The Bourbon news., 1912-06-11

BY losing to Richmoad yesterday
Afternoon, Paris suffered the fourth
defeat since last Monday. The score
Yesterday was to 6 IN favor of the
Pioneers. The game Sunday afternoon
with the NichClasvil!- club. in which
they were drubbd in admirable fashion,
being let down with three hits, bears
out the statement made by the News
that the local boys are not hitting uD
to the standard, and in case where hits
come as mere gifts they ilNariably
throw the games away on err,rs.
The local management makes the
statement that an effort is heilg made
to strengthen the club that 1 NAV be
the equal of any in the league and beg
the indulgence Of the fans until this
can De accomplished. According to
the statement good players are scarce
articles this season. and it. is a difficult
matter to add men to the foster who
are putting up TIE article Of ball the
local fans demand.
There has been q very noticeable
increase in the inter est manifested by
the bugs in the past week, even in
the face of so many defeats and with
continuance Of patrUnag,. anu little
encouragement. it is hoped to produce
better article of ball. and the result
may be aother flag for Paris.
While it is admitted the Paris team,
even the old men. have not been play
ing up to the standard, it is attributed
to. the series of knocks that have been
going the rounds. The Paris manage:
ment as we'll as others, realize that
Paris is deserving of better ball and
| it is their intention to strengthen each
department on the club where weak
ness is very noticeable.
President Bacon, who announcedIlast
week that he had signed an Indian
pitcher, stated last night that he was
making an effort to get in communi-
cation with the fellow, and hoped to
have him here before manv days. An
ourfielder by the name of VaIy. errived
last night. Valy, who was to report
on the third Of June, has been on the
road for several days. He comes
from the Ohio State League, but the
management has not decided whether
he will be retained since he DELAYED
his coming for several days.
The next game on the local grounds
will be played Thursday, when Paris
will meet the Colts.
Paris proved easy picking fur the
Lawmakers in the opening game Of the
series in Frankfort. Friday. the final
score being IL to 2. Hauser essayed
to hurl the game for Paris, but after
allowing five runs and six hits, he was
yanked off the mound, and Harold was
sent In to finish the contest. The lat
ter Jared but little better, and as the
contest wore on, the Lawmakers in
creased their score. A total of eigh-
teen safe drives was chalked up In
favor of the Lawmakers while Cornell
effective at all stages, kept his hits
down to seven, .one of the number ke-
ing home run by Locke. The Law
makers stole bases frequently and con-
nected with the ball at times when
their hits were most needed. Paris
scored in the first inning and again in
the eighth, the tallies being clean cut.
while only eight of those secured by
the opposing team were earned. Haus-
er's ineffectiveness in the first inning
emed to put the entire crew in the
air, and the Suggest could not be stop
ped.
In the second game of the series the
Lawmakers had but little trouble in
winning, the contest resulting in a
score of z to 2. The local bows were
helpless before Embry, and could not
bunch their hits in sufficient number to
overcome the lead. Blankenship start
ed the game for Paris, but was driven
from the mound in the first inning.
Hauser was then substituted and the
Lawmakers continued to hit in streaks
The Bourbonites put up an errorless
game in the field, and played in an ad-
mlraDle fashion, but their weakness
with the stick, coupled with the bad
innings in the early stages, was re
sponsible for their defeat.
NicholasvilIe celebrated its first ap-
pearance on the Paris grounds under
the new management Sunday afternoon
by drubbing the Bourbonites in a
handy fashion, and scoring a complete
shut-out. Compared with the crowds
of the past two weeks, there was a
good number out to witness the con-
test. which indicated revival of the
interest in the sport. Burden was on
the mound for the visitors and at all
stages of the game was practically in
vIncible, allowing the locals but three
hits. Two errors in the third inning
allowed the NichOlasville team to score
two runs and by consecutive hitting in
the inning following they annexed
another, the score at the close of the
contest standing 3 to O. After the
fourth Blankenship pitched a steady
game, and the men behind him felded
good, but Burden was so effective that
the locals never had Iook-in.