Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-07-21
ALL ON N SIDE.
The Game With Webster at
Ortonville Results In Our
Utter Defeat.

OLlcT DciSdl.
The following is the Aberdeen
DAILY Pioneers report of the closing
game of the series between Aberdeen
and Webster at Ortonville July 1851
Yellow!
The ball game between Aberdeen
and Webster for the championship
Of South Dakota, took place before
an audience of several hundred
people at Ortonviile yesterday and
the half for which Aberdeen was
responsible, was chiefly colored
with a saffron hue that some people
might call yellow.
Count Antonio Mullane, a star
pitcher IN the national league for
over fifteen years, and a shining
light in the base ball armament Of
the western league for many moons
was the principal cause of our un-
doing. He brought his glass arm
with him,
st. Paul released the Count this
spring to Columbus, which club he
attempted to captain. He didn't
last long as u manager, however and
since his release he a been picking
up odd jobs here aud there on the
strength OF his one-time greatness.
This was one Of his odd jobs.
He was paid SIS in advance to
come and make a spectacle of HIM
self, and worse than monkeys Of
every Aberdeen rooter present at
the game.
For four fa:eful innings the Web
ster braves hammered out safe hits
that sounded like hail stones falling
OH a tin roof.
1t was during this fusillade that
our own dear enthusiastic fans,
such rooters MS the herculean Greek
Octavius Clandius Kennedlus, that
noble Roman senator, Kileus;
count Won Ole Pretzels, who was a
count in the old country, but of no
ac-but you know the story-and
that matchless Greeko- Roman
wrestler of base ball language,
Victorinlus Cheatuminus, were sud
denly turned from rooters into
CLAIMS. They had made a few caus-
tic remark on how the game would
result, long before it was called, and
they were not at all back ward about
expressing their opinion of the
Webster players during the prac-
tlce.
Their inslnuatlng remarks we're
hurled forth at the large audience
IN u bold and defiant munner; how
the Aberdeen boys would perforate
the sky with every ball pitched to
them by the long whiskered farmer
who was III the box for Webster;
how our boys would wear out their
shoes running bases, until the score
keepers would fall dead from over
work; how 1t surprised everybody
that such warts OH the face Of
humanity, such despised sermln Of
the human family, had managed TO
keep out Of Jail long enough to
represent any town ia u base ball
match. and many other like re
marks which might have u tend
ency TO unstring the nerves of the
enemy were poured forth too rapid.
ly to be accurately recorded. But
after the first four innings had
been played and the Webster boys
had toyed with u SIS pitcher as
they saw fit-scoring IA runs to
nothing-the representatives OF
the capital of bay county did all
the talking, shouting, singing,
dancing and Blowing of horns.
Our toys didn't have "a word to
say. They had lost their voices:
lost Their game and lost their
money. After the fourth inning,
when our club looked like Cervera's
fleet when Sehley got through with
his Fourth of July celeDration,
Wright was substituted in the box
ana Mullane vas placed on first.
The young man gave the old pitch
er a sample of pitching that must
have reminded Mullane of his
younger days. Uuder the fearless
Wrlght's administration not an
other Websterite scored. If he
had pitched the whole game the
gesult might not have beea 30 sad.
and costly to a great many Alter.
deonItes.
O'Rcgan, Webster's pitcher, was
~iayincible, and Il folks were
poweriess 10 connect With his de.
livery. 4berdeen's one lonesome
run was hnaie on 4 s'fluke." She
was not Untitled 10 il.