The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1919-07-31

Secured--Take -Four Out of Five
From Brownsville = Three Games
at Dyersburg. ~
In the second game with Browns
vile here, the Brownsville bunch
started things with a rush in the
firstframe McClish, first man up
for Brownsville, was walked by Bill
lingsly, who was on the mound for
Coyington. Belts, who was second
up for Brownsville, popped a fly to
Hendrix for the first out of thegamd
McClish stole second and took third
on passed ball. Keathley struck
out, but Plaxe0 missed third strike,
scoring McClish with Keathley safe
at first. Oden singled and Keathley
was caught at the plate by Smith.
Lyle hit to second, 0den going to
third. Smith threw to third ITO catch
Oden mapping, and hit Oden with
the ball. 0den scored and Lyle was
caught at second.
Covington retaliated and brought
in two runs in her half of the first.
Sigler, the fast center fielder of the
Coyington outfit, was walked. Reitz,
next man to face Belts, struck out.
Lawhorn was based also by Belts;
Sigler steals second and third. Hovey
hits fly to centerfield. Hendrix
takes a crack at one of Belts fast
ones for single, scoring Lawhorn.
Hovey is caught at the Mate
After the first inning Billingsly
settled down and was always tight
in the pinches. He pitched big
league ball after his one bad inning,
allowing Brownsville only four clean
hits. AT all times he had alright
support Of the whole team behind
him. Prompt work and good judy
ment Of the Covington infield cut
off two runs in the fourth. In this
frame Brownsville got two men OH
with McDermott at the bat. McDer-
mott hit a swift roller to short and
Keathley was caught by six feet at
the plate. King, next up, hit to
second, and Lyle was caught at the
plate by quick work on the part of
Reitz; and again in the sixth round
after Belts and McClish had singled
with McCHsh on third, Keathley hit
to short and McClish was caught at
home, Belts going to third. Oden,
next up, let down a roller to Bill
lingsly, who caught Belts at the
plate. After the sixth,s Brownsville
lost her last chance to score any
more. From then on Covington was
never in danger. Billingsly was the
master Of the situation.
Covington scored one in the third
and one in the eighth. The final
score was A to 2.
The features of the game were
the catching of Smith and the. fine
support Of the Covington infield.
Smith caught an excellent game, put
ting out four men at the plate out of
four chances.
Brownsville took the last game of
the series by the score Of six to two.
At this game Covington put up
patched lineup. Palmer Smith play
ed third for Covington and played
good game, taking in consideration
the fact that this game was his first
game Of baseball this year. While
Smith made two errors at third, these
errors were hard chances. AT the bat
he got one hit in four trips to the
plate, that being triple to left field
in the sixth.
In this game, Bridges worked for
Covington, and Boaz held the mound
for Brownsville. Poor support behind
Bridges and the inability of Codng-
ton swatters to connect at the time
when hits meant runs. Cogington got
seven hits off Of ,Boaz, but the
lad kept them scattered.
Bridges gave up six hits. CoviRgton
scored one run in the first and one in
the second. In the first the Covington
run was made by Sigler beating out
an infield hit, and Bridges scored.
Brownsville opened up her can Of
heavy artillery in the fourth frame
with one hit, a base on balls and two
errors. Brownsville chalked up three
runs on the board, and. again in the
eighth Brownsville added two more
to the Covington casualty list, when
with two infield errors and a passed
ball and sacrifice hit were made.
Again in the ninth inning Bridges
walked a man and he was tapped for
two singles scoring one man.
The Coyington team played in Dy-
ersburg on Monday, Tuesday and
Covington lost the game
by score of 8 to 5. Thomp-
son and Coffee, the battery for Cow
ington, while Marshall and Petty were
on the firing line for Dyershgrge.
From the meager reports received
from this game it seems that poor
support on the part of the Coving-
ton team behind Thompson was the
cause of this defeat. Thompson, an
1s-year-Old school boy, pitched
great game, while his running mate
Coffee, who caught him, caught Q
good game.
The second game was donation to
Dyersburg In the last half Of the
ninth the score stood seven to four
in favor Of CovingtOn. People were
leaving the stands, and with two down
got one hit off Of McLis-
ter, and with four infield errors
garnered four runs and theball game.
McLister pitched fine ball, allowing
seven hits, while Covington tapped
The Dyersburg slabman for nine.