The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-08-31
COLUMBUS IS
WINNER IN THE
FIRST CLASH
KELLY PITCHED FINE BALL UN-
TIL THE EIGHTH, WHEN HE
WEAKENED AND THE VISITORS
SCORED FOUR.

Columbus of the Cotton States
League was the attraction at Maxent
Park yesterday and Pensacola, after
literally playing them of their feet for
eight innings, let down and were de-
feated by score Of 6 to 4.
Kelly was the gunner picked to an
initiate the enemy and for seven in
nings he pitched phenomenal ball. He
had speed to burn and his curve ball
was breaking to perfection, but he
used too many of the latter variety
and at the beginning of the eighth
had simply pitched himself out. The
strain of pitching so many curve balls
/ began to tell on. him In the sixth
round when three hits were raped
out of him in succession, but he sue
ceeded in choking off the impending
rally without a run, also getting by the
next session, the visitors weak end be-
ing up, without any damage being
done, but the eighth was the begin
ming OF the end, and before the round
was over, Columbus had tailed four
runs and tied the score.
Kelly started out as If he intended
to repeat his performance of last Sat
urday. He struck out Flynn and
Wickenhofer and retired Snedecor on
an easy grounder to Roach in the first,
but when the home team came in for
her half of the inning she was not so
easily disposed of. Chastant, who has
been moved up to the top OF the bat
ting order, rolled slowly to the pitcher,
who fumbled and then heaved wild to
Snedecor, the ball getting past and
! Chastant continuing on to second.
! Gordon dumped bunt down the third
base line and was out at first, Chas :
| tant advancing on the sacrifice. Roach
! singled to left and Chastant, thinking
the ball would be caught, stayed close
to the base, but it fell safe and Miller,
fielding 1t on the first bounce. made a
nice throw to the plate, which would
have caught the runner but the ball
hit him and rolled into the dressing
room, Chastant scoring, Roach also
completing the circuit before the pill
could returned.
/ Pensacola did nothing worth while
| in the second, but got busy with the
slapsticks in the third. humping Mr..
4 Redding pretty hard. Kelly opened
with a bunt down the third base line,
to right, but Kelly was held at third.
Gordon raised a fly to the shortstop
and Roach thrice annihilated the
atmosphere, but Hauser whizzed a
double to the third bulwarks, scoring
Kelly and Chastant. Haley looked over
a third strike, ending the inning.
The home team did not get another
man to first base until the ninth,
when Haley doubled with one gone.
4 Griffin breezed for the second out but
| Stewart rolled gently to the shortstop,
who booted, Haley moving to third.
Sanchez ended it with a grounder to
Smith.
| The visitors did not even make bid
for a score until the sixth, when Wick
enhofer, Snedecor and Smith singled
in succession, after Flynn had been re-
| tired on a pop to Griffin, but Wicken-
| hofer was nailed by a big nargi.- when
he tried to score on Smiths hit, Chas
| tant to Guftterez. BlanchfieId lined to
| Gordon for the third out Gordon max
| ing a pretty one hand catch.
| The seventh was unproductive, but
now for the details of the horrible
eighth Redding inaugurated the in
ming with a line drive straight into the
| hands of Sanchez, but the old fellow
dropped it for the first error that Pen
sacola made. Kelly then issued trans
1
and the sacks were loaded with Co
lumbus merchandise. Snedecor reliev-
ed the tension somewhat when he
whitfield, but Smith singled to center,
scoring Redding with the first run, the
bases remaining full. Blanchfield
ambled, forcing in Flynn, and Kelly
then uncorked a wild PITCH Wicken-
hcfer trotting in. Miller bumped to
Kelly and Smith was caught in
chase between third and home, Cult
terez getting the putout, Blanchfeld
moving to third on the play. The
| double steal was then touched off
Miller stealing and Blanchfield being
| safe at home on q close decision
| Guitterez was spiked in the hand on
the play at the plate and had to retire
from the game, Hauser donning the
mask and NIT while Sanchez was
moved to the short field and Stewart to
right. Benedict grounded to Sanchez,
who booted, but Miller rounded third
| for home and saw too late that he
could not make 1t. He tried to return
| to third, but was caught between the
sacks and run down.
This tied the count, but the visitors
were not satisfied. Van opened the
ninth with ringing double to right
| Kelly, realizing that he was gone, mo-
! toned to Stewart, who took up the
pitching burden. Readings out, Roach
to Griffin, advanced Van to third, from
whence he scored on a beautifully ex
ecuted squeeze play, Flynn doing the
stick-work. Flynn tried to steal, but
was killed, Hauser to Sanchez, but
Wickenhofer strolled and Snedecor
came through with +h~ne base blow
to right, which SC "ickenhofer
with the final tall, 'eeor was
wrecked at the plate; ag to score
when Kelly's return of his hit went a