Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-22
LICKED BY BRUNSWICK
Our Lads Politely But Firmly Refuse
to Take Advantage of opportuni-
ties to Win Game.
From The World of Wednesday:

From The World OF Wednesday:
Aw, what's the usei
Just when we thought we would be
able TO whoop 'er up over a defeat Of
our hated enemies from Brunswick,
our dad-burned base ball club got cold
feet and refused to win a game that
was almost thrown at their heads by
the boxcar busters from down the
line.
Instead of INDUCING in great chunks
Of gladsome glee over a belated but
welcome victory, we've now got to
vallow around in deep pit of dark
indigo blue.
Aw, what's the usei
We. paved around in the grandstand
and lent OUT more or less valuable
moral support to the home boys, and
earnestly and frequently implored
them to knock that Brunswick gang
down and take the game away from
them; but do you think the boys
would listen to us? Honest, now, do
you think they would? Net by blam-
cd sight-and then some!
Aw, what's the use!
Having got that out of our system,
we will now proceed to try to tell how
the tragedy occurred Snarr, first up
for Brunswick, caught the first ball
pitched by Allen and sent 1t to left
for a pretty single. Kaplon then sent
fly to right, and Old Nick got und IT
1T after hard run and proceeded to
muff it with aeatness and dispatch.
What Nick said over his misplay
wouldn't look dignified in print. Dit
to the crowd. Nick recovered the ball,
however, and threw to second il time
10 force Snarr. G. Wenner then
whitfield and on the third strike Kap-
Ion made break for second. Young
Nick, behind the bat, heaved the ball
toward Kilmer's grove, and Kaplon
went to third on the error. Young
Nick then had passed ball and Kap-
Ion scored. One run, two errors and
a passed ball.
Brunswick got but three men on
tases in the next six innin gs-two
hits and a base on balls-but in the
eighth proceeded to score one more
Gu some wierd work Talbot singled
to left, but was doubled at second
when Foreman handled Ayers ground
er. Ayers started for second when
Long hit slow roller to Foreman,
and continued to third when Foreman
caught Long at first. In an endeavor
to head off Ayers at third. Weston
l.aver threw wild, and Ayers scored.
One run, one hit, stolen base and
one error.
Brunswick added another in the
ninth. Snarr singled to right and
went to second when Allen passed
Kaplon. G. Wlenner struck out, and
Allen then passed Orrison, filing the
bases with one out Highman then
popped to Bowers, making the second
out and the crowd began to feel
more comfortable Allen then issued
another pass, forcing S1arr over the
rubber. Ayers ended on a fly to An
derson.
Martinsburg had several chances to-
score, but threw them away by poor
work on the bases. They got 10 men
on bases during the game-eight on
clean hits, one on a pass and one on
an error. But in only one inning was
more than one hit produced, the boys
going out weakly with men on the
bases. On two or three occasions men
were caught ON bases by slow work,
and then some one would come along
with a nice bingle that would have
produced run. But that's base ball.
Ii everybody had played perfect
game, we wodld still be out there
waiting for some one to score q rnm.
ALLEN pitched a great game, but was
unsteady in the last inning, when he
passed three men and forced run.
His support wobbled just at the criti-
cal times, and of course Brunswick
took advantage of such opportunities.
The appended box score will tell what
each man did or failed to do but for
the life of us we can't see what you
want to read 1t for.
Brunswick.
ABB. R. H. o. A. e.