Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-07-26
Base Ball.

Base Ball.
In the valley of the Red River
where the water runs north, once
. there lived some little boys at
place called Fargo. These boys
had been playing with some babes
who lived farther down the river
and beat the babes at game cal
led baseball. So the little boys,
with the river ran north until they
came to place called Devils Lake.
Here the Fargo little boys heard
there lived numerous giants who
also played the game and who
were oft times called Devils. Now
the same visitors had been told at
mothers knee shortly that once
there lived boy named David
and q giant named Goliath and
applying the doctrines of the holy
books story they imagined them
selves Davids, everyone, and the
Devils likewise Goliaths, every
one. And so it came to pass that
at that time there was day called
Fargo day and all the friends Of
, the little Davids came to see them
throw stones at the Goliaths and
when the game was started
mighty multitude of 5000 people
, had gathered round the Davids
and Goliaths packing every seat in
) the mighty stands and bleachers
! that surrounded the arena. The
Davids gave their friends the
wink and told them to watch
: closely the stones they would put
8 to death the Devils with. And at
t 4:3O by the clock on the last Sat-
q urday afternoon, man called
Wellington Irysh, who halls also
. . from the same Red River valley,
# was called on to take charge Of the
0 game, and he did it beautifully as
d only he can and no one said aye,
II yes or no to what Mr.. Irysh had to
j. say. When he said play ball the
l. Devils ran just like themselves out
ID into the arena and man named
ii Sessions started throwing the ball
IS to another Devil named Gilmore
70 Hayes from the city in the valley
n. hit round thing to Wheaton but
ot high throw to first let him safe
IS While Tufts was getting ready
ar Hayes stole number 2 and a hit
u by Tufts to center scored Hayes
vi In the second inning, one Hay.
to thorn hit the ball past the third
tn pile of saw dust. Tom got it and
I'd it went through the first sack man
se Brown hit one to left Hayes and
d. Webber got Max Bass rides tc
Is first forcing in Haythorn and the
e. little boys from the peaceful valley
a. got no more runs, but they did
IS pet beautiful assortment of eggs
re Seven of them, beautiful indeed
W When the Goliaths started in
te the Davids' stones failed to hur
K and in the first inning. Higgins
ir got free ride to one, and hits by
ID Williams, Wheaton and scored Hig
l. Otto and Tom. In the second
IL Gilmore started the pounding with
y clean one past the third. Klink
ID sent liner down the line. Then
10 Hig. Williams, and Wheaton Fou-
If bert's hits, including two o-baggers
by the the last two, netted four
n runs. In the third, Ware started
It the Devils in when he hit a slow
N one to left and beat the ball out.
n Then singles by Gil. Klink, Hig.
la Gain and Foubert, three bagger
n by Williams, sacrifice by Tom
n and two-bagger by Sess, scored
y only seven more tallies. Then
d Hayes put in man named Rich
n arcds who halls from old Harvard.
e He made SO many motions that
:, the Devils didn't know when the
l. ball was coming, and so in the first
70 inning of the Eew mans tossing.
a only two hits were made, but in
# the fifth, they thought it was time
y to squelch the new David and sc
l. did so. Foubert, Ware, Gilmore,
b Klink, Higgins, Jimmy, Otto, Tom
. and Perry, all got clean hits, max
# ing seven more scores. After thai
the locals didn't care to score un.
sr til the eighth, when Richards
st smiled, because he thought he had
It J the giants, SO then Perry hit one tc