The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-15
sundays GAME
THE BEST HERE
/. THIS SEASON
cRIFF1Rs TIMELY WALLoP SENT
ROACH ACROSS THE PLATE
s-WiTH THE LONE RUN OF THE
GAME.

Here's 10 you, Mr. Griffin. and your
trugty club Of ash.
Twas nice Of you to amble UP and give
that Pill a smash.
You wrecked it, Mr.. Griffin, and to you
E we doff our lid;
You old game-wrecking smiler-you
slow-drag, pinch-hit kid!
divers bears slipped in between
raindrops Sunday and branded the
hustling Parker Blakes in a highly en-
tArtaining 10 argument. J. Pluvius,
who had been sluicing the landscape so
generously for the past three days.
slowed up from a steady downpour to
q gentle patter. Notwithstanding the
damp oozing roundabout. over five
hundred fans struggled through the
Blake demise. In the face of the
weather conditions 1t was a magnifi-
cent tribute to the game.
Messrs. Griffin and Burmeister were
the particular luminaries whose radi-
ance burned through the murk, blind
ing the enemy and driving them pell-
nell to destruction. Mr.. Burmeister
ably kept alien footprints from the
platter, and Mr.. Griffin's trusty club
developed more pinch hitting proclivi-
ties, and boosted Roache home with
the money getter to the stentorian
slee OF five hundred fanomainacs.
1T was fine Judgment pitching, Bur-
neister. His terrific speed and the
dark day rendered the Parker Blake
aggregation as helpless as a wooden
Indian before q gattling gun. The
alien FASTENERS had just one chance,
In the fourth with none down. Adams's
third strike passed Lurton, the batter
going to second. Gutierrez sacrificed
him to third and Zehner flew to Jones.
Adams tried to score, but Jones's sub
way throw beat him to it by inches.
wizard" zehner lost his magic
wand of wizardry in the second, al
though he faltered only momentarily
he was shot in a vital spot and the
gravy sloshed on the ground. Roache
began II by beating out a hit to third.
Grahan's infield out sent him along
and Pfingstel duplicated. The pinch
hit moment had arrived and 1t tran
spired that the pinch hitter was on
deck, as Griffin mauled over Miller S
bean on a line. and 1t was adios. Park
er-Blake, then and there.
Burmeister was the whole cheese
the rest of the way. He guarded that
one run like a bulldog keeping a
Juicy ham bone from a pack of mon
grels. His smoke mingled with the
lowering clouds obscuring the scenery
and checking the enemy, and they had
dOOuI DIS CHdlCo Dis n udAtSSO
kittsn IN a cage of Npns.
In the first inning Luront walked
with two down. Zehner did some fool
ish gymnastics and shot one in. On
the next ball the pitcher perpetrated
the same set Of motions and Lurton
scooted for second. Zehner turned and
threw to the bag and the jumps allow
ed the out 1t was clearly a balk un-
der section s, rule "a, and If it was
not there are no balks in baseball.
Many more would have attended the
game had they been certain one would
be played. 1t is certainly up to the
management to devise some method of
letting the fans know under such cir
cumstances as yesterday. The sug-
gestion of last week still looks good.
In view Of the profusion of sky juice
and gusty stuff flying hereabouts the
past three days, the condition of the
diamond was wonderful, and speaks
volumes for the efficiency of A. B.
Spears, the Official handy man and
groundkeeper.
EsaFa.