The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-09-18
Kimhall,aIubilee

Inc race meeting and baseball tOuTna-
ment Friday and Saturday, under The
management Of the Kimtall Driving
association. was a big success. Every
thing passed Of according to the pro-
gram and no kicks are coming from any
source as lear as We can find out. The
weather could hardly have been better
unless it was just d tritle too cool on the
first day. The clerk of the weather
gave us the two finest days in weeks.
AS soon as the people got to their homes
again Old Probabilities turned on the
steam and it was hotter than blazes.
The Plankinton club, Washington
Springs nine and the club from Gam
Valley all put in an early appearance
Friday. They drew lots, and right after
dinner the rlankinton boys and the
Gam Valley club crossed bats on the
race track, where a nice ground had
been laid out. After a very pretty and
%stubbornly contested game the Plankin-
ton nine came off victors by score of 6
to 3.
While the game was going on races
took place on the track-after the three
hinged circus style.
In the five furlong running race John
Small's Wild Bill, took the first money
and Dents Lady LaRush second. After
winning the first heat the mare bolted
the track on the first turn the second
heat and repeated the business with a
new rider the third heat.
The 300 pace or trot race was won
easily by Taft's Mapelton. The green
race was won by Rogers Bill. Briggs
Logan second and Boniface third.
Lester Miller, Harry Wentzy. Ashley
Ponsford and Peter Smith came to the
scratch in the one mile bicycle race,
which was handlly Won by Ponsford.
friday morning tue Plankinton met
the club from Washington Springs on
the diamond. There was a good deal of
interest in the game from the fact that
a previous game had shown the clubs
very evenly matched, and the long
wrangle over the selection Of the UNI
pire was presumptive evidence that each
felt that neither had a cinch. The game
proved it. 1t took ten innings to decide
the matter and Washington Springs
walked off the field triumphant, while
their friends, admirers and rooters split
the heavens with their wells. The score
was 10 to IL and it was NIP aud tuck all
the way through.
The races began shortly after 2 p. IN.
Taft again walked off with first money
with Mapelton in tho free.for-all, with
Overacker's Major Riley second and
Holmes little pacerthird. The first two
heats made a very pretty race between
the two pacing stations. In the third
heat Overacker's horse threw his check
out and he dropped to the rear.
The half mile running race was an in
terestiDg contest between Lady LaRush
and Mead's Nancy Bell, known as the
blue mare" Dan Overacker, who had
Lady LaRush in charge, built a fence
around the first turn after the mares
boiling operations the day before, and
she kept the track like a locomotive.
winning both heats bandily.
The pony race was won by Henegar's
Tidal Wave, Miss Hattie Blodgett's Dex-
ter second, Havlik's Topsy third. The
100 yard foot race was won by Swartout
of Buffalo county.
The races vera finished at 5 p. IN.
The crowd then gathered about the ball
ground to see the final game of tho SER
les between Washington Springs and
Gam Valley. There was a misunder-
standing about this game. the Messing.
ton Springs club claiming that in de-
feating tbs winner (PlBnkinton) of the
day before they were entitled to first
money without playing Gam Valley.
The management thought otherwise
and so did the Buffalo county boys.
After considerable chewing of the rag a
five innings game was agreed to. The
Jeranld county team came out winners
by a score OF 5 to 6-and 10 one be-
grudged them the first prize aud the
glory so honestly won.