Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-08-23
It Was a Great Game.

report of the game of base ball be.
tween Capt. Holmes city hall nine
and Capt. Mulhairn's Colts, is impos-
sible. Confident of their own capa.
bilities the respective forces were
promptly on the ground at the hour
set, eager for the fray. Every pre-
caution against accident was made
Hospital tent in place, surgeons on
hand, with lint, bandages and lini-
ment, and ambulances within call.
In the presence Of an audience esti,
mated at $4,000 to 500 fair women
and brave men, the desperate strug,
gle began with the Holmes heroes
swinging the willow.
Not wishing to discourage their
opponents at the outset, they ac-
cepted a whitewash. The Colts.
with the impetuosity of youth, went
to bat, and cantered round the dia.
mond four times.
The second inning the City Hall
ers began to play, and tailed four
runs, while the Colts got only one
to their credit.
Being now only one behind, the
Hallers went to bat vigorously the
third time, and scored seven runs,
the Colts making but two circles as
an offset.
The fourth inning was hot one,
the Hallers getting in only two runs
and the Colts but one.
In the fifth the Colts got bulge
of five to one on their opponents,
the score then being, Hallers IA,
Colts l3.
From then on Capt. Holmes
forces did not play to any consider
able extent. Despite the encourage
ment Of friends and many fine OPP
portunities offered by carelessness of
their opponents, they were able to
send only 12 representatives around
the diamond during the four sue
ceeding innings. The Colts mean
time, got "a tallies added to their
string, and did not need to take up
the bat the 9th time.
The players and positions they
filled were as follows:
Colts-D G. Jacka, left field and catcher !;
E. Weisen, catcher and left field j. Aylward,
pitcher; 7. Quirk, short stop; J. Meserolc,
lst base viii Peirce, I'd base; viii Horn, Sd
Capt. Mulhairn, center field, with r. Hosre MS
substitute; =. Weidenfeller, right field.
Hallers--Art. jackson, catcher; Bob Mat
pitcher, I'd base and lst base Tom McCabe,
short stop and pitcher; Will jackson, 1st base
and pitcher John Horn Cd base and left field !;
A 5. White, Sd base and short stop; Charles
Hamsden, left field and Sd base; Captain
Holmes, center field Joe Ramsden, right field
with DR.. S. Vivian as substitute.
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Colts. 8 l 4 81 81
Hallers. ........0 4721o 1873 26
AT the close Of the 4th inning
Capt. Mulhairn was found exhaust
ed and taken in ambulance to the
hospital by direction of Surgeon
Eastman, Sub. Dick Hoare taking
his place. Observing the brilliant
play of bis Colts in the 9th innin &,
the captain revived at once.
Homer Snow and Dave Quirk
gave good satisfaction as umpires.
In the absence of Coacher Snow,
John Kaufman filled that office ac-
ceptably.
The TRIBUNE reporter failed to
record the errors, Gf there were
any, Several brilliant plays de-
serve mention, but our space is too
limited. The way Dick Hoare,
Charley Ramsden and DR.. STAINS
more Vivian gathered in fys in the
out field was worthy of league play
ers. Doc. Holmes agility in getting
in the way Of reckless ball, and
thus securing first base was neat.
Aylward and Matthews, az pitchers
for their respective mines, and Jacka
and Jackson behind the bat, acqnit-
ted themselves well. The unkind-
est incident of the game was when
Will Horn on third base caught the
ball as it came from his brother
Johns third strike. There were
several home runs-that ended at
I'd and Sd base for want of wind in
the runners.
A "hole in the bat" disconnected