Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
Kirwln Wins the Game.

mind Of the falling of the stars in
1888.
The much talked Of ball game be-
tween Philhpsburg and Kirwin was
pulled off at the Phillipsburg Park,
August 7. Owing to the umpire ut
ter disregard Of the rules and regula-
tons Of the game as laid down in the
statutes made and provided by A. G..
Spaulding, aud the controversy got.
ten into by some Of the Philhpsburg
rooters' and some of the Klrwin play
ers' girls, the game was gloomy iz-
zle.
While the crack Burg pitcher was
put in the box for Philllpsburg, the
Kirwln Williams jumped onto him for
seven runs before he had time to wipe
the cinders off his manly brow. He
was then sent to second base to keep
the Klrwin pirates from stealing it
and taking it home as a souvenir Of
the occasion.
@. Q. Nipps who on the Oath of July
held the Kirwin sluggers down to SIX
hits, then took'his position in the box,
but owing to injuries received in a
collision at second, he was retired in
the second inning, and his portly bro
ther Abraham Lincoln Nipps, was
then produced from the ice chest to
where he had retired in the early part
Of the game with an armful Of llcor-
ice root and case Of Anheuser's best
and placed on a slab. Klrwin base
ball stock rapidly fell to forty cents
below the normal average, and sever
al Kirwin players were seen to take
an unusually big bite Of Battle-Ax
and grid up their loins, For three
innings he had the visitors at his mer-
cy, but in the fourth, the combined
action Of the sun, licorice and Anheu-
ser, began to have its effect. He got
sick to his stomach and was forced to
retire to the ice chest. White was
again sent up to be slaughtered, but
for one inning he showed them the
well augur twist which backed by his
terrible speed and excellent judgment,
made it very difficult for Strain to
catch on, although he had on a pair
Of husking gloves Of superior make.
Kirwin was unable to find the ball in
this inning, but owing to the fact that
White had to make the circnit of the
bases twice in the following inning,
when the Burg set their teeth with a
vicious snap and proceeded to knock
Deepen, the Kirwin cyclone, into
Walnut township, making a total of
twelve hits which scored nine runs In
the inning; he was an easy mark for
the Klrwin lads and three base hits
and home runs we're 80 plenty that
nearly all OF the Kirwin girls secured
one or more to hang up in the parlor.
After Deepen went up in vapor
Kirwin put their cornfed twirler, Vo-
gle, on the rubber. Phillipsburg
then relied the depths Of their mis-
cry. VogIe's serpentine curves, COM
blned with the speed Of a dog with a
split stick on his tail, was beyond their
comprehension.
When the dust had cleared off the
diamond and the tidal wave which
had nearly smothered the Burg ball
club had rolled by it was found that
the score stood 81 to IL in favor Of
Kigwin.
The Phillipsburg boys of course
hate to be defeated, but say they are
satisfied and so are all the rest ex-
cept few who stole their way into
the park, and they Of course reared
like wild hyeneas; they are not num-
bered among the influential citizens
Of Phillipsburg, and the ball club will
still continue and say they think if
they can have an umpire who don't
know more about the game than
Spalding, they will have fair show
with any team in Kansas.
With crock full Of tears,
ONE OF THE PLAYERS.
AS shown above the three Landes
boys, and six other Klrwip ball play
ers just wiped up the earth with the
Pblllipsbugg club last Friday. The
score standing;
KIRWIN PHILLIPsnURG
II 0 r o
Shirley s 3 White p 3 2