Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-21
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tor all who participated In the gala
time provided by the hospitable
people of Fennimore. There were
several attractive features all well
carried out, but the game of ball
between the Mineral Point and
Boscobel clubs proved the event in
which the most interest and specu-
lation was centered. Parties of
judgment in ball matters differed,
and bets were made accordingly,
while others backed up their pre-
JUDGES in like manner, and excite
ment ran high. There were about
fifty present from this city aside
from the ball players, and they were
awake to the interest and encourage
ment of their club. The game
commenced about the middle of the
afternoon and continued till 600
o'clock. In the first two innings
the Boscobel boys got in six tallies
on one safe hit and the generous
misplays of our boys, who in the
meantime had but one tally to their
credit. AT the conclusion of the
fifth innings the outlook was still
more dubious for Mineral Point,
the score standing 10 to A in favor
of Boscobel. At this stage Of the
game, however, the friends of the
Pointers showed their confidence in
their club in different ways and
called on the boys to go in and
win. This nerved the players who
settled down to wipe out the big
odds and win, which they did in a
style that was really exciting. When
our boys went to bat for the last
inning they needed two to tie and
three to win. Albert Horn, who
was first to bat, placed safe three
bagger. The next to bat was put
out; then Snow made IA clean hit
for one base, which brought Horn
home. An out of the next batter,
but in the meantime Snow landed
safely On third. A muH of Treacy's
hit gave him first, and he
was not slow in stealing second
base. And SO it stood-two out and
two on bases, and two tallies needed
to win the game-when Captain
Darcy stepped to the plate with
determination depicted in every
feature. The crowd was breathless
and on tiptoes. The batter coolly
waited for fair ball and when it
came he met it with vicious swipe
landing it safely at three-base dis
tance, which brought in the neces.
sary two to win. Such wild ex-
element and hurrahing as set in as
soon as the ball was hit is not wit
messed often in lifetime. The
game was ended and the crowd took
possession of the diamond, and the
adherents to the Mineral Point club
would have carried the boys off the
field on their backs if permitted to
do SO.
The score by innings is as follows.
Mineral !, Point 30 : ! 3 ! : : s-lg
Besides the championship banner
our boys had won, they captured all
of the special prizes. d. J. Jacka,
Webster's unabridged dictionary
for the first home run; Treacy, the
silk umbrella for making the win
nlng run; Franklin, the hammock
for the first three bagger; and Horn,
the baby chair for making the most
errors. Besides these the home
run and three bag hitters were given
a paid up subscription to the Fenni-
more Times, which the Pointers
alone captured.
Fennimore's effort to provide a
gala day was complete success.
There were from 1900 TO 1000 peo-
pie present, and everyone is liberal
in praise of the rousing time from
sun up to midnight.
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