The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-25
BASE BAL DOPE.

The Maroons and Nationals played
dazzling game at Greenwood Park
Sunday. The Maroons winning by a
narrow margin, score being 4 to in
favor Of the Maroons. The Nationals
had the Maroons beat up to the
sixth inning when a wild throw by
Ellis, the Nationals big third sacker.
The feature Of the game was the
pitching Of Blair for the Maroons
and Webster for the Nationals. The
latter striking out ten batters.
Webster of the Nationals, better
known as shiny baby said he was go
ing to win Sunday or make Mr.. Blair
throw his arm off, so Mr.. Blair
threw his arm up in the grand stand
in the sixth inning.
Neal Boyd, better known as woog,
sure did sting the pill Sunday, get
ting four hits in as many times up.
Williams Of Nationals Is crying
to get to those Maroons he says he
Is going to make them out eat of his
hand.
.
Captain Street said il he can get
his other hurlers in condition, they
are going to make it hot for those
other teams.
Little George Douglass, better
known as hopscary has not pitched
q game yet but says when he gets in
condition he is going to strut for the
boys.
Vaughn the Nationals big catcher
is rapidly rounding into form, the big
boy is crying for them to run he
says he will pay 'em off when they
get there.
The Nationals thousand dollar in
field works like a clock, from Ellis to
Street to Hurt or from Street to
Shafter to Hurt.
Charlton, better known as Johnnie
red, says, if the boys follow him he
will take them through. The kid
sure is singing the pill.
Johnnie Sublett, the deer foot Of
the Nationals, after a long lay of
says he believes he can rap the ole
pill out.
The Maroons and Nationals played
an exciting game of base bal
at Greenwood Park last Sunda!
in which the hard hittinl
and never quitting Maroons cam
out victorious with the close score O
4 to 3. Mr.. Ellison has good buncl
but when it comes to base ball oil
Gray and Taylor with their fox.
work and the good guiding of oil
man Whitsitt, it is just something
awful to stop those Maroons. Sucl
players as smiling son Pattan tn
doorkeeper and Mr. w. Patton VIII
takes care Of the keystone sack wit
kid Patton and the old man to guild
them, they are simply something hot
The fans were delighter in the wa
the second sacker handled himself
Mr.. McGraw has a nice bunch g
ball tossers and 1t seems that he is /
the game to fight to the end. He ha
pulled feathers from the Nations
hOSh dhu CApCCtp W Il
bill form the champion Sox Sunda
and If 1t was not for those terribl
Naroons he could see his way I
pennantville clear. But when
comes to this pennant question
seems that the team that beats til
Aaroons will win the flag.
Mr.. Ellison hasn't got any cred
for beating the B. H. Swifts yet, {
he said he would not get any.
said he intended to let the Maroon
win a game, but they bragg so muc
he changed his mind and now he
going to beat them every time |
meets them. Now won't that
fun for the fans to see such a tea
as the Maroons go down six tim
before the hard hitting good pitchi,
high throwing, fast running N
tionals.
1t seems as if the Maroons pitc
ing staff is the strongest in Il
League with lefty Roberts, Haye
Battle and Blair, with his all-rouI
kid Christmon with the bat or in Il
sutfield or infield in the box or cate
ing the Maroons have found o.
Of the greatest young ball pla