The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-02
MANAUX WINS A GAME FOR THE PIRATES
NORWOOD WINS EXCITING
GAME FROM ELM GROVE
Local Team Rallies in Ninth In
ming and Scores Two Runs
and Victory.

The Norwood team rallied In the
last two innings OF the game played at
Norwood park Saturday afternoon
against the Elm Grove team and
snatchod Il hard earned victory from
what looked like a certain defeat.
The final score was 6 to 5 in favor OF
the home boys.
The game was fast and exciting not
wlthstanding the fact that most all the
runs by both teams were direct re-
suits Of errors. The Elm Grove team
looked like the best team that had
ever played on the park diamond for
a time Saturday afternoon, but after
playing six innings Of air tight ball
blew in the last few innings and
threw the ball all over the lot, throw
Ing away n game which Pitcher Neu'
hart should have won in easy man
ner.
whitney Hit Hard.
Whitney who pitched for tho local
team, was not In his usual form and
the Elm Grove boys hit his delivery
hard and often, a number Of extra
base hits being tailed against him.
And II It had not been for sensational
fielding behind him the hit and run
column would show a much larger
total.
Visitors Score First.
Tho visitors drew first blood, scor-
ing two runs in the second inning.
Reuter- lead OF with a single, Weight
laid down n neat bunt, placing Reuter-
at second when he died at hrst. Green
doubled to right, scoring Reuter-. 2.
Smith singled. advancing Green 10
third. T. Smith stole second. Green
scored when busch died at tlrst, Slut
Ter to Siegrist' Neuhart retired the
side when he was thrown out at first
on a clean hit.
The Elm Grove team added two
moro in the sixth inning. Madden
was safe at first on siegrists error
Reuter- tripled to right center, scoring
Madden. F. Smith singled, scoring
Reuter- Green, p. Smith and busch
were all easy lnheld outs.
Norwood Makes Two.
The local boys made their first tall
lies in the last half Of the sixth
Blaclman, the first man up, went out
short to first. Wilcox was safe at
first on Green's error. Romine batted
for Cropp and got the first hit Of the
day for the locals, single to right
advancing Wilcox TO second. Both
base runners advanced when the short
stop missed a peg to catch Wilcox on
second. slegrist breezed' stutler hit
a roller to F. Smith. who threw wild
to first. Wilcox and Romlne both
scored on the play. Stull ended the
scoring by flying out to Hunter.
Score Tied in Eighth.
The Norwood boys tied the score
in the eighth. scoring two runs.
Blackshire filed to F. Smith. Wilcox
drove one into the race track in right
field for three sacks. Romine swung
at three nice ones. Wilcox scored and
slegrist went to second when Green
threw Slegrlsts roller to the race
track after making a sensational stop.
Stutler doubled to center, scoring Sic
grlst. Stull flied out, retiring the side.
Visitors Take Lead
Elm Grove broke the tie in their
half Of the ninth, scoring a run. Mo-
MILAN threw Green out at first -
Smith doubled to center. busch sins
gled, scoring E. Smith. Neuhart
singled, but was thrown out at sec.
ond trying to stretch the hit into a
double. busch was held on third. R.
Smith hit a grounder to siegrist, end
ing the scoring as far as the visitors
were concerned.
Norwood Wins Game,
In the last half OF the ninth Whit
ney, who had breezed three times ale
ready, decided to try new plan Of
attack. He laid down a bunt anl
was safe at first when R. Smith drop
ped the ball. Mcmillan was out when
he was hit by a fair hunted ball
Moran singled advancing Whitney to
second. Blackshire hit a pop fly to
short. F. Smith lost the ball in the
sun for a few seconds. and when he
saw Il again It was too close to him
to catch 1t. Whitney and Moran ad-
vanced base on the play. F. Smith
threw the ball away trying to catch
Whitney at third, and Whitney scored
and Moran and Stutler advanced
base. Madden threw wild TO home
to try to catch Whitney and Moran
raced home with the winning run.
The same two teams will play again
this afternoon and a good fast game is
assured