The Meeker herald., 1894-06-23

relre after the first inning. Rube Ball
got crippled in the early part of the con-
test, after which Craig just fooled with
the BAL and won in canter-at least
this Is the way The HERALD's repre-
sentative reports it. But Meeker is
samey, and will try conclusions again
With cr.:g ON the Fourth, II nothing
interviews to prevent Craig coming here
on that datN.
One of the Visitors gave The HERALD
the following account of the trip, with
the remark ttmt owing to the fact of
having left his kodak at home he had to
make sight draft on his imagination
for some of the facts:
Seven rigs, ranging from single
seated buggy TO a heavy concord coach
drawn by skies, together with few
saddle horses, left Meeker at different
hours from Thursday afternoon to Fri
day evening to either take part or wit
ness the ball game at Craig. There
were about thirty.live in the party, in
Guiding over a dozen of the fair sex, and
it was sunrise Saturday before the last
installment drove into Craig.
AS each rig arrived the visitors were
taken in hand by committee and COM
fortably located at one hotel or another.
The freedom of the town was rendered
the Meeker crowd and the latter left
nothing undOne to show that they ap-
preciated the offer. An impromptu
dance was given Friday eve, and the
way the people turned out TO see and
meet the new faces, as well as make the
reception success, was caution.
Early Saturday morning sam Mootz'
vioce was heard ms his team rolled into
town. and OF course there was no more
sleep for the Meeker mlscots.
The morning was passed away i'll
numerous ways, in the midst of which
the Craig gun club had their weekly
shoot at clay birds. y few of our clut
were there and took a hand after The
g 'aiy boys had finished their score. Or
the whole our lads were left, but for in
dividual scores Sam Mootz carried of
the honors. During all this time the
people from up and down the lampa
were flocking into town in all kinds of
vehicles, and it is safe to say that Craig
never before held such multitude. OF
course, the Meeker contingent, with
their beautiful blue badges, were the
center of attraction and admiration,
At the appointed hour, O'Clock. the
two mines appeared on the ball grounds
/ In full ,,pfr,rr, raaIy fn, tho fray nr
Brnner being at once agreed upon as
umpire and two Judges were assigned
to the scorers seat. After Photog-
rapher Wallihan took snap shot at the
com batants the Craig nine chose the
| field and the work of annihilatiOn earn
estly began. The Meeker boys ground
out run before being retired; then the
Craigs Were goose egged. Bets of two
to-one were offered on Meeker, but II
| takers. In the next seven innings nei-
was intense and the strain awful. In
the first half of the ninth inning Welch.
| Plug and Allen couldn't locate the ball
and struck out in short order. The
Craig boys then took the bat, and-well,
they managed to get in two runs which
settled the game. For the next few
minutes pandemonium reigned, and
Cedar Mountain echoed and re-echoed
the shouts of thousand throats. The
defeated took their medicine gracefully
and philosophically, and admit their in
ability to cope with the victors without
a change of PLAYERS.
| The dance booked for the evening
was well attended, and the Craig boys
did themselves proud in attending to
the terpsichorean wants of all visitors.
From / to o'clock Sunday morning
the Meeker crowd were strung out on
the road homeward bound, and among
all the rigs not single breakdown or
mishap occurred.
The Craig boys will undoubtedly give
| Meeker another visit on the Fourth,
every last one of the ball team express
ing this preference to that of going to
Steamboat; but most of the members OF
the gun club do not relish the idea OF
being "done up" by Meeker's shooting
team. In the event of their coming tc
Meeker they will be received with open
arms, but friendship ceases tfor the
time being) when it comes to shooting
match or ball game.
The tongue is miChtier than the