The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-08-27
GREENWOOD EASILY WINS THE
FIRST OF THE CORlNTH SERIES.
Frank Allen and Warner Wells Show Up George Suges Of Mobile
and the Fast Corinth Aggregation.
CASEY WINS SECOND GAME BY A STREAK OF LUCK
Bob Mitchell and Norman Monaghan Hold Conh in the Last Game While
Our Boys Pile Up Fifteen Hts

stend. He knows the game to a 1T" all
right, but he wants to tell everybody
about it. Henry on third for Corinth is
freak hitter. You never know when
he is geing to clean the bases with a
rap over the fence. Gus Mcdonald has
him laid in the shade where the gentle
zephyrs can discourse consolation, for
Gus is as fast as any third baseman in
the League. Pratt is the only man that
matches him on third that Greenwood
has seen. Henry is not too safe on the
placed in Gus. Chastant, Willett and
Cox, who care for the gardens of the
Corinth squad, are all good and hit
we'll, but are not deserving OF a COM
parison with Welch, Isom Jones or Ben
ham. We do not wish to leave the i'm
preston that we are lowrating the WIS.,
itors' aggregation, for we are not; we
only maintain that in chat sociological
test of the survival of the fittest, that
Greenwood prevails, while Corinth's
,, crew is ontclassed.
Here's the way some of the Corintb
fans, George Suggs, and several of the
Greenwood knockers lost few of their
civilians"
thursdays Game.
OF course it was no reflection on our
boys, but still we felt just tiny bit
| uncertain about the results of the first
game of the series. Especially when
George Suggs was opining that he was
going to win and that he was goosing
his words with the long green. But
| the majority of US stood by our boys
and ate up every dollar that even look
ed as though it waited to be the in
strumentality of evidencing faith in the
| Corinth aggregation. Still we felt a
tiny bit better when we were informed
that Frank Allen, the Ex-S. w. P. U.
Crack Sidew heeler, would entertain
the visitors. Frank said he was feeling
good, and appreciated the compliment
and opportunity to face Suggs. The
grandstand was packed and the side
lines crowded to see Frank sew up the
game. Both pitched unusual ball
Frank claimed twelve victims, while
eight of our boys bit at that deceivinq
drop that George Suggs would ease
over the cushion on the third strike
Greenwood lambasted George for nine
hits, and eight of them would have
been hits on any team. Frank only
yielded five, but he was just little
wild at first and walked three men, one
resulting In a score. The features OF
the game were the pitching of boti
suggs and Allen, the heavy hitting o.
Dodson and Benham, and the home ruI
Of Wells in the seventh inning. Jaci
Law umpired the game without flaw
and made more friends than ever. We
know Jack knows the game, and be
lieve what he says. No kicks were reg
istered and the crowd was q jolly one
Gate receipts totaled $2l5. Weather
fine; time, lao. Here's the way the af
ternoOn was spent:
FIRST INNING.
Corinth: Cox has notion thre,
times. Green waited for four wild,
ones, and purloined the second bag
Then Freaky Henry scored him with
wo-bagger rap Pope flied out to cen
ter. Chastant died on an easy INTEL.
grinder.
Greenwood: Benham gets a single
: Con Welch pushed good thing to sec
ond. Dodson advanced him to thir'
with safe bingle. Jones hits to righ
, scoring Benham. Metts dies on a
. easy one to short. Campbell strike
, out, leaving Dodson and Jones on sec
!, ond and third.
J. SECOND INNING.
Corinth: Dudley thrown out at firs
!. on a slow one. Casey gets free pas
= and see-saws down to second. Hows
: bites the wind. Suggs lifts fy
g Metts.
o Greenwood: Wells cools himsel
: Mickey hits weak one to third. A
, len couldn't see the depth of su9g
: drop.
O THIRD INNING.
Corinth: Cox draws comp. Gree
fades ON an eaey one to first, and &C
" fails to steal second. Pope ends Il
!. round with pop.
Greenwood: Benham out on grout
ball. Con lets three good ones ease b
- Jimmie misses his only one in the gam
FOURTH INNING.
al Corintb: Chastapt couldn't 9,
4 through Franks curves. Dudley eas
d in . single, but Mickey pegs him
It second. Casey gets > bingle. but How
~ strikes ont.
ID Greenwood: Jones flies ont 10 o.
= tee. Mats eaileds 70 lsat ost Aisi