The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-19
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IN SPEEDY GAME
2sarnes Hook Badly Hooked.
by Heavy Hitting Swat
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Applying a local an esthesia, the
K Marion County Doctors In painless
fashion operated on the Marion
County Dentists at Traction Parh
late yesterday afternoon and re-
moved a ball game from their per-
ssounel The final count of the
frolic was s to q. at least that -
the official score favorlng the Doc
ssrors as handed down by Judge
lkkenesaw Mountain Lands Fl r..
who placed his name in
for JOB Of official
scorers and was elected by a un :
Il animols vote Doctor Johnson
voted ) for himself, SO it would be
on the first ballot: The
s8naIlSgame was the first feature Of
II the Doctors Dentists picnic I
Other features followed, and will
sssbs detailed later.
DR.. johnson Eaid that owing to
srhe$factt the ball game was an
Executive session, the lineup OF
ssshe8 two teams could not be given
SScut for publication, but after
much hard labor We found out
ssonne OF tie players in the game game
The Il official home plate was q
ss-,ud padd,e 50 the diamond was
4 Bet Off On . new angle. Barnes
q and Buraet form cd the battery for
stnes Dentists, while Carr and Tow
Hson started FOR the Medics Carr
retired after" Ching Bell made q
hi u. in the first#inning and the
IN edics battery from then on was
sTowson and ToWson Both pitcher
and catcher wore specs. making
Z the most unique batteryfin capt.:
witty The umpire. who is alleged
ito have been imported from some.
place by the Doctors, also had
specs, but his judgment was quas-
@tioned on several DECISIONS never
8the less Once he called Herb
Barnes out at third base when he
@attempted to steal that bag. Herb
protested but was quieted when.
I the imp told him he would swear
Souta a warrant for attempted grand
Larceny il he kept up the noise.
Zone of the Towson boys made q
clean steal Of second, but was call
ed out for not making slide for.
the bag His Majesty the imp,
wanted action all the time and
made all who failed to satisfy him
in this respect pay the penalty.
N 10 account was kept Of the err
sEors, because is was said that only
Rave won his game, except for the
sfact that his hook was not work
ing Just right. Several times he
told the Jump to watch his hook
son the next ball. The batter gen
Serally hooked it to LETT for a
$hit which was not just what had
been expected. The Dentists had
sa SO 900 ttinlay,'', but the outfield
was not worth that much by $11.
1000 Bell who played left field
Scamped back of short and any kind
sofs a pop fly went for a long hit.
Basil Heron made a dandy unex-
4pected hit at one stage Of the
game, but late last night he hadn t
sgot his wind.
Earl McCray played consistent
NEame at third base. missing every
thing that came hts way. All the
players we're pretty consistent in
this respect. ..Hersch'' Satterfield
stopped one with his ribs while
& at bat In; one Of the late innings.
and last night he looked as if he
HAD ben vaccinated right below the
heart
we don't know Just how the
Ssruns were made, but neither does
Sanyone else, except Docto r John
son and he won't tell. Grady Nor
ganS aoked right sweet at second
base Men the other side was in