The Daily Texarkanian., 1897-08-13
THE 0NL|EST GAME PLAYED.
The East and West Side Fire
Laddies Played a Game
of Bawl.
IT WAS A GREAT GAME,
Came Near Breaking Up in the Last.
Half Of the Ninth Inning by
"Wrnger."
IT WAS A GREAT GAME,

Yesterday evening the two dre
companies of our city played a
matched game Of ball at Spring
Lake Park grounds,
There was a small but apprecia-
tive aud noisy crowd present and
when the East Side fire company
marched on the ground with snowy
white duck pants and red shirts
with shields bearing their compa.
ny's name and number, they every
one looked the inch Of a veteran in
any line they might assume.
The Bowie Hose Company was
the next to show up they had on
a yarlgated uniformal colors and
cuts and looked like some old horse
who had his name and tail cut and
his cares Topped down for a real
sell, TO be entered IN a race and
what is termed "wringer" and
which the West Side fellows proved
to be, as they won the game over
their better dressed opponents,
The game was interesting from
several points Of view First, most
every ball pitched was easily batted
and II II was 0N the fielder falld
to take 1t in, and II 1t was a ground
er II could not be stopped until It
pulled up by ils own loss Of motion,
A lick was good lor as many bases
as the batter wished to run, for the
balls were hot and no player could
stop them at bases or elsewhere,
AS Cham fats they could be
called stars Of the Grst magnitude,
When the game was ended the
West Side had a score Of "a to 20
for The East Side with one man at
the bat and not put out, and had
they continued the game the East
Side boys would have Jared per
haps worst,
We had out our kodak and made
a few snap shots Of the most i'm.
portant players, those who dletln-
gushed Themselves,
~ The first picture we made
8Fl was that Of our friend, @, O,
1NA llreuglc, who h an admlrer
N( Of the game, and who was
IN out to see that the West
-A=gD Side was rooted for In the
regulation style,
y Sam Sollnsky was the
Ecil next hlatorleal figure
- ~ that our camera was
fQA-8SA turned upon, Sam took
@Gthe field to "root" for
the Eaat Side team, this was more
than twenty-five noisy boys could
stand aud they made a charge ON
the City Attorney, and we got his
picture as he was leaving the
grounds, He says he has given up
roofing aud asked ua not 10 men"
tlon II, which we will not do under
any circumstance,
During the progress Of the W.
game and at the end Of each {5nizS
inning, Mayor Hardin, who IlJN
Is captain of the West Side w
nine, would appear before \N
the grand stand aud nn- I'm
nonaee the official count, &A
We took his negative aud viii have
a few hundred Of the pictures print.
ed aud on sale,
VA.e BUS Jones, away out In lelt
NJ field, was The only man who
GB caught a fly on "A fast run,
~ and we would be doing bus an
injustice # we did not make
4 picture Of him.
This gentleman will be read. SB
lly recognized ae Foster liodg w
efs, OF the Gast Side, watch ~
ing three Texas boys on bases, KIN
all making l0f home plate, -
Thus picture waa taken N
for Mlohy Celia aa he made t
the afst base In the sixth o. y ~
inning Aliby is a hard N
hitter but d s0w runner, &W
but when II was discovered nv
that he was safe That fault S'l2
was overlooked
M When the young ladies
@V look upon This picture they
AlA will fedly recognise Harry
6y blythe, Harry made sever
I'm al swipos Al The ball during
II N the ganp but he never hil
y y a single cue
Joe Hast Of The West -
Side, was acting e0aehs
or. tta barfawai a %N