Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-04-01
Ole MISS Wins
OPENING GAMES
WERE EASY VICTORIES.
Farmer, Wood, Hstborn and Amsler
Hit Well. Varsity Plays Error
less Ball First Game.

In two. rather slow games Ole
Miss defeated Union University, of
jackson, Tenn, Friday and satur-
day by large scores. The visitors
could not compare with our boys in
any way and coach seeing how fu-
tile it was for them to try to beat
|us, ran in the scrubs to make the
game a little more Interesting and
to give every man q chance to get
some experience in 4 game.
For Union, the coach an all round
plalyer. Hurt was undoubtedly the
best man they had. During the two
games he played every position in
the infeld and got q couple Of hits.
The playing for Ole Miss was not so
much sensational as team work.
EN- Farmer broke up the game
in the first inning with three on
when he clouted on down the right
field foul line for a home run. The
players ran wild around the bases
and when the dust settled four runs
had been scored. Barbour, Enoch
Wilson, Wood, and Farmer. Two
more runs were scored in the second
and third inning by F. Wilson and
Carney. In the first of the fifth
two runs were scored on wild
heave by Culpepper. These were
the only scores Union made. In the
last of the fifth Riddell took a
healthy swing and slammed the ball
for three bags later scoring. In the
last of the seventh Cplpepper made
UP for his error of hefore with a
three Dagger scoring Sn single by
Barbour. In the firsssof the eighth
Hath0r1re catching Ole Miss
made dive for a high foul and
came up out of the dirt with the
ball safe in his mitt. It was one Of
the features Of the game. Barbour's
base stealing became monotonous it
was so regular.
The final score was 80.
The second game started out q
little better than the finish of the
last for Unions pitcher was work
ing we'll. The first inning was 8
lblank for both sides but in the first
| of the second, Union scored Terry
running, by an error of the thiro
Ibaseman. In our half of that in
ming Barbour and P. Wilson scored
! on hit by Hathornc Il the last Of
the third, Speroc-. Wood, beat out q
bunt in way that was pretty te
see. His hurt leg didn't seem tt
bother the way he ran at all. Farm
er out on double play but P. Viii.
son scored on error of short stop
And right here in. the first of thu
fifth was where one Of the. prettiest
catches of the two games was pull
ed off. Mcclure laced out one ovel
third base that smoked it was going
so fast. q. Wilson raced over there
dived into the air and the ball thud
ded into his mitt. It was going Sc
fast that it hoped out but thai
tdidn't bother Enoch bit. He JUS
reached out his glove again and /
staid there this time. Acklin scored
from second for the second run fol
Union.
Things came to an end in the sixth
tho. The score keepers almost los
track of the runs they came in 81
fast. Wood started the rout by
scoring right at the first. Hathornt
then stole second third and home
McNeese came in on hit by Barbour
who later touched the home plate
for the fourth score of the inning
Barbour's base stealing was agar
one of the features of the game
Enoch Wilson kept up the goot
(Continued on page seven.)