The daily independent., 1937-07-06
Jays Play a Fast
Game to Win By
Score of 5 to |
Murdcn V Jews Through
Glasses and Pitches Il
History Maker
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Looking like the famous Giants,
the EiGat2th City Jays, Semi-p:O
baseball organization, played the
greatest game Of this :e&jOn 10
sent the st. Brides Aces back TO
Virginia defeated 5 to l. Each
member of the local nine Was in
top shape and the team worked
like a mighty machine, sweeping
up every thing in its way and
marching on.
Sunday and yesterday marked
the starting of big things for the
city club. Local ball fans of this
city that had the love of the dia-
mond game in their heart and
the desire of the many players Oh
their minds arranged things for
the Jays so they could play in the
Virginia Carolina league. The
team in the past days has 3hoWn
its appreciation to those by tax
ing the first two league games
that it has played. Those boys are
real fellows and are going to play
ball this summer like an Eliza
beth City nine has never played
before.
Honey Johnson and Nate Cad
dy of the home team won the
batting crown when they each
counted two hits. Doug White al
so connected with one for a base
knock, as did Fearing, Sawyer
and Lee. The town team was rid
ing the visiting pitcher, hit and
kept him in all kind of holes.
johnson was the Jays life on
the diamond as well as standing
at the plate. The little third
sacker yelled this and then that,
kept the team full of life and pep,
and on top of that he was ready
at all times to sweep up a hot
grounder that pounded in his di-
rection.
Murden Hurls
Big Munden, the pitcher the To-
cal fans like better and better
and better each time they see
him, toss the pill over, pitched the
game for the Jays. Murden's de-
livery was slightly slow all during
the game but that slow strong
swing Of his powerful arm Yves
the thing thfi non-balled
very pitch to its goal. Murden
struck out seven batters and
walked only one.
Jays Score First
Right from the start the Jays
grabbed the lead. In the first in
ming, after retiring the st. Brides
team from bat, the Jaybirds Slip
ped home run. Johnson, the first
man up, was hit by pitched bail.
Saunders then worked pitcher
Sawyer of the Aces for a walk,
Caddy hit beauty that was good
for one base and to score John
son, who came flying home like
a streak of tightening. This end
ed the Jays scoring in this in
ming.
In the second inning each team
was sent to the field after only
three men had faced the oppos-
ing hurler.
A double play on the part of
the visiting nine ended the Jays
scoring hopes in the third. Caddy
hit to third and was thrown out
at first and then Johnson, who
was trying to gain home, was
snagged at home to end the 10
Gals turn of swatting. The Aces
again had no luck at the bat,
three up and three down.
st. Brides scores
Coming up to bat with wild
and fighting look the st. Brides
club managed to get a. man on
base on error. This man was
knocked around the circuit by
two Dagger hit by Lefty Miller,
right fielder. This was the lone
and only run they could muster
to spite of their looks and efforts.
The Jays failed to regain the lead
in the fourth, retiring after four
men had fired away at the red
headed hurler.
Innings five and six were full of
plenty of play and excitement but