The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-11
Ao,.Ly " GRAM ADA

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The FOLLY nine coyered themselves
I'll over with glory ON the diamosd
Friday afternoon In the contest With
Granada. II would have bean . dim
cult matter to fiBd . person with sum
sisnt temerity 70 bet ON Holly before
the game began. We doubt ia single
player fsit that the game would 60 in
lavof Of Hsliy at tho outset for the
reason that the boys had never played
together before and did not know What
lpleedid material thsv had In their
The gsEsral ssntiment among
tho SPECTATORS wss that. - Jake Gilman
expressed Il, "thev we're too frssh on
the alfalfa. but the ray they battsd
the hall and piled up scores It soon be-
came evident thai every one OF them
wsrs corn fed.
The game was called at 4:l0 with
Granada at the bat. Doss Newman
did the pitching act for Holly during
the hrst two innings md with his fan
cy inshocts. speedy ont curves and
allow drop bails he succeeded in tanning
the first batter. Morris. Rsairns made
. base hit and while Manning fambled
the ball hs went 10 second. Creswell
went TO first on right fielder. Then
came xayilsld. the captain and longest
man IL the nine. who waited until he
got his ball and then swipsd Il far into
the field making second bASe and allow.
ing Keairns TO score before It WAS re-
covered. HaRerdourn knocked pretty
flv to Mxnning who rauffed it and let
Creswell score. Wilcox struck out.
Newman made > wild throw TO second
letting Mayfie and HaRsrdourn score.
Blackwell struck out. Granada went
10 the field with four scores to their
credit.
Tho Holly boys went TO the bat as
suming an air Of confidence which was
plainly evident, they did not feel.
Keairns did the curving during this
inning and Ha2erdourn wore the mask,
George Penny established his reputa-
ton as batter BY making = base hit
on the tirst ball throwed. Pettee sen,
. foul something less than mile high
which lodged In the hands Of Morris "a
it csine down. Harry looked as il he
was glad he didn't have to RUIZ. Rainy
sent liner to right field making, first
and scoring Penny. Newman made q
base hit and Rainey SCORED after max
ing nice sneak to third. Manning
missed third, strike. found Newman
still lingering on first and went ont.
Webster made base bit and standard
followed With . two bsRger scoring
Newman. Simpson made base hit and
scored Webster. Penny went TO the
bat the second time and maintained
his record BY making base hit and
scoring STANDARD and Simpson. Pettee
after knocking . largo dock OF fouls
sent . groundsf to right field and made
first but Rsioey struck out and he did
not score. The inning ended witt
seven scores 70 the boys credit and
they went TO the field feeling that they
were about the best players in IN,
world. 4.
The game VA cI0se feom this 90, til,
Holly boys ksspine in the lead In spit,
Of "gooss see" IN the fourth inning
Adkins went 70 the box after the frsl
inning and II anvonss doubts the swift
ness Of bis balls let them ask Ber
Standard about It. Bert felt OF ono will
his ribs. Granada made three score
in each Of the second and third inning
but Standard. who took the box aftel
the second, began to get in practice ane
held them down to one score in each
Of the next two.
On account Of night approaching tn
umpire called the game at the close o
tho fifth inning, the score standing 1
to l2 In favor Of Hslly. Quite mum
ber ofspectators Witnessed the game
but Jake Gilman got more fun out OF /
than anybody else.
The Granada boys immediately chal
lenged the winners to meet them OIL
their own ground at Granada which
was promptly accepted and the gam
will come off today.
Tbeo. Baxter umpirsd the game an,
although he had no book to guide him
made few old rules Of his own an,
stuck to them, escaping 1t the close o
the game without scratch.
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