The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-06-02
NOT IN 1T.
Benedicts No Match for the Single Ball
Tossers.


The married men OF Crystal Falls. or
so many OF them as took part in the
base ball game with the single men at
the driving park last Wednesday have
been lodging their wives sarcasm aud
requests for "a fresh pail OF water
please" ever since. They dodge the
former because il hurts their pride and
the latter because ii hurts theis lame
muscles. 1t was "A hot game. DR.. Lar
son played the star roll but unfoftu-
nately he frequently got base ball mixed
with foot ball and kicked goal when he
should have thrown the ball home.
Geo. Voos played pretty good game
but, at Important points, he took
the ball for punching bag and present.
ed the back oI his hand to the ball in
stead Of the hollow OF his big init. Dusen-
berry had ordered II wicker basket Of the
Indians at Lake Vieux Desert but IT did
not arrive In time 80 he was not able TO
hang onto the ball as well as il properly
armed. Handy played pretty good
game but there was little for him TO do
out in his garden and between acts his
mind got tangled up with the tuiDbinG
in Skerbeck's circus and when high
BALI came sailing his way he was mo-
ticed TO bc very expcrt.in The acrobatlc
line. Frank Cole held all that came his
way but as he opened his mouth rs well
us his hands the adhesion between him
self and the ball il easily explained. Ed.
Beis and Lou Henry took much de
light in sending "hot balls" ut the poor
inoffensive, unhardened associates.
Tho little fellows had their newest
suits of kits on and the way they
paruded around to show OIL TO their
best girls-who by the way were notified
to be ON hand-was n caution. Bidie
Waters was the star pitcher and lie
famed the old men out as readily as lac
might tell Mother Goose IN clody.
frankie Ball put n bird cage over his
face and stood up behind the bat but he
is used to playing "burnings" with the
other little boys in Maple Grove and his
great endeavor was to keep from being
hit. Charlie and BERTHE Henderson got
tangled up with the ball and solcd their
clean aprons. Joie Thoin's father sent
him after pail OF water but he met |
Able Berman on the way who told him |
OF the game and lac ran away leaving
the pail buck OF Ball & Waters store
where IL dried up in the sun and fell To
pieces. The boys say that Joie should
have taken the pull along for he could
have used il to much better advantage
than he did his hands and then he would
have escaped whipping when he got
home. IL was afterwards learned that
Able had been very bad boy, too, Tor
he visited the cupboard at his house just
before the game and ate n whole pie.
His load OF pastry probably accounts
Tor his being 80 easy when he went into
The pitchers box and certainly was the
cause Of his being whipped and seat To
bed when he got home. Artic Scott was
ust getting over n severe attack Of the
Slooping cough, caught two weeks ago
asst Sunday when he was trying TO per.
suude the Iron River base ball players
hat one man coull not but for the
whole team, and should not hive been
allowed % minglc with the other chill
iren Tor they all caught the disease and
nave been eyidencing II on the street
.ver since the game by whoopng Mt
very married man they meet. Thelittle
elbows kicked for the choice OF umpire
md Of course tho old men couldn't
-eiuse so they allowed Tommic ClvugirI
10 hang onto the strings Of the catcber's
hest protector and yell one strike when
he men were Mt the bat and one ball
when his playmates were up. Tommie
= IN tho Kindergarten and SO cannot be
expected TO know much Of the gnme
nut he'll do better when he gets to be a
,ig man like John Murphy and Eide
scott OF the old mems team.
However the people enjoyed the game,
III the boys had lots oi fun and every
me hopes that the two mines will play
'gnin some day. Score OIL in iavor Of
lac single men.
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