The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-06-17
TAKE SGALPS OF THE nBIlRS
Ball sAEK AGAINST TIE sTcUxs ENDS
VIII SCORE OF 5Tc4
An Excellent Game Throughout, with
sharp Playing and Baffiag-SsOOd-
land wins in the Last Inning By
Batting Out Two scores.

The Sioux Indian base ball club,
travelling the country and putting the
filings on the great majority of the
clubs IN the white mans towns, was de-
feated in game at this place by the
GOOdland team in q score of 5 to 4.
Until the last inning the home team was
bringing up the rear, the Indians all
the time managing to keep one or two
scores ahead. The fact that the Good
land team was behind was perhaps its
saving grace. The Siouxs smiled and
wore the look of confident victory; the
white men looked far more serious and
were vigilant in every move.
Up to the last inning the score stood
; to against the home team. Inning
after inning both sides had walked in
and out with nothing to their credit,
and It looked as though victory could
not be brought home in the last swing
of the bat The Indians had already
changed pitchers twice and had the last
and best man in the box. He was do
ing something too. They were at their
last bat A hit had been made and the
man was on first. The biggest buck of
the lot, the captain, now began to coach
him for dear life; and they got another
man on base; but neither of them ever
got home. Goodland's pitcher, Fred
German, delivered the ball with such
wonder that the Siouxs famed the air.
With GOOdland now stick in hand,
score to 4, the tale was soon to be told.
The first man to bat made first base,
and went to second, followed by an
other on first. The third man knocked
a pop up, which was apparently muffed
on purpose by an Indian. He thought
the man was out any way, but the ball
was outside of the inn field. That left
three men on bases; and a hard hit
brought three men home, making
Goodland FIVE scores and the Siouxs four.
The game was not errOrless, but was
magni6cently played throughout by
both teams. Sharp batting was done,
but the fielding equally sharp. The
Indian pitchers were readily found by
the GOOdland boys, and hard ticks dolt
out.
All people who did not know the in
dividual qualities of all the home team
had practically given the game away
before It started, but the Goodland
players kept saying that the Indians
would know at least that they had been
to a bali game. There was one force in
our favor that had not been counted
Fred Germann, the pitcher for Good
land. Never did he loose himself or
throw the ball away. His speed was
exceptional and his curves deceptive.
He had the Indians fooled from the
start, and before the game was done he
had famed twelve of them, while only
two Goodland men laid down their bat
in the whole game. Germana's work
was admirable, and all of the home
players acquitted themselves like
PLAYERS
One little accident marred the game.
A hard pitched bail, being fOuled,
struck the catcher, J. N. Jewell, at the
top of the mask, crushing the wires and
jamming two broken points into the
flesh of his forehead. It necessitated a
change of catchers.
The ball grounds were enclosed by
high canvass walls, and a temporary
grand stand erected by the Siouxs. The
balloon ascension was not given on ac-
count of a leak in the canvass of the
balloon or some other cause. 1t filed
slightly an when the ropes were taken
of, It houndered about on the ground
and had to be dragged away and
emptied of the hot air to save it from
contact with the fire beneath.
A large crowd was in attendance.
The game was intensely exciting most
of the way through. It cost the local
club SIPS, but they don't mind that
when they can have 50 big a time link
ed with such a happy conclusion.
The score:
Coodiaad- OOOOIzO 2-s