Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1902-08-22
Married on Saturday,

In the presence Of 500 witnesses, W. o,
Spates officiating Esquire.
The Jacksonville and Poolesville base
ball teams were married at Poolesville on
Saturday, the 18th instant, and the Pooles-
Vile team was the man. These teams played
nine innings to tie, and then played the
tenth to see who should wear the suspenders,
1t fell to Poolesville to button 'em.
The courtship leading to this tie was
beautiful and al times wildly exciting. Il
began by Poolesville's little Cupid pitching
bon bon TO Nickols, OF Jacksonville. -
"Nick." was In no humor for flirting and
resented this presumption by swatting his
goody of through the blue marking me-
ridian over the centre. Beall raked the
sunshine but found nothing. Hersperger
came up behind him out of cloud of grass.
hoppers with something he threw 10 Manion
on 3rd, which made Nick hover the bag
there. Little Cupid grew buShful and soak
ed his bon bons. Jacksonville blushed and
began to fan. Somebody hunted and Nick
stumbled over the plate. Poolesville put
every nose in the dirt. Even pretty little
pink noses under the shadow of feathers and
ribbon gouged the soil, this way and that
Dawsonville famed and famed, and then
sent Its Silent Cupid into the box to dis.
tribute the bon bons. He pitch one in form
of cork-screw 10 Trundle, but Dawson has
no use for such things. He smashed 1t out
shape and sent 1t whizzing beyond the Colt
Show, while he paced round TO the Bird and
wiped his hands. Thus the courtship began.
Then 1t was swat and fan, fan and swat,
till each team had held the stick nine times
and paced the diamond eleven.
Some characteristics of the teams were
when Beall could touch the goody 1t left his
stick jumping rake hurdles and never stop
ped till it lodged in the sorrel. But once
while In the field it was thought that Beal
himslf intended TO pocket the goody as be
held 1t till four Jacksonville legs had paced
across the plate. Trundle caught every
thing that came his way, from hornets to
meteors; and knocked the twist out Of every
cork.screw that tried to dodge his stick
Nckols was everywhere except in fuss.
He even got In the way of "liner" that
had strung fire across the diamond. He
dropped it, but nobody blamed him. He
picked 1t up and sent it TO the first while 1t
was still smoking, and got his man. He
fumbled and fell once while trying to trip a
nasty grass cutter" When he recovered
his baggage half hundred Poolesville
rooters were turning handspring and walk
ing on their hands, and hugging each others
legs, because Trundle had carried White ex
hausted from the 3rd and set him on the
plate with the tie run. Little SellmaI was
a terror TO the batters and runners alike. He
caught the shippers from the grass without
breaking blade. Somebody accused him
OF using trap. But he can't watch Mich.
OILS, Gassaway and the Silent Cupid all at
the same time as he learned to his sorrow.
Big Sellman on 2nd feels for his man with
much force as the knot on Stang's forehead
clearly showed. stang and Lnhn kept the
goodies out OF Jre uyy where essf tac Cdbids
dared to throw them, One struggling ioul
tip struck Allnut! on the jaw, but never
stopped it. One struck Williams on the
shoulder, but still he rooted. W.O. Spates
was the umpire, and conducted the game in
spirit Of the utmost fairness to both teams.
HIS equal in the business is seldom found
his superior never. 1t was good to be there
and was
The crowd 10 attendance was estimated at
IRON 500 10 1000 persous. Is was The largest
$50 -
vile. SIMON SET EASY.