The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-06-02
kINGSTREE BIT THE DUST.
Sumter Took Game Handlly by Score
OF II tn i-iicavy Hitting of Locals
Featured the Gamc--Result Pract-
ticaliy Determined I'm the Opening
innlng-Thc Features.

From The Daily Item, May 30.
The opening inning told the result
OF the we'll played game yesterday be-
tween Kingstree and Sumter. in which
the Game Cock finally piled up to-
tai OF eleven runs to four of their op-
ponents. While the score does not in
dicate that the game was the kind
that is generally termed good" still
IL abounded in feature plays, and
every inning had its surprise in store.
Besides. the visitors brought with
them pretty good contingent OF
rooters. and the work of the opposing
fans kept things pretty lively on the
side lines. and afforded the spectators
many good laugh.
The Sumter team was materially
strengthened in the infeld. Flowers
at third. Bradham and Booth at sec
ond and Boyle. who relieved Nash at
first I'm the sixth inning all showed up
W "N'eh'"SS' anu SuPpiieu SOIle real
pep in the game that has heretofore
been sadly lacking. while Spann in
right field cleaned the sacks which
sinched the game, and shut
OF drive to right that looked good
for couple of sacks.
The game opened with Chandler on
the firing line for Sumter He walked
the first batter. the next man singled,
and with two out, Stewart singled, and
two runs were counted. 1t didn't look
a bit good for the locals.
1t was, however. only momentary
scare. for in Sumter's half OF the in
ming eleven batters faced Winston,
who was twirling for the visitors, and
six runs were counted. White was
safe on error OF first, Flowers raped
out scorching single, which advanc-
ed White to third; Flowers ther.
promptly stole second. Joe Chandler
timely single scored White. Dreven-
SSNV' was Soic oh HciueT CHOICE,
while Flowers scored Bradham anN
Nash were both hit by pitched balls,
illing the sacks. Haynsworth famed
for the first out. Spann then parked
the ball, and four more runs were
counted. Frank Chandler singled,
but there was no more counting in the
inning.
The visitors counted one run in the
third and one in the final inning, and
Sumter got two in the fourth, two in
the fifth and one in the seventh, md
these latter runs were earned. The
visitors never had a look-in after the
first half of the first round. Chandler
had them going all the way, while the
Game Cocks plastered the pill almost
at will.
Frank Chandler assisted materially
towards winning his own game with
two singles and two doubles out of
four times up. while Joe Chandler
safely fourt times out of five trips to
the bat and they were all clean safe
wallops. The stick work and battery
work of the Chandler brothers coupl-
ed with the home run drive and the
catch of Spann were the conspicuous
features of the game. but all of the To-
calls worked I'm fine style and few
teams could have gotten away with
the game yesterday. Mr.. White now
has fine aggregation of players, and
they can deliver the goods. All they
now need is a little encouragement in
the way of well deserved but consist
emily denied patronage.
Score by innings:
R.H.E.
Kingstrce. .2O1 900 OO1 8 A
Sumter 500 22O 1Ox IL lS /
Batteries: Winston and Singleton;
Chandler. f. and Chandler. j. Um-
pire, Bultman; Scorer Lew