Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-06-02

and with the stick. He's little but fast.
The Renville boys are long on grand
stand plays in the preliminary practice.
The neighboring towns were repre-
sened at Mondays and Saturdays
games.
Eastman pitched a fine game Friday,
at Ipswich but his support was a little
ragged.
Don't.you like base ball? Then you
cannot mix in any Webster conversation
at present.
With Webster and Renville it is
anybody's game until the ninth inning
is finished.
The finances of the team are in good
shape and the association propose to
keep them so.
The lads all seemed to have their bat
ting eye Tuesday-not a strike out for
Webster in the game.
Manager Reiger deserves the thanks
of all Webster for the time and energy
he is devoting to the team.
Jewell Egeland made some expensive
errors but redeemed them by some fast
fielding and good stick work.
The Ipswich team an a fine lot of
fellows and will keep our boys playing
ball all the time to beat them.
Varco and Rogers keep a base runner
guessing to know where he is at with
their two ring circus performance at
second base.
Ted Munson played the bench Tues
day to the disgust of some of the fans
who thought Jones delivery would be
easy for Ted.
The new uniforms arrived Sunday,
gray shirts and pants, red stockings and
and caps. The team presents a fine
appearance in them.
The fans howled themselves hoarse
Tuesday when johnson made a safe hit
in the fifth with the bases full scoring
Webster's three runs.
A great many people attended the
ball game at Bristol Sunday. More
would have gone but there were no
means of conveyance.
When a man drives a fly to the Rem
vile out field he might as well walk to
bench for it's practically all over when
it starts. They get 'em.
With Varco at short, Rogers at second
and Johnson catching a runner might
as well start for the bench as second for
that's where he usually lands.
Martain Mccormick, official scorer,
was entitled to an assist when he
caught johnson as he fell wei the
players bench with a foul, each made
a sensational catch.
A game has been matched between
Webster and Ipswich, to be played in
Aberdeen in the near future, for 5000. 90
a side, a condition to the agreement is
that the personnel of the teams be the
same as in last Sundays game.
The Webster base ball team went
through this morning to Ipswich where
they will play the local team of that
place today. Tomorrow the two teams
will play at Webster and Sunday they
will contest at Bristol.-Aberdeen News
May ~.
The high school nine, of this city,
which was defeated by the Webster
team recently which came over here to
play, went over to Webster a few days
ago to play a return game and we're so
shockingly defeated hat the score
would not look we'll in print.-Milbank
Review.
Hon. Ross E. Parks came up from
Lily Tuesday and took in the ball game.
He recently returned from a visit to the
exposition at st. Louis and says he
would advise people who contemplate
a visit to the great fair to wait until
about the middle of June, as it will be
that time before all the exhibits are in
place and one can see the most in the
least time.
The Ipswich ball players are in fine
feather over the game played there
with Webster on Friday. Webster has
a salaried team while the Ipswich team
consists of home amateur. with the
exception of their catcher, who for
merly played with Webster. The game
was a fine one, Ipswich getting in three
runs and Webster only one. Webster
struck out twelve men and Ipswich
struck mi sixteen. The teams play at
Webster oday.-Aberdeen News.