Semi=weekly graphic., 1896-07-08
KNOCKS THE sTUFFING OUT OF A LITTLE ROCK
 BALL,
But the Visitors Were up to snuff and Tied the score.-
 A Game Worth Seeing.

The Dickinson Arms Base Ball club, of Little Rock, and the Pine City club again met yesterday after noon and they gave the public a rattling good game of ball. They played ball and ball only and played fl for all there was in 1t. They play ed ten innings and finished each with T score of ten runs.
 The game opened heantiinlly- that is for the visitors. Scott took np his Hub and made up his mind to find that ball. He found it. and with Just as easy" smile upon his face, started for first. Unfortunately he knocked a fly and Fuller heard about it. That settled it. Scott was out, for any ball that comes near that invineible third baseman Is his, and no one dare dispute his claim. Pulley, paschal and Slagle made runs while Hartman and Cros- by retired the side.
 Our boys next essayed to strike but struck not. They immediately had placed to their credit three as beautifully moulded goose eggs as were ever fashioned by an artists pen.
 The Dickinson men repeated their work of the first inning, scoring three times. Then it was that the Pine City boys 1t their pipes and begnn to smoke up. Fuller went ont.
 Something must be done. and Ben Franklin realized il as he stepped to tle plate. He smiled one smile ut the dear ones whose hearts he has always delighted and then faced the pitcher nA | he had heen appointed n committee of one to annihilate Bill Mckinley Sizzl came the leathern bullet and Benjamin met it half way. Crack went the but and -! - the last that was seen of that ball. was when it was trying to get through the woods somewhere In the vicinity of Star City. It was n home run worth recording md Ben jamin's journey from plate to plate again, was q triumphant one. Don oyan went out, while Marshall, Vowel and Murphy each scored. Baldwin went out making the re- cord show to , in favor of the home team. Then everybody went after their "razoos' and their pistols. Tn the third, fourth and fifth innings the Dickinson team worked the poul- try racket to q finish. They got nothing but goose eggs. In the sixth Scott and Pulley made runs.
 Pine Bluff closed the last half in- glorously and the score stood s to ' in favor of the guests. In the first half of the seventh, the Little Rock players made Q, 0. 0. In the second half Franklin was the first man at the bat. 'sDo it again" shouted the gang. He did it. The last ball he hit, left, it is supposed, on journey of inquiry to locate the whereabouts of the first that had been so uncere- moniously biffed. His last home run was companion picture to the first It was the only run of the inning. In the eighth the Dickinsons, didt't do anything for themselves, but Vowell crossed the plate. Score to to s; Pine City.
 In the first half of the ninth Little Rock s cracker jacks forged ahead by one Hartman and Hutton crossing the plate. The rooters went wild. Pine Bluff enthusiasts were feeling "oneasy" until Yowell tied the score: 10 to 10. Neither team did anything in the tenth inning and the game was officially called a draw.
 There will be another game this afternoon between the same teams and the public can rest assured that there will be festival for base ball cranks. There should and doubtless will be Il large crowd in attendance.
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