The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-01
.B:AP TISTS HOPE
TO GET 4 LEAD I: ! ]. IN !
CHURCH LEAGUE
Fast Game Expected This
Evening on East Side High
Ball Diamond.

Ball Diamond.
The church leaguesgame tonight
Between the Baptists and the First
va P.ss promises 20 draw record
crowd IN view Of the fact that
SSthe Raptists will move into first
sspIace should they win from the
sFirst N. P.'s tonight, fast game
Ssis expected. The game will be
|cal1ed promptly at O'Clock on the
gEast Side High diamond.
In the last meeting OF these two
gstehms, the First NJ. kP.'s won by a
sslarge score. and they will do all in
their power to keep the Baptists
#out OF first place today.
The Baptists have fast ball
Ateam and they have been playing
well in the past two
sweeks. They are out to revenge
&the defeat they suffered from the
u sf. r. outfit, and a hard fought
game is assured.
League Leaders Lose
sss The Burners Stars, who are
pleading tho church league. were
adefeated last night by the Dia-.
&monds Street NJ. e. team in a 81
game.The big feature of the game
was the alright pitching of Nor
Prison the winners twirler. He
'pwas steady all the way and had
sthe Stars at his mercy throughout
s&the contest. Morrison struck out
mine +batters and allowed the Stars
a but one hit.
The game last night was said to
{ be the fastest seen on the local
diamond for some time. Both
Teams did very well in the field,
#aIid the Diamond streeters had a
sgood day with the bat. An eNcep-
Il ttonally large crowd of spectators
wi messed the contest. Because OF
their defeat last night, the Bun
ssnef's Stars are now tied for first,
place, and should the Palatine
y Baptists win tonight, the Stars
will eSreduced to second position.
Team Fails to Appear
Considerable disappoi in tment
was. experienced by the Watson
Sba11 team and fans when the Mon
Songah Ind dependents failed to APP
tween the two teams Sunday af-'
ternoon on the Watson diamond.
4 Al large crowd was present to wit
$ness the contest, which was called
sfor5 3 O'Clock After patiently
fwaiting for the visiting team for
sSmore than an hour, the Watson
team divided up to play a few in
5@nings, SO that the crowd would not
3Sbe totally disappointed. It was
for some of the fans to
& play SO there would be two full
teams. So far. the Monongah
team has made no explanation.
4 ~. fe-~
team SIS alta loss to understand
such a. breach of baseball ethics
Fast Game Tomorrow
Tom orrow evening. on the South,
s Side diamond, the strong Fair
Sm ont8 Giants will meet the South
gStde independents. The game will
5be good drawing card for local
fans. and large crowd is eXpec-
ssted. South Side has fast team
n IS season and although the play
very young, they are clever
Nhelders and hard hitters.
81 t is probab1e that Phil Grimes
xviii start Jacobs in the box to-
morrow. This big Morgantown
boy held the Giants down to seven
shits IN the last game Mayed be-
tween the two teams. The game
Twill be called at $3.50.
Ida May Classics
Blackstone Park will be the
for the game next
sxSunday between Ida May and the
ssfasteMonongah Glass team Both
sof these ball clubs have large
sSfo1lowing, and a large crowd is
gssure to see the game if the wea-
ssthersis good. The Classics are at
sEtop form now and are considered
TONI the best amateur ball team
Nil, .9hfs section Last Saturday and
Y SUNDAY they won two straight
gam es, one from the Fairmont
&Gfant and the second from the
@sFafrview Independents team
Shat beat them early in the season.
Ida May has strengthened its
4. lineup considerably and is conf
ssdent Of winning from the Monon-
gah outfit. The game is scheduled
y for 3:3 20 O'Clock. and the local
fans will take the 2 o'clock Man
Ellington car so they will be on the
field in plenty of time for the
game.