The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-08-15
CLUB STANDING

Mt. Sterling =. :. ABS
Winchester. :. :. 4 ~ $50
In Thursdays game between Paris
and Maysville on the local grounds
Blakefeld got the better Of Miner
in a pitchers duel, Paris winning
the game to 2, and taking the
lead in the race. Miner struck out
eleven men, but did not succeed in
keeping hits as well scattered as did
| Blakefield, and was not quite as eff
| fective with men on bases. Woods,
of the Paris team, was the hitting
star of the game, getting three out
of three. Wunker made brilliant
barehanded catch in the first inning
Both teams played fast ball. One
of the largest crowds of the season
witnessed the game. Both teams
played errOrless ball. The batter
les were: For Paris-Blakefield
and Macke; for Maysville Miner
and Connolly. Goodman umpired
Winchester defeated Paris Friday
in an exhibition game played on
the Winchester grounds, the score
being to 4. Winchester used three
pitchers in downing the Mammoths,
holding Paris to three hits. Errors
were plentiful, Winchester being
officially credited with eight and
Paris three. Nippert, of the Paris
team, stole home in the eighth in
ming. The batteries were: For
Paris: Parsons and Brockman; for
Winchester-Moss, Nelson. Lowry.
Thoss and Cans. Goodman UNI
pired.
The game between Mt. Sterling
and Paris at Mt. Sterling Saturday
resulted in a victory for the Essex
team, Paris losing by the score of
to 3. The game was featured by err
ratio playing of Mt Sterling, and
superb pitching of their Indian
twirler, Neyrey. Paris used twelve
players in an effort to change the
verdict, but to no avail, only four
hits being registered off of Neyrey's
delivery. The playing of Lackey
and Wilbers for Mt. Sterling and
the fielding of Mcmahon and the
hitting of Wunker, for Paris, were
also features On one occasion
Manahan saved two runs by a spec
tacular one-handed catch. The bat
teries were: For Paris-Blakefield
Hurst, Wills and Macke; for Mt.
Sterling-Neyrey and Monk. Walls
umpired.
Over twelve hundred interested
spectators at League Park Sunday
afternoon saw the Mammoths adj
minister defeat to the Mt Sterling
team by the score of to 3, and slip
up again to the lead in the Blue
Grass League race. The game was
full of thrills and trills from begin
ming to finish, and clearly demon
strated what kind of ball the Paris
team can play with good teamwork.
Townsend and Harrison, crack men,
bers of the Mt. Sterling pitching
staff, were batted hard and at op-
perfume moments, and the good sup
port of the Paris infield and outfeld
helped Wills very NATURALLY in win
ming the game. Wills pitched a SUI
perb game, holding the Essex team
scoreless until the ninth inning.
when they ran in three runs. Macke.
Paris catcher, put one over the far |
field fence, and scored a home run.
Fielding features of the game were |
running catches by Woods, Blake
and Cicona, while slugging with the
bat by outfielder Cicona, of the
Paris team, and catcher Monk of Mt.
Sterling, featured in the batting col
umn. Despite the intense heat the
big crowd centered their attention
on the game, and watched each play
with great interest. The batteries
were: For Paris-Wills and Macke: /
for Mt. Sterling-Harrison, Town
send and Monk. Time of game, one
hour and fifty-five minutes. Wells 4
umpired.
The Clifton playground baseball
team of Lexington, defeated the
Paris playground team in a game \
played on the Lexington grounds
Wednesday by a score of II to 8.
This is the second time the teams
have met, Clifton winning the other
game, played on the Paris grounds.
The Paris team lined up as follows:
Mann, IF; Strother, IS; McMahan,
3b; Wharton, p; Reese, lib; Myers,
2b; Maybrier, If; Jackson, CT; Par
sons, c.
The Christians defeated the Pres
terians, in the Church League game
on Hancock Field, Friday afternoon, Il
by a score Of IA to 4. The next
game in the series will be played
this afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock be-
tween the Baptists and Christians.
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