Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07
S|LVERTON
HOLDS HER
REPUTATION

weather clerk got InlnSS Dauly mixed
the past two days by furnishing
Christmas weather for Fourth of July
evening up for the fine weather last
December 1t will be remembered
that on Christmas day. six months
ago the weather was clear and balmy.
People went around in their shirt
sleeves and bicyclists enjoyed riding
to the Silver Lake power house, two
miles north of town. 1t was the first
such condition existed. But it was
not believed that the phenomena was
to continue Most mountaneers are
prepared for occasional furries of
snow during the summer months. but
they are not prepared for winter
weather and deep snow.
The newspaper that in advance had
pictured the dawning of a beautiful
day with the rays of Old Sol ambling
down the mountain sides as the morn
ing advanced. was compelled to seek
cover. Thursday night it clouded up
and turned off cold. Yesterday morn
ing even the small boy was willing to
remain in bed and not arouse those
who wanted to sleep by firing giant
crackers. The wind was biting and
the sight of adjacent mountains
made the blood chill. They had ex-
changed the white dress of the merry
girls while the latter We're compelled
to resort to woolens The morning
hours We're interspersed with fur
ries of snow mixed with rain, while a
light nrivzln m mi " a I
O'Clock" until about half-past three
when it started raining in earnest and
continued until in the night. This
morning the clouds broke about half
past six and revealed sight not of
ten Witnessed The surrounding
mountains We're completely wrapped
in white mantle, indicating a fall of
at least a foot of snow above timber
line. Then after an hour or so it
clouded again and the same kind of
weather continued.
But it takes more than a snow storm
on the 4th to dampen the ardor of Sill
vertonians or those who came to join
in the celebration. The train leaving
Durango Thursday evening brought in
something over seventy-five excursion
lists, and this number was augmented
by l4O upon the arrival of the II
O'Clock train yesterday. The weather
had cleared for a short time and a
large crowd assembled at the depot to
meet the guests. the local Elks turn
ing out to welcome the Durango CON
tingent. Outside the march from the
depot and band music the morning
w JicnnnCAI L.,
afternoon the first thing was a horse
race, and the Doud combination car
ried off the dough. Then the ball
game started, being called with prob
ably 500 to 700 men and women in the
grand stand and adjoining the dia-
mond, most of them with umbrellas
in use with cold shivers running over
their bodies. Durango was the first
to bat, and the Silvertonians went into
the air and allowed the visitors to
score five runs. In return for their
kindly consideration the Durangos
goose-egged the locals. Neither side
scored in the second and Durango fail
ed in the third to get a man around
the bases. Then it looked as though
it was Silverton's turn. The first man
to bat sent ball to second baseman,
which he stopped on the bound and
had plenty of time to get it to first,
but h - took the length of the first
baseman and threw over his head
about three feet. the runner going to
third on the error and scoring later,
the only run made by the locals dur
ing the game. Then two of the bases
were occupied with a good showing
for more runs, but they failed to get in
before three outs were announced.
In the fourth Durango scored. and the
next two innings were goose-eggs for
both sides. TIE Durangos then went
to bat and the rain increased. but Um-
pire Slattery said play ball" and the
Durangos did. No time was lost in
getting in two runs. with one man on
third, another on first with a good bat.
ter on deck, when Slattery threw up
his hands and declared the game off
the score reverting back to the sixth
inning. to /, thereby giving the Du
ranges the 800 purse.
Notwithstanding the extreme cold
there was great enthusiasm among the
spectators-and there was more when
a portion of the crowd got up town
The points of the game were as fol
lows
Hits, Durango 8, Silverton 3; errors
Durango !, Silverton 3-base hits. NJ
Davis, Hills; 2-base hits. Hughes
struck out, by Hills s, by Sliney 5;
bases on balls, by Hills 2, Sliney /;
left on bases. Durango s. Silverton 4
stolen bases, Herrick 3, Mckinney 3
Fennell /, Dorsey 3; batteries, Hills
and Davis; Sliney, Patterson and Cole
Patterson for Silverton getting his
hand split between two fingers abou
IT, middle of the game.
The ball game ended the afternoon
doings. In the evening Miners UnioI
hall was the scene of a gay and ami
mated crowd of ladies and gentlemen
who danced the hours away until lat
this morning, the affair being unde
the auspices of the ElSs who provided
supper and proved that the Silvertoi
b. p. o. E.'s are all right when /