Tazewelll vs. Ex-Pro All-Star Team 14 MAY 1915

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I saw this in a transicription of the 5/14/1915 edition of the Clinch Valley News. It was transcribed by genealogist Michelle Burress.

 

The Tazewell High School baseball team, notwithstanding their ability to

administer defeat to the other teams of this section, (Princeton, of

course, excepted), met their Waterloo here Wednesday, when they went up

against the all-star aggregation of Tazewell known as the

"Ex-Professionals" or the "has beens." The game had been looked forward

to for several months by the fans, and the boys of the High School (in

their minds) saw a score of 25 or 30 in their favor. But, gee whiz! when

those "ex-profs" lined up and got busy the High School bunch began to

walk the plank. After the game it was discovered that the score stood 6

to 4 in favor of the "has beens." Here are the professionals who turned

the trick: Peery GREEVER, c., Robert HARMAN and Henry KISER, alternated

between 1st b. and p. Harry SPRATT, formerly of the Boston Nationals,

ss.; Garland LOWDER, 2b; Jug MAY, a former star on the University of

Virginia team, took care of the third b.; Robert MORGAN, took all of em

that came over to rf.; R.K. HAWKINS dove for those that reached c.f. and

Ernest LEWIS put a quiet as on the horse hide that reached it. Dr. J.G.

KELLY, another former "has been," umpired for em, both sides, of course

and showed that the was familiar with all the new tricks, and that they

could put nothing over without being caught at it. It is reported that

numerous scouts from the Giants, White Sox, Fillies, Pirates, Robbers,

et ala, were witnesses of the game, and that numerous efforts have

already been made to land some of these "experts" to offset the

effective work of Ty Cobb and Hans Wagner, Home Run Baker and others

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so the tazewell baseball team played retired pro baseball players?

[BigD4VT 11]

Yes, apparently Harry Spratt played for the Boston Nationals who eventually became the Atlanta Braves.

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oh..ok. you can see how much grammar has changed from then till now. lol