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The Veteran’s Cup
 On 10 November 2007, the Buffalo Gap Chips Base Ball Club traveled to Boerne, Texas, to play in the first annual Veteran’s Cup Tournament sponsored by the Agricultural Heritage Museum. The Chips matched up against the Boerne White Sox for a couple of textbook defensive bouts.
In game 1, the Chips gained a sense of the defense they faced when they
garnered 12 singles and 2 doubles but were only able to score 3 aces.
The bats of Damon “D2” Rose, “Ranger” Don Connel, & Paul “Pops” Garrett
advanced the base runners and drove in each of the aces. The Chips
defense, anchored by the hurling of Warren “Spider” Simpson & Wade
“Ghost” Goolsby, held the White Sox to 5 singles & 2 doubles and allowed
only 1 ace. A particularly nice play was Scott “Sudden Sam” Horn
catching a struck ball on 1 bound in left field, then throwing home to
Joel “Flaps” Brant to complete the double play.
Unlikely as it sounds, the defenses stiffened in game 2. The Chips
struck 9 singles and 3 doubles, resulting in 3 aces. The Sox were
held to 2 singles by the outstanding hurling of Warren “Spider” Simpson
& Wade “Ghost” Goolsby and the outstanding fielding of Scott “Sudden
Sam” Horn, Damon “D2” Rose, Alex “Roscoe” Oroscoe, and Clay “Stick” Shelton.
Damon “D2” Rose was honored as the Most Valuable Striker after hitting
7 to 9 with 2 doubles and 5 singles. Warren “Spider” Simpson was
honored as the Most Valuable Hurler.
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