Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-07-16
WAS A FAST GAME.
Webster-Ipswich Game
at the Driving Park a
Fine Exhibition.
Sans Colds Get in the Harness
and Play Ball From the Start
Twas Well They Did
Ipswich Played Hard
BEST GAME EVER Seen In CITY
1t Was Anybody's Game Up to
the Time the Colts Scored in
the Eleventh Inning.
BEST GAME EVER Seen In CITY
The Winning Run Was Scored
With Two Men on Bases
and No One Out.

The management of the base ball
interests in this city had promised a
good fast game when the local team met
Ipswich. The game was played at the
driving park Friday, and it was certainly
all that was promised, being one of the
fastest games ever played in this city.
The game opened with Ipswich at the
the bat, the first man up went out on a
fly to short, the next two men struck
out. The colts came 10 bat Barney led
off with sharp hit.to short which was
nicely handled and he hit the bench,
Gruby followed with, hot grounder TO
third, but found that a poor place to put
it before he got half way 70 first. the
next man up agitated the atmosphere
three times and the colts took the grass.
About this time the spectators enjoyed
CD an inning of rag chewing, and it
looked as if an other wise fine game was
to be spoiled by kicking and ranging
between the players and the umpire,
Ipswich came to bat in the second, the
first man up famed, l.. Engler came to
bat, he connected with the ball and
drove ii out past third and it was lost in
the weeds and before it was found he
had made the circuit of the bases and
scored, and here again another rag
chewing match was INDUCED i'll as the
fielders claimed the ball landed on foul
ground and large majority of the
spectators including some from Ipswich
who had accompanied their team agree
ing with the fielders it was finally
settled by the run being scored and the
game proceeded. The next batter got
first on an error, a fly to second and a
hit to the pitcher retired the side.
The first two men up famed, Miller
walked, j. Egeland hit the ball but
Miller was thrown out at second. Joe
Engler was umpire for Ipswich and
Hugh Baltic for Webster, Engler inten-
intentions may have been the best, but
he was emminently unfair and he
showed prejudice in favor of the visi-
tors to distastious degree, and he was
very foolish to attempt to umpire as he
had bet on the result of the game and
had three brothers playing on the
Ipswich team, under these circumstan-
ces it would be nearly impossible for
any man to render impartial decisions,
up to the close of the fifth it was an
inning of ball and an inning of rag
chewing with both teams doing their
best at either pastime, but the climax
came in the last half of the fifth when
Engles declared Flanders out on second
on a play that was not even close.
The managers got together and
agreed that G. w. Cohen, travelling
salesman and stranger to both teams,
should finish the game, the two umpires
retiring, and from this time to the close
there was not kick registered.
Cohen called play, ard the battle was
resumed, B. Engler got safe hit, the
next man but the side was retired before
he reached the plate. In their half of
the seventh Webster succeeded IN scorp
ing, thus making the game tie, Miller
got first on Waters error, second on a
sacrifice, and scored on Flanders hit.
amid deafening bowls of the rooters.
Up to the last half of the eleventh no
more scores were made by either team,
although both got men on bases and
several times the bases were filed. In
the last half of the eleventh Sig Ege-
land came up for the colts, got first on
tumble at third, got third on Mlller's
hit, and scored on o nice single by Jewel
Egeland, and ended the game with two
nerZon bases and no one out.
The following is the score by innings
1234o678 50 10 III
Ipswich 0lO00 900 O
Webster 5000 100000 I
uat+ar;aa Wehatar Miller and Rarray