The Semi-weekly leader., June 10, 1922, Page 3, Image 3

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BROOKHAVEN DROPS SERIES T<
DEMOPOLIS.
Moon Ducote and his troupe o
conquering heroes swung aboard th<
8:10 train last night for the returi
trip to Demopolis, taking with then
two of the three games played here
and the honor of administering th<
first defeat of the 1922 season to th<
Brookhaven club. Wingard, the lankj
port-sider, even added to the stinj
by . preading an unspotted blanker
over the locals in the last contest
and winning by the skimpy margir
of one to nothing. The first gam<
went to the visitors two to one; th(
second was taken by the home boys
three to two.
Baseball history holds no record ol
three more exciting games thar
those just finished. Each battle set
tled down to a one-run victory, and
each struggle developed into a death
grip between opposing hurlers, with
both teams pulling sensational playf
in almost every inning of the entire
27.
Ducote brought down a nice bunch
of boys, and tfce people of Brookha
ven enjoyed their sojourn with us,
save what time was spent on the ball
grounds. It is hoped that another
series between these two teams will
be arranged for the Brookhaven dia
mond. _
Beginning with the first battle, in
which an excusable, though costly
error, coupled with questionable
base-running gaye Monroe Mitchell
a pitcihng victory over “Lightning”
Miller, the local fans were treated to
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national pastime ever staged on the
local lot. The brand of ball hurled
by Miller, and the headwork he
evidenced at every stage of the game,
deserved a different ending. It was
also, a case where all the breaks in
baseball all went one way.
Even though Brookhaven lost, the
defeat was shadowed in a halo of
glory spread by Manager Ham Fish,
when he, in the second inning, sped
from the first station to the terminal
at home plate before the echo of
Castaing’s two-ply blow had time
to rebound from the fair building in
center-field. It was the prettiest ex
hibition of base running Brookhaven
fans have ever witnessed—and the
sprint was made on paths slippery
and sloppy and slushy with mud.
While the hits garnered off Mitch
ell and Miller totaled eight each, the
heaving of Miller had the edge on
his opponent. He aws in many bad
holes during the scrimmage, but
managed to wiggle out by a cool
head and a cunning arm. The win
ning run made off Miller was the
result of a miscue that should have
retired the side being followed by a
fluky hit by Gondolfl which took a
bad bound and evaded Barbour.
The score
Demopolis— ab r h po a e
Gondolfl, 3b_4 13 14 0
Shores, lb_2 0 0 14 1 0
Townsend, c-3 0 1 4 0 0
Conners, rf-4 0 2 1 0 0
Montgomery, 2b _4 0 0 3 3 0
Ducote, cf_4 0 1 2 0 1
Dugas, ss_4 1 0 2 0 1
Wingard, If ^-4 0 10 10
Mitchell, p_4 0 0 0 7 0
,33 2 8 27 16 2
Brookhaven— ab r h po a e
Eckardt, cf __ --3 0 0 3 0 0
Fob, ss__4 0 0 0 5 0
Barbour, If_4 0 3.1 0 0
Fish, lb_3 1 1 13 2 1
Castaing, 3b_4 0 114 0
Untz, 2b_3 0 0 5 0 0
Slater, rf___4 0 2,1 0 0
Weeks, c_,_4 0 0 3 1 0
Miller, p_3 0 1 0 6 0
32 1 8 27 18 1
Summary:- Two-base hits— Gon
dolfi, Conners, WIngard, Castaing,
Slater; sacrifice htis—Shores3, Eck
ardt, Fish; rit by pitcher Townsend
by Miller, Untz by Mitchell; base on
balls of Miller 1; struck out by Mil
ler 4,. by Mitchell 3; left on bases,
Demopolis 9, Brookhaven 6. Umpire
Romano. Time of game 2:15. At
tendance 1,250.',
SECOND GAME
The second contest was another
classy performance* in which Stick
Williams, after hurling a great game
for nine distressing innings,- sprad
' rled over the plate in the last half
of the ninth, carrying in his hip
pocket the deciding tally. The con
test had kept the fans prostrated
from the first inning, when a walk
to Shores was followed by an error,
a purloined cushion and a safe drive
to right which tallied the lanky
first sacker for the visitors.
