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Our string of :;uc:ec:;scs was broke11 on )Jny 12th when we lost to Episcopallligh Sel.ool, score 5 to :2. The contest was one of the best seen on J ohnson Field this spring, the total time taken to play it in beiJ1g something nuder an hour and thirty-five minnte.s. Jhmve11 did the twirling for the ,·isitors and he performed.his duties in excellent fashion, allowing ns but four safe hits scattered O\'er the nine innings. The first of these accounted for a rnn in the opening session. Wilson, first up, tripled to deep right and he came all the way around when Randolph booted the throw-in. In the third inning Mead singled with two down but "·as left when Walker
popped to Randolpl1. In the seventh after Barlow had struck out, llumph1·ies hit safely and ''ent to second on a balk. Dunn and Jolmson, however, were easy outs. These were the only two chances that we had for scoring from the first inning to tho ninth. In this period, with two out, Barlow reached first on :Moore's miscue and scored on Humphries' second hit of the game.
Phelps started on the mound for us. H e worked in pretty form until the fomth, when two bits, a pass, a bit batsman and two errors netted the High School three runs. Randolph pried open the fifth with a single. Snelling sacrificed, and Barger's hit scored R:mdoJph. In the next frame Philbrick hit to center. At this juncture Carter relie,·ed Phelps and proceeded to stl·ike out the next three batters. The visitors could do nothing with Carter's offerings, their run in the seventh resulting when Dunn allowed Bridges' hit to slip thru · his legs. The visitors' catcher came all the way home on the miscue.·
The pitching of Carter and Burwell and the fielding of Philbrick featured the game.