The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-06-22
SCHEUSSLER A
PUZZLE TO THE
LOCAL BATSMEN
oPELIkA PITCHER STOOD THE
BOYS ON THEIR HEADS AND
DESERVED A sHuTouT-HARRIs
ALSO PITCHED WELL.

The second game OF the series be-
tween Pensacola and Opelika was
pulled off at Maxent park yesterday
the score being 2 to !, and the locals
had the a. Too much Scheussler is
the solution Of the home teams defeat.
He had everything that most good
pitchers have and something that some
have not, control Not a man walked,
but one was hit, and he retired eleven
batsmen on strikes. Only five hits
were garnered from his delivery. two
being clean drives and the other three
OF the scratch variety, being beat
outs" to the infieId. Opelika has an
ANo. l." catcher also. He handled
Scheussler's delivery perfectly. his
judgment of the batters was good and
his throwing excellent.
Major. the visitors shortstop had a
good day also, he making two nice
stops and figuring In a double play. be-
sides polling a three Dagger to left
center in the third and breaking III
the game in the eighth with a wicked
single to the same locality.
Harris pitched for Pensacola and he
too pitched a great game. He was a
little wild when he first started. but
soon settled down and was invincible.
Had his support not wobbled at the
critical moment he would have had a
shutout
aOpelika got a man on first in the
first inning and a man as far as second
IN the second inning, and by peculiar
coincidence, q man to third In the
third inning, Major hitting for three
bags, after two were down in this
round. Scheussler was the only man to
reach the initial sack from then on to
the eighth, he singing to right in the
sixth.
The eighth, however, put crimp in
Pensacola's aspirations for the game
Gordon went out from his namesake to
Grimm and Bell foul flied to Roach. but
Smith 10 Roach who threw low to
Griffin and went to second when Griffin
let II roll merrily on. This brought
Major up and he hit a screamer to
left which Haley tried to field on the
ny, the bah eluding his outstretched
fins and going to the fence. Smith
scoring and Major taking second
Scheussler uncorked another single
and Major registered, but Glass ended
the inning by whining.
Not a Pensacola man reached first
base until two were down in the fifth
when Griffin drove a fierce single to
center, but died at the first station
when Stewart breezed. In the sixth II
looked like Pensacola would score
Haley struck out and Harris followed
8ulLr Out GTdndn was pOHCLuTeQ ny =
fast one and reached second when that
gent dropped the catcher's perfect
throw to catch him stealing. Roach
hit on a dead line to center but right
into the waiting hands OF the fielder.
retiring the side. In the seventh
Folmer beat out hit but Hauser hit
into a double and Gordon popped ia
the pitcher.
The eighth was more productive in
the run line. Griffin went out from
pitcher to frst. but Stewart beat out a
high bounder to short and took second
when the shortstop threw badly tc
first. Haley redeemed himself for his
error in the first half of this inning
by driving three Dagger to right
scoring Stewart With a man on thirC
and only one gone, things looked
rather rosy, but Harris struck out fol
his third consecutive time and will
two on Graham, Haley Attempted
to steal home, was caught in chas,
and finally tagged by the third base
man.
Pensacola made a game effort to I'll
up the game in the ninth. Graham hi
atslow one to short and beat it out
the decision. at first being close
Roach's out from short to first advanc
ed him to second, but Folmer strucl
out and Hauser hit weak little pol
to the second baseman and the gam