The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-29
'BASEONBALLS
INILAST round
BEATS: !. STEALEY
East Side Pitcher Stars at
BAT With Two Triples
And Single.
IN IlARRY

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IN q hectic encounter at South
Side Park yesterday afternoon In
which there was a splendid assort-
s1ent Of good, bad and Indifferent
baseball. Fairmont High School
won the city high school baseball
championship by defeating East
Side High school s to 8. It was
the second game Of a three game
series Fairmont having taken
the frst game 6 to 0 they gained
the championship In straight
ganes.
The winning runs were made In
The ninth inning without the aid
ef q hit Stealey who had pitched
good bali up to this stage and had
helped his team along with two
triples and q single, went up IN
the air and walked" the game
eway.
Fairmont batted first yesterday,
md al the opening of the ninth
the score was deadlocked at s to
g. Gainor opened Fairmont's half
by sending a fly to Layman.
satterty walked, stole second and
vent to third on a wild pitch.
Crisis walked, went TO second.
While Stealey was tossing out
Michaels at first Lafrerty scored
and Criss took third. Crlss scored
q moment later on a wild pitch.
East Side went out in order in
their half. Sloan made a marvel
GUS stop and tossed out A. Criss.
Graham and Layman famed.
stealey Hitter
one Of the big features OF the
game was the hitting OF stealey.
ON his first trip to the plate he
tripled to right center, scoring
1saynan, who had singled. On his
next turn to the plate, he bounced
of q hot single. The third time
hefaced R. criss he again tripled,
this time sending the ball to the
center Held fence. On his last
chance at bat, he struck out.
Sloan Lafferty and Layman
contributed the fielding features
With some great plays around the
second base and shortstop,
Fatrniont started out with run
IN the tirst. With Lafferty and
Ctiss on bases by reason Of aspass
and an error Mlchaels smashed
out long single. scoring Lafferty
and Griss apparently, but Crlss
was called out for cutting third
base. An error by Hill and a hit
BY Leonard brought one more run
ingthe second.
East Side got a man around In
the second. Layman opened with
single. Stealey followed with a
cofldng triple to right center, lay
nan scoring. Stealey was left
stranded on third, while Hill and
Keener lofted out and G. Morgan
famed.
Two errors and a two hits gave
tairmont two more runs in the
third, and a three run advantage.
ThiB ended Fairmont's scoring
until theseventh and in the mean
time, East Side forged ahead by 4
two run margin.
Three hits gave them two runs
in the fourth. Layman, Stealey
and Hill singled in succession,
Layman and stealey scoring on
the third hit. Hill went out
stealing. Keener was hit by a
pitched ball, but was left stranded
on the base paths.
A Big Inning
The Palatiners punched four
hits for three more runs in the
sixth which ended their hitting
md scoring for the day Stealey
started the trouble with triple 10
center Hill got an intleld hit, but
stealey was held at bird. Keener
tanned. Morgan singled, scoring
stealey and Hill, and when Galnor
threw to the center field fence in
an effort to head on Morgan at
second after the. play at the plate
in an effort to get Hill. Morgan
came home.
Two hits coupled with two
errors gave Fairmont the chance
20 tie the count in the seventh.
The story Of how they won in tho
ninth has been told.