Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-05-13
THE SCHOOL BOYS
ARE PLAYING BALL
Girdletree Took The HOnors Last
Friday And Temperanceville
Won On Tuesday.

In the matter OF school athletlcS, II
was decidedly "Girdletree Day" in
Snow Hill last Friday. The visitors
defeated the girls end ball team in a
very interesting and exciting game,
the final score being 81 to Is. In the
baseball game that followed. Girdlc
tree won well earned victory, de-
feating Snow Hill by the score of Z
to 5. The batteries were: Girdletree,
Cropper and Blades; Snow Hill, Ad-
kins, Aiken, and Richardson. The
teams split even in their series, and
as result of their defeat Snow Hill
lost the League leadership, dropping
back to tie with Pocomoke. Snow
Hill will play in Pocomoke this (Fri-
day. afternoon, and has only two
more games, with Berlin-onc to be
played in Berlin. and one in Snow
Hill.
Tuesday afternoon there was inter
est. excitement, and grand mix-up
on the baseball diamond. First, Prin-
cess Anne put in an appearance to fill
an engagement with the High School
boys, and little later the Temper
ancevlle High School boys arrived,
claiming an engagement also
The game with Princess Anne began,
and Snow Hill proceeded to romp
away with the game, at the beginning
of the fifth inning the score standing
| to o in favor of Snow Hill. At this
junctare. to make the game, as they
said, more interesting, the visitors in
troduced a new player. This was
none other than chap named Will
son. who had been officiating rs UNI
pirc, who, il is said, is not High
School student The entrance of Mr..
Umpire Wilson into the game added
interest all right. simple and COM
pound: seeming to have a demorali-
zing effect on the Snow Hill team, and
proving to be the turning point in the
fortunes of the game, as Princess
Anne proceeded to annex five runs in
the fifth inning. They added one
more run in the sixth inning, when
the game was called off, after Prin-
cess Anne had admitted that Wilson
was not eligible to play. Princess
Anne returned the guarantee money
to Snow Hill. and the afternoons
pleasantly was called mo game"
After the Princess Anne contre-
temps. Snow Hill hitched up with
Temperanceville in an exciting six
inning contest. Temperanceville has
one of the strongest High School
teams on the Eastern Shore of Vir-
ginia. Their pitcher, Ulm. is a south
paw, and he is one of the best High
School pitchers that has been seen
mere since keens time. lie had speed,
curves, and control, and was reached
for only one safety by the Snow Hill
boys. He had husky battery mate,
and the entire visiting team appeared
to be giants beside the local boys.
But that is neither here nor there
The visiting team played high
grade article of ball, winning only
after a stubborn contest. The Snow
Hill boys also played with dash and
spirit, and by backing up the splendid
twirling of Adkins with good support.
succeeded in holding the visitors to a
close score, and losing by the margin
of a run, the final count being to
in favor of Temperanceville. The
game showed Snow Hill in the best
form of the season, and the losing of
the game to such formidable oppo-
nents by the close margin of one run,
should cause satisfaction, and not
chagrin.