The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-08
BASE BALL GAME.
The CoIors of the Third District
Normal Lowered to the Cape
City Team.


Baseball niEes met in mortal combat
Monday afternoon On the Normal
Campus. This is the third of series
Of games between these teams and
consiGera Die interest was centred
in the contest. The city nine succeed
ed in defeating the NOlmals and
naturally feel very much elated il
consequence. They certainly deserve
great credit for their victory as they
Were at ii great disadvantage in many
ways. They are lacking in practice
and are unfamiliar with the grounds.
while their opponents practice regular
ly and are of course thoroughly ac-
/ quainted with the ups and downs
''chietiy downs OF their grounds.
The city team was very materiiy
strengthened by the presence Of Messrs.
Burke and German OF ST. Nincent's 5
! College vino were enabled to be present
through the courtesy OF Father Lynn.
Both of these young gentlemen put up
an excellent article of ball and to
| them mich of the credit for the victory
must be given The teams lined up
! al ) clock with ConEor ana Brennan
and Neith and Stearns as batteries
Tor the city and Normal respectively
Mr.. Sam Davis acted as umpire to the
satisfaction OF ali parties concerned.
| The NOrmals we're first at bat and got
/ in four tallies through Il comedy of
hits, errors. wild throws. &c The
city team tied the score in their half
! however. IN the second innings both
drew blanks. In the third each side
scored one run. In the fourth inning
| the NOrmals got Il lead OF two runs
and it was evident they intended TO
keep the lead if possible. When the
city boys came TO bat pitcher Neith
| faced them with d look of determina-
tiOn on his face that meant to 40 or
die. He didn't do very much however
although he had considerable done
to him. The city team did not let up
until they had scored six runs. There
was a rumor current then that Veith
would be religated to farm to pitch
hay into mows- | cannot veuch for
the accuracy of this. but anyway he
made way for professor Wood in the
next inning. i cannot imagine what
that team would do without the re-
doubtable professor. When they inn
agine they are up against it as in the
last game, they call on him to help
them through. He responds nobly as
a rule but not quite nobly enough this
time. From this until the nineth
inning both sides played good clean
ball without much scoring. vt the
beginning of the ninth inning the
score stood 10 TO l. in favor OF the
city. But in this inning the city
team went completely 10 pieces and
seemed to be doing their utmost 10
make the other side IL present of the
game. The Nornals batted and ran
like iiends and for Il time the diamond
rcsembled Il merry -go-round as man
after man scampered like mad around
the bases. The Normals were now
two ahead. scoring seven runs before
the side was retired. But the city
boys went to bat with determination
to snatch victory from defeat and they
did it. Our friend. the professor, was
not equal to the emergency. The boys |
found his balls to their liking and |
pounded him all over the lot. The |
winning run was scored with but one
man out. and it Is dollars to dough |
nuts had the inning continued that
the score would have run TO thirty at |
least. When the town people realized |
that the Normals had fallen an easy /
prey to IA scrub nine of our city their /
enthusiasm knew no bounds and in /
an instant the grounds looked like .
the closing day Of the famous DOnny- /
brook fair. For the Normal's catch .
er. Stearns. put up 4 good game as /
did Scivally and Hines. They say
the reason Stearns eXerted himsilf 70 |
such an extent was that his best girl /
was on the grounds and he determined [.
to show her that her Ben was in it /
with the best OF them. I cannot vouch F.
for this although he was heard to re- (
mark to young lady after the game. /
''seme of them 'er city fellers say L
am rube. meebba am. but 10y gosh (
I can play ball. can't | SAL" For /
the city Hartzell played Il star game .
and the Irish quartette were not far
behind. Klages also played good .
game. But the game of the day was .
undoubtedly put up by FrenzelI. IN
the forenoon he had his skull cracked !
by kick from mule. but it didn t /
seem to hurt him much as he played
the game OF his life. The score is as
follows:
Normal. Ia
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