Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-09-08
Four Lusty Homers By Martinsburg
Players Coaxes Victory To Pearch
Upon Banner OF Valiant Blue Sox


cloudless sky and with nearly 2000
fans looking on, the five-state cham
pi., ship series was sent off to
fvirg start here Thursday after,
noon. when the Martinsburg Blue
Sox. flag winners of the Blue Ridge
League. throttled the Parksley
Spuds, pennant winners Of the East
ern Shore flag race. The score was
s to 8
Burton Shipley. the youthful lea
der of the Blue SoX crossed up ev-
erybcdy when he sent Hank Hulvey
to the mound Shipleys dope prov
ed correct, fo- the tai West Viz.
ginian had things pretty much his
own way all afternoon excepting
two home runs by Fisher, the loo
ais first baseman, who was re-
sponsible for the only three mark
ers Farksley could put across the
pan. Hulvev let Parksley down
with a lone quartet Of bingles.
Poke Whalen. manager of the
spuds pinned his faith on Frank
Humner.at Shores leading fling
er. Hummer was unequal to the
task Of holding the Martinshurg
batsmen, noted fer their ability to
sting the ball
Homers Won Game.
c. Edward Sparrow. sports editor
Of tho Baltimore Sun. who is at
Parsley FOR the games, says the
West Virginians won because they
had four home runs against two for
the Eastern Shore champions. Mar
tinsburg got nine hits off Frank
Hummer, against four for Parksley
IF Hank Hulyey. Two errors, one
BY Fisher ami the other by Manager
N7halon in the sixth inning helped
the visitors score.
Fisher. Parksley's first baseman,
drove in all Of his teams runs with
two hcmars His first came with
Klinedinst on in the opening inning
and his second at the start of the
seventh
nowll tied the count for Martins.
burg IN the third with a homer at
ter JeeobT had walked. A double
ny Bror',y an error by Fisher and
then. Whalen's high throw to second
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ir the sixth. Black hit over the
lft-feld fence for the other runs.
a; In the eighth Brehany drove over
1Qhe left field fence. Rawlings singled
10 center, stole and scored on VIII
Sons single to center.
/, Jacoby was the first up in the
ninth and dropped the ball over the
fbarrier in left. Hummer struck out
40 men, retiring the side in the
third.
T, Martinsburg has a murderers' row
but Fisher, first baseman for the To-
cal team. is some slugger himself.
Two homers and pair of passes
were his total in four trips to the
plate.
When Parksley took a two-run
lead in the opening inning not
man, woman or child remained
seated as they saw Fishers drive
clear the right-feld fence. This
looked big until Martinsburg tied
the count on Dowells homer with a
man on base. Then the Virginians
must have felt a little uneasy, be-
cause the hard hitting OF the Mar
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Parksley.
Fans Arrive Early.
Although the game did not begin
until $50 o'clock, the gates were
thrown open at noon, when the early
birds began to arrive. 1t was short
ly after 100 o'clock when all seats
had been sold to the grandstand
The Onancock Band kept the fans
in good humor while the preliml-
naries were going on.
Walter B. Miller, president Of the
Eastern Shore League, and a dele.
cation of citizens of Salisbury ar
rived at 8 O'Clock 1t was a gew
minutes afterward that the two
teams, abreast, with Managers
Whaler, of Parksley, and Shipley,
Of Martinsburg, lined up at second
base and paraded toward homo plate
with the pennant of Ban 3. Johnson,
president of the American League
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