The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1894-08-16
A Great Game.

: years, were at the bat on Thursda
last, playing what they called a
" out.of.sight game" The sky wa
clear and the sun shone with NOR
than its usual b%rilliancy, no doub
In honor of the occasion.
Mr.. Will Moore, the captain of Oh
winning nine, had been rubbed dow
with snake oil the night prevluu
ard was consequently as risky as
yourg colt. lie was there early
M. w. A Dallmeycr, who cnptainct
the losing nine, was a little late, huI
he got there at 4 O'Clock. OF whici
time Mr., Ed Miller, the umpire ar
rived, AMI called the game. The
following took part:
MooGE's NINE.
Al Shonp, w. ). C%hambliss, j. w
Henry, W. S. ~Brotherten, Pau
Brace, W. j. Zevcly. Julius Conrath,
Blunt Bury, Prof. II. L. Oldham.
DALiMEYERs NINE.
Tammany Ramsey, Sam Cook,
Harry Edwards, Will Bauer, Henry
Prie1meycr, f. T.. LuGkett, Forbes
Sothoron, w. a. DalImeycr, 0. X.
Brown.
The first man to the bat was Tam
many. This was a trying occasion
for George, as all eyes were upon
him. Two or three of the spectators
offered TO loan TDmmany q paddle,
and one fellow even suggested that
George would have no trouble in
smuggling the balls il they would fur
nish him with a railroad tie. George
was rot ratified, however, by these
side remarks, and before the game
was played out his merits were duly
recognized and he was put in the
pitchers box, and he flung a power.
fully deceiving ball. As q batter
Tammany sent the ball in all direc-
lions, and established the fact that
he had either played ball in his
younger days or had taken in many
important points from " Hobo hill"
The ladies present were very much
worried about Tammany's "corn.
cob" They waited anXiously to sec
what he would do with IL when a
sky.scraper dropped from above.
George eslabli, he'd his ability to take
care OF the cOrn.cOb all right.
When he saw the flyer coming he
dropped he corn cob into his pocket
safely and muffed the bah all right.
1t made Tammany feel a little bad
because no one appiauded. George
proved himself quite a mascot, and
he credits il all to his corn. cob.
The DalImcyer nine, who were at
the bat in the first inning, did not
make a very good record, when three
Of them were put out.
Al Shoup done the catching for
the Mooies, and mas much discussed
by the spectators and the young
hoodlums. Some of them were bet
ting that AL had never seen n game
of ball, while others who had lived
about here a great many years in
sisted that he had been II good
catcher when the game of town bail
was the Ihgr III Jefferson City. Al
had u few friends on the ground who
said nothing in his favor while tile
roast was being administered.
Mr.. Chambliss did the pitching
for the Moores and made more uoisg
than three ealIiupes. Cham made
all the ladies h,lioYe that he had for
gotten more about ball than all the
rest eve knew. His voice was in
good form, amt after every ball be
would use tho remark. " How is it?"
which would SO startle the umpire
that the d ci ion was usually in
CHAINS favor. Cham would com
pensate the umpire with a gracious
bow, which was supplemented by II
kiss thrown to the ladies On the
grand stand.
Harry Edward pitched for the
Dallmeyer nine for several innings.
1t made Harry red lieadod To see the
Moores knock his balls onto Hobo
hill. IL made him feel 50 disconso.
late that FiOf. Oldham would quietly
walk over and say - Harry, it is all
right. They won't do it any more"
This made Harry feel glad tlat he
was living until the next bail landed
on Hobo, when he resigned the pitch
er's box.
Sam Cook caught for the Dallmey.
ers. A group of ladies' ON the
grand stand We're partial 10 The Moore
nine, because Mr.. Chambliss and
Mr.. Shoup were in the nine. After
Mr.. Cook became known, Que of the
ladies would applaud aud speak OF
bis nine as ".our side" 1t took
some work to explain TO her that Mr..
! Cook was not on sour side.'' but
was playing with the enemy, which
settled Mr.. Cooks nine, as far as
a.