The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-08-09

On Thursday afternoon of last week
the Thayer base ball team came up to
play the lola nine. And as the team
from Thayer were somewhat sore over
the result of the game played with
the lola boys at Thayer on the 4th of
July. they came with the avowed
purpose of pounding the lola pitchers
out of the box and beating our boys
so badly that our people would be
ashamed of them, but their hopes
were vain, and they returned home
with a better opinion of the lola nine
and less exalted opinion of their
own ability to play ball.
Christian was well supported by
the rest of the club and pitched a
splendid game of ball, and while most
of the Thayer nine could find his balls
they couldn't bat the twist out of
them and get them outside the dia-
mond. Our boys were soon onto the
curves of the Thayer pitcher and bat
ted his balls hard and made enough
safe hits to win easily, in fact it look
ed for a time as though the Thaycr
nine would be shut out. The game
by innings was
Thayer, OO0O2 O. >.
lola. 2IO02 4 > *-1l.
The Ottawa base ball team went
down to Humboldt Monday and on
Monday and Tuesday afternoons they
crossed bats with the Humboldt team
and won both games easily. In fact
the game Tuesday afternoon was so
one-sided that il was not interesting.
Wednesday afternoon they came up
to play with the lola nine, expecting
another easy victory, as they had been
told at Humboldt that theirs was the
best club in the county, but they were
sadly disappointed.
In the first inning neither team Sc
cured run, but lola scored one run
in the soconu and one in the third
inning while Ottawa was given goose
eggs" In the fourth inning each nine
made run, and in the fifth Ottawa
scored two runs while lola got an go"
making an even score. In the sixth
inning Ottawa, by lucky hits, made
three runs while lola only made two,
putting Ottawa in the lead. At this
time quite number of the lola folks
began to feel discouraged and the
Humboldt people who were here and
the Ottawa boys became jubilant, and
the Ottawa coachers announced they
had got onto our druggist pit cher's
pills and that they would now pro-
coed to show US how to play ball. But
their rejoicing was but for a short
time. In the seventh inning Thrasher
went into the box and their last three
innings were like their first three
goose eggs" while lola scored two
runs in the seventh and one in the
eighth inning. The lola boys being
in the lead did not bat their half of
the ninth inning.
The game was an exceedingly inter
esting one. Both teams played well.
The only costly errors were wild de-
livery by Jameson when "Huldy"
was at the bat, having already had
two strikes "Huldy" saw his oppOr-
tunity in this wild high ball and
struck at it and ran, easily making
all the bases before the catcher could
get the ball back into the diamond
and one by Grubbs who was at third
and threw the ball to second without
touching his base or the runner who
was forced from second to third. and
this gave Ottawa one run. Our pitch
ers, Christian and Thrasher are doing
good work and are getting good sup
port, and especially by Cruise, our
who always plays well.
Ottawa, OO01 500 O-6.
lola, OIL Il 0 . 9 IS.
Batteries = Otta 1s, Jameson and |
Parker; lola, Christian, Thrasher and |
Cruise.