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V. E. S. DOWNED
BY A. M. A.
V. E. S. VANQUISHES STRONG RIV ALS
(Continued from page 1) Michaels got to first on a fielder's
Garnet and White Unable to Bunch choice but Busick was out at second. Hits Johnson flied out to center, Luck
Pitcher Burges held V. E. S. com- making a neat catch. pletely at his mercy in the annual Eighth Inning
game played on Johnson Field .May Luck opened the inning by walk-
1st. V . E. S. seemed unable to ~olve ing, and scored on Lofflers' triple
his wide curves, and fourteen men to right. A moment later Andy scored on a squeeze play, figuring
were put down by the strike-out Lewis' bunt. Southall flied to left. route. The final score was 7-3, two Pinkerton was robbed of his third of the three V. E. S. runs coming in near hit wheu the pitcher knocked the ninth inning in a short lived down his liner, and recovered it in rally with two out. time to get him out at first.
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lead in the second frame when they showed his mettle by striking out scored three runs, increasing it in the slugging Askew and forcing the third, fifth, and seventh innings. Lanier to ground out.
They were never seriously threaten- I Ninth Inning-
eel throughout the game. Gordou opened by a pretty single "Peck" Luck started on the mound to left. Belt flied out, Barber fan- for V. E. S. and pitched well, but ned, and Boyd forced Gordon at sec-
the support given him was feeble. ond.
He was relieved in the fifth inning Millar was out, Barber to South-
.by Belt, who allowed A. .M. A. but all. Busick reached first. Gordon three hits. made a great catch by the grand-
Burges easily starred for A. M. stand of Michael'~ high foul. John- A., while Southall and Belt shared son singled to right. Busick reached the honors for v . E. s. Loffier col- third on a close play. Wright, bat-
lected a double and a triple and led ting for Ford, ended the game by
at .bat for the Reusenites. Tihe Game
Jacob led off for A. M. A. and batted to Luck, who threw him out. Craun got a single to right but was
put out on second on Burges' field- er's choice. Byrd lifted to Newton. In our half Barber fanned, Boyd
was walked, Luck singled to right. Boyd was out going back to third when a squeeze play failed to work, and Cox caught Loffier's pop fly,
when he tried to bunt.
A. M. A.'s scoring began in the
next inning. Coffee singled, and went to second on Loffier's error. P ennock followed . with a single, which scored Coffee. Ramsey was
safe when Pinky threw wild to first, P ennock scoring. Whitehead was hit by the ball, · and Cox · singled,
striking out, giving V. E. S. a well- earned victory.
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A. l\1. A. secured a run as a result
of Byrd's singling, going to third,
and coming home on Luck's wild
pitch. In our part of the fourth
Loffier tripled. Lewis fanned, '\nd a~he ran out the third strike, Loffier
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In the fifth, Jacob rapped out a Belt, 6; by Michaels, 6. Base on
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double. Belt relleVe UC 0n e . . r mound. Byrd fouled to Gordon for ISlck, 3. Umplre, ralley.
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benches to· snag the ball. The stands grew quiet as Barber made one of his basket catches on Jacob's fly. All three batters· for V. E. S. in this inning were retired by the
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the 7th from Craun's TexaS Leaguer and Byrd's hit, which took a hard bounce over Barber's head. In the eighth Southall ran out into the out- field to make a difficult catch of Whitehead's fly. Cox doubled; Ja- cob fanned, and Cox went out at third on Gordon's peg.
In the ninth Luck fanned and Loffier doubled; Payne, hitting for Lewis, fanned, but Belt went to third on Byrd's error, scoring Lof-
f!er. Southall hit through third, scoring Belt. The game ended when Turner, hitting for Pinky, fanned.
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