The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-09-08
! SPLENDID CONTEST
The Story Told Of How the
Great Labor Day Battle
= Was Finally Won
and Lost.
vlnsta, 4.
coIumbus, 10.


III coIunsbus, 10.
Seventeen innings count 'em-sey-
enteen, we're played Monday to de-
eotermine the victor In the contest be-
~ tween the former .Inyinclblesn OF
II vinita and an aggregation Of sure
Isenough ball tossers from Columbus,
= Kansas.
la many ways this was the most
~ interesting game ever put up in this
g neck Of the woods True, there was
= multiplicity OF errors, those made by
the home team occurring mostly at
inopportune times, while the mistakes
{ Of the Kansans we're not so costly.
7 There we're times when the big crowd
shouted wildly for their favorites, and
this yelling and roofing and crowding
OF the diamond by the fans from the
bIeachers cost Vinita the game IN the
last half OF the fourteenth inning,
when Ridenhour, who replaced Jordan
n the ninth, had reached third base
sith tie ball thrown wildly into the
crowd. Ridenhour couldn't see for
himself where the ball was, and In re-
Spouse to the varied shouts ran toward
home, back 70 the base and towards
7 home again. During his see-sawing
lie ball was recovered and the decid-
- \ run for ylnita was lost.
Both Henderson ana Harlan pitched
Fuod games and they we're, in the
main, ably supported. There were
those, however, scattered here and
there throughout the crowd who criti-
cised every play, believing themselves
competent critics aud "know-it-alls"
hy having at one time or another VIII
uessed game between big leaguers
Tlnney, who took 'em of the bat for
the visitors, was the prop that kept
lis men closely to their knitting. lie
isa player that can hold his own IN
decidedly faster company.
Shortsiop Williams and second base
uian Leggett erred frequently, but
the former redeemed himself by sev-
eral really brilliant plays, especially
10 the thirteenth when he brought
down Etter's fiy after hard run. He
brought In two runs Harlan and Tin
ney. In the third BY an opportune hit
mld smashed out home run with
three men on bases IN the seventeenth.
Walker and Tinney we're also good
still the stick.
Torblt. Vinlta hoy loaned to the
visitors for the occasion, nailed every
thing that went into the center garden |
and was applauded for making a spec
taeular running catch Of Meade's high |
drive IN the twelfth, saving a run and |
tie game.
For the home boys Merediths play
lng and fast fielding evoked frequent |
applause but, with the Others, he joined /
IN presenting the comedy Of errors
along about the thirteenth inning. In
the fourth Hlgley lined out home
un down the first base line into right,
the ball rolling under the carriages
He also made splendid catch 81
cary's cloud.scraper IN the twelfth.
with tie score two and two Steven.
son scored IN the fifth on a Wild throw
IN OF Meadeis pop back Of second. Tie
latter crossed The plate on a tumble
by williams Of Parks liner to short
left.
Walker opened tie seventh for the
Ransans With safety 70 center Tor
BIZ famed and Harlan was struck by
the pitcher. Both scored on TInney's
drive to right and Etter's Wild throw.
with the score at { 10 the pitchers
settled down TO business, carefully
guarding the game. For nine innings
neither side succeeded In scoring and
the excitement was Intense.
Twice during this time q runner for
thc visitors vas caught on close decis-
ions at the plate, and nldenhonr's op-
porfunlty was thrown away IN l4th.
N tbs lIrst half Of the seventeenth
sIsn want 20 first on q liner TO
cir llIaenhonr dropped Tinney's
Is lo nfsr, CIarY drove the ball b.
aesn iIIgleys legs and Williams
zsa ITEM al In with MS home run.
sesrtt snt : gFonndsr past sam,
S tana IN 10 relieve Meade, John
aeN golng into e"pfsf. sr''cck I