The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-06-12
Union Mill Defeats Monarch

The Union Mill baseball team de-
feated the Monarch team In a one
sided game Saturday on the Monarch |
field by the score of IL to a. The
winning team showed quite an i'm
provement over the display made |
against "Andie" Bowens Newberry
aggregation at Union Park Saturday
week when Union suffered to 4 de-
feat. They have made quite an i'm
provement both in fielding and bat
ting, earning four runs in the first and
three in the second inning Saturday.
The other four runs were earned, ex-
cepting one, later in the game. The
lineup and batting order have both
been changed, and the pitching staff
strengthened. All the players are
local boys.
Some young stars sprung up with
the team Saturday. Lawrence Epps,
playing his first game with the team,
held the first sack like veteran. He
was also the batting star of the game,
collecting single, double, triple
and a home run out Of as many times
at the bat. Wesley Ward, the new
second baseman, played good game
nd also figured in the hitting. "Jay-
bird Arthur had his regular position
at Short. Marry Mccall played the
third sack and is showing quite an
Improvement over last years fielding
He is cleanup man in the batting or
der and fills the position well. "Busy"
Jenkins played his usual game in left
field as Busy" only can pay, as did
preacher" Thompson In the center
lot, both hitting well. "Fred" Cheek
| is covering the right acre Fred
did not have on his hitting stride Sat
urday but he can usually be depended
on for a safe hit, especially in the
pinches. He is second in the batting
order. Joe Sullivan played an excel
lent game behind the bat and is work
ing hard to improve stir more. He
batter 1000 per cent Saturday. The
| pitching was divided between Harold
Sullivan and Ort Fowler. Both did
we'll although Ort was a bit wild at
times. Frank Mehan did not get into
the fray Saturday. Frank is pitcher
with good record and will take the
mound for at least part of the next
game. He is also first baseman.
Charles Murphy, also a pitcher, wa;
a visitor zen uniform" Saturday but
did not get in the battle. He has
improved quite a bit since last season
He was a Georgia Tech pitcher on
their freshman team this spring, un-
der coaching of "Buck" Flowers
where he won four games and lost
one. The team will very probably i'm
port one more pitcher.
The players are giving all their
spare time to practice and are prac-
ticing hard every day from p. m.
to dark; and then having baseball
talks until way into the night. This
started last Wednesday and with only
two days of it big improvement in
play is noticeable. A still bigger i'm.
provement is expected by the end OF
the week. ,; ct
Work will begin on the field today
by the city street crew and the dia.
mond will be top soiled and put in
first class shape. More bIeacher ac-
commcdations will be provided in or.
der to comfortably accommodate all
when ttey have big games with out.
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be brought here only by the generous
support of the Union fans. If they
will support the team strong financial
ly in our next few games, good teams
can be brought here in about two OF
three weeks. If the team shows
enough Improvement, they will prob.
ably have Spartanburg, Sally League
team in Union for an exhibition game
| later in the season.