Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-08-19
PhlIIlpsburg-Klrwln.

9VANAANN
CATION OF sWatters went to Kirwin
last Friday and crossed bats in q
friendly game with the second nine
and Joe Landes OF that city. Only a
few went down from the hub but
those who were fortunate enough TO
be among the number were we'll paid
for the trip. Kirwin was on hand
en- mdSSe, armed with tin Whistles,
horns and every other old thing cal
culated to produce a hideous sound,
and started in to whoop- er.up in great
shape for their home club and to
'hoodoo" the visitors, but after the
first half had been played and the
smoke had cleared away revealing 7
big, fat juicy runs to the Burg's
credit, tho tin horns and whistles be-
came rs silent as a full grown grave
yard and close examination of them
would have shown them rusty aud
corroded from ''innocuous desue-
tude;" in fact the silence was 30 pro-
found that you could plainly hear the
grass growing on the bluffs of the
Solomon river a half mule away, and
was only broken by the "whirr" OF
some luckless Kirwinite's bat as he
paved the atmosphere in vain en-
deavor to find Hat6eld's elusive
curves. The two mines lined up at
200 p. m. and it was found that
Kirwln had not forgotten their old
game aud insisted on playing big
Joe Landes, the famous catcher for
the first nine. OF course our
boys kicked on this, but finally, as
usual, gave way to them and Joe
was allowed to play, or try to play,
rather, for the record he made allowed
him to be a very harmless member
on Friday last, Two passed balls,
two big, healthy errors, three outs,
two little slckly hits and no runs, is
the way the score showed him up
after the game.
Umpire Nipps called the game at
2:15, Phillipsburg went to bat. Duff
was IN the box for Kirwin, and he STEP
ped into his position with a I-won't-
do-a-thlng-to-you-fel look on his
face. But alas he had reckoned with
out his host, for the first time the
horsehide came softly purring over
the plate it came in contact with
Billie Strains bat in such a violent
manner that it suddenly changed its
course and started southwark in the
direction Of the Solomon where it lit
among the marshes and cane brakes
aud was picked up an hour later by a
young man named Willis, who hap
pened to be in that vicinity looking
for mushrooms. The rest of the nine
followed in quick succession, each
one securing a hit, the side finally
retiring from sheer exhaustion with
seven runs to their credit. One run in
in the second, three in the fourth and
five in the ninth completed the bloody
work. Hatfield was very effective,
striking out eight men and not giving
solitary base on balls. The feature
of the game was Dunn's brilliant
fielding and Strains batting.
In Kirwin's first half, @. Tinney,
alias Young-mRn-o stills, hunted a
wee one to Hatfield and was thrown
out on first. Logger singled, stole
second and scored on Wand's double
and Bracken's tumble. Then came
an event which filed the hearts Of
the visitors with joy, and cast a
CHASTITY, inky hued pail over the en-
tire Solomon valley, causing the In
dependent office TO be draped in
mourning, Joe Landes, the big
catcher for the Kirwin first nine I'm.
vinCibles," stepped up to plate with
the look OF conquerer on his face,
grasped the willow sapling firmly in
his brawny hands, made three wild,
despairing swipes at the hall, cutting
three ragged, ugly gashes IN the
yellow afternoon and retired amid
deaiening silence from the Kirwin
bleachers.
"oh, somewhere there 10 happiness
And the children gaily shout,
But there's no Joy In Klrwin,
Mighty Landes' has struck outl"
Yes, and by the "trundle bed" pitcher
that we heard 80 much about that
day. Duff followed the fallen idol
with a single, Willis made three
mysterious motions with the stick and
the side retired. Kirwin was BANKED
in the second and third, scored one
in the fourth, one in the fifth, two in
the sixth and one in the eighth.
Duff pitched a fine game after the
drst inning, holding the Burgers
down to q few scattering hits and
four runs, but he was replaced in the
ninth by Wands who kindly assisted
them in securing FIVE more. The
score:
P'BuRG Al II o KmwM ABB II o
Strain, c.."5 8 8 0 Tinney, ID :. s o 4
Hatfield, p -. 8 l 2 Lozier c.lf.., 1
Irau a % 4 n N 4