The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-07-26
[LKS take THE LEAD
|BY WINNING FROM
| THE CENTURY CLUB
lame INTERRUPTED BY WRANG.
LING At DIFFERENT IN.
TERvALS.
COMPARISON OF Two TEAMS
rhe New Players From q Distance
Failed to saye the Day For the
Struggling century-Pitchers on
Each Team Do Well.
STANDING OF TEAMS.

1t was the greatest game of the
league season Tuesday afternoon
when the Elks and Century teams
met at Riverside Park. 1t was an
even struggle, but the luck broke in
favor of the Antlered tribe and they
won out by the score Of to 2.
There has never been more evenly
matched teams on the diamond than
were these two.
The Elks have the call on the in
field. 1t is air tight. Sykes and
Burns are even at first, Harrison and
Down a draw at End, Shannon and
| Afford a toss up at third and Hughes
and Faucette a game Of shut your
eyes and grab. Wat Harrison has
the call by great odds over Dyer at
short. Not only has. him bested at
fielding, but Is one of the best if not
the best batter in the league, and
there is no discounting the fact that
Re Is the best baserunner. In the
outfield the Century has the call. P.
Dyer in left, Fry in right and A.
Brown in center, against Stephen
con in left, Thomas in right and Rob-
erts in center. Thomas and Fry are
about an even break, while Dyer has
it over Stephenson at batting. neith-
or have had an opportunity to show
what he can do at fielding his posi-
ton. A. Brown is the better fielder
over his man, but has not shown any
class as batter.
Taking up the game-in the third
inning the Elks got busy and put two
over. Roberts was hit by pitcher,
went to second on a wild pitch. Ste
phenson famed. Afford batted one
Y cut to right and Fry muffed it, Robert
4 scored; Afford took second. w. Har-
olson drove one out to right, Afford
scored. Smith and Burns famed.
Hardison died on third.
The Century got their batting eye
on the ball in the NTH and put over
two tieing the score. Hughes hit
Belts. Fry got a two Dagger, and
Belts scored. Shannon sacrificed
Fry to third and he scored Oh M.
Eardison's error of Sykes grounder.
hut later went out from Thomas to
W. Harrison, while trying to stretch
to second. E. Brown hit to right
and tried to stretch 1t into two bags
and Thomas and w. Hardison caught
4 him at second. Two and two.
II Nothing doing in the fourth and
4 fifth for the Elks. In the sixth w.
A Hardison hit for three bags and scor-
ed on an error by Faucette.
n In the eighth Afford led Off with a
hit to left. w. Harrison famed.
\ Smith clouted out long drive to
right field for two bags. Afford scor-
ed from first. Smith took third on
the throw in. It was close decis-
ion and row almost ensued. The
ball was thrown home and Bets re-
ceived 1t at the plate just about the
time Afford slid, his jumps called the
runner safe. The ball players and
fans rused onto the field, but Haley
was firm and stood his ground and
would not change his decision. The
wrangle went on for more than twen-
t" minutes, and Puryear threatened
to call and the game and award the
decision to the Elks before play was
resumed. Burns and M. Hardison
f1ew out to second. This put stop
to the run getting.
There was another rukus over a de-
clsion Of Haley when he called Al
ford safe in the third inning when he
started from third home and was
caught in chase by Belts and Shan
Ion. Afford was trying to get back
TO third and fen and in doing 90 he
went out Of line and Belts fell over
him; Belts claims to have tagged
nm as he went over. Afford recov-
cred his footing and started home
nd Belts gave him chase again. The
mpire called the runner safe. This
ook up ten minutes of time in dis
ussion.
In the fifth inning Hughes, Smith
M Burns pulled off cayenne
Pepper stunt Shannon was peched
third, where he had gotten by a
to center, a sacrifice by Sykes
I'D an error by w. Harrison. e
roWn came up and after getting two
likes hit hot grounder to Hughes,