Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-01
MARTINSBURG WON
Eight Inning Takes Game From Lead
ers by Score of 6to 5--Dr.
Tonkin Pitched.
whack! Whack! whack!

Whacki Whack! Whack!
We hate like sixty to say It, but
candor compels us to admit that those
wihacks were made by three pestifer-
Gus enemies from Brunswick in the
first inning of the game Saturday,
and that the whacBs were made off
cur own DR., Tonkin at the very out
set of his come back" to- the dia-
snond-said come back" being at the
urgent, strenuous and insistent demand
of his friends, against his will, and in
the presence of many of the doctors
admirers and patients.
DR.. Tonkin didn't want to do it, but
finally yielded to the pleasure OF the
club officials-and he sure did "come
back"
Several years ago the genial young
physician quit amputating ambitious
runners from bases by lightning
throws and settled down here in his
profession Of amputatdng arms, legs
and other Things from our populace.
While ne has gained enviable skill in
the latter, he showed that he hadn't
lost much of his knack of doing the
former
DOC" has refused to get into the
game heretofore but the circumstal-
ces on Saturday were such that the
team would have been in helpless con-
dition if the doctor had refused to
pitch.
After much persuasion and when f.
nally appealed to in order to save the
sport here he consented. His action
was responsible for Marti1sburg pull.
6ng a game from the League leaders.
The game opened in such a man
rer that things looked blue for the
home boys and there was little shout
ing during the first two innings. The
first three men Up for Brunswick got
hits and two of them scored. By that
time Doc had gotten mis- bearings
and the next three men went out in
one, two. three order.
Hetzel, Nicodlemus and Foreman
faced the Brunswick pitcher and fail
ed to make any impression and when
the inning ended the Marylanders
were two to the good.
In the second inning Brunswick fail
ed to get a man to first but when
Smith came up for the home team he
connected and was safe on first. Bow
ers famed and Anderson hit scoring
Smith Gardner biffed and G. Nico-
iemus scored Anderson with double.
Tonkin STRUCK out ana the score was
even.
In the third inning Brunswick got
three hits and made another tally.
Martinsburg was blanked. That gave
the visitors the Lead.
Neither team got a man on first In
the fourth
A neat double play by Foreman,
Bowers and Nicodemus put a quick
end to Brunswick's half Of the fifth
but Tonkin vent to first on balls, Het-
gel hit, but was thrown out at sec
ond while Tonkin scored. Nick got
his base ON balls but the next two
were out
In the sixth Brunswick BANKED
while the home team made two Civ
ing the home boys a good lead
Then came that fatal sevnth and it
hooked for a time as II the cid gag
would he repeated for the second man
1ap went 10 FIRST on g bad error, the
neat man hit bringing In a run and
thefourth man up went u first on an
error and another score came in. That
looked bad but the next play was a
double and the side retired. All
breathed easier but still there was
a chance of locsing out. The home
boys could not connect and the score
1T the end Of the, seventh was to
IN our favor
it looked like rain and the locals
were hoping that it would pour down
and thus end the anxiety but Bru1s-
wick took their bats in the eighth. Old
'Dec" and young Mic" put one over
the visitors that stopred any chance
of scoring fer the visitors.
The first two struck out, the third
got first and the fourth man hit one
TO first AID when Tonldn covered first
the man was out Then it did rain and
the game was called.
1t was good game and interesting
7 throughout and everybody was happy
because the leaders had been beaten.
The attendance was small
Martinsburg.