The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-21
CANES
PLEASE BUGS
On SATURDAY
Everything Free but tie Ad-
mission at South Side
Saturday.

Fans who gathered at South Side
park Saturday afternoon in large and
noisy numbers saw two well mixed
/ up ball games that kept everybody
| Guessing and swearing most OF the
! afternoon, which is just about as base
ball should be when 1t can't be any
better. In the opening combat Owens
followed their usual custom OF max
! ing many hits and few runs anc we're
knocked OF by the Prints 1O-5, alter
seven innings of play. The game did
not get un0er full steam until ?:$O,
owing TO the fact that so many Of the
Prints had to work, Sandy could mol
get q team together at the regulation
! hour. Il was a well mixed up line
up he presented, having Rat Long
Iol Mining Machinery behind the bat;
Brown OF Monongah Glass on second;
Mitchell, a new md, on shor.siop and
Harry Watkins, playing his first game
I Of the season, in left field.
The well known Mr.. Poe was on me
mound for Owens, and seemingly did
not have very much, while his sup
! port was anything but commendable.
Owens making nine errors during the
game. Parker pitched steady ball for
the Prints. He was hit hard, but good
support saved him several times and
he kept the hits fairly well scattered.
He was not extending himself to the
limit at any time.
lhree ms and three runs was the
sum total Of the efforts Of the Prints
in the first canto. And in tae fourth
round, owens tied things up by the
same method, three hits bringing
three runs. In the fifth round the
Prints went wild. Four hits, a base
on balls and a couple Of wobbles IN
the field nettel six runs. Owens
counted twice in the sixth on three
bingles and the Prints tailed one III
The seventh. Owens failed to score
in the last round and the game was
called to allow the Traction Team and
Consumers to put on an even more
ragged, but just as interesting a con-
test.
In this hectic hurrah Burns and
Lewis engaged in a pitchers battle
to see who could allow the most hits
In nine innings Lewis won by one
hit. He allowed IA and Burns Is, the
fourteenth swat allowed was allotted
to Burns and broke up the game with
two on and two out in the ninth, with
The Consumers one run 10 the good.
The hit went to the fence, two runs
came in and the game was fractions
100.
In the first three rounds Burns did
not have a thing but a prayer and a
glove and chew Of tobacco. The pray
er could not get to heaven owing to
the roar Of fandom, the glove played
a small part in the game, so the chew
did most OF the work. In these three
rounds Burns was reached for eight
hits and six runs. He then settled
down and pitched steady ball until
the ninth frame. In the meantime
the locals had found Lewis and when
the ninth inning arrived the Traction
boys were on the long end at Sc. W.
Ridgely opened the round for Consum-
ers By reaching first on Weights err
ror. Poindexter was oatient and
Burns walked him. Kicker advanced
both men with a sacrifice. Then
Goat" Ridgely slammed a hit to right
center for a base bringing in the two
men. He took second on the play,
stole third and scored on a wobbe at
third station. Lewis lifted one to
Harrick, Magee hit, but Kendall pop.
ped to Anderson.
Then came the finale. Martin was
safe on Poindexter's error. Voight
and Ash went out on long flies to
Kicker. Schimmel singled and Burns
broke up the game with long hit
to center field. The scores: