The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-07-04

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With Sullivan pitching big league
bsll and the locals fielding in air tight
form behind him, Dawson won from
Camp ,Bennings here Monday after
noon in the best contest of the year.
The battle went eleven frames before
| the locals finally won the decision Sui
! liya45the pitching ace of the Dawson
crew. was invinciblc throughout the
game and was going strong at the
end. The Soldiers were only able to
garner three safeties from his delivery
| daring the entire II innings. He also
starred at the bat, getting a double
and in the last inning hard single to
center scored Cox with the winning
! tally and incidentally the only run OF
! the game. He struck out twelve men
and walked one.
Burns hurled a winning brand OF
ball for Benning, yielding only seven
| hits. Franz Tor the soldiers was the
offensive star, he having cracked two
of the three hits they were able to
| land Harrison at first was best in the
| field for Benning while Brown led the
| locals defense and also contributed a
nice single,
Cox in right for Dawson got two
| blows and scored the winning run.
Morgan catching his first game for
us was n fine form and easily the
| best backstop on the local diamond
Tuesday and Wednesday. Score by in
nings: h e
1
Batteries-Camp Benning; Burns
and Bell; Dawson: Sullivan and Nor
gan. Umpire: HARRISON.
Last Tuesday afternoon in the clas
sic little city of Arlington the locals
tasted the dregs of defeat for the sec
end time in succession when Ludie
Bloedworth put us down for the count.
Haskins for the Dawsonites hurled a
good brand Of ball but the enemy's
bats were just little too much for
us. Inability to hit in the pinches speP-
ed loss for our bunch, twice the sacks
were loaded and the necessary bingle
was not forth coming. Batteries-Arl-
ington: Bloodworth and Clements:
Dawson: Haskins and Freeman.
Before a fair crowd Wednesday the
locals played their last home game OF
the week and celebrated by taking
Arlington's measure to the tune of sew
en- to three. The chesty visitors were
easy meat for our twirler, Jimmie
Lavender, old time Chicago Cub. Jim
mic may be a bit advanced in years
but what he lacks in stuff he makes
up in cunning, and the opposition
didn't have as much chance OF hitting
him as a one-armed man has of climb
ing a rope hand over hand. Besides
dishing out fine brand of puzzlers
Lavender starred at the bat Taylor
essaycd to pitch for Arlington and
was Knocked to all corners of the lot.
Batteries Arlington: Taylor and Nor
gan; Dawson: Lavender and Law
renee.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Dawson played the Triton q. M. l..
crowd in Triton and took the measure
Of their proverbial enemies in all three
games. Gordon and G. M. c. love each
other the same way moonshmer
loves a revenue officer, and our CO.
horts extended themselves in this Sc
ries and came out easy winners. The
first day with Sullivan hurting Daw-
son defeated Triton to 6. Opposing
our players was Jack Holland OF
Brentwood and from all reports OF the
game il would have been better tor
Triton and Jack if he had remained
in his native haunts. Friday again
the Triton players fell before our at
tack by a count of 8 to 5. This took
ten innings, the locals scoring three
in the fatal tenth Slim Wilson worked
for us and was opposed by Veal, who
was easy meat" Saturday George
Brown, the pitcher third sacker was
sent in against Triton, and as a third
baseman George is certainly a good
pitcher He let Triton down with three
measly bingles and applied a coat OF
kalsomine while his team mates were
finding Pickett for total OF eleven
hit and eight runs. Some road trip,
we'll say.
Those three wins at Triton certainly
did sound good to the local fans, al
ter such a bunch of losses and with
the old pep at the lowest ebb those
victories were like a breath OF air to
drowning man. If we can just win
majority OF the games the remain
der of the season, and beat Albany
and Arlington one series each, we Tor
one will claim that the season will
have been financial as well as artistic
success.
The versatile George Brown seems
to be a pitcher Of no mean ability.
ANY twirler who can hold those heavy