The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-07-28


game of base bali, and thereby hangs a
tsllein which the song, "The Day Played
Base Ball. would come in very appro-
priately. Mr.. Atkinson IL not much OF a
ball player and is not so much,of IA ball
PLAYER as he was previous To last Sunday.
During theseventhinning, Catcher Lusty,
who Mt one time was a pitcher in league
nine. but gave up that position on nc
count Of a broken arm some years ago
and has played behind the bat atsince, went
into the box and began pitching Atkin-
son went To bata had two strikes when
I.usty advised the spectators that the
batter would pound wind and delivered
the ball with fearful force. Atkinson,
seeing the ball would hit him and not /
having time to dodge II, put up his hand, I
which the ball only touched and landed
ON the left cheek OF the latter with re-
port that WAS heard all over the grounds.
The batter went to ground like a shot,
bleeding profusely from the mouth, nose.
and ears, 'and was carried TO "A shady
place where restoratives swereapplicd and
he soon came 10 life again. The ball
struck in the fieshy part Of his face and
no bones were broken but "A sore and
badly discolored lace resulted.
The Crystal Falls business Mems club
, was composed ofthe iollowiuggentlemen
Sumner Hopkins. dry goods merchant,
ace 20, hight $40, weight 1876; &. Nj. At
kinson, publisher, age 27, hight b-ll,
weight l29 j. l.. kimball, druggist, .age
26. hight so. weight 1873; A. T. Flewell-
ing lawyer, age ~, hight g, weight $50;
: G. +. Crandull, lawyer, age 81, hight 6-l,
weight 200; +. c. Butts, physician and
, surgeon, age 27, hight 5-1o, weight 100;
A. Parks, tonsorill artist, aged 27, hight
5-1l. weight l54 A. Lpstileld, dry goods
u merchant, age 30. hight 5-5, weight l3s !;
Z A. Austrian, broker, age 30, hight 5-l0,
2 weight 1885, H. j. Hughitt, millwright
i and lumber dealer, age 26, hight 5-9,
i weight $50.
q Olin tried 10 catch fly i'm lcita and muii-
3 ed IL. whereat he got SO mad he quit the
y grounds and went to the grand stand
2 and sat down SO hard on one OF his fin
q peis that the nail was nearly knocked off
. Then Gallaghan was put in. Quite a
2 foxy proceeding.
! The Crystal Falls Business Mems Base
Ball Club hereby challenges any business
mems club in any town on the range ex
cept Florence, to play friendly game %
20 ball at such place and time as are bes'
s- suited. Address all communications te
A. j, l.. Kimball.
~ Atkinson, who had not fully recovered
10 his last base bali encounter, was obliget
NJ to retire after the third inning. Lusttielt
nj held down third in fine shape during th
DC remainder OF the game.
!" The gray hound proved hoodoo
" : The animal was taken along ns maSco
:" hut could not out run Crandall and wa
promptly declared null and void formas
al cot business.
~ game OF base ball was played on tb
= grounds here last Sunday betwee
on two scrub mines, the latter IL Is sal
ed suffering defeat
ey Some of the Florence men became cor
de science stricken and admitted that W
N. were not treated right. Kind OF them.
ed Crandnll sent the wad nearly 10 th
,ig Florence mine and made a home wal
To he did not have TO run.
ie The writer is OF the opinion that itisno
H'o conducive To good health to play bas
ball ON Sunday
:, II ever Henry Campbellplays ball aga
I, npaint our nine he will keep out oi Graz
ce dalls way
nt Hopkins left hand catch ON second wa
lin the pretticst play OF the game.
ice let us hear from the business men I
rec the range towns, Florence excluded.
The Crystal Falls business men arr u
bester players than the Florence men.
The game was impartially umpircd !
ay, Vim. Godshall, Of Mastodon.
ave Mr.. e;allaghan's pitching is phenom
me nal. lie iooled them all.
- Iron Mountain wants 20 play a gan
,eIl' with Crystal Falls.
I'm. We did not go 10 Florence To- play u
'sn' first nine.
est Crandall, as n first baseman, has .
ink equal
,ess TWO MEN SuFFOCATED.
not -