The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1900-06-01
THEY PLAYED BALL
The Business Men and University
Faculty Met in Conflict on the
Diamond.
Home Umpire Was Means Of Defeat
ing the Down Town Club in
the Game.
Only Five Innings Were Played and the
Score Was 1S to IA for the
Professors.
BASE BALL AS TITS PLAYED.
The Business Men and University
Faculty Have Red Hot Time
at Base Ball,

If the manager Of any of the big east
ern league base ball teams had been
out to Athletic park Monday after
noon for an hour or more and Witnessed
that game of ball between the business
men of this city aud the University
faculty there isn't any question but
what the entire aggregation would have
been secured and transferred tc come
other city as pennant winners. Those
boys know how to play ball and they
demonstrated it every time they went
to bat or mad an opportunity to catch
bali. Tue, few errors were made on
both sides, but where in baseballdom is
there player who does not make an
error occasionally. He wouldn't hold
his job long If he didn't.
Our town players marshalled their
forces down on Main street and propus-
ed to go out to their victory with q
horseless carriage. A steam engine
was broug mt over from the University
and to it was hitched the band wagon,
the top of which was covered with the
stars ana stripes. Amid the huzzas Of
the people the load started away. The
engine had gone but two feet when
crash! down went the front of the
wagon. The front axle had broken and
no wonder when it was seen that I'm.
pire Johnston had placed himself direct
ly over that part of the wagons anat-
omy. The trip was made down
to First street when lumber wagon
was substituted and the journey com.
pleted.
Arriving at the ball park a large
crowd WAS already present awaiting
the coming of the gladiators, who were
to win their way to glory or defeat
And We want to say right here and now
had it not been for our umpire, In
whom we placed the utmost confidence
at close point in the game, we would
have won out-but he deserted us at the
crisis and the business men we're sem
down to defeat. There we're severa
other reasons why we were defeated
but we will not mention them at thit
| time.
Without any preliminary practice
the contending forces opened the bat
teries on each other. That first inning
in which Mitchell went to bat wa
enough to dishearten most any player
but those University professors did no
seem to know they were outclassed ane
persisted in the thought that the.
would win the game. 1--WE did no
know at that time what arrangement
they had made with our umpire.
Think of it,. We made NINE score
in that first inning and then lost afte
all. Two baggers, three -baggers ant
homeruns were plentiful and througl
sheer ex haus ion our play yers were tinal
ly put out. Mccartney went in t
pitch and as his long willowy form stoo
erect in the box we knew that victor
was ours. Etce WAS behind the ba
picking out the strikes; Scallin was q
shortstop and lined the grounders owe
TO first with the abandon of veteran
Scriven was at third base and althoug
the sun bothered him somewhat he wa
always "Johnnie on the spot"-some
times; Morrow was out in left field an
his agility in running after the file
after they dropped on the ground we
the admiration of all his friends; Becl
er guarded center field with the idelit
of an old Lacquer, and simply becaus
the fret fly ball he got he wanted
walk home with the ball in his pock.
was no indication that he could M
play the game; Winsor watched tt
right garden as carefully as he does tt
points in q law ease and hadn't tt
slightest objection to running after IL
ball when it came his way; Rathbun w
down on second base for awhile 81
Turner was put to guard first base q,
both used every endeavor to qua
their regulations on the ball ield-b
they suffered somewhat.
In their inning the professors G
action on the ball and made four runs
but they we're not in it. The Universe
men lined up in this way: Walls
Brumbaugh, Blodgett, Shurtleff, Sto
Dean, Carhart, Whitaker, Duncan.