The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-07-09
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LOSE THREE GAMES

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Yes, we enjoyed having the Kupfer.
schmidts with as last Thursday, Friday
Saturday, Sunday and Monday. In fact
| we never entertained more gentle
manly set Of base ball players nor met
up with team that pleased Greenwood
so we'll. We were sorry that they
didn't win one game, for we are afraid
that because we didn't allow them to
nose home a game that they might
think we didn't like them; but they are
mistaken. And it is indeed a high
compliment to our team to have de-
feated such an aggregation as these
Memphis boys. John Myers, Erb,
Moon, the Davants, Gilliland, and sew
eral others have played for several sea-
sons on the fast Memphis University
School teams. Myers, Browne, Lanier
and Joy have done stunts for Sewanee
and have also had the advantage of ex-
cellent coaching. These kids hit well,
field neatly, and best of all, play clean
game. Out of the four games there was
not an objection entered. They were
good-natured, notwithstanding they
were losers. They were pleasant on
the grounds, up town, on the dance
floor, and proved themselves gentle
men in every respect. And when they
boarded the Grenada train Tuesday
morning en- route to Water Valley
where they play this week, they were
still singing praises of Greenwood and
her good people. They say that Green
wood is without her peer in the State,
and that she has the best team that
they have ever met. These boys
brought out good crowds and gave the
game in this city decided boost. A
little betting was done, and the Green
wood dope was the sure-winner. From
a general survey of the games with the
Kupferschmidts, Greenwood p1 bved to
our fans more conclusively than ever
that they are in a class Of their own
and that if they ever lose another
game that there will be a rotten deal
attached to it. All three games are
worth careful write-up:
Fridays Game
As we knew the "Kups' were little
strong and had given Baxter Sparks a
one-eyed lemon at Grenada, we thought
it would be a safety to send in Bennie
Mitchell to do the twirling. So Bennie
and Mickey were tabled to do the bat
terry stunts for the Locals. Bennie was
feeling pretty good, too; SO he donated,
only four hits, registered seven strike
outs, and only let one wild ball slip
from his wing. Mickey did the peg
ging. Little Browne, the sprinter,
thought he had dead cinch on the
second bag whenever he got to first, but
Mickey nailed him every time. 1t is
nothing but Justice to say to Mickey
that he is as cute pegger as we could
wish for. Stacked up against Bennie
and Mickey, the "Kups'' sent in Jones
and A. Davant to the hard work. Jones
pitched a neat game, as good as could
be suspected when young pitcher
takes a peep at our batting order.
Davant worked nice but three steals
were made by our boys. In our second
half five faced Jones and Bennie and
Warner were given tickets to the home
ear to put up two more runs. Isom and
Albert were given life at the home
plate. Our last run was made in the
sixth inning when Isom Jones made his
lone tally. Isom was the star of the
game. He got three hits, on a two bag
ger, and made two runs. He hit $50.
lus Mcdonald, Metts, Mitchell and
Wells were the others that made one
rap per each off of Jones' slants. John
Myers, who beat Bob Mitchell for
Greenwood last summer, is responsible
for Bennie's not having shut-out. In
the second inning he shot one of Ben
MES high balls over the fence for four
bags. Gilliland, A. Davant and Browne
were the only ones that made hits for
the "Kups." Umpire, Vardaman. Time
1:4O.
Score by innings:
Kupferschmidts O O O O o O O-1
Greenwood O 2 0 z O 1 O 0 *-5
Saturdays Game.
It took Saturdays game to tell us
that Con Welsh was twirler. We
knew that Con had played first, short,
and in all the gardens, but we didn't
know that he was classy slab-artist.
Ia this game he showed an excellent de-
livery, q cool head, nice pace, and va
rious aasortments Of benders. Mickey
was with him and pegged his usual
game. The ''Kups'' touched Con for
nine hits but they were scattered all
throughout the nine innings. Moon and
Erb tapped him every now and then,
and mostly now, but there happened to