The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-08-07
LOCAL 5 LOSE SECOND
GAME IN PRETT|EST
EXHIBITION OF SEASON
TRIPLE PLAY OF COLUMBIA WAS
THE FEATURE OF MOST Elk.
CITING GAME.
four To THREE WAS The SCORE
Looked for Six Innings as if the To-
Gals Had Won the Game-Sikes
Pitched Beautifully With Excep-
ton of Two Bad Innings.
saturdays DaiIy.)

In talking with the manager of the
local team some days ago by long
long distance telephone, just after
the fiasco with the Springfield bunch
OF alleged ball players, the captain
of the visitors stated that he was go
ing to bring his team to Columbia
not to interest the locals and afford
them some practice for the benefit OF
the fans, but to beat us three straight
games. He was little shy of the
mark in his predictions, but he Ger
tainly didn't miss it much when he
said he was going to bring a real
team. Any member of the locals
will vouch for that since Friday
game.
1 1t was an exhibition that would
have done good to the heart of one
who is inclined to the use
of adjecuves in description.
1t was by long odds the
best and cleanest game that has been
staged here this season. 1t was sc
good and so well played in many re
spects that few had any regrets fol-
losing. Such exhibitions will soon
draw out most Of the populace to the
games.
| 1t was a nip and tuck affair through
the seventh inning. The locals scor
ed one run in the fourth on Wat Har
dison's triple to right and sacrifice
fly to the same place by Burns. The
visitors tied it up in the seventh on
three clean hits to the outfield, but
the locals forged ahead in the last
of this frame when Lee Tolley hit q
double to right field and scored or
Chitwood's error Of Parks groAndei
through first. Skies seemed to be go
ing as strong as ever, and many
thought that Columbia had all but
copied the second game Of the Sc
ries.
In the eighth, however, Tullahoms
got buster than the proverbial bee
Hammers and Glasgow singled in sue
cession and were advanced to SECOND
and third on grounder of the mex
man up to Park at third base. The
infield was then drawn in to, cut of
the man at the plate. Chitwood, who
previous to this had drawn a blanl
each time up, then landed on dinky
little Texas Lacquer which fell just
beyond the usual position of the
short stop. Had he been in the reg
ular position it would have been ar
easy out for Hagan. Two men scor
ed on the hit, and Chitwood went tt
second on the attempt to catch the
| last man at the plate. He came ovel
with the third and last counter wher
Cherry made his third single of the
game.
The hopes of the fans were raised
in the last of the ninth. Lee Tolley
struck out, but Muck Brown picked
out good one and smote it with al
the lustiness of a young Samson OF
Goliath over the right field dump fol
a circuit clout. Skies flied out to left
! field, but the ever reliable Park came
through with a single in the same
place. He died, though, when he was
forced at second on Schmidt's field
er's choice.
| Skies for the locals pitched beau.
tiful game. He was accorded awful
support in the first part of the game,
as the infielders took it time about
=, booting the ball around He was al.
ways equal to the emergency, though,
and generally pitched out of the holes
that they put him in by striking the
batters out
The prettiest play of the afternoon
was a triple that brought the grand
stand to hisfeet and caused the fans
to shout as if possessed. Burns had
dropped the fly of the first man up
in the sixth inning after a hard trial.
Park made a wild throw to him OF
the next ball hit, leaving men on sec
ond and third with none down. Chit
wood then hit short pop fly just
back Of third. which Wat Hardison
stabbed after q beautiful run. He
threw to second doubling the mar