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Pocomoke Defeats Cambridge
In Pitchers Battle

For the second time in two days .
Cambridge lost a pitchers battle 10
Pocomoke City. BY winning Oh
heir nome grounds Saturday, POGO,
mol-s s1iDped into second place, anu
Cambridge was relegated in'o
for third place, Crisheld oelhs
other contestant toi thifd pia'e
HOnors.
However the week was very sue
cessfui from the local point OF We"
Cambridge won four OUT OF slA CON
tests. taking series from CllSntlu
and Parksley, and dropping tha'
with PocOmoke. ~
Both CT the TWO games with POGO
moke " ere fought tooth ana nan uu
Ill The last man was out. ffluaS
contest here was lost i'll the nlhth'
Ruark's error putting the winning
RIM ON first. and Decker driving II III
with a triple to right field
lii Saturdays game, two home
rims each hit by the first man at
bar in the sixth and seventh IN
nings, provided the winning count
ers for Pocomoke. These blo"S
were hit over the left field fence.
" Which appears to be one OF the snort
est in the league. Last year.
clout over this same fence netten tue
hitter only two bases.
Cambridge was the first TO score
in the contest. Roy Grlgss anu
Roche were out there, each hhflihS
= brand of baseball that was unbeat-
able. Until the beginning OF the
sixth inning, each pitcher had allow
u single. HIiSSS,
himself was the first batter up III
this inning. and was thrown OUT oy
Roche, Bill" Johnson doubled
down right field foul line, over first
base and scored when Bill" DuHy
drove = single TO center. DUFF" took
second on the throw to the plate, but
J. Griggs flied to Newton and FLOW
ers long fly to center was caught py
Hornsberger. This drive was mueh
longer than either of the home runs
of the opposing club, and Wouiu
have cleared the fence with probaplE
fifty feet to spare. should IL nave
gone to left instead of TO center
field.
In Pocomokes half of the sixth.
! Hornsberger, the first batter caught
one and sailed it over left held
| fence, tying the score. The slae
was then easily retired. In the
seventh. the scene was re-enacteo.
! Dussey being the hitter and clout-
! ing his homer after two strikes were
on him. Cambridge could not get
! this run back and lost Such Is
/ baseball,
The game was full of fielding
plays that scintillated in all their
/ saccharine quality. Johnny" Griggs
! pulled a great catch in the sixth IN
ming. making a back handed catch of
! Il line drive aginst the fence in cen
ter field. "Whitey" Swingler. who
played left-field, also made great
play. His catch of Bussey's line
| drive was a scorcher After MAX
| in" the catch. Swingler spun around
and around after colliding with the
| fence. BusSey robbed Armstrong of
| an. extra base wallop in the second,
/ when he and Hornsberger cOllided,
Bussey falling to the ground and
| rolling over and over. but clinglng
| to the ball. Both infields worked
nicely. Flowers making some very
| nice plays at short for Cambridge.
Manager Armstrong has had his
| boys out at Community Park today
for hard workouts. He expects to
! so through another successful week,
starting in with double header to-
morrow.
+ The Cambridge Auto Company
has offered a prize of ten dollars to
1. the Cambridge player who knocks
! tbs first home run over their sign in
! left center field, at Community
! Park.
J The score: