The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-08-05
PIERCE
STRONG TEAM
OutpIayed and Outgeneraled the
Magic City Professionals
BALL GAMES DIVIDED
First Game Lost to Umpire in Eighth In
ning-local Battery the Admiration
Of Contestants and Spectators

Last Wednesday night the Fort Pierce
Baseball club left for Miami. where
they played the team of that city
Thursday and Friday, loosing the first
game by the score of to and winning
the second 2 to l.
They were games long to be remem'
bered by those who we're fortunate
enough to witness them and neither
team need have any regrets at loosing
to the other.
The boys were met at the train by
Manager Hughes and report royal treat
ment by the genial manager and the
ball team of the Magic City, and are
expressing desire to again play the
same club.
To Jas. Windham, the star twirler for
Fort Pierce belongs the credit of pitch
ing eighteen inning and allowing only
two scratch hits during the two games.
He Is truly "hitless wonder" and Mi
ami and her ball club were compelled to
sit up and take notice, after believing
their own McDonough could not be out
pitched. Unlike Miami, we do not de-
sire to take any credit away from their
man. He is good and pitches grand
ball, but not quite so classy rs Windham.
Fort Pierce made one run in the Sec
ond inning by Pounds, who went all the
way round on errors. After this there
was nothing doing by either team until
the last half of the eighth inning when
Umpire Masters took hand in the
game, and by walking two men, aided
by an error, filled the bases, and to the
amazement of the Fort Pierce team and
those in the grand stand, allowing the
runner on third to score on a ball which
rolled off the side of VanLandingham's
mitt, contending that the same struck
the backstOp. but when proven that it
did not do this, changed to the ball hit
ting man, but the man denied that
the ball struck him. While mentioning
this fact, it is in place to say that spec
tators and players demanded new UNI.
pire for Fridays game.
This one-sided work put Fort Pierce
boys in the air and pop fly to Jones
was muffed, allowing two more runners
to score. In Fort Pierce's half of the
ninth inning, three hits were made in
succession, by R. Van, Jenkins and W.
E. Van; scoring two more runs, but
Jenkins was thrown out at the plate,
retiring the side and ending the game.
So thoroughly convinced was the Mi
ami team that Fort Pierce had the best
of the argument they. hastily sent for
Sylvester from West Palm Beach, to
help them out in Fridays game, thus
giving them Geo. Manion and Fred
Downey, of the Jacksonville team of
the South Atlantic League, and Sylves-
ter of the Jacksonville .Olympics, but it
was not to result in any good for Fort
Pierce was too strong still, and by bat
ting out three safe HIS won the second
game by the score of 2 to l.
Umpire Andrews was retired from
the game in the fourth inning, but not
on account of his decision, as stated in
the Miami Metropolis, but because Mas
tiers had been so rank the day before.it
was agreed to take him out if he gave
any dissatisfaction. As we gave them
all they asked for, this was readily done.
1t is an, admitted fact that Judge An.
drews is the most competent and fairest
umpire ever working for the teams
here, apI his is proven, by the fact that
Manager hughes requested him to come
and umpire the game at Miami.
There were too many good plays to
give credit to any special one but the
box score following shows how Fort
Pierce played BALL.. ...,
FIRST GAME
1894 81 8 8 r. H. E
Fort Pierce. % !. 0 G. 0 0 o 2-3 As
Miami =. 100 0 O 90, O. o "A 0 3
SECOND GAME