The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-05
FIRST GAME At HOME WON.
SUMTER HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
DEFEATS DARLINGTON 5 TO 1.
See Local Boys Play Good Game
of Ball Against Ancient Rivals -
Brown Pitches i'm Excellent Form
and Burns Wins Batting Honors-
Darlington Boys Run Bases Well
Supt. Edmunds Pitches First Ball
Across Plate.

Supt. EdmundS Pitches First Ball
Across Plate.
The Sumter High school baseball
team started off it's home season Fri
day afternoon by winning from OAR
lington 5 to l in a good game of ball.
BY winning this game the locals have
averaged up games with the Darling
tonians, who won from them in OAR
lington some time ago by the score of
6 to S. The Sumter boys excelled in
batting, the Darlington lads in base
running, n the game was as inter-
esting as one could wish for.
Brown for Sumter was in superb
form and allowed only three hits dur
ing the game. He walked one man
and it was due to errors on the part
Of other members of the team that
Darlington was not shut out altogeth-
er. Brown hit two men and struck
out nine men. Burns starred at the
bat, getting two singles and a two
Dagger In five times up. For Darling
ton Swan pitched a good game, but he
did not show the form that Brown
did. He allowed eight hits, and
walked three men, hit one batter and
struck out five men. Brown, g.,
made the only score for Darlington.
After securing q hit, he stole second
and third and went in home on an
error. Five bases were stolen by the
Darlington players, while the locals
got away with only three stolen bases.
The scoring started in the third in
ming when Monaghan got to first on a
hit, made second or an error and
scored On Spann's hit. Brown scored
when Burns got a two-bagger and
Spann followed him across the plate.
Burns scored a minute later on Brad
hams hit. In the eighth another
score was added when Swan muffed a
little pop fly. with two outs, and
Brown stole second and third ,basey
and then went home on a wild throw.
The games showed the locals to be
In good form and but for a number Of
errors On both sides, the contest would
have been a top-nOtcher. However,
most Of these errors were due to- de-
fects in the diamond more than to the
players carelessness. &
This is the first game the locals
have played on their own ground and
they are jubilant YER the result. They
are in good shape with three strong
pitchers for high school men, and
hope to take the games here in one
two, three order. Columbia will be
their opponent on next Tuesday af-
ternoOn, and as the Columbia team is
a strong one. the high school lads
will have a hard contest before them.
but they are determined to win. On
Thursday afternoon there will be a
game between the local "Y" men and
another team yet to be named and on
Friday afternoon the Sumter high
school boys will meet Marion, anoth-
er team which has defeated them
earlier in the season. The high
school boys want revenge and they
expect to get it by evening up the per
centage column all along the line.
A feature Of the game yesterday
was the fact that superintendent S. H.
Edmunds commenced the season at
home in an suspicious manner by
tossing the first ball across the plate.
1t was a strike, If the batter had been
there. and there was much applause
for him and for the. team, as he
thus started off the first game at home
by the high school boys.
The lineup was as follows:
Darlington-Coggeshell. If; James.
CT; Brown, G, C; Swan, p; Davis,
2b; Kollock, 3b; Doyle. Id; Brown, E.,
IS; Jeffords, IF. Kern was substitute
ed for Jeffords in the ninth inning.
Sumter-Brazeal. IF; Spann. CT;
Burns. C; Bradham, 2b; Flowers, 3b;
Boyle, lb; Nunnamaker and Mona
CHAN, Shaw and Allen, IF: Brown, p.
Sumter vas credited with nine
errors, while Darlington had 7.
f. T.. White umpired the game in a
skillful manner.