The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-05-01
BASE BALL,
4 City Team Holds its Own with the
Normal Boys.

4 City Team Holds its Own With the
Normal Boys.
a close and exciting game OF base
ball took place Wednesday at the Nor
NAL grounds between the Normal club
and picked up team from the city,
in which resulted in a tie. About
o'clock dark cloud was seen APP
preaching the Normal from u south
westerly direction and there was con-
sidera bic scurry ing around by the ex-
cited Normalites searching for hid
ing place in anticipation Of cyclone.
But as the dark object drew nearer it
was discovered to be only the city
hase bali nine with John Osborne of
Slare-drum fame and Christopher
Co.umbus. the only and original dis
covcrer of Cape Girardeau, in the
lead. Ben Holiday of morethan local
fame also occupied conspicuous po-
sitior in the van. On reaching the
grounds some preliminary chewing
the rag" as a Nermalite gracefully
expressed it, was INDUCED in, after
which the teams cleared the decks for
action with Cennor and Brennan, two
stalwart sons OF Erin in the points for
the city while Vaith and Frost occu-
pied similar positions for the Normal
team. At the call of time by master
of ceremonies, Arlngard, the first bat
ter of the city team stepped up and
took his dose which consisted OF
punching holes in the atmosphere
three times. The next two men up
Jared almost as badly and the city
team, retired to the field without a tai.
ly. The Normals succeeded in scor-
ing two runs in their half of the in
ming. and those of us whose feelings
leaned toward the city team wished
We had stayed at home. But in the
next inning when big handsome Ben
Holiday stepped up to the bat our
courage came back and we wondered
what the cost of rebuilding the Nor
NAL would be when Ben demolished
it. Luckily he didn't damage the,
building but he did hurt the feelings
of the Norr:alites by knocking long
drive &c left field AID soon after scor-
ing The i.rst run for his side. After
this the fun grew fastand furious.
The town team jumped on to pitcher
Vaiih's curves and led him pretty
dance until the fourth inning when the
score stood 10 to } in favGr OF the
city team. Al this stage @f the game
the Normal crowd grew fearful for the
safety Of their pets and induced Prof.
Wood, the Adonis of the Normal to
don his uniform and help them ,out q:
their difficulties. The presence of this
old hero of many hard fought bat
tie On the field seGhivu ~ i..sy4To con
finence in the ranks of the seekers of
knowledge and from then on they sue
ceeaed in keeping about even with the
other side. Some very pretty ball
playing was INDUCED in by both sides,
some of the players fingers
seemed either greasy or pasty at in
tervals. The stars OF the town team
were Conner, Frenzell, Hartzell and
Brennan, while Vaith. Scivally and
the Hines Bros, did good work for
the other side. Two players worthy
Of special mention were Ben Holiday
and Jim Berry. two old veterans of
the early forties. When they appear
ed on the field they were rather impo-
litely dubbed ''old has been's' by the
assembled multitude. But when they
began to line out the ball and run up
he score on their side the look OF sur
prise and disgust on the faces of the
Normal rooters was painful to see.
The game was called in the Sth in
ling on account of darkness. The
score is as follows:
4 PLAYER.