purloined the sec
ond cushion and Gibbs fled to Nor
gan.
Clarksbnrg's other tally was done
In the first dash out of the box in
tile first inning: Cy Dawson got a
pass. Dunn neatly sacrificed him and
Biley brought him home with al
splendid two-fer into left near mid
die. Lewelyn flew and Gibbs fouled
into the catcher,s nit.
Urban Scores Two.
the Angel band tore off two in the
second chapter on a hit into right by
Elliott. a two-bagger by Conway into
deep middle and swift single into
middle by Urban which brought Ell
lott and Conway home. Nicely and
Brockman were famed after Elliott
batted, but Wilson could not keepl
the others away from the ball.
A painful let-down by Wilson and
an error by Lewelyn in the fourth
permitted the visitors to ring the
gong four times. elliott again led
on with single and Lewelyr erred
when Brockman made a sacrifice.
Conway got on when Brockman was
put out by aicGinty at second and
Urban pulled Conway and Nicely
across the pan with handy hit into
left field. HUMPHREYS moved Urban
to third on sacrifice and Morgan
walked. Then o,Hara nearly ripped
the cover of the spheroid lifting it
into far middle for two bags and
the other two runners ran to the
rubber. Wilson retired the side by
putting Nally out at first.
A Painful Chapter.
The first of the fifth was pain
full chapter for Clarksburg, but
Wilson settled down and prevented a.
landslide. Two singles by Elliott
and Nicely and an error by Dunn
filed the bases, but Urban was foul
ed ont and HUMPHREYS was nailed
out at first on one of those. pretty
throws by McGinty, the boy who
rarely fails to deposit the ball right
into the first baseman's NIT.
Umpire Smick did his work ex-
Iceedingly well and all the fans were
pleased with him. They hope he
will keep 1t up and stick to the job.
A Quiet Opening.
The opening was a quiet affair.
the only demonstration being pa
rade around the central square of
the city before the game by the.
baseball players. Mayor Frank R.
Moore tossed the first ball into the
diamond from the pitchers box,
making a neat little speech in which
he congratulated the teams and the
league and hoped clarksburg would
win the pennant this season.
The official score: