The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-29
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INLAST ROUND
BEATS STEALEY
East side Pitcher stars at
Bat With Two Triples
And Single.
LARRY

IN hectic encounter at South
side Park yesterday afternoon in
which there was a splendid assort-
faent of good, bad and Indifferent
baseball Fairmont High School
won the city high school baseball
championship by defeating East
Side High school 8 to s. It was
the second game Of a three game
series Fairmont having taken
the hrst game 6 to 0 they gained
the championship In straight
Games.
The winning runs were made in
the ninth inning without the aid
u hit, Stealey who had pitched
good bali IN to this stage and had
helped his team along with two
triples and q single, went up III
che air and walked" the game
Eairmont batted first yesterday,
and at the opening Of the ninth
the score was deadlocked at s to
q. Gafnor opened FaIrmont's half
BY sending a fly to Layman.
EaKerty walked, stole second and
went to third on a wild pitch.
Griss walked. went TO second.
While stealey was tossing out
Michaels at first Lafferty scored
and Criss took third. CrIss scored
D moment later on a wild pitch.
East Side went out In order In
their half. Sloan made a marvel
Gus stop and tossed out A. Criss.
Graham and Layman famed.
stealey Hitter
One OF the big features OF the
game was the hitting of stealey.
ON his first trip to the plate he
trip1ed to right center, scoring
14aymais who had singled. On his
next turn to the plate, he bounced
of q hot single. Tho third time
he faced r. oriss he again tripled,
this time sending the ball to the
center2 field fence. On his last
chance at bat, he struck out.
sloan, Lafterty and Layman
contributed the fielding features
with some great plays around the
second base and shortstop,
Faifmont started out with run
III the first. With Latferty and
Griss on bases by reason Of aspass
aud an error Michaels smashed
out G long single. scoring Lafferty
and Griss apparently, but Criss
was called out for cutting third
base. An error by Hill and a hit
by leonard brought one more run
In the second.
East Side got a man around III
the second. Layman opened with
e single. ( stezley followed with a
eorhng triple to right center, Lay
MIN scoring. Stealey was left
stranded on third, while Hill and
Keeter lofted out and c. Morgan
famed
Two errors and a two hits gave
Fairmont two more runs In the
third and a three run advantage.
This ended Fairmont's scoring
until the seventh and in the mean
time, East Side forged ahead by Il
twosrnn margin.
AnEee NUS gave them two runs
in the fourth. Layman, Stealey
ana Hill singled in succession,
Layrnan and stealey scoring on
the third hit. Hill went out
stealing. Keener was hit by a
pitched ball, but was left stranded
on the base paths.
A Big Inning
The Palatiners punched four
hits for three more runs in the
sixth which ended their hitting
aud scoring for the day Stealey
started the trouble with triple to
center. Hill got an infleld hit, but
stealsy was held at bird. Keener
tanned. Morgan singled, scoring
Stsaley and Hill, and when Gainor
threw TO the center field fence in
IN effort to head of Morgan at
second after the. play at the plate
in an effort to get Hill, Morgan
came home.
Two hits coupled with two
errors gave Fairmont the chance
% tie the count In the seventh.
The story Of how they won in tho
ninth has been told,