Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-07-18
PARSONS STRIKES
OUT 10 BATTERS
Fridays Game Here
With Cordele Great
Slab Battle

The Cordele-Americus baseball
game Friday afternoon at the play
ground was thriller, clean and hard
fought from start to finish. 1t was a
pitchers battle all the way, and some
classy hurting was seen. Big Bill Par
sons of Souther Field, was in the box
for Americas, and he was right, strik-
ing out total of 19 men during the
nine innings He was opposed by
"Slats" Foster, an old timer of these
parts, and an unusually heady and
able pitcher. Foster hurled probably
as good a game as Parsons, but of
different style. While he struck out
only 8 men, he allowed only three
hits. Cordele collected four safe ones
off Parsons.
Both pitchers were well supported,
but the players, except the pitchers
and catchers and first basemen, had
little to do thruout the contest. The
game was enlivened by vigorous
roofing, both on the part of the Am
ericus fans and the Cordele party.
which seemed to please every one ex-
cept "Bill'' Hooks, formerly of Amer
icus, now manager of the Cordele ag-
gregation. Mr.. Hooks assured the
Americas fans that if they came to
Cordele with their team there would
be nothing of the sort encountered
there to worry their pitcher.
Cordele Shows Flash
The Cordele team showed a little
more flash, if there was any differ
ence, than the Americas team. Ham
ilton, 17-year old boy, played bril-
| liant game at Sd base for the visitors
and proved the star batter of their
team, getting two hits in three times
/ up, and walking once. In the pinch,
/ however, his youthful inexperience
! showed itself. 1t was in the seventh
| inning with the game mighty tight
/ and no scores up to that time except
/ once, in sight for anybody. Hancock
/ and Morris, heading the Cordele bat
! ting list, had gone out when johnson
walked. Gould got one of Parsons
fast ones on the leg and took his
base, Johnson going to second. Ham.
ilton up to that time had secured two
/ hits in two trials and it was his op-
portunity to bring in run or two
and proably cinch the game. He real
lied it and he tried hard. But Par
sons was bending 'em and Hamilton
swung the bat with all his might. But
he did Casey and closed the inning
Later it was his error that gave the
game to Americas
The game opened with six strike
outs, each pitcher alone retiring tht
other side. The fans got real thrill
in the third inning when Americas
came within few inches of scoring
After Wheatley, who was first up hat
succumbed to Fosters curves OBrlef
got on first when Thornton dropped
the ball on a virtual strike-out ant
overthrew to first base when he ral
it out.
o Nipped at Plate
Finley sacrificed him down to sec
ond base, following which McMillel
hit safely through short stop, O'Briel
going to third. McMillen started fo
second on an attempted squeeze pla,
but O'Brien was slow starting TO
/; home. The ball beat O'Brien to tn
! plate and he started racing back t.
5 third but too late, and was finall
4 caught out by few inches at tn
/ plate.
t The only run of the game wa
4 made on an error and it came in tn
: ninth inning with two men out Pal
D sons, the first man up, had walked
8 Danielson followed with safe hi
: between center and left field. Pal
4 sons was nipped at third. Tomm
Hooks walked and Danielson went t