Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-04-28
The Alma Sugar Co.
Base Ball Season Opened.

The First Game as Viewed BY a Professional.
One of the long -looked-for contests be-
tween the Servoss club, and the still
more irrepressible Porky club was pulled
off last Saturday. Both clubs have for
along time been indulging in superhuous
wind in extrolling their base ball
prowess. and it was agreed to test it
then. The depletion in both clubs
were filled up by outside players, and
the contest began. Sevoss went to bat
first and scored five runs in their inning,
by hitting the ball good and hard, and
the Porkies punching their errors in
that inning. Sleepy-eyed Baxter
pitched fair ball, and Fat Man Swift
was numerically sent from catcher into
the field for sitting down on the ball
instead of picking it up with his hands.
Blue Overalls Bush punched two errors
on first and as result the Servoss
scored twice. Bruske, the man who al
ways manages to fill up his error col
umn, and keep the others clean,
sprained his ankle on second reaching
for an underground ball. Chas. Ward,
al old state league star on third, actual
ly succeeded in muffing two balls with.
out retiring either runner, himself COM
PEELED TO retire in the next inning with
severe case of swelled head. Sch
woader the man who says everything is
the best thing ever happened, did his
share of fumbling at short stop. OF
the fielders the less said the better they
accepted all their chances without put
out, especially True Soldier Eastman
and Pop Eyed Ringle. 1.-The Servoss club
in their outs particularly "extin-
guished" themselves, the battery, bene.
dict and Dunning striking out three
men IN the first inning and not doing
thing the rest of the game, except to
strike out and chase past balls and wild
pitches. On first "Meek eyed" Mcbride
played the game of his life, straying all
over the lot, after he had picked up the
ball, trying to find the base, which in
the meantime flock of sheep descended
from Servoss club had appropriated to
secure the oats with which it was filled,
and in the meantime blocking several
runners whom he was constantly trying
to dodge for fear the umpire, who was
descended from one Of the inmates, of
Noah's Ark (as is every other umpire),
would call it q balk. Face Suffer
Langley captured the bleachers by his
brilliant work, it so outshining the
others as well as the base ball that he
was inevitably unable to locate it's po-
sition in the atmosphere.
Love Sick Bobbie on third never
failed, when he had an opportunity, to
collide with the ball while at bat, but
in the field, he and the ball never man
aged to get in the same place at once,
that is, and stay any length of time. In
the field Little Billie Born distinguished
himself as a sprinter, making desperate
efforts to get out of the neighborhood of
the ball every time it came his way, and
seemingly anxious to get to the home
plate. Last but not least lin eating ca.
pacity) comes George Washington
Slobsided Miller. He did not do very
well in the garden. but at the bat he
manged to get hit every time. The
hits ranging anywhere on his anatomy
from his knees to the top of his head
The game closed with three cheers for
the umpire, who, although he made
many mistakes, was nevertheless firm
in the conviction that ball that goes
over the plate is not strike and one
that goes over is ball. Each player
went home with the fond hope that he
would someday be as much a hero as
Admiral Dewey or John Paul EnRle.
man.
No record was kept Of anything but
arroro and haino roodact xua forhaar