Brookhaven forged ahead in the
third, when, with one out, Eckardt
walked, Fos singled, Barbour lived
on a fielder’s choice that killed Wil
liams at the plate and Castaing sock
ed a single to center, scoring Eck
ardt and Fob. The visitors tied the
score in a knotty Tangle in the
eighth on three glaring errors anc
TTnlb-o" Sla
ter dropped a fly from the bat ol
Toups, Gondolfii sacrificed the pitch
er to second, be took third on a drop
ped throw from Weeks and scoret
when Williams erred on Shores
squeeze bunt by trying to get Toups
at the plate.
In the last half of the ninth Stic!
smacked the talcum powder off oni
of Toups’ doctored offerings for t
single to left. Eckardt laid down i
perfect bunt, but Toups threw wile
to first and Williams tallied before
the ball was finally tamed, and the
game was over without an out.
The score
Demopolls— ab r h pa a e
Gondolfl, 3b-3 0 0 2 4 <
Shores, lb-3 1 A 8 1
Townsend, c_3 0 1 4 1 i
Conners, rf —___2 0 _ 1 0 0 l
Montgomery, 2b _3 0 ' 1 5 1 I
Ducote, of--3 0 0 4 11
Dugas, ss ,--4 0 0 0.3 ;
Eckert, if-3 0 'O 0 0 l
Toups, p.-a—3 1 0 0 1 - :
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Brookhaven— ab r h po a e
Eckardt, cf_3 1 0 2 0 0
Fos, 88- 4 12 4 12
Barbour, If_1 0 0 0 1 0
Fish, lb_4 0 0 10 1 0
Castaing, 3b_4 0 113 1
Untz, 2b_1 0 0 3 3 0
Slater, rf__4 0 0 3 0 1
Weeks, c-4 0 0 4 3 0
Williams, p_3 1 2 0 2 1
> ■ 28 3 5 27 14 5
Summary:- Sacrifice hits— Gon
, doifl, Conners, Ducote, Eckardt, Bar
\ bour; stolen bases—Shores, Eckardt,
Fos, Barbour, Castaing; double plays
Ducote to Shores; base on balls—ofT
1 Toups 7, off Williams3; struck out—
; by Toups 2, by Williams, 4; hit by
| pitcher—by Williams, (Conners).
. Left on bases—Demopolis 5, Brook
haven 9. Umpire—Romano. Time
of game—1:04. ' Attendance 1,600.
THIRD GAME.
"Pully” Mayfield, than whom no
fairer, squarer shooter exists, vouch
es for Bruce Hayes as being a gen
tleman of unquestioned honesty and
integrity; therefore we are handi
capped in expressing a conviction
and belief that fails utterly to har
monize with Mr. Mayfield’s opinion.
Touching only the second, fifth and
eighth innings, let’s recall a few of
the facts. In1 the second frame El
kins laid five of the prettiest strikes
across the pan for Moon Ducote that
ever floated over a plate. Seeing that
Hayes seemed determined to call
everything balls, Elkins was forced
to put one right down the main line.
Moon lifted it over the palings for
a complete circuit of the bags, the
only run scored off Elkins.
In the fifth frame, with the bases
Jammed with Brookhaven players,
and Eckardt at bat, Townsend, ex
pecting a squeeze play, deliberately
steps seven feet to the right of the
catcher’s box and plants himself for
a pitchout. No more palpable catch
er’s balk was ever committeed by a
busher, yet Mr. Hayes allowed It to
go unnoticed. It should have forced
Cupit across the rubber with the
knotting run, and advanced Weeks
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Then In the eighth inning, when
Eckardt slammed one down the third
base line and beat the throw to first
oy three feet, Mr. Hayes saw fit to
thumb him out. Had Mr. Hayes been
fair and called the play as it was,
Eckardt *would have been on first
when Fos came to bat, and Shores
would never have been laying twenty
feet behind his position and there
fore able to make a one-handed stab
of Fos’ drive to sharp right. That
would have been two on and no one
out. For the sake of argument let’s
say that Barbour and Fish would
have gone out just as they did. That
would be two gone when Castaing
walloped to center—and any child
will tell you that Eckardt and Fos
would have scored on that blow. So
that’s that.
