The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-04-01
MILITARY SECURED
FIFTEEN HITS OFF
THE VANDY TWIRLER
5UT LOST THE GAME BY SKY
TRIP IN The FOURTH
INNING.
HERRIN PITCHED GRlAI BALL
Bonner Smashed Out Three Safeties
in Three Times Up Atehinson
Found the Sphere for a Triple.
Team Showed Up splendily.
Vanderbilt Reserves Z.

vanderbilt Reserves z.
Columbia Military Academy 6.
There was a difference of opinion
between Vanderbilt and c. NJ. A. Wed
nesday afternoon on Academy field al
to whether or not thirteen was an IN
lucky number. The Cadets said Il
was. Vanderbilt said it was not. Fol
the total score was thirteen, and the
youngsters from the Rock City had the
long end of it. Thus ended the open.
ing game, the whole story of which
is not found in the score
The Cadets outbatted their oppon.
ents. they outfielded them and excell-
ed them in every department, even in
that of error making. But for an un-
fortunate sky trip taken in the fourth
and incidentally this is liable to hap
pen to any young team-the home lads
would have been easy winners. In
the unlucky fourth the ball was prac-
tically thrown away, player after play
er chased it, but never could it he
stopped. The raw hide bounded about
first, then leaped over to second, then
out into center field, and finally was
corralled after it was too late to stop
the runners. Another costly error in
the same inning, when the ball was
thrown wild to third, enabled the col
legians to pile up five scores in the
single seance, none of the runs being
earned. Two more were made in the
fifth. After that the Military got safe
ly back to earth and held their oppon-
ents down to a row of goose eggs.
Playing strenuously all the way
through, and with a never-say-die de-
termination to win, the Cadets almost
tied the score in the eighth, when two
runs were made. In the ninth, with
two down. a single to center landed |
the batter safe and advanced Taylor |
to second. But the doughty son of the !
distinguished Senator overlapped the
bag and was tagged in the return, thus
blfghting the last hope
The hitting Of the locals was of the /
high class order, fifteen safe ones be-
ing secured off Evans, who assayed |
to twirl for Vanderbilt. OF this num-
Der one was a heaIethy three sacker
by Atkinson, who simply mauled the
sphere so hard that it almost left the
grounds. Bonner settled old scores
with the raw hide, lambasting it three
lines out of three times up, once for
4 two sacker K
The visitors secured but six hits off
1errin, who pitched like veteran
But for the one inning of ragged sup
oort Herrin would undoubtedly have !
Won his game as he not only pitched {
veil but batted and fielded in great
orm :
The game was the first opportunity I
hat the public has had of sizing up g
be local squad, and the general opin-
On is that the team is one of the best /,
yer turned out at the Academy. With y
he single exception of Maddox at cen /
or field every member of the aggre- P
alton showed that he possessed the =
tuff of which ball players are made. 7
is likely that Bonner will get the CEN Il
n garden, having shown to so much '
etter advantage than Maddox in the o
pener. n
The score by innings follows: D
~ 0 0 0 OF p
NJ. A. ......0 0 0 2 l 0 0 2 0-6 p p
The line UP follows. IA,
overwhelmingly, second base; II
obins, third base; Culver, center II
I'D; Bell, left field Howe, short stop; p
uggins, right field; Hudson, first n
Use; Reams, center field; Evans, q
tcher. pc
c. M. A.--Starnes, catcher; Palmer. .. =.
cond base; Ransom. short stop; An r
ews, right field; Frasher; third DC
Sc; Atkinson, first base; Hobson lii
d Taylor, left field; Maddox and b. &C
ar, center field; Herrin pitcher. o.
off Herrin s, of Ev- he
s 5. Struck out, by Herrin 6, by Of
ans 6. Bases on balls, off Herrin 2, al
Evans 8. Errors c. NJ. A. 4, Vandy ~
Time of game hours. Umpire A.
Stone. of