St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-03-28
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Before one Of the largest crowd
that ever attended baseball gam,
at the college campus, the st. Pau
boys defeated the Jesuits in the open
ing game of the season by a very
close score OF 4 to /, in a game mark
ed by one Of the prettisst pitchers
battles ever witnessed in this section
! OF the country, with just enough er.
rors sandwiched n to l.ven up the
game. y
The slugging type of players la
Ty Cobb were conspicuous by their
absence, but the great and mighty
Mathewson had nothing on the twirl-
ing of Delcambre, a recent find of
Coach Commagere, and his game was
all the more remarkable from the
fact that he received very poor sup
port, as the eight errors made BY his
teammates viii! attest, ana that he
was ltightest afteFs summers were on
bases argues we'll for his success in
the twirling game. He started off
the very first inning by striking out
three batsmen, and during the five
following innings struck out two
batsmen to an inning. for total OF
fourteen during the game, and In
three Of the first six innings struck
out the last two to face him, VIII ch
added to the fact that the Jesuits
had ten men left on bases, shows how
necessary it was for him to make h S
opponents copy the Casey stunt.
Didier, catching for St. Paul, should
not be overlooked, for here is one Of
the classiest amateurs that ever don
ned a mask, and his snap throwing
to bases, la Archer, proved ter
ror to these with any inclination to
p:lfer base, and his catch Of a high
foul n the ninth inning, climbing a
sand pile, and quick return of the
ball, started the only double play of
the game, and incidently broke up
threatened ninth inning rally of the
Jesuits A glance over the box score
will show that Coach Commagere has
an evenly balanced team IN the field,
and one that would prove credit to
the st. Paul College ere the season
is over, for, in addition to the bat /
terry, Lansing at the keystone bag is
some slugger, feet runner and very
steady. Cassagne at first, fields real
cleverly, and is always in the game,
and the two errors charged to him
are excusable, as both were difficult |
chances. Landry at third, failed to
have single chance during the
game, and his little side partner,
Daigle at short, cut off several appar-
emily safe hits and covered much
ground. The outfeld, consisting of /
Chauvin and Gueno, all ex-
perienced players, and while half of
St. Paurs errors were recorded by
this trio, the horrible condition of
the outfield, due to the building of |
he quarter mile track, made fielding
In impossibility. i
How the Runs Were Made.
The Jesu ts started off like cham
1iOns, for after the first two batters
we're retired on strike outs Davey
aced out beauty over short for one
base. went to second when Brup-
1acher was given free transporta-
ion, and scored on Pauiets single
o center This runner should have
,een retired on clean field ng to the
,late, had not the ball been juggled
)adly.
st. Paul came right back in their
lalf Of the first and tied the score /,
when Lansing was given life at the |,
initial bag on tumble of the second i
,aseman, for he stole second ON the /
irst ball pitched and scored On Did
er's clean single to right.
In the second St. Paul added two /.
more runs and elinched the game.
vhen gassagne, first up, was given a
'ass, went to second on a neat sac
ifice of Daigle, stole tn rd, and after /,
iueno was given life on the hit by Il
'stcher route, Gueno stole second, !,
nd both Of them scored when Del
ambre hit slow bounder to the in
eld that was fumbled at first and
hen badly handled at home, result
ng in two errors being charged to
he Jesuits. l.
In the fifth St. Paul added another j
un when Lansing, first up, laced a \,
ouble to center, stole third. and
cored on Capt. Hughes safety over I:
hort. l.
The college spirit was manifest in 1
,me OF the most loyal rooters. 1t
ven invaded their kitchen for the {
hef was on the lines, and the Jes- /
It's had crowd of scrappers lighting /
very inch Of ground, but they were
entlemanly in their actions, and the /
lrge crowd present hope to see them !