As it was, Friday’s games will go
down in Brookhaven history as one
of the most thrilling, heart-stopping
diamond contests of all time, in
which Elkins, the veteran, had the
best of the youngster, Wingard, de
spite the fact that Wingard hurled
a masterly game. No one has a de
sire or intention of taking one tiny
speck of glory from the visiting box
man, but the figures show that he
was touched for five safe swats while
Elkins was nicked for only two. And
every person Inside the lot, and those
over by the graveyard fence, could
see that Wingard was favored all the
I way tnrougn ana tnat mains was
given the worst of it In every inning.
The sweetest play of the day was
a lightning double play pulled by
Fos and Fish. Shores drove one by
the pitcher that was labeled through
the fence, but Fos raced over and
glommed it with one hand, and while
still running at top seed, snapped it
towards first base. The throw was
wide and 4ow, but Ham stretched
out about ’steen feet and gathered it
into his glove. It was a peach of a
play, and the Epworth League dele
gates gave both Fos and Fish a
noisy reception when they came in
to the bench.
Thescore: -
Demopolis— ad r h po a e
Gondolfi, 3b_4 0 0 0 3 0
Shores, lb _4 0 0 11 0 1
Townsend, c_3 0 0 8 0 0
Conners, rf_2 0 0 1 0 0
Montgomery, 2b _3 0 1 2 4 0
Ducote, cf_3 1 1 • 3 0 0
Dugas, ss_1 0 0 0 1 0
. Wingard, p_3 0 0 0 0 1
Eckert, If.3 0 0 2 0 0
26 1 2 27 8 2
Brookhaven— ab r h po a e
Eckardt, cf_4 0 0 0 0 0
Fos, ss _4 0 0 3 3 0
Barbour, If_4 0 0 0 0 0
Fish, lb_r 0 0 9 0 0
Castaing, 3b__4 0 2 1 1 1
Untz, 2b_4 0 1- 6 6 0
Cupit, rf ..4 0 110 0
Weeks, c_3 0 1 8 4 0
Elkins, p .3 0 0 0 1 0
34 0 5 27 14 1
Summary:- Home run—Ducote;
Stolen base—Conners; hit by pitch
ed ball—Conners by Elkins; base on
balls—off Elkins 2; struck out—by
Wingard 8, by ^Elkins 7; left on bas
es—Demopolis 2, Brookhaven 7. Um
pire—Hayes. Time of game—1:66.
Attendance—2,000v
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News trickles down from Flora
1 that the team from the mid-Missis
sippi Village is a real one, composed
r»f o hiinnh nf unppHv hull tnssprs
Anyone imagining that we will have
1 a walk-away race of it will b'e en
M titled to a second guess, according
to reports of those who have seen
the Flora gang in action. A three
! game series with Flora will start on
1 Monday. ' __
J. ,W. McGrath, president of the
1 Brookhaven baseball association, ac
1 companied by Sheriff R. C. Apple
l white, Pat Farrell and T. C. Brister,
• directors, motored to Crystal Springs
' last night to assist the sports of that
1 city in perfecting the organisation
of a baseball association. Crystal
■ Springs, marveling at the success of
' the Brookhaven Association, wanted
1 to know how it was done—and the
1 boys went ’over and told.
The Demopolls and Brookhaven
• teams are mighty evenly matched.,
s In the series just closed Demopolls
i won thh first and third games, tak
! ing the first two to one and the last
1 one to nothing,,losing the second
i three to two. In the series Demopo
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