Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-07-13
Atter-N otes.


the close of the celebration and the
period Of going to press, made 1T inn
possible for us to submit anything APP
preaching full report of what Is uni
yersaly conceded 10 have been by far
the best celebration ever held in the
county. Our estimate Of one thousand
visitors is generally believed to have
been too low, many placing the number
as high as fifteen hundred. which may be
accepted as being very nearly the actual
number of persons coming to Custer to
celebrate
1t is worthy Of note that the exercises
| of the day were unmarried by a single
disagreeable feature, and that, with the
single exception of the failure of the
race between IIight's horse Pickles
and Flynn's mare "Comanche," all, and
even more than appeared upon the
published programme was presented.
| 1t is but just to state in this connection,
that fifty dollars, subscribed by private
| citizens, was paid to the owner Of the
horse pickles" to defray the expense
incurred in bringing him to tlis place
| to run.
Custer never showed to better adj
vantage than on the 4th, with her
myriads of flags, evergreens and varied
decorative attractions, blended with the
1 CT 1t,ro L nf har
natural Surroundings, she ELECTED the
| highest concentrations from admiring
visitors, by whom her peerless beauty
was universally conceded. 1t is crafty
| ing to note, that Notwithstanding the
large number in attendance, among
whom all classes and conditions were
represented, not a single case Of lawless-
ness, or an arrest vas reported, the
most perfect harmony prevailing from
| the beginning to the close.
The ball game between the Buffalo
Gap and Tin City teams was a veritablc
surprise to all, inasmuch as it was not
expected that the clubs, neither OF which
had devoted more than few hours to
practice, should show such remark
| able degree of proficiency. The game
| was one of exceptional interest and held
| the attention Of the spectators to the
close. The following report of the
game, furnished by a member of the
| home team, and crowded cut of our is
1 l., ,- -, I
BASE BALL GAME.
The game between the Tin City and
| Buffalo Gap clubs resulted in score ot
! Is to IL, in favor of the Tin City's. The
home team was first to bat, making one
| score. The visiting club then scored
| three runs. The next inning neither
| club scored a run. In the third inning
| the home club failed to score and the
visitors scored two runs, making the
score at third inning TO /. In the
fourth inning, the Gap shut the home
team out without run, and themselves
scored two runs. In the fifth inning.
they again held the home team down
ne score being made, and then scored
four runs making the score at c.ose of
fifth inning ! | to III favor of the visit
ing team. In the sixth inning the Tin
City club rushed in seven scores, and
Buffalo Gap two, changing the score to S
TO Is. IN the seventh inning, the home
club scored four runs and shut out the
visiting club, making the score II to 10.
In the eight inning, the home team
scored two runs and the visiting club
three, making IS to 1G in favor of the
Buffalo Gap club. In the ninth inning
| the Tin City club scored three runs and
succeeded in shutting the Buffalo Gap
club out, making score Of Is to Il, in
favor of the Tin City club.
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Buffalo Gap, 8 Q . 2 , 0 3 0--l6.
Tin City, O0 007 ? 3-l7.
TIE BALL.
The grand ball at the court house
served as the last, hut by no means the
| least link in the great chain of enjoy
ment, for which the celebration Of the
| 18th anniversary Of our national indie
pendence in this city was noted, which
in point of attendance and enjoyable
features surpassed all former efforts on
the part of the residents of this place
judged from all standpoints, the Custer
celebration may be set down as a super
lative success, and one in which hei
citizens may justly indulge in feelin.