The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-20
EVERY GAME is LOST
~ nAWSON TO ALBANY
,,DrE sTRA1GHTs WELDED
THa a ANTAGONISTS, TEAM is
~ ZINC n STRENGTHENED.

n hve ~ etter than the tallies indicate.
much ,a pS Jumped in front IN the
The lo.@ nba1ter when Red Lawrence
opening ., TRar Mule Smith" the AL
worked ,iar for a-pass. Evans, the
bany , ,,' no, laid perfect bunt down
next .t Ei@i base line, Red going all the
the the TO to third and then scored When
way Albany first sacker threw wlld to
the i' 0nr other tally was caused by a
thru On n halls in the ninth INNING, with
base t on drunk. Dawson had chance
the O@ nance to put the game on ice,
upon liz nrnch in the crucial moment
Du' Licking. Albany won by persist
was hott;ng in the pinches and mlser-
en- York cork bv the locals outheld.. The
aOl nos mo first sacker, Boney, was the
opp opp star of the game. In the second
nNt ;n6 he knocked one to the fence
nnd On his third time up he golfed one
a aiOan over the barrier for home rum
[ tl''T was called out on account OF the
Dull a.b %%' running the bases with him.
C S,iord on the hill for Dawson pitch
A n nice game of ball, though losing,
eJ L;1o Smith had Dawson in the hol-
WI, WHY Of his glove all through the game.
10" al i, M, not Weld a hit until the eighth
! nc u,N and was never in danger.
From Bad to Worse.
IN Friday the same teams played on
~ ~ iocal diamond, and again the game
,ns marked up on the wrong side OF
.b@ ledger Albany winning this time
~ +bp tune of nine to nothing: Our
oIovers never had a look in, and only
tbrsstened once. Watson and Satter-
ae 81 Il were the hitting stars Of the me-
iee while Robert Pmkston contribute.
Cd several star catches and stops. OF
bard ht balls. Deck Pinkston pitched
f ir the locals. He was opposed by
Seth Dekle of Georgia fame, who let
2 tbs locals down with one hit in seven
nn;nps Dekle at this juncture was
tonnd to be using the illegal shine ball
and retired in favor of Clarke, who
Welded one hit the remainder OF the
game. 80
tbe locals in Albany Saturday after
noon by heavy hitting at opportune
times. Dawson also garnered III hits
of the delivery of Satterheld but were
unable to crack them when hits meant
runs Wilson and Cox worked on the
mound for Dawson, and though hit
hard showed promise of being good
men, The final score was seven to
three
Batteries-Albany: Satterfeld and
Kimbrell; Dawson: Wilson, Cox and
Lawrence and Freeman,
The Meigs Game.
Meigs took the first of two-game
series from Dawson here yesterday al
ternoon by score of two to one, in
one Of the fastest and best games play
ed on the local diamond for quite
while.
Neither club tailed until the eighth
inning when the locals pushed one
across. Lawrence, first up, hit two
timer to left, was sacrificed to third
by Pinkston and scored on Poore's
ong sacrifice fly to left The visitors
came back with a vengeance in their
half OF the ninth Bostwick led off with
fly to center. which Wade smothered.
1aiele singled down left field foul line,
bliered second while Herring famed.
With two strikes on Shelly and two
down the game looked sure, but the
siting backstop hit a screaming dou-
lie to left center and Hafele counted
with the tying run Cook, next up,
bit hard grOunder to short which
lawrence let roll through his legs and
Wade also missed, Shelly coming
home with the winning run. In our half
Wade famed, Cox flew out to short
and Evans ended the agony by foul
ng to the catcher. Afford started for
rs but was relieved by Wilson in the
Second on account of a sore tarm. Will
on pitched winning ball until the ia
al ninth, allowing only one doubtful
Saiety He will win the majority OF
IS games If he twirls the brand he
pushed out Monday afternoon. Free
9an caught a nice game for Dawson.
batterleS-Meigs; Minchew and Shell
y; Dawson: Alford( Wilson and Free
nan
Dust From the Diamond.
HH to be hoped that our poor show
S on opening day here will not hurt
Ne attendance in future games. The
aCers OF the association are trying
:afd to assemble a winning aggrega-
lo1' 10 do this will take little time
0g patience on the part of the fans.
Eed Lawrence's feat in going from
IS to third on a sacrifice in the open
9s game in Albany is worthy of men
ou' and II the sorre1 topped young
eI can lmbue the remainder of the
oan with that spirit it will not be
ing before we will be winning with
og e. old regularity.
ne local players are convinced, and
~ OoE score bears them out, that
.o"h Mule Smith had something be-
r Lss tobacco juice on the ball in
auISday S game. This old Lacquer
az never better, and if he continues
70 as good some team in organic
OaII VIII grab him before the sea-
1r gauVanceS much further.
nun, ,.ng thompson, the left handed
era 'E NJ rom Cochran, joined the club
b ,,e monday Here is slabman who
VII; tH'u WIN the majority Of his starts
r .,i' ease. The officers promise sew
1,t He" players before the week is
rs rOq l hits i'll eighteen innings; this
re-, tne record of the locals in the
beI;o; Two We games. However, it is our
an, li mat the players are only in a