The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-07-25

Our baseball team is at last COM
ing into its own. Three straights from
Arlington is pretty good, we say. An
other interesting and soul satisfying
feature of the last series was the.
brand of fight and ginger displayed
by the locals. To be always in the
thick of the contest is half of the game,
and the most pleasing spectacle to
baseball enthusiasts eye is team that
is always on its toes without the dis
gushing appearance of too much beef.
ing or fault finding with the umpire.
The next time we play either AL
| bany or Arlington we must have
capable field judge, one who is used
to the different situations which needs
must arise at every affair." We would
suggest Augie Moran, a veteran of
many hard campaign who has just
resigned from the South Atlantic
League staff on account of poor health,
but who, we are sure, would be glad
to come over for one or two games at
the time. Augie made good here in
oficiated in almost every league in or
ganized baseball. He is over at Fitz-
gerald now taking much needed
rest.
Fitzgerald will be our opponents the
,, latter part of the week, and from all
reports they are coming over with the
avowed intention of taking brace of
contests during the series. They have
never forgiven us for the defeats we
handed them in bygone days, and the
present trio of games takes on the as
pect of grudge series. We wanted to
play Arlington the latter part OF the
week if it were possible, but the Fitz-
gerald manager states that his club
has been fairly aching for a crack at
the Dawson club and that his people
are willing to back them up with the
kind of stuff that talks.
Lefty Tanner has turned in just
three games without being scored up
on. A matter of twenty-five innings
since one was a seven-frame affair.
That is some hurting and the last at
fair was against the strong Arlington
outfit who beat the famous Jack Frost
in Albany yesterday e to 3. Speaking
of this famous frost we need not be
afraid of him. The only thing we saw
he had in Albany yesterday was
newspaper reputation, and he came
mighty near losing that.
Dawson defeated Cuthbert here on
Tuesday afternoon in game .as full
of misplays as rain. The contest was
finally called in the fifth inning with
| the score of II to in our favor
Moore started for the locals but was
yanked by Manager Moseley in favor
of Brown. Lefty Owens and Hembree
did the mound work for Cuthbert
This marked the last game of the
Randolph county lads, who after dis
astrous defeats at our hands conclud
ed to disband.
Our opponents on Thursday were
our old rivals from Arlington, who
opened a three-game series here on
that date. They had some new faces
but the same old ways-eternal in
fernai and everlasting grabbing. The
game was called in the last halt OF
| score E to. 5 in our favor the visiting
club became greatly mitfed at one OF
Base Umpire Arnold's decisions and
left the field. This was much to be
regretted because the half holiday
crowd was out and everybody but the
Arlington team wanted to play the
game through Howard Arnold has
been umpiring games here for a long
er time than the writer remembers,
and no fairer and more impartial field
Judge has ever oficiated on the local
pasture May he umpire many more
here. The visitors knew that they
were beaten, so they took the easiest
and most representative Arlington
way, they quit Did they quit last year
when Ike Thrasher's foul was called
home run? Did we quit Friday
when Eddie Rawson's triple with two
men on was judged foul by the
Arlington umpire? However, to get
back to the game, neither Sullivan or
B1oodworth showed any amazing
pitching ability in this battle, and
both were hit freely. Cox, Brown and
Rawson were the batting stars for
Dawson, while Clements and his bat
terv mate, Bloodworth, led visitors at
tack. Battery-Arlington Bloodworth
and Clements; Dawson: Sullivan and
Rawson. Umpires: Cody and Arnold.
Friday in Arlington with Gordon
Tanner our southpaw pitching ace at
his best, the locals again defeated the
Bostwick clan This was one OF the
prettiest games ever played on the
Arlington field Tanner was strong
throughout, giving up but two measly
blows and working out OF several nasty
holes with the precision and GOODNESS
of veteran. The great Tige Stone
was Tanners opponent, and Tige was
right, too, but he was not in class
with the little Tech portsider. Rawson
was in charge of the team and he kept
them in there fighting every minute.
AS field general Eddie is all to the
mustard. Dumas came out OF his re-