The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-06
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED
WITNESSED The GAME
Most Enthusiastic Bunch OF Hoo'ers
Ever Seen or Heard at Local
Game-Other Game This Afternoon
and Tomorrow.

Hattiesbuhgs yellow Piners, glao
to get home and shake off the dust Oh
Meridian and Yazoo City, jumped on
the dazed Vicksburgers with hendlsn
elee Thursday and spread another de-
cisive defeat upon their newest rec
ord mage by the comfortable score or
TO 2. and incidentally demonstrated
to Hattiesburg fans that they are
classy bunch of ball players
It was a great game, and the near
600 fans and fannettes who had Jour-
neved to the pretty little Hamper
Park ball grounds were satisfied that
our great big hill that ourhillclimber
friends from Vicksburg can't get over
is our own Charley Eaton, who, with
Iout single vote to the contrary. shail
have nine-tenths of the credit Tor
landing this first home victory; sat
isfied that Manager Stickney was the
;big man with the big stick when ne
accented one of Pitcher Garners
choice offerings and sailed 1t over
right field fence for homer, satisfied
that little Ash can hit and field, salts
fed that Jones and Boyd and Tutwiler
know how to do their full share ana
satisfied TOO that had Pitcher Garner
been given every possible support they
might have had to witness distinct
Ily different result
Long before the game was calleH
every seat in the grand stand anc
e blsachers was taken, and when I'm
Y pire Cusacks announced batteries
It Eaton and Swan and Garner and w
c Gutierrez, Hamper Park was taxed t'
IT the utmost.
y Mayor Donald opened the season
fan in Hattiesburg with brief speech
e. and big smile and with a might.
heave really pitched the first in tn
u direction of the plate.
e Eaton then ascended the mound an
IL responded to a very flattering receI
:" ton by Immediately striking out Gar
dal6 and w. Guiterez and Manage
u" Hayes made the three out with a
easy fly to center.
" Boyd first up after two strikes
strikes a hot one over second for
clean single. Jones effort to bur
was too big, and Boyd is forced o'
-, pitcher to second Jones safe at frs
Jones should have been out stealth
but was safe on error of second bas
- man Foster. Tutwiler is an easy Of
on short fly to first. Manager Site
-, ney is roundly cheered when he stel
,o. to bat, and almost Immediately LAM
af- on the brand new ball for home ru
ire bringing Jones. in ahead of him.
oil was a great hit and the manager
,OO doubt appreciated round after roul
AL of applause as much as the $4,000 h
his that fans fed into Secretary Low
op- and Gen. Manager Holmes panam;
cir Easterling, our new second ba
man, considerably struck out.
In the second vicksburg scor
one. and Eaton only saved a very d'
gerous situation by performing the
uxy markable feat of striking out thu
men. Critchlow, Vicksburg's
right fielder, first up, hit clean tN
Dagger to right Foster. the acco
;ry modating Mr.. Foster struck out
orr. Speedy Rolph, Vicksburgs new
do. third baseman, then stung the B
&c hard for two-base hit down fl
this base line, scoring Critchlow. He tr
va,. for third. and delayed throw In fr
,on. right and was caught off ten feet,
Fac was safe when Ash dropped Eas
bu. lings throw, Eaton then took thi
In his own hands and strudk out