The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-18

Fielding almost faultlessly and bat
ting like demons, the Woodpeckers
celebrated their return home yester-
day by trouncing Bill Sorrells Jackson
warriors to the tune of eleven to four
After the second inning in which the
locals amassed FIVE juicy runs, the
game was really more Of farce come
dy than an exhibition Of the national
pastime, and but for the brilliant work
done by several of the locals, particu-
lariy Bagby and Gondolfi, the two
hours OF play would have dragged
heavily. AS it was however, though
the game was cinched, the playing was
never hstless, and the frequent dis
plays Of brilliancy and occasional COM
@ical situations kept up the interest un-
til Mr.. Biersdorfer grounded out to
Harb In the ninth and ended the mis-
cry.
As mentioned above, Bagby and Con-
dolfi deserve credit for furnishing most
of the fun. The former faced Biers-
dorfer four times, and got a couple of
clean singles, a triple and a sacrifice,
thus batting thousand for the after
noon But his batting was not the only
Spectacular feature of his performance,
for his catch of Swans foul fly in the
eighth was one of the most sensation
al OF I'll
Hattiesburg catcher lifted one way up
In the air and it came down just back
OF first base and close up to the
bleachers. 1t was, of course Harb's
ball, but the local right fielder was feel
ing extra good about that time and
with loud Il have it" left the Coco
Cola sign and began a sprint for the
sphere. 1t was desperate attempt,
but the lanky one was equal to the
emergency, and reached the spot In
nick of time to shoot out one gloved
hand and pull her in," much to the
disgust of Mr.. Swan.
Gondolfi's work in the field was al
most as sensational 1t was the local
third-sackers last game here and he
finished his career in blaze of glory |
accepting some almost impossible
chances with all ease.
NJ Smith and Biersdorfer opposed
each other on the slab and il the Jack
son pitcher had received anything like
good support from his associates, he
would have held the locals down. In
the second inning Hattiesburg got five
runs, where with perfect support there
would have been only one. This dis
couraged Biersdorfer to such an ex-
tent that he let down considerably and
Yielded ten safeties before the matinee
was over. Several of these were rank
scratches, however. and on the whole
he twirled a very creditable article of
ball. M. Smith for the locals pitched
brilliantly, allowing only two clean
ones and scratch Htil the seventh,
when with the game c:pched he cough
ed up three more arG etiN aao,her in
the eighth
How the Runs Were Made
Neither team was able to score in
the first, both sides going out in one
two-three order In the second Jack
son got one. After Woody T., c:nton
had struck out, Poehler drew a free
pass and stole second. He advanced
TO third on Swans bingle and scored
a moment later when Bill Sorrells shot
a hot liner over second. This seemed
to rouse the venom of the locals and
they opened up their half of the in
ming with rush. Manager Carlos
Smith was first up, and smashed the
first ball thrown for two bags. Wick
enhoffer sacrificed him to third, and
Dodson got safe on a f1elder's choice,
Smith getting caught In home. Dod-
son went to second on a wild heave
and scored on Bagby's first single
Harb drew a base on balls and M
Smith drove one into Bill Sorrells'
hands, but the Jackson manager wasn't
able to hold on to it and Dodson scor-
ed, leaving Harb on third and Smith on
second Gondolf smashed one down
to third that Poehler wasn't able to
handle and Harb scored. Danny stole