The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-06-12
BASE BALL.
Ottawa Lawyers VS.. Streator Lawyers
ottawa vanquished.

With banners flying, heads erect, step
steady, and look that betokened the utmost
confidence in coming triumphs, nine disci-
pies of Blackstone, who worship at the
shrine of the "blind goddess in Ottawa,
marched to the c. B. & Q. depot on Wednes
day noon and boarded the train for StreatOr,
intending, as was alleged at the time, to an
initiate at a game of base ball an equal
number OF legal lights residing in that city
of coal mines, post office troubles and gen
eral business activity. Accompanying them
we're a band Of faithful followers, who held
themselves in readiness to make the welkin
ring when the umpire should announce that
their townsmen had made the gentlemen of
Streator bite the dust. Streator was reached,
the game was played, and the lawyers from
Ottawa, with their still faithful though tired
followers, returned to their homes just as
the morning light was breaking Ter the hill
and vale. They returned, alas, with ban
ners trailing in the dust, with heads bowed
down, dragging their feet so weary and
worn, and with countenances not wreathed
with smiles of joy or gladness, but instead
wearing the gloomy mask of sorrow. The
morning of their happiness had faded into a
night Of utter darkness. They had played
at Streator and had lost The expectations
that had been INDUCED in had been blasted,
and instead of being anxious to receive the
plaudits of an excited multitude when they
reached the depot at Ottawa, they felt con-
tent to seek the quiet of their homes, and on
the morning following asked for condolences
and not congratulations from their friends.
THE GAME.
Immediately after reaching Streator and
taking dinner at the Plumb House the two
mines with their friends proceeded to the
ball grounds on Bloomington street and the
game was entered upon-Jim Cross having
first opened it with the customary salua-
ton, Hear ye! hear ye" Mr.. Chas. Felt
acted as umpire. Mr.. Nicholas Cummings
appeared as official scorer for Ottawa. The
Streator nine was composed of W. St. Clair,
c.; 0. b. Ryon, p; Ed Myers, s.. s.; Blandin,
lst b.: Reeves, % b.; Richards, Sd b.; Bel
| ford. |. f.; Funk, C. f.; and Glass, r. f. OF
tawa played Carey, c. Stead, p; Madden,
lst b.; Taylor, ID b.; Griggs, Sd b.; Cullen,
SIS; Armstrong, |. f.; Eckels, c, f.; Mac
! Kinlay, r. f. At 2:30 the game was called,
with Ottawa at the bat For the first five
innings very pretty game of ball was
played, but on the 9th the Ottawas became
ratified and allowed through errors so many
runs to be made that they could not catch
up, though in the Sth inning they managed
to secure six runs. While there was some
very good playing done at times, there was
also some very poor. The Ottawa batsmen
failed to hit Ryon's pitching, though he did
not throw a difficult ball. The crowd, which
was very large, throughout the game kept
good natured, and if they failed to see quite
so good an exhibition of base ball as they
expected, they had no less enjoyment.
The following is the score by innings;
Streator. ..1O2O2 6 s *-2f
Ottawa ....... L 90 0 , 2-lS
*Not played,
At the conclusion Of the game the usual
cheering was INDUCED and the mines re
turned to the city-the Ottawa gentlemen to
figure out how they would be received at
home, and the Streatorites to be hailed with
shouts of triumph and crowned with
wreaths of laurel.
| THE BANQUET.
Thanks to the executive ability Of the
Streator gentlemen and the generous dis
position of the gentlemen from Ottawa,
very elaborate banquet was held at Lees
restaurant at eight o'clock. After spendin:
an hour in eating, Mr.. Walter Reeves, wh'
acted as toast master, rose and, having wei
coined the guests of the evening, proposed
as the first toast "Our Honored Guests,
calling upon Mr.. Punk to respond.