The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-13
SOUTH SIDE TO
Have BUSY TINE
Game Booked Today With
Watson---Meet Fast
Team Sunday.

The South Side Independents
will cross bats with the fast Wat
son nine on the latter's diamond
at 4 O'Clock today. These two
teams have met three times this
season, the Watson team winning
two of the games. The game this
afternoon promises to be a real
fight and the South Side outfit will
try its best to win the battle, while
Watson will also be in to win.
Terry" List, manager of the In
dependents, will send one of his
best pitchers to the mound, this
being Rat Long. A large crowd
is expected t/witness the contest
Sunday Game
Sunday afternoon the South
Side bunch will meet the Fairmont
Athletics at the old Fair grounds,
the game to be called at 5 o'clock:
This promises to be another hard
battle, as the Athletics are capable
of putting up real fight and have
already won many games this
season. Stuckey will likely be o.:
the mound for the Athletics, while
the South Side selection is not
known yet. With record break
ing crowd out last Sunday to wit
ness the battle at the fair grounds.
it is expected to see almost twice
that many out for the game to-
morrow.
St,n Is Ill
The many lDcal baseball fans
will regret to near. that the Lefty
Grimm of the South eide indie
pendeEts is sick AMI It is likely
that he will be on. of the game fcr
some weeks to come. While most
of the local .ans knows him as
Lefty Grimm for his wonderful
playing arou,5 the initial sack.
his right name is Joseph (.l'us')
McLindsn. He will he missed il
the games to come and all the
team is well as the fans are
hoping that he will be able to take
part in the big double-header on
Memorial Day.
Tickets Going Fast
1t has been only ween since
the tickets for the big double bill
between the fast Kingmont nine
and the South Side Independents
booked for South Side Park Dec
grafton Day have been on sale and
already several hundred of the
tickets have been sold. Fans
wishing to get free chance on
the Dodge touring car to be given
away on the same day had better
speed up and get in touch with a
member of the American Flint so
as to be sure of getting a ticket.
The money taken in on that day
will be given to the American
Flint GIassworker. Local 40. to
help meet the expense of the big
annual convention to be heiS In
Fairmont during the first two
weeks of July. One of the largest
crowds that ever packed South
Side Park is expected to turn out
on this day to witness the two bat
ties. Glass workers from all parts
of the state are planning to come
to Fairmont to spend the day and
take in the games The Kingmont
team that has been booked for the
bargain day bill is one of the fast
est and best known teams in this
section and when going good is
hard to beat. This nine is also
one of the best drawing cards in
this section.
aS Game Pending
A game is pending with the
BarrackvilIe Bearcats at the Bar
rackville lot for Saturday week.
w ulit noIulhS YET Ids oSCh Ss1Sli
ed it is likely that the game will
be arranged for that date. <ney
have an open date for the coming
Sunday and would like to book the
Fairview Independents or the
Warrington Elks. If either of the
above named teams wants game
for that day they can arrange
same by writing Glare Abbott at
The West Virginian office.