Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1921-08-04
LOOKS LIKE THEY
CAN'T BE BEAT
(By DIR. w. M. McClarin.)

The local team added another game
to its long list of victories last Sat
urday when they defeated the strong
Cumberland Telephone team of Nash
vile by the score of to 2. The game
was played before one of the largest
crowds ever seen on Turner Field.
Nashville office of the Telephone Co.
declared a holiday and every body
from Office boy to the general manager
were on the hill roofing for their
team. The telephone boys were de-
feated by the locals last year and
came prepared to win this one, and to
strengthen their team they secured
the services of some of the best play
ers in the city league. The local team
was very fortunate to obtain Lynch,
the star twirler who formerly twirled
with the State Bank & Trust Co. He
has signed up to aid Stone in the
mound duties for the remainder Of the
season. Lynch was anxious for the
teIephoners to be his first victims, and
those who saw him in action can testi-
fly as to his heaving ability. The tel
ephone boys were completely at his
mercy and the best they could do was
to secure one measly hit. Burrus, who
twirled for the visitors, also showed
fine form, allowing only five hits. The
local team took the field first and the
three opponents were retired in easy
| fashion. Allen, the first man up for
/ Carthage, was safe on an error, Nc
| Donald laid down nice sacrifice and
| both he and Allen were safe. At this
stage of the game J. Pluvius became
enraged and during his fit of anger
the crowd dispersed to a dryer eli
mate. After few minutes play was
resumed and the next three batters
were retired in order. The telephone
/ boys came back strong in the second
and aided by a couple of wild throws
and an error, scored two runs. The
| telephone rooters went wild and the
shrieking voices of the Nashville las
sizes could be heard far and wide as
they yelled for their heroes who had
made such a brilliant start. Carthage
did not score until the fourth. Peck
/ Turner, the first man up, got a clean
single over short, Reasonover sacri-
feed him to second, then Addison Bill
brey, who is known from the shores
of New York to the deserts of Texas,
the greatest spoke king in Smith
! County, shct sharp single to left
field on which Turner scored the first
run. The inning ended with Bilbrey
on third. The locals put over two
more runs in the fifth, making the
score three to two in favor of Car
thage. After the fifth no more scores
were made on either side. The game
was clearly played and was featured
by the pitching of Lynch and the hit
ting OF Bilbrey, who made three
clean hits out of four times at bat.
Manager Hickman was out of town
and could not be at his regular place
behind the bat.
Next Friday afternoon at three
O'Clock the strong team from Livings-
ton will come to Carthage and en-
gage in two game series-one on
Friday afternoon and the other on
Saturday afternoon. Livingston says
they can stop this Carthage bunch
but that remains to be seen-so you
come to Carthage next Friday and
Saturday afternoons and see what
progress the Overton countians make
at checking the Carthage team.
Following is the box score of last
Saturdays game: