The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-01
FLORALA COPS
SERIES FROM
LOCAL TEAM
THOUGH oUTBATTED BY TWO TO
ONE THE ALABAMA BOYS WON
SUNDAY BY HITTING AT THE
PROPER TIME,

Manning's bat and an overgrown
ink threw another series into the dis
caro- Sunday afternoon to mingle with
tnat rapidly growing pile of defeats
slowed away in the remote Businesses
OF the pickle vat. The bunch Of home
entertainers, who have been unable to
nit the hay when weary, woke up and
slammed Carpenters slants round
about for total Of nine sweet swats-
the most they have accumulated in a
game this year. Yet Wrwht's deadly
whip and good fielding prevented them
from travelling as far as third.
Burmeister started off like a whirl-
wind, and it was not until the seventh
that they broke through his guard
for a safe slam. In the ninth the jinx
got busy and woe tumbled roundabout
from every quarter. Bailey led off
with grounder to first, which Griffin
helded perfectly, but no one was there
on the bag, and 1t went for a hit.
Bailey swiped second. Lurton got his
throw off splendidly, but it was a high
shot and the storm clouds gathered.
Wright tried to sacrifice; it was a long,
slow bunt toward first, which Burmeis-
ter chased. The pitcher made a grab
for It, missed, changed his mind and it
rolled foul. However, the jumps let il
go for a nit. probably on the theory
that Burmeister had touched it on
fair ground. 1t didn't look, from the
press box, as though Burmeister touch
ed it at all, but the jumps is in a bet
ter position to see and his say settles
it. Grover grounded to Gordon, who
threw to the plate. Bailey was caught
in chase and run down, Wright go
ing to third and Glover to second.
With one out and Manning up, you
could hear their heart beats up there
in the grandstand, and Manning made
good with a hit over third. scoring
both runners. 1t appeared to We scribe
that a proper stunt was to walk Man
ming and create an opportunity for a
force out at four points. AS Bowden,
the next batter had struck out on his
two previous appearances and Hilson
following had failed to do any clout-
ing, the chances of escaping unhurt
were good, aside from the double that
might have been with the infield back
However, there were about LOO out
there any one Of whom will tell how it
could have been done with great eclat,
gratis
There is no discounting the fact
that the team is not playing the game
1t put up last season and the records
show it. Last year they fielded equal
ly as well on a far inferior field and
batted some forty points higher than
at present. But the great retrogres-
enough to say that we are up against
better catchers, which is probably true,
but the percent of retrogression Is far
in excess of the percent of improved
catching. AS for the batting slump,
that is a mystery. The pitchers faced
last season were every whit as good
and probably better than anything that
has showed here this year. Men like
Pr1itt, Smith, Fry and Baisden have
shown themselves able to cope with
rather rapid company, and surely their
superiors have not shown here this
season. OF course, its a slump, and let
us hope it is only a slump, and not the
beginning of the end of the baseball
usefulness of some of the erstwhile
mainstays. We believe, however, that
it is only temporary, and that things
will right themselves in due course.
There is some cause or combination Of
causes for this condition and we would
be glad to see the mystery solved.
The Score