The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-08

Ike hends. Everybody says So"
The boys looked very sober. They had
rot seen the Foam Falls team that sea-
son. They were said to be bigger than
the Busternuts. but the .Butternuts had
beaten three or four of the neighboring
mines during the summer. and they were
not going to be too much discouraged by
these disquietins rumors.
The whole surrounding country was del
uged with posters and ayers" announcing
the great game. They read like this.
Grand baseball game Foam Falls vs..
Butternuts, The proceeds are to be
given to charity. The use of the fair
grounds In Clearpond has been generously
granted by the directors for the game.
Mr. Dwight Benson viii be umpire. Adj
mission. il cents. Game called at p. m"
Harold. as has been said. was the
captain and played FIRST base Whit Nc
Donald was the pitcher and Lyman Walk
err the catcher--a better battery. the
Lodge boys thought. than that Of the
Foam Falls team. Ed Swinton. the son
OF the sheriff was the shortstop. Mark
played second and Arthur third. while
Percy, Roger and Victor were respective
iy right, center and left fielder. Several
other town boys Joined in the games
occasionally. and stood ready to act as
substitutes or scorers. II was a great
combination and Harold was stern and
merciiess captain. He played hard him.
self. and expected every other fellow
on the team 10 do his level best every
minute Of the time For two or three
days after he came back on the hill he
could not practice. but for three days
before the game he seemed well and
played az usual.
The momentous Saturday dawned dark
and chilly. but the clouds lifted a little
toward noon, and the temperature rose a
few degrees. SIN II was anything but an
ideal baseball day and Percy declared that
his "h-h-ands were so c-c-old that he
couldn't hold on to the oldest ball on
earth. while he knew. II they had to use
n-n-ew b-b-b-alls. he'd tumble every
time" At which dolefu prediction Har-
old told him disdainfully that he might
stammer all he wanted to. IL he was going
to talk like that. and nobody would make
him repeat what he said. Such fool SEN
timents never ought to be spoken, any
way'--and intlmated that perhaps sub
stitute had better be placed In the right
neld. Percy Gained down, affected to ac-
quire more heat as the hours wore on
and inspired the rest by his example to
be careful what they said.
The Foam Falls fellows came on what
was called the noon train, though II really
did not reach Ciearpond until after |
o'clock. They had had dinner before they
left home, The Butternuts. accompanied
by an enthusiastic crowd of rooters met
them at the station, Beside the Foam
Fails team, there was n goodiy crowd or
their friends along and the streets were
fiiied with wagons and carriages by 2
O'Clock, the hour set for the game Ar
thur, who felt that he was chiefly respon-
sible for whatever success 1t had. was
eiated.
You fellows said nobody would come TO
our gameP' he scored. Dwight Henson
said so. too-apd Just look at the crowd I
believe II VIII be bigger thing than the
fair"
Madeline and Gertrude heard this fling
with JOY. They remembered the time, and
not so very long ago, when the fair was
alluded to disrespectfully--but II was new
er spoken of now. except with deep rev.
erence. Nothing succeeds like success -.
The boys had had good many exciting
games ON the fair grounds, but they had
never climbed the hill which led to that
revered spot with anything like so much
Iepiaauon as they felt today. Harold's
face wfM grim. Mark looked "as n he
had lost his last friend" As for Percy.
Arthur, Victor and Roger. they were
frankly quaking as ia their knees ana
their faces were white and moist The
town boys were quite as nervous as the
Others.
1t was not strange that the Butter
nuts should feel trtne shaky when they
looked at the Foam Falls team They
ran" much heavier and taller than the
Butternuts, and though II had been de-
clared tina, they were all high school
boys~foT the Butternu,s challenged only
teams OF high school rank-~two of them
had mustaches and fully half of them
shaved stin beard. Harold told Mr.
Weilman that he knew there weren't more
than two or three OF them who had geen
tho inside of a high school for ave years.
and the boys had heard that two OF then,
were professionals.
II Was no dlscredit 10 our "a To Is
ycar-old team that they trembled n
little before their formidable antagonists
and Il Was not strange that Harold and
Mark scowied when their mother whls-
psred to them. as they passed her on her
way to the grand stand. Don't look 80
sober. Pluck can win anything" They
iust wished she had TO bat against that
huFly Foam Falls ultcher
The spectators biackened the whole
grand stand and formed a thick ring
AROUND the Geld. Mr. Wellman estimated
that al least 900 people we're in at
tendance. hat As the proceeds showed
that only about ~ had paid their way
IN. gocdly number must have climbed
the fence or cheated IN some other wRv
to procure an admission. The boyS
thought that WAS pretty mean. and Mr.
swintoR came near srrestinx several
suspects though in the sud nobody was
really taken ur.
II was 80 before tho gAme WAS ealle'
Foam FANS went FIRST at the hat WIN
Mcdonald pitched at the beginnlng only
fairly, The courage ot the Bu;tsynuts
Gid net rise as six msa IN succession
got hi;& OF him. and Two clean runs
came 81, while 0niy two msn were caught
0at Two men were on bases and a
third had 5ast given a tremendous hit
which resulted IN high foai ~, when
Victor maze a great rAhh Ana caught Il
ana the RutteFnUts came IN
A. first they Thought the Foam Falls
pitcher was 'frBlt." Harold Mark and
Lyman got inc hits and Harold had made
a ran when the pitcher began Go hrace.
Ne stTslck out tNp m~n and then Roger
madr lEttis hlrL waich was easily
caught AID Faam Ealls came Ia again
Tgais time ,hey maize three runs. leav-
lnE the score ave 90 one. Ia the second
inning after thvec or four good hits hy
tho But,crnuts. the pitcher Approaches
tha umpire and AeSan "a have q little
taik about the aiste. and he found that
Dwight Henson WAS not 20 be triaaa With
IL admitted that the nfate rrtxnt has.~