The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-02

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baseball that Memphis has ever had
Inc score Of the first game was to g,
while the last affair ended = 60 I for
me visitors. Both games were featured
bN oonehead plays IN abundance. crazy
baseball, wild pitches and everything
that shouldn't lie included in class 4
past!ming
Razor Ledbetter, a tall, angular right
handler, started 10th games for the
Travellers, but the Razor was go Wild
that he made a March hare resemble
= parriug house cat In comparison. The
Dig Traveller moundman couldn't locate
The plate and had to be yanked after
being given, abundant opportunity 70
show something
After Razor had been lifted In tho
second game he lost his temper, cussed
a blu streak and then heaved his
glove into the dugout with more force
than he used on his fast ball. The
glove was like RaZor's pitches and
went wide of where he had aimed.
Eddie Foster was the Memphis Of
fering IN the first affair and Eddie
waited but a few minutes after the
game had started TO gum the entire
works, Frierson was disposed OF by
Eddie and then the Chick hurleAs
troubles began, Distel beat out an IN
field single, Kinsella hit a grounder to
roster who fielded the ball and then
proceeded TO take a shot AZ an aviator
who was clreling around the field. Ed
die threw the bali over Pug Griffin and
when Pug found II the pill was up
against the right field fence. During
these Wild and woolly proceedings Dis
tel had scored and Kinsella went around
to third, where he stopped on account
nI hA1rN NNiUnpI f.rNtgtn NFu Ilf2l and
Walsh was tossed out by Foster with
no advance. II appeared certain that
Foster would escape the hole he was in,
But
Tony Brottem, Traveller catcher, was
up. Tony shot q drive TO left when
Lou Christenbury should have caught
in his hip pocket, but Chris badly mis-
judged the ball, running In under ii
and letting the pill 60 over his head,
The bah roAcd to the left field bleach
ors and Tony was credited with a
thrse-hagger, while Kinsella aud Grimm
scored, Burke walked, but McGinnis
graeiously lined out to Lewis to end
The round,
In the first round for Memphis Led
better walked Christenbury aud Smith
TO start things off, but no score re-
suited. Carroll forced Smith ut sec.
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back and set themselves for a double
play, They figured it tight MS suisse
duent events proved. and Griffin hit In
TO a two-ply killing, forcing Carroll al
second and going out at first.
In the second Lewis and BischofI
were walked by Ledbetter. and this
was enough to convince Manager Kid
Elberfeld that the Razor was IN need
OF sharpening. So out the Razor camt
and in went Benny Kari, Manda ad.
vanced the runners with a sacrifice anC
collenbeEger's infield out sent Lewii
over
The Travellers scored the winning ruf
In the fourth, With one out, McGlnnii
walked and took second on Karr's In,
field out, Frierson's single through
the box, counted McGinnis with VIVA
proved the run necessary to win. ThrA
more were added BY the Travellers n
the seventh, but they were merely ex
cess baggage. Griffin let GrimIn'a cas-.
roller 60 through his pins In this round
which was followed by a single an
double, and three tallies counted,
Kari pitched good bah for Littl
Rock, being In trouble only In tn
fourth and sixth. In the fourth Grif
fin singled and after Lewis had beef
thrown out by Karr, Bisehoff walked
Manda hit to Distel, who ran back o