The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-07-27
GAVE FAILS no ABILENE.
A Large Crowd and Some Fast Bail Play
ing Marx the Days Proceeding
Score 20 70 z.

score ~ 20
GOodland still continues to expert
ence her usual bad luck on the ball
field. The time was, and not very long
ago, when the mere pronunciation Of
the name Of our ball team was cause
for the quaking Of the knees Of sur
rounding clubs, but it is so no more.
The light that was has failed and when
the Abilene base ball club tried the
MsrOOns Monday afternoon it was
patent to everyone that the bad luck
had not yet turned to good.
The weather was model. The day
before a strong east wind transported
clouds from the east, but in the even
ing the wind changed and a gentle
breeze slowly waited the cloudy burden
Of the east wind toward the south, OBJ
securing the sun part Of the time and
making the day enjoyable.
The Abilene organization came In
Sunday evening and were quartered at
the Commercial hotel. During the
forenoon Of Monday the lettering Of
some Of the players about the shade
trees Of the hotel, and the playing Of
others near by, drew the small boy
whose Unsuitable eye for things novel
takes precedent Of even the response
bility Of errands upon which he is sent
and the desire to occupy the wOnted
place at the dinner table Of his home.
At about two o'clock the green suits
of the Abilene nine, supplemented by
several in more modest dress, and each
provided with a band instrument, sal
lied forth into the street and played a
few marches, after which everybody
began to make tracks for the ball
ground.
The necessary daIlying done the game
was called at three o'clock by Umpire
Cass Hogeboom. Abilene went to bat
and succeeded in scoring one. Good
land hit the ball hard enough to put
men on second and third in their half
but before the home plate could be
passed Abilene closed the inning with
the third out
In the second inning Abilene hit the
ball pretty freely and assisted by few
bad plays Of the MarOOns piled up five
runs, while GOOdlaud was again shut
out. In the third Abilene got but one
and still refused to give the home club
any.
While Farley was not above the ordi-
nary twirler be had strong support and
nothing less than continual hard hit
ting would make scores for Goodland.
In the fourth inning, however, the
.aroons opened up on Farley and
pounded out five runs. The bases had
been filed and Jimmy Woods sailed
forth with the stick to do, as the crowd
thought, what was more the ordinary
than the exception-tO fan out. But
in this they were gladly disappointed,
for Farley passed up q ball to Jimmy's
liking and be stung it hard, sending it
over the left fielder and through the
wire fence, bringing in three scores
and landing himself on third base.
Here the applause from the grand
stand and on all sides became vOcifer-
Gus and wild, and before Abilene could
close the inning the MarOOns put two
more TO their credit. Abilene added
two to their score in their half, and four
more in the fifth, while Goodland was
getting but one.
In the sixth both sides were bIanked
but the game seemed already in the
grasp Of the green suits. GOOdland
could not score again until the last
half Of the ninth when one more eros
sed the plate, while Abilene added two
in the seventh, two in the eighth and
three in the ninth, making the final
score 20 to Z. The score:
RH.E.
Abilene 1901 SO IS s
Gocdland.- 90 ~ s
BstterIes-Farley and Brown, Stewart and Jew
ell. Hcme run-Mattescn. Three base hits
Strothsr, Matteson a., Brown, Woods, Durham
Two base hits-ShsPsrd, Brown, Matteson, Shaw,
Pontius- Double plzy-Woods to Dunn to Burn
ham. Struck out-by Farley 10, BY Stewart 8