The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-19

In an exhibition that resembled I
ping-pong more than regular sche-
duled game of base ball In the Cotton
States league. jackson ran away with
Hattiesburg's young hopefuls yester-
day afternoon, getting the big end of
Z nine to three score. 1t was about
the punkest exhibition ever, and but
for the superb work of Bill Sorrells.
the jackson slabman, and two or
three fast double plays, the game
would have been without any ear
marks of real baseball game.
Charlie Eaton started in to work for
the locals and as usual here Of late
was mot In condition He stayed in
the box only Ave innings, during
which brief period of time he yielded
3 couple OF singles, three doubles,
couple Of free passes and four tallies.
At the end Of the fifth inning Redding
was sent In to relieve the erstwhile
Pride Of Hattiesburg, but Reddy far
ed even worse than Charlie. In four
innings he coughed up seven hits and
four bases on balls, which, coupled
with nice assortment Of wild pitches,
passed balls and errors, netted the Wis
itors five more runs.
Although the woodpeckers' loss is
chargeab1e directly to the slab work,
but few Of the locals played gilt-edged
ball. Wickenhoffer was hurt in the
first inning, and Harb made rather
weak substitute behind the bat,
though he is not to be blamed for
this, as 1t is mighty hard thing for
the best first baseman in the world to
step right in and catch big league
game. With the exception of Con-
dolh, c. Smith and perhaps one or
two others, the whole team went to
sleep after the visitors got a respect
able lead. The brightest spot locally
was right garden, where Mr.. Blanch-
field made his debut in Woodpecker
uniform. The new outfielder was all
to the good He accepted five nice
chances without bobble, and led the
team in batting, being the only Wood
pecker TO connect twice with Sorrells
delivery.
But after all, we might as well give
Jackson the credit for the game as to
charge It all to local punkness. And
to tell the truth old Bill Sorrells did
pitch some ball. He never allowed
Smiths men a look-in, and displayed
an assortment Of shoots and benders
that would win games in bigger
leagues than this. Until the seventh
inning the locals had managed to
squeeze out two meazley hits, and
then with the score six to nothing in.
his favor, and perfect support from
his teammates NJ Sorrells very
properly eased uu a hit allowing four
more hits and three runs. The Jack
son team PLAYED faultless ball and
batted like thunder and looking at It
in the after light, it is a wonder we
managed to hold them to the nine to
three count.
Jackson scored in the first, on sue
cessive doubles by Smith and Thorn
ton. For three innings Eaton settled
down and pitched steady ball, and
there was nothing doing on eithei
side until the fifth, when Hattiesburl
took to the aeroplane. Swan led of
with hit, but he and Kortum boil
went out on the next play on fas
double, Dodson to Madden to Tutwiler
who was holding down the initial sael
Bill Sorrells then got the first Of hi
three safa hits, and Eaton passe
Smith and Carlson, filing the basei
Stova'l smashed one into Dodson. VIII
bobhIed, and on the error and fe'
wild pegs and stolen bases, Sorrell
Smith and Carlson scored.
jackson got two more in the SCI
enth, on a hit by Sorrells, base o
balls to Carlson, and hits by Stova
and Thornton.
The locals made their first tally I
their half Of the same inning. Carlo
Smith drew a free pass, Blanehfiel
singled to right, and Bogby knocke
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