The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-08-17
Fats vs.. Leans.

furnishing to the audience present more.
amusement of the comedy of errors
style than has been dished up in our
midst for many day. The weather
was cool and very conducive to the ex-
ercise ofbulk without Inconvenience, and
the men paraded the field with en- air
which seemed to say, MAY be you amt
onto the fact, but I've been here before"
The fat men, as they stood III martial
array, were as follows: T. J. Murphy,
captain and pitcher; Frank Hines,
catcher T. Spitz, first base; E. 7. Harri-
son, second base; George Cummings,
third base; Chas. Pease, short stop; A.
o. Scrivener, right field; Chan Harmon,
center field and 7. M. Reid, left field.
Pitted against them as leans were, Fred
Iacobi, captain and short stop; Chas.
Carr, pitcher; DR.. Du Bots, catcher; AL.
Kinnamon, first base; F. E. Barnum,
second base; M. F. Woodbury., third
base; Judge Barto, right field; Senator
Keller, center field and DR.. McMasters,
left field.
The game opened with the leans at
bat. but somehow every wagon tongue
which they got hold of seemed to have
a big hole through it, for Kinnamon,
Barnum and Woodbury. went down be-
fore the puzzling spirals of Capt. Murphy
in one, two. three order and the lean
| men went into the field to do battle
with their opponents. For the fats,
Cummings found the first ball pitched
for a long drive and three bases, scoring
on sacrifice by Hines. Spitz, the Cali
fornia giant then went to bat and gal
| Hoped down to first base with base hit
| to his credit. He was sent to second by
a base hit by Murphy and came home
! on fly batted by Pease which Chan
Harmon buried in pile of weeds and
couldn't find. Harrison then made
three big holes in the atmosphere and
Reid got to first, when Chan Harmon
succeeded in accomplishing the feat of
the inning, knocking off several suspen-
der buttons in cyclonic endeavor to
find the ball. The buttons were all that
he did knock off, however, for at the end
OF his third strike the ball was lodged in
DR.. Du Bots hands and the side. retired
with four scores to its credit.
The leans went to bat in the second
inning and Jacob succeeded in getting to
first base on an error by cinnamon. In
stantly the entire lean team turned itself
into squad of coachers, every manrush-
ing into the diamond and yellingto Fred
to make time and get the score. By the
time the field was clear and Carr went
out on fly, he had got to third and
came home amid tremendous yells by
his team on a base hit by DR.. Du Bots.
DIR. McMasters then went to bat and
struck out, being followed by the sena-
tor,Iwho went down on a dewdrop which
struck at his feet but at which he struck
with the intention of placing the ball up
by the Sank Centre House. For some
reason his plans were frustrated and the
side went out. For the fats Scrivener
! went to bat and alter waiting for four
bad balls to go by. sprinted down to
first in manner which the spectators
likened to spring chicken chasing a
grasshopper. He went to second on
base hit by Cummings, but Hines went
out ON fly to Jacob and Spitz tried to
beat the ball to first base and failed, so
| Arthur died on third and the side failed
to score,
In the beginning of the third inning
| the leans went to bat with blood in their
eyes and Judge Barto hit the first ball,
which was thrown. But when he got
| downto first base he found the California
giant standing there with the ball in his
hand and he went back among the crowd
to console himself. cinnamon next
| went to bat, and hitting the ball a
| mighty blow, he started around the dia-
rnond with his arms flying and his mouth
opened to an angle of forty-fve degrees
| in a style greatly resembling the wild
careering of young colt. He raced
| home, closely followed by the rest of the
team, while Chan Harmon was digging
| the ball out ola pile of hay near Donley's
| hay press. Barnum then batted a foul
into the catcher's hands and Woodbury.
created an atmospheric disturbance in
his efforts to hit something solid. He
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tempt the side retired with one run in
their favor. The rats then came in for
their half of the third inning and the
| leans met their Waterloo then and there.
The features of the inning were Spitz's
slide to second, the only part of his an
| atomy in contact with the ground being
his right ear and his base ball cap, a
beautiful stop by Keller, the ball being
| found in his straw hat, and seven scores
as the result of errors by the leans. Dur
| ing the inning the leans registered kick
which came near to stopping the game,
the dispute arising over the claim made
by the leans that Chan Harmon was a
professional player, they having judged
such to be the case from his speed as
| runner.
The game proceeded however and this
time the leans made three scores as their
showing for the fourth !. inning. They
would have made two more had
hard work earned them. Judge Barto
was caught between first and second and
run back and forth until exhausted and
then put out. Keller started down to
first base on two strikes at two-fotty
pace. and the first baselnan missed the
ball.
Rum yelled the crowd and he did
run. Jacob tried to stop him at second,
| but the effort was fruitless. Du Bots met
him at third and tried to drag him to-
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