Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-08-24
The Great Ball Game.
As REPORTED Bye. j.

The village team lays out the county
team cold and stiff by 81 to n.
The greatest event Of the season was
the ball game last Friday. And an
exciting and interesting game it was
from start to finish.
The gentlemen who occupy business
apartments at the court house have
been feeling their oats of late. This is
natural. They live in the most sub
stantial aud elegant quarters in court
house park surrounded by everything
that caters to themselves The swell
ling aspirations Of ambition and en-
terprise.
Some genius among them got onto
the bright idea that they might graft
fy land Of course satisfy, as they
thought) their vaulting ambition for
deeds Of renown by challenging the
officers Of the Village Of Willmar at
BASE BALL (now it is reported to be
''bass bawl'' at the court house.
And so the captain from the court
house approached the village officers
and cautiously inquired if they wanted
game of ball. Certainly, was the
quick reply from all. And the presi-
dent issued his official proclamation
for the great tournament to come If at
) O'Clock p. m, last Friday.
At Z 'n10nl- ~ tbo hall 4
presented an animated and inspiring
scene: the weather was superb the grand
stand was filled to its utmost capacity
and the ground around was literally
packed with carriages and interested
spectators, everyone in GREATNESS ex-
pectation to watch the very opening
episode Of the great contest.
They did not have long to wait. A
man with commanding presence and
long arms swinging in the air strobe
into All open and we'll worn spot of
ground and sang out in stentorian
tones :'play ball.
Here we have to confess to the TR-
BCNE readers that we labor under
some difficulty in making this report.
The regular TRIBUNE base ball report
er, and crack player. was by hook or
crook gobbled up by the court house
gang, On the pretence that he was
county printer. And everybody knows
that he was SO busy catching ball for
them during the whole performance
that his account, if he should write
any, would not be trustworthy. Hence
we haveto do the best we can in report
ing this game although not the regular
TRIBUNE base bawler.
The court house crowd choose yell
low cap for their color. That was
their first great mistake. For Capt.
Karwand tells US that yellow flag is a
sign of distress, and so the yellow cap
proved to be to the players last Fri
day. The Willmar boys choose a
black cap for their color-for black
means grim determination to fight and
die it necessary but win the victory in
any event. Our humble self was so
fortunate as to be Accommodated by an
obliging neighbor by a suit of foot
ball uniform. Protected thus On hip
and shin we bade defiance to the on
slaught of the enemy.
After the stern command of the
umpire s'play ball'' we don't remem-
Der much of what happened to Others.
At times we were trying to knock the
ball down into White6etd, and then
again to save it from getting lost
among the carriages If we have to
criticize anybody we must say that
Supt- Covell is no good as pitcher.
He would send that ball either too high.
or low, Or otherwise out of the way so
that no ordinary man could hit it.
But of course we old tars were no
ordinary fellows, SO we hit the ball
once in while AMI run in some scores
ON Bro Covell just the same.
Somebody Thought for while that
We villagers weren't in it, The fact is
that we had to play a few innings to
learn just what we had to do as most
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