The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1896-06-11
.BUCKSHOE'S BUCKED!
THE STAR BALL TOSSERS
FROM GAINESVILLE
GO DOWN
Before the Sturdy and Excellent
Playing of LOgan.-It
Took Ten Innings
And the Score 3 to 2.-NOW For
Gallipolisand Then Poor
Old Lancaster.

Old Lancaster.
When the guileless ball-tossers from
our Laneastrian suburb cross bat
with the Logan ball players the,
may, if they are reasonably impres
sionable, learn a few points about tn
game.
We had game here last THURSDAY
the visitors being the celebrated
''Bunkshoes" from GAINESVILLE. They
came here direct from Lancaster
having simply toyed with the alleged
ball players in that degenerate COM
munity, and assured by Pdrsell tha
they would not find even ordinary en-
tertainment in the game here. Blu
the "semi- amateurs" from GAINESVILLE
ran against stone wall in our boys
and as consequence have lost all
confidence in the opinion of Pursell
or think he sent them to their fate
full of an assurance of victory that
made their defeat all the more disap
pointing.
1t took ten innings to decide the
relative qualities OF the clubs as ball
players, but the victory perched on
the banner Of Logan and we there.
fore howl with delight. The score
was three to two, and it cannot there.
fore be said by our hyper critical con
tempory who still lives, moves and
has part of his being amongour midst,
that it was a snide game in any par
tieular. And neither did he say so.
He gracefully acknowledges that the
Logan boys played a mighty good
game of ball last Thursday, and the
assertion is carried without a single
dissenting vote.
The GAINESVILLE club is a mighty
good club. They had to be or they
would probably yet be sprinting after
the ball hot from the bats of our boys.
The n-field playing ofZanesville was
perfect and their support of each
other fine exhibition of ball playing,
but with all this science and prestige
they went down to defeat before the
young men of Logan to whom we
dof our bonnets AID voice due ac-
claim. From the beginning to the
end of the game our boys played
like veterans On the diamond. The
knowledge that GAINESVILLE was prob
ably one of the best amateur clubs of
the state seemed to have no effect up
on them, and they never once became
"rattIed, they simply went forward
and played ball for business.
Our boys easily got on to Offord's
pitching and batted him freely, but
every ball that passed the in-field of
there were very few
Of such-were promptly gathered in
BY the GAINESVILLE boys. 1t was tug
If war from start to finish, and the
determination of our boys to win
gained for them the confidence of the
crowd at once. Bright faced the Wis
itors i'll the pitchers box for the en-
lire ten innings, and he simply be-
wildered them. Every time they
came to the bat they would hold whis-
oered consultations and endeavor 10
explain to each other just how to
wipe the balls from the Logan pitch
#, but the striking out went on and
he boys from Muskingum's capital
hrew down their clubs in disgust as
hey retired from the home plate, and
hey were heard to give utterance to
which were more emphatic
han classic. Charlie Beck behind
he bat for Logan was the Charlie of
I'D, and through the entire game was
ully up to his old standard of first
lass ball playing. His base throw
ng was accurate and quick and at
he bat he fully sustained his merited
equation, and when in the tenth in
ling he sent the ball over into the
light field and brought in the WIN
ling run the crowd simply went wild,
md cheered him to the echo. Butts,
Who played short stop for Logan was
IN the alert all the time, and his
brilliant catch in the sixth inning won
or him hearty and fully merited ap-
,lause. First and third bases were
covered splendidly by the Williams
'rothers, while old reliable "Honce"
Alelnschmidt at second gave an ex-
libition of his old time playing that
brought forth unqualified praise.
"Grease" Kontner was in the right
ield and showed by his work that he
las the making of a good player.
The positions of center and left
ield were covered by Will Klein
and "Red' Lytle, and while
hey did not have much work to do,
What they did was we'll attended to.
Now boys grid on the armor for
he game with Gailipolis, and falter
lot in the good work. Go in deter
n ipoJ to win inst nc uo,, lii Io,t