The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-31
STARS 10 PLAY J.
!NETHODISTS IN
CHURCH LEAGUE
Many Games Staged in coun-
Over Week End :.
Classics Win Two Games.


Classics Win Two Games.
VI At 4 s o'clock this evening on the
East. Side diamond, the Burners
STARS will clash with the fast pia-
@mond Street M. E. team This IS
only game scheduled for thts
#afternoon and large crowd As
&e1pected ITO witness the contest
team s leading the
sIeagne ana the Dia mond streeters
are IN bird place. Both team 3
have strengthened their line up for
IStonight's battle and a hard fought.
@gams is assur ed
Fairn1ont a. C. loses
In "a game played on the Buzz
Sner,ss Ridge diamond yesterday a +
asternoon, the Fairmont Athletic
Club ball team suffered a defeat
d at8the hands Of the fast Bunner =
Ridge team by a IL to 4 score.
sSFetty. who did the pitching for the
Runner team, struck out eleven
.Sbatters and allowed but six scat
tered hits The big feature OF the
game was the heavy hitting done
blythe winning team.
Glassie 6 Win TWO
ssss The Monongah Glass baseball
\ team won two straight games over
the weekend On Saturday after
moon at the South Side field the
sGfants were defeated by 4 to 3
count. The game was considered
ITO be the most interesting one play
led on the local diamond for some
q time Brown, who covered secold
base for the Classics. pounded out
three safe hits out of four times at
s&the plate. R. Long pitched goo
#Eame for the Glass outfit. He al
Moved but eight scattered hits an q
#didnst give one base on balls dur
ling the contest
Chuck Trader pitched his
team to victory at Fairview Sun
5Sday The crack Monongah twirler,
%strl1ck out eight hitters and allow.
Sed sbuts five hits in the entire game
]: F,airView played a loose fielding
.sgame and the Classics annexed
victory by a 9 to i count.
Brown and Trader for Mononsa \
ssand 4Haught OF F'airview were the
hitting stars OF the contest.
To Play Wednesday.
The Fairmont GiantS-South
8Side Independent game booked
Mfor South Side Park has been
s#changeds from tonight until We'd
in esday at $50. These late ar
were made by Man
sangers Grimes and Bostic Of the
II Two local teams.
The battle Wednesday should
prove aEreal drawing card az both
%teams have been playing good ball
$Slately and will no duobt give a
good account of themselves We'd
s8nesday, While the colored boys
81 are picked to win the battle, Man
v ager# Phil Grimes of the indie
Sspendents says that he will sur
prise Dee and his followers.
MGrimes has in Jacobs. Skidmore
and Charley Long three Of the
sgbest pitchers in this section,
sSJacobs held the Giants to seven
spark a week ago.
1T is likely that the Morgan
town lad will start the game.
Game Goes 10 Innings
Sunday afternoon the South
II Sid sIndependents lost hard
sSs fought contest to the Lumberport
nine in a game staged at the
szsflypsy diam ond,s the final score
n being 4-3, the battle going ten
KS innin gs. From start to finish the
II gam was full Of pep" and many
sp ,arkling plays were pulled by
both teams. Skidomore a new
was VI LIE luouuu 1OI uIe
$3;sl oca1 team, while Lefty" Griffin
spitched for the Lumberport outfit.
IIphe$ ocals failed to hit when hits
sysHeant runs while the Lumb erport
MAIDS came through when they
Were needed.
In the last Of the tenth, Lindsey
was safe at second when Belt
sss made a. bad throw after getting
III his hard roller, Conway singled
Is left. field P. Abbott muffed the
ball and Lindsey scored, The play
sss at home was close
The Gliding of Belt was the big
ss3SSS feature of the contest. The lineup
and summary follows: