110 YEARS AGOThursday, May 16, 1912from the Mathews Journal
The Lobsters defeated the High School boys (Shrimps) in a baseball game marked by heavy batting on last Thursday. The final score was 17 to 15. Features of the game: triple play, double play by Blake unassisted. Batteries Treakle and Treakle for the Shrimps, Hoskins and Blake, Forrest and Minter for the Lobsters.
The Mobjack team defeated the Glebeites for the second time on the Mathews diamond on Saturday. The winning team outplayed their opponents in the field and won the game by a score of 12 to 7. Batteries Treakle and Treakle, Hopkins and White.
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100 YEARS AGOThursday, May 18, 1922from the G...