Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-08-22
Hose versus Hooks.

cracked) fire company Of Sturgis,"
known as the Sturgis Hook and Ladder
company, upon the diamond field last
Sunday afternoon and proceeded to
knock seven kinds Of baled hay and a
ton Of conceit out Of the sprinters and
laid them out colder than the traditional
wedge. The hose boys did themselves
proud. They climbed up on to the
mighty hooks, walked on their collars,
snatched them bald headed, mopped up
the whole ten-acre field with them, drove
them into the ground and broke them
off and sent the remnants Of that once
naughty, world-conquering organization
home in baskets consigned to the care Of
the county coroner. Great was the col
lapse. The hose boys knocked those
hooks SO stiff that they WON'T recover
"arill the sun grows cold, and The stars
are old, and the leaves of the Judgment
Book unfold"
It was highly essential that the hooks
running team should play, for, as the
game turned out, they needed their feet
est sprinters to chase the bali sent creek
wards by the sluggers Of the hose team.
Had they not had their trotters entered
the chances are the game would still be
on. The hooks, prior to the day set,
confident of an easy game, filed the city
with their talk and bluff. The hose boys,
always modest, difident and unassnming,
kept their mouths closed and waited for
the day to come when they could show
to the assembled populace how much
farther skill and science would GO TO-
wards winning game Of ball than chin
music and cheek. The game showed
conclusively, beyond the shadow Of a
doubt, that the crack( ed) fire company
cannot play ball little bit. The hose
boys, in an entirely friendly manner, Of
fer this advice gratis: Boys, stick to fire
department matters; spend your time in
training your legs lyour lungs don't
need it) for next season, and for the sake
OF your friends keep out Of the ball-feld.
Perhaps you can fight fire successfully,
but your name will always be p-a-n-t-z
when you cross bats with Sturgis Hose
No. I.
Following are the scores Of the cham
pion club and their amateur competitor:
Innings 2s45 7s9 Totals.
Hsss stils iddts g g
Umpire. Chief Benin.
Max Blatt lost two dollars on the game.
As mighty wielders of the willow, the
Hose boys loom.
Charley Moody returned from the field
$3.75 richer than at the opening Of the
game.
The crack battery of the Hooks could
not keep the Hose men from sending the
pigskin down among the brambles.
John Eccles (republican central COM
naitteeman?) played the "game Of his
life" He thoroughly distinguished
himself.
After the game the vanquished invited
the victors to their headquarters where
over cool refreshments they pledged
anew their undying animosity.
In the game Of the Hooks and Hose
Last Sunday, some new talent was dis
covered that viii be given chance to
distinguish itself in the first nine.
Chief Benin may not know Spalding's
base ball guide from preface to fms, but
as umpire of fire department ball game
and clothed in the authority Of his Office
as chief, he can make any fireman ball
tosser come to- his milk. With John
there is no monkeying with the band
wagon.
The physician, medicine bandages and
hearse, so kindly provided by the Hooks
for the occasion, for use by the Hose
boys, were, before the game was finished,
occupied by the sick and MANNED OF the
company that had so literally provided
them The Hose boys walked home.
The Hooks had TO ride.