Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-20
Classy Baseball.

SiaSSy bdSeDdlf.
The game OF baseball last Friday be-
tween the Fats and Leans was all that
could be hoped for in the way of interest
and excitement, and nothing could have
been more beautiful than the figure that
Tim Carter cut in his lovely red stockings.
The crowd could hardly see the plays for
their aduliring glances toward first base.
Several innings were played before the
Fats realized that they had been buncoed
by the Leans, who repudiated their line
up and worked in several experts who
outclassed the Fat players. This finally
called forth bitter protests, and Ed Athey
and Will Moler almost wept, while Editor
Snyder and Hess Reinhart were only re-
strained from coming to blows by the
recollection that they both belonged to
the same lodge. The Leans were just
walking away with the game. DR.. Bur-
well at second got in everything that came
his way, while Lewis Mcdonald refused
to pitch balls that our players could hit.
The Leans had twelve or fifteen runs by
the fifth inning, while the Fats had but
three or four.
Things looked awfully bilious for the
Fats. Hen Melester, the umpire, ii was
plain to be seen, had been bought by
Will Licklider's promise to give him all
his threshing for the next four years, and
the Fats objected TO his decisions SIREN
uously. They would have taken him
out of the box if he hadn't been such a
bigfelow. They demanded an additional
umpire, and Town Sergeant Bob Shipley
was put in, with the distinct, but secret,
understanding that he was to favor the
Fats. But after he had gotten his job he
refused TO keep his promise, and was so
straight that he leaned the other way.
Will Reinhart repeatedly offered to loan
the umpires his spectacles, and the Fat
fans charged them with all sorts OF crimes
and called them awful names.
But the darkest hour is just before
dawn. Although the team had been
greatly weakened by the withdrawal OF
Will Reinhart, who refused to play in
left field because they wouldn't let him
stay in the shade, luck turned at last, and
the confidence OF Grantham BaSt and
Frank Needy in the Fats was justified.
In the sixth inning the Fats went tc the
bat with fire in their eyes. They Swatted
the ball in every direction. Tim Carriers
legs looked like a revolving rainbow.
Willis Skinner and Harry Hill ran bases
until they were out of breath. Every
body hit the ball, and when the inning
was over fourteen runs had been added
to the score ofthe Fats. Lewis Mcdonald
and Bill Rightstine had both been knocked
out OF the box. The Leans were dazed.
They made feeble attempt to bride the
scorekeeper, Charlie Waldeck, but he
was sort O. fat himself, and, besides, they
didn't offer enough money.
The Leans, with Will Sachs pitching
for the Fats, didn't get look-in any
more, and il was pitiful to see the way
their rooters Snesked from the field. ia
cob OShourn edged through a cornfield
until he got TO his buggy. Hess Remnant
pretended to be watching the game from
right field until he had chance TO slip
through the gate when nobody was look
ing. Rush Turner and Will Licklider
went about half mile out OF their way
TO avoid observation-and then got caught.
The last three innings were without par
ticular excitement, save the exubefant
ioyfulness of the Fat rooterS, who had
seen victory snatched from defeat, the
final score being q to 10 for the Fats.
Features of the game were Tim Carriers
wonderful one-hand stop and eleven-foot
Jump to first base the unerring way in
which George Link pointed the ball in the
tall grass; the heroic manner in which Joe
Cookus stood a cannon ball in the ribs;
Harrison Schley's batting average. The
most regular player was Druggist Owens.
who struck out every time. Horace Crow
gave the most trouble, for he had to be
taken by force from the plate every time
he never knew when he was out.
The proud Fats authorize us to issue a
challenge to any Fat team in the county.
Communicate with Mayor Martin.
Friday of this week, at 2.3O p. m, there
will be another grand game, this time be-
tween the married and single men. The
lineup will be as follows: Married men
Harrison Schley, 3D.; J. D. Muldoon, p;
E. w. Athey, 3D.; c. Walper, c.; Lewis
Mcdonald, |. f.; T. A. Carter, lst b.;
DIR. Burwell, S. s.; Willis Skinner, r. t.;
Lester Athey, c. f.; substitutes, Olin Nc
Kee, Robert Shipley, W. R. Moler.
Single men-Roy Myers, p; Elkins Ship
ley, c.; VIM. Miller, LIST b.; Chas. Wal
deck, 20; VIM. Rightstine, 3D., DR.. Glib
son, S. s.; Harry Tenant, r. f.; VIM.
Snyder, c. f.; Wilbur Miller, |. f.; sub
stitutes, Vim. Hines, Harry Hill, Clarence
Billmyer.
The regular Shepherdstown team will
play on Saturday with the Hagerstown
Orioles at 2.3O O'Clock. A good game is
expected.
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