Candidates vs. Bethel
FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 17, 1909
THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
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SEPTEMBER 17, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
THE COUNTY CANDIDATES WERE AT BETHEL YESTERDAY ON THEIR GRAND ROUND AND BESIDES FURNISHING A HIGH GRADE BRAND OF ORATORY THEY INDULGED IN AN EXCITING GAME OF BASEBALL WITH THE BETHEL BOYS , THE SCORE BEING 12 TO 2 IN FAVOR THE BETHEL BOYS . COUNTY CLERK JAP EDWARDS SAYS IT WAS A GREAT GAME AND EVERBODY HAD FUN. JUDGE LIGHT ACTED AS UMPIRE .
THE LINE UP AS FOLLOWS FUNISHED BY MR. EDWARDS:
CANDIDATES
C. THOMPSON - P.
T.E. HALEY - C.
GEORGE ROGERS - 1B.
ED LAWSON - - RF.
J.A. EDWARDS - CF.
JOHN LAMB - 3B
SAM McDANIEL - 2B
AL GROOMS - SS.
CHAS NEWBERRY - 1F
BETHEL BOYS
A. STUART - P
F. BURNS - C
N. BAKER - 1B
PETER TAPP - SS
C. GREEN - 2B
J. OVERALL - 1F
BOB McCLAIN - CF
A. MINITREE - CF
JOHN LANE - RF
THE FEATURE OF THE GAME WAS THE BATTING AND BASE RUNNING OF BIG ED LAWSON . HE PASTED THE HORSEHIDE ON THE NOSE FOR A STINGING TWO BAGGS AND ALMOST TORE THE EARTH UP RUNNING THE BASES.
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