The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-06-09
ANOTHER FOR SUMTER.
Gamccocks Down Greclcyvillc In Good
Game by Score OF 8 to 2-Bie
Bunch of Fans Out-Frank Chan
dler Famed Fourteen and Deserved
u ShutOut-TlOse In the Lime Light.

From the Daily Item, June 5.
The Sumter fans have at last wax
ed up to the fact that there is q ball
team in town. and yesterday, for the
fisrst time during the present season,
there was anything like an adequate
amount taken in at the gate. All those
who came more than got their mon
ey's worth. The game was played in
league style, and it took only one
hour and half for the nine innings
to play. With such a team as Sum-
ter now has. playing consistently good
ball In every game, it IS safe to pre-
dict that from now on the attendance
will justify the management in getting
more and better teams to play on the
local diamond.
The pitching of Frank Chandler
stands out as the real brilliant feature
OF the game. He famed fourteen of
the visitors, getting two in each OF
four innings and three in one inning,
and he deserved a shutout. In the
eighth inning with two down and sec
ond and third occupied. Hogan, p,
drove a hot one to center field; White
made a desperate effort for the put
out, and after hard run got the
ball in his hands only to drop it. The
runners counted. 1t was hard
chance. and White deserves credit for
his hard try.
The opening inning was the most
important Of the game, and really
determined the result. For the visi-
tors. Martin struck out, Hogan, p, was
safe at first on Booths error, and la
ter stole second; Williams was safe on
a fielder's choice. while Hogan died
at third. Lanham, the visitors clean
up man, was out on strikes.
White, first up for Sumter, fam
ned. Booth took four bad ones and
went to first. Drevenstedt singled, ad-
vancing Booth to- second; Chandler
forced Drevenstedt at second, but by
fast running was safe at first Flow
ers walked into a swift one, and the
punch sent the pill over the left field
fence. scoring the two runners ahead
of him. Ground rules held the batter
on third. Burns stinging single
brought him home for the third and
last run In the inning. Boyle retired
the side with q drive to left field.
There were no more earned runs In
the game. How Greeleyyille scored
hes already been told. A base on
balls to Frank Chandler, hit by
Flowers and a series OF errors netted
three more runs to the locals in the
sixth inning. The seventh was the in
ming in which the last runs were put
over the plate. Booth and Dreven-
stedt singled, and when Chambers fly
to center was dropped. the score was
made two more.
Martin on second for Greeleyville
played great ball. He was in the game
all the time, fielded his position fault
lessly, and with Ianham in the third
inning. pulled off fast double play.
Burns. who did the receiving for the
Game Cocks, did splendid work. His
pegging was particular feature, and
only one runner stole second on him,
while a number Of them were out on
attempted steals. His pegging was
perfect.
The locals have developed under the
instructions of White. fine team work,
and they are now in shape to cope
with the best amateur teams in the
State, and with the proper encourage
ment in the way Of patronage, they
will make things lively in Sumter all
summer.
The box score:
r. II. e.