Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-07-06
WITH THE LEGION TEAM.

TIE Shephcr55town American Legion
team Travelled 80 miles to Winchester
last Friday 10 be defeated by the Shen-
andosh Valley league team of that
city, I to I, in game in which good,
bad and Indifferent baseball was mixed
with no apparent design. The whole
story of the game is told when il is
recounted that Winchester made fif-
teen hits during the fray. most of them
! of of Willis, who worked eight innings,
while the local clan garnered only four
in nine innings Holden pitched for
Winchester, and only 81 men faced
him.
Shepherdstowr's only run came in
the ninth, when Rogers scored after
he had gained first on an error. At
that time Peery had taken over the
pitching. Holden retiring to give the
young left-hander a chance to work
out. The Winchester team was not
the same one that has annually bat
tied through an exciting summer
series with the Shepherdstown team.
Four strange faces had been added to
the lineup, which was undoubtedly
the strongest the locals have faced
this season. Sandy Baker has been
relegated to right field, and in fact
TAYLOR is the only infelder left of the
old organization. Since Winchester
is in the Shenandoah Valley league,
these players have been imported to
strengthen the team. Not a few per-
sons have expressed regret that it has
been necessary TO do this. Our local
team is strictly an amateur organiza-
ton, and the series with Winchester
nao always been between two strong
amateur teams. But now the Virgin
ians nave replaced their weaker men
with players of unqueStoned ability
ana 1t puts them in the professional
cIaSs' quite a number Of Shepherds
Town rams drove to Winchester to see
the game. In fairness to Willis. II
may be said that although the hoy
score may show few errors, the fielding
of the local team was not up 70 stan
oaro. Tor many times batted balls went
for hits when they they could have
been fielded il the PLAYERS had fought
harder. Two nifty double PLAYS cut
off two Winchester runs at the nIate
when after an infeld out on two &C.
caSlons Rogers whipped the ball from
hrst to nab a runner irving to score
from third. Later on in the season
winchester will be at the college dia-
mond for return game, at which time
II is hoped that the Legionites can
even UP things.
Saturday the famous team of w
howard Stephenson, of Waynesboro
RAJ came over to our town and lost
an exciting game to us BY the score OF
. 10 .. Myers essayed to do the pitch
ing Tor us, and Hopkins for the Wis
itors; They were a little late in get
ing mere, but once the game was under
way the spectators forgot all of that.
hotn teams scored twice in the first
session. The visitors scored twice in
the fourth Not to be outdone, the
nome club got together in the sixth and
tleo inc score on two clean hits, an err
ror and a sacrifice. Erratic fielding
on the part Of the home club allowed
the keystone contingent to score twice
more IN the seventh. This compIet,Iv
TOOK the heart out Of the fans. When
we came to bat in the last half of rho
nlnth the score stood to a against
US, Inc people began 10 gather them
serves together to go home for sumner
laoier: hrst man up in the ninth, struck
out Snyder grounded out TO short
rotts got life on an error by the short
stop, and K. Mckee looked over four
oad ones and took walk. The Wis.
lung catcher, thinking that onIv two
were out, whipped the ball to second
10 catch Potts, who was taking bis
tlme about going down. The ball roll.
cd TO center field. Potts went n third
and r. Mckee wound I'D ON second
Legge' next UP, looked over two had
ones and the pitcher seeing his IRE.
aicament grooved one to his sorrow,
Tot the last that was seen Of tbe baIi
was rs 1t cleared the center field fence
Totts and Mckee loped in ahead of
Leeec' and we had won. 7 to 6. Sun.
per was forgotten in the excitement
straw hats were broken I'D and ever.
ming and everybody was happy. Too
much credit cannot be given he old
reilahie Brandy Myers. who twirIad
excellent exc, !t ball throughout the game. He
hau the game well in hand, allowing
tne visitors only four scattered hits
errors however, resulted in. so MANI
runs credited to Waynesboro.