Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-08-25
BASEBALL. NEWS

acheSier Monday and had another in
/. sling session with Uncle Sandy
Bakers aggregation ably assisted by
Washington professional ta.en;. Ine
winchester Washington comSins,;ol
was biz too strong for us, and W.
dropped the game, 5 to 4. Blu, il was
interesting and thrilling throughout,
and our boys have 40 cause to be
ashamed OF the result At consider
able expense the Winchester folks had
imported pitcher formerly with the
Washington team of the American
League. His name was given to the
score-keeper as Pheil, but il is said he
was really Schang. There was no
reason that We know Of why he should
have travelled incognito, for he pitched
a mighty gool game and was worth
he money it cost to get him there
There is a question, however, about the
ethics of purely amateur team hir-
ing a professional TO GO against am
ateur opponents exclusively home
grown, and VIC don't see how good
sports reconcile themselves to it. But
we will let that pass.
Winchester was the first to score. In
tie last half of the third Breckenridge
hi hot liner to K. Mckee which he
couldn't quite handle; Schang hit to
Myers, who forced Breckenridge at Sec
ond, Schang going to FIRST on the field
er's choice. Baker hit to left field, put
ting SchanR on third, when Marshall
also hit TO left field, scoring Schang
with the first run Of the game Pope
hit a sacrifice fly to Reinhart in dccs
right, scoring Baker from third with
the second run. Two hits, two runs
and one error. Shepherdstown score.
in the first of the fifth. Legge hit TO
center field for two bases. X. Mckee hit
through short, scoring Lcgge from Sec
ond, Rogers flied to Dunn, X. Mckee
was thrown out trying to steal third,
Breckenridge to Rupert, Potts struck
out for the third out. Two hits, one
run. In the last of the ifth Schang
nit to Moler and was thrown out at
first Baker hit over third, Marshall
sacrificed him to second, Pope hit TO
deep left Tor two bases, scoring Baker.
Pope went to third on a passed bali
by Legge, and scored on Weems' sin
gle. Dunn hit to Moler, who forced
Weems at second. Three hits, two
runs, one error.
ShepherdStown started the sixth with
Reinhart hitting safely to left field.
Myers followed with a single over short,
placing Reinhart on third, Snyder was
safe at first on Pope's error. With the
bases loaded N. Mckee hit one to
Baker that sent Remnant home, but
which Baker recovered in time to ge:
Mckee at first Moler hit over third,
scoring Myers. Legge hit a long ny
IN Gn1J r,t,nh CruJa.
Moler was thrown out trying to make
second on the play Three hits, three
runs, ore error.
This was all Of the scoring until the
last of the eighth. Weems flied to
Moler, Dunn flied to Potts, Rupert
got on when Moler failed to connect up
with his liner. Rupert essayed to
steal second, and Legge made a per-
feet peg to Moler, who was waiting on
the runner and tagged him out BY two
feet, though the Jump said safe Plank
then hit to center field for two bases,
Rupert scoring. Breckenridge hit to
X. Mckee, who threw him out at first.
That was all Of it.
The umpire was highly commended,
especially by Winchester, as his de-
cisions were rendered in true pro-
fessional style, deep hoarse voice, and
all. But even professional umpireo
err sometimes. and this arbiter ruined
us when he called Rupert safe on Sec
ond. The forty or fifty Shepherdstown
fans who were present we're all at that
Identical moment looking right at the
play ard they solemnly asseverate-
of course utterly without prejudice
that Moler got his man. The four hun
dred Winchester fans, we admit, ap-
plauded the decision-but they were
probably preiudiced. We had to doubt
another decision in the seventh inning.
Schang struck out, Baker flied out rD
Potts, and then Marshall hit long fly
down the third base line, which our OBJ
servers said curved foul by ten feet. II
is true that the ball was fair when it
went past the foul post in left field, but
we claimed that il landed in foul ter
ritory. The umpire said fair. Pope,
next up, smashed one over Remnants
head in deep right and it looked as If
the old game was lost, but there went a
streak across the field from deep CEN
ter and the would-be hit was reposing
in the nit Of Levy Potts, who turned
two complete somersaults after having
made this spectacular catch. The score
was still tied after this. but that eighth
decision killed us. We swallowed our
medicine like good sports, however, and
left the imp with his conscience, even
though we had deep inward pain over
those two adverse decisions. An en-
thusiastic crowd OF Shepherdstown fans
accompanied our team to Winchester
and rooted with commendable earnest
ness. This afternoon we have q re-
turn game on the Shepherdstown dia-
mond with our beloved enemies from
Winchester, and thew are to have
another Washington pitcher, it Is said.