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CROQUET
1889, July 11 - Marion County
Herald
Croquet is all the rage in our
town.
1889, July 18 - Marion County
Herald
The vacant lot between the store of G. B. MIXON and
this office has been cleaned off and is now used for a croquet
ground.
1889, July 25 - Marion County
Herald
There are two croquet yards in full blast in our town
at this time and they have been run on double time since the season
opened to players.
1889, August 8 - Marion County
Herald
The sound of the mallet is heard in the croquet yards
from early morn until dewy eve. The nights are very bright
and we suggest that the lovers of the game meet and play from the
rising to the setting of the
sun.
1889, September 5 - Marion County
Herald
The sound of croquet mallet is to be heard from early
morn until close of day in the MIXON croquet
yard.
1895, March 28 - Hamilton News
Press
The croquet season is near at
hand and our loafers are happy in anticipation of spring
fights.
1896, January 17 - Hamilton
Appeal
From Guin: W. H. MATTHEWS has bought the
croquet yard and attachments and has leased it to the croquet
“syndicate” for the next few
year.
1897, January 21 - Marion County
News
From Guin: The croquet yard is always
occupied.
1897, April 22 - Marion County
News
The croquet grounds across the street from our office
have been cleaned off and the game is played every evening by the
lovers of this
sport.
1897, May 27 - Marion County
News
Croquet is quite popular in our town at this
time. It appears to be
enjoyed immensely by some of our oldest citizens, particularly CAPT.
HAMITLON, Dr. MARTIN, JOE B. COOK, and W. C. DAVIS. These gentlemen appear to
enjoy the exercise better than their
juniors.
FOOTBALL
1897, February 4, Marion County
News
The football craze has struck Hamilton, and
of evenings you can see a conglomeration of men and boys indulging
in the sport. As it
takes a good many things to take a world we suppose that the
millennium is not a great ways off.
BASEBALL
1897 - May 6 - Marion County
News
TO PLAY BALL - The boys have organized a regular baseball nine and
are getting down to hard practice. They elected FLINT MORTON captain
of the first nine. The
team has one game scheduled to play with Carbon Hill, and there are
other games in view. The Carbon Hill game will probably be played in
Hamilton on May 22. There will be match games
between the first and second nines every Saturday evening, and every
body interested in the school and the ball team are invited out to
see the practice games.
1897 - May 20 - Marion County
News
THE BALL GAME - On Saturday evening, May 15, the first match game of
baseball ever played in Marion County occurred between the Hamilton and
Carbon Hill teams. The
day was perfect, the field in good shape and the game interesting
from start to finish.
There were many and costly errors on both sides, which
accounts for the large scores made by both teams. The score of 35 to 23 in
favor of Carbon Hill makes the game seem more one-sided than it
really was. There were
only two men on the Hamilton team that ever played in a
match game, and several of the team had never played ball until this
spring.
Carbon Hill went to the bat first, and in the first two
innings and the last half of the third managed to make 21 scores to
Hamilton’s 2. The Hamilton boys then
pulled themselves together, and during the remainder of the game
made 21 scores to Carbon Hill’s 14, making the final score 35 to 23 in favor of Carbon
Hill.
There was a good deal of squabbling before the game on
account of Carbon Hill wanting to play LACEY a crack pitcher from
Jasper, and at one time it looked very much like there would be no
game.
The Hamilton team had a shade the
advantage in field work, and if the boys had not been rattled so
badly in the first tow innings the score would have read a different
way. But they could not overcome the lead of 19 that Carbon Hill got
in the first three times they went to the bat. The only home run of
the game was scored by LECIL GRAY for Hamilton.
The boys all enjoyed the game, and the best of feeling
prevailed among them. The only accident that occurred happened to J.
GUS PEARCE of Carbon Hill.
He got two of his fingers badly
hurt.
1897 - September 9 -
Marion County
News
FULTON BOYS WERE SHUT OUT – the Score
was 22 to 0 – Two Games Played
The long looked for and much talked of game of ball between
the Fulton (Miss) and Hamilton nines was played on the
home grounds last Wednesday.
The game resulted in the defeat of the Fulton boys by
a score of 22 to 0.
This is the second match game ever played in Marion County, and the home boys are
justly proud that it ended in a clean shut out. The visitors played well,
but were outclassed at every point in the game. Every player on the
home team distinguished himself by some star play or hit. There is only one blot on
Hamilton’s record and that was left
by Carbon Hill, and the boys will not rest until it is covered with
the defeat of the later team.
The umpiring of MOSELEY and WILSON was impartial and
satisfactory. The
features of the game were MARTIN’S home run, STOKES’ base running
and the battery work of LACY and GRAY. GRAY caught a splendid game,
and only allowed three stolen bases. LACY struck out 22 men, gave
one man base on balls, and only allowed one hit made off his
delivery. This record is unbroken in the state. It will be noticed that only
one error is charged to the home team, and that did not cost
anything. The complete
record of the game is as follows:
|
HAMILTON |
POS. |
B. H. |
E. |
A. |
P.O. |
S.B. |
S. O. |
R |
|
BRASWELL, |
ss |
1 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
|
JUSTICE |
3b |
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
GRAY |
c |
1 |
|
1 |
21 |
3 |
|
3 |
|
GRAY |
2b |
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
|
MARTIN |
1b |
1 |
|
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
3 |
|
STOKES |
cf |
1 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
ENLOW |
lf |
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
3 |
|
LAWRENCE |
rf |
|
|
2 |
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
LACY |
p |
|
1 |
1 |
|
7 |
|
4 |
|
* FORD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
*Ford was substituted for
Braswell |
|
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|
FULTON |
POS. |
B. H. |
E. |
A. |
P.O. |
S.B. |
S. O. |
R |
|
HOWARD |
cf |
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
WALKER |
p |
|
3 |
2 |
3 |
|
3 |
|
|
GAITHER |
1b |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
|
1 |
|
|
HOWARD |
ss |
|
4 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
BETTS |
3b |
|
3 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
HOWARD |
2b |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
MCDOUGAL |
rf |
|
1 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
HOWARD |
lf |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
NABORS |
c |
|
1 |
|
10 |
|
3 |
|
SUMMARY:
Hamilton: Base hits, 10. Errors, 1. Assists, 4. Put outs, 27. Stolen bases, 30. Two-base hits, BRASWELL,
JUSTICE and GRAY (2).
Home run, MARTIN.
Struck out, by WALKER 4. by HOWARD 3. Runs,
22.
Fulton: Base hits, 1. Errors, 15. Assists, 4. Putouts 24. Stolen bases 3. Wild throws, 4. Struck out by LACY, 22. Bases on balls, 1. Runs, 0.
Scores by Innings:
Hamilton – 8 1 0 4 0 6 3 0 * R (22), H
(10), E (1)
Fulton…….0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R (0) H ( 1), E
(15)
Batteries –
Hamilton, LACY and
GRAY
Fulton, WALKER, HOWARD and
NABORS
There was another game played in the afternoon, which
resulted in a score of 28 to 8 in favor of Hamilton. The official score was not
kept. Batteries –
Hamilton, JUSTICE, STOKES, GRAY, ENLOW, and BRASWELL. Fulton, WALKER, HOWARD and
GAITHER.
There was a good crowd out to see each game, a number of
ladies being present, who seemed to enjoy the sport immensely.
Everything passed off very pleasantly, and while the Fulton boys
appeared to regret their defeat they took it very good
naturedly. Each and
every young man belonging to the Fulton team conducted himself in a
gentlemanly manner while here, and we hope they will visit us often
in the future.
Last Updated - August 18, 2011
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