The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-08-31
BASE BALL.
Thre. Games and Victory for
Home Talent.

the st. George, Utah, and the Phoebe
mines, previously arranged, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week,
witnessed more excitement than usually
attends Fourth of July celebration
here. Unusual interest was manifested
10 the games from the first, and provis-
ions were made by the home club for the
comfort of spectators and players. The
games took place at the grounds north of
town on the Highland road. The st.
George boys drove in from Panaca Mon.
day morning about eleven o'clock, and
shortly afterwards proceeded to the ball
ground; for short practice. At one
o'clock the Phoebe club was on hand and
soon afterwards the game was called,
St. George having selected Chas. G. Ron
now of Panaca as umpire. The strangers
made good appearance in white shirts,
red breeches and black stockings, but the
white uniforms Of the home nine, trimmed
with black, with black belts and stock.
ings, showed up hugely, and the boys
looked exceptionally well. The Phoebe
niue was made up of the following: AL.
Godbe, Earnest Godbe, Lewis Catln,
Ben McDonough. c. 4. Goodrich, w. R.
McFadden, H f. Prudential, w. Shear
and J. A. Clark. The st. George boys
were W. Wins, N Gould, Geo. X. Rid
ing, J. Carter, A. Whitehead, w. Dodge,
A. Snow, w. Toobler and ]. Woodberry.
The score of the first game was as follows,
Phoebe not playing the last of the ninth
inning:
FIRST GAME.
Innings 2 8 4 G 8 9
st. G'rge3 3 0 2 6 0 6 8 "a
Phoebe 4 3 8 4 80
On this the Phoebe nine were in high
spirits, but st. George promised better
work for the second game. Both mines
attended the ball which was given at
Browns Hall in the evening, and may
have INDUCED too much. At any rate
Tuesdays 1.-THE 2ndl game was miserably
played-both sides, but particularly
Phoebe doing poor work. The score stood
as given below, and this time st. Georges
felt that they had the third game, and
the glory fully in their handle:
SECOND GAME.
Innings 2 3 4 s 6 7 s 8 r
st. G'rge2 10 2ll 2 5 3 8 A
Phoebe 3 0 3 Is 2 0 p
This put another face on the matter
and the Piochers held a consultation Of
war, at which Bill Grissman was substi.
tuted to play for H. E. Prudential, who
was crippled, and their course of action
Tor the third game was thoroughly dis.
cussed. When the game was called
Wednesday afternoon the largest crowd
of spectators of the week was in attend.
ance, the valleys and Panaca being we'll
represented, both teams having numerous
supporters, particularly among the ladies,
who seemed 70 cheer necessarily. From
the way the Piochers went to work then,
1t was seen that they meant business,
and in general they redeemed their poor
work of the day before. They had the
game from the third inning, but the St.
Georges made glorious squirt on their
sth. Phoebe did not play the last half of
the 9th, and the score stood:
THIRD GAME.
Innings % 5 6 7 8 9
st. G'rge0 l 10 6 Ol5 ~
Pioche 0 l 10 10 0 3 3 %
G. E. Goodrich pitched the whole Of the
last game for Phoebe, curving the ball in
way which stumped the strangers. TO
this fact the Phoebe nine owes its success.
POOR GROUNDS.
Both mines are capable of much better
work than the foregoing scores indicate,
and the numerous tallies are due largely
to the poor grounds on which the games
were played. Rough and rocky sid.
ling, and covered on the outskirts with
heavy growth of sagebrush, it was i'm.
possible to field properly, and from the
difficulty experienced in finding the ball,
"a and Sd base hits were common. Both
parties suffered alike in this
At the ball Monday evening Browns
Hall was filled almost to overlooking,
where everybody, in the best of spirits,
made the hours fly quickly until clock
next morning Supper was served at
midnight, at the Phoebe Hotel, by Mrs.
taylor, where the spread and general
display made were deservedly praised.
FOOT RACE.
Atthe close of Wednesdays game a
1901 race of 100 yards, along Lacour