Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-06-10
"JIM'S CHANCE"

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pecially with the bigger boys.
On his 14th birthday Jimmy re-
ceived many nice presents, among
them a baseball uniform from Joe
Tate, his chum. He also got ball
and mitt, for, even though little he
wanted to be catcher so his brother,
Bill, had given them to him.
Joe Tate, his next door neighbor,
was especially good to Jim. Joe was
Is and tall lad. He was a healthy
boy and liked to play ball, also.
Although he could not associate
with them, Jimmy liked to play ball
with the bigger boys and they liked
to have him play.
The League Standing-Trip to
Chattanooga
The Bulldogs, as their team was
called, were leading the league of 4
teams. The Tigers had won the first
half of the games and the Bulldogs
the second half. The two teams
stood as follows:
TEAM W. L. Pct.
Tigers ---- 9 3 $50
Bulldogs ----.- 8 4 .667
Thus, the Bulldogs and Tigers
would play fo rthe championship of
Nashville, Tenn. They would go to
Chattanooga, Tenn, to play for the
championship on Saturday. Jim
sure was proud to go with Joe, for
Joe was captain of the Bulldogs. |
1t took a whole day to go to Chat
tanoog. 1t was novelty to some of
the boys, especially Jim. 1t was the
first time he had been on a private
car.
The boys would have supper on the
car. Then they would dress again to
go sightseeing in and around Chat |
tanooga. They saw many wonderful
sights in Chattanooga.
Before the Game
The game was to start at o'clock
on Saturday morning. 1t was very
cool at the ball park The line1ups
were as follows:
Bulldogs
Sloan, catcher.
Adams. third base
Smith, rightfelder.
Ring, lefthelder.
Ralne, second base.
Kirkland, centerfielder.
Ware first base.
Crandall, shortstop.
Tate, (c), pitcher.
Tigers
Seabrook, centerfelder.
A. Jones, first base.
E. Jones, third base.
Crossley, rightfelder.
Adamson, (c), catcher.
K. James, second base.
Johnson, leftfielder.
Mcneil, shortstop.
J. James, pitcher.
BATTERIES:
Bulldogs: Tate and Sloan.
Tigers: j. James and Adamson.
Umpires: Carroll, Anderson.
"Play Ball"
The Game
The first inning started good and
ended badly for the Bulldogs. The
Tigers were first at bat. Seabrook,
first up, struck out, but A. Jones sin
gled to left. A Jones stole second.
E. Jones famed, but Crossley tripled,
scoring A. Jones. Adamson went out
Raine to Ware.
Sloan, first for the Bulldogs, flied
to Crossley. Adams walked, but
Smith hit into double play, Mcneil
to r. James to A. Jones.
Thus the game progressed. The
Bulldogs scored one run in the sixth,
making the score l to /. The Tigers
scored in the tighth to make the
score to / in favor of the Tigers.
The Bulldogs made 2, making the
score S to 3.
In the ninth the Tigers went out
in order, but not so with the Bull
dogs. Smith struck out to begin
the ninth. Ring also struck out.
Raine singled and Kirkland tripled,
scoring Raine. Ware walked and
Crandall bunted and was safe, filling
the bases. Tate also walked, scoring
Kirkland. Bases still full.
Slaan at bat. Strike /, strike 2,
ball u, ball 2, ball 8. AS James
pitched Jim swung the bat. "Bang"
came the sound; at the sound Jimmy
started to run. When he reached
first Ware had scored and Crandall
was rounding third. When he round
ed second Crandall and Tate had
scored. CIoSSIey reIayeo tne Dali TO
Mcneil, who threw to- E. Jones.
Jimmy stopped at third. He had won
the game with a triple The final
score was Z to s.
The Return Trip-Mrs. Sloan's
Supper.
On the way home everybody was
cheering Little Jim Sloan," as he
was called. When they got home
there were some Bulldog rooters at
the station, and they cheered the
team.
That night Mrs. Sloan gave sup
per to the boys on bothfteams.