Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11
THE BALL GAME SUNDAY
At siLvERToN


the Gold King baseball team are trail
ing in the mire of despair. And thai
IL NOT ali The other fellows with
nerve have the dough. while the bacK-
ers OF the gold and black have gone
back to work. and will no doubt con
clude baseball is not all that 1t Is
cracked up to be. But why shon
those who oppose Jack Slattery be
crestfallen7 Isn't 1t well accepted
axiom that when Jack puts up his
money its clnch that he gets 1t
back with interest?
In order to be fully Informed The
Herald sent representative to Sil'
verton Saturday night to take notes.
While the entire town of Silveroh
was "looney" on the subject of the
approaching game. the center OF In
terest was at Slattery's. To start with.
each side had stake money OF $3.50
side, posted the middle of the week.
Then began the side bets. The Sill
yer Lake contingent got together
bunch of $3.50, which was taken by
w. T. Kinney early Saturday. That
evening Mr.. Kinney put something
like $500 more on the Gold King boys,
taking all money offered that was not
wanted by some Of the other hackers
on his side of the house. In fact Mr..
Kinney bet the Silver Lake contingent
to standstill Saturday night, and
Sunday forenoon only small wagers
were made. AT the grounds there was
ell kinds OF Gold King money with no
takers There is an old saying that
money talks, but 1t failed to make
good yesterday, This was all owing
to the frstbaseman missing ground
er that he should have stopped. and
which was undoubtedly responsible
for three runs In the fifth inning and
the pitcher going to pieces In the
eighth. In fact, Parker Is not the
man to cope with the Silver Lake
pitcher. He gave enough men bases
on balls yesterday 10 lose the game.
AT times he does very effective work.
He Is speedy, but often wild. and the
man behind the bat has hard Job
handling him. Again, a wild throw
from the infield to first was Indirectly
responsible for one, If not the two.
runs the first inning. The four runs
made by the Gold King boys In the
second inning were earned by Sc
ries OF safe singles-elegant work at
the bat The home run of Feagan In
the 4th inning was the feature of the
game. The ball was sent on an air
line away past and between center and
left fielder. and Pagan made home
plate about two seconds ahead OF the
ball. II was then the Gold King ag
gregatlon went wild II gave the boys
what should have been a safe lead.
The feat was not overlooked by Kin
ney, Bowman and others in the shape
OF $40 and $50 bills.
But the ball game was not the only
exciting feature of the day. In secur-
ing a man to play behind the bat from
Denver. the Gold King boys also
picked up foot racer. Now Silverton
prides Itself on possessing a sprinter
in the person OF Jack Cole. and for a
local amateur Cole Is not bad medi
cine He has walked away from all
the boys the past two or three years.
During the week Gladstonian sug-
gested foot race. and some of the
Silverton sports took the bait like a
hungry four-pound trout goes after a
grasshopper. 1t was not long before
each side had up something like $400,
and our Silverton friends were falling
over themselves to get few more
dollars on Jack And then the news
spread that poor Cole was up against
a 'ringer'-not professional, hut
the best in the state, Then the string
on well-filled purses frightened and
nary another dollar showed up. And
there was no opportunity to hedge rs
the public became wise the same rs
the sports. The race took place just
prior to the ball game In front Of the
grand stand. A gentleman at the
starting place said Cole had from to
10 feet the best of the start. But
Powers, the Denver boy, gained the
lost ground about midway of the 100
yards, and on the home stretch turn
ed to see how much he was ahead,
winning by s or 6 feet But no one
was surprised at the result, 1t was
the only result expected, those hav-
ing money up on Cole knowing they
were up against 1t for at least twenty
Aoul nouTs, Dut praying against tate,
The Ball Game by Innings.
The Gold King boys were first at
bat The first batter, Feagan. struck
out, Hughes made first and stole sec.
ond, Herrick striking out, Powers
knocking fly which was caught
retiring the side. For the Silver
Lakes Grayson was given base on
balls. sneaked TO second while Mil
Ter went out at first, Bosquit follow.
ing suit; then Patterson made first by
bad throw on the part of Parker, en-
abling Grayson to score; Glaze also
reached first on another error Bos
quit scoring before Myers sent bali
into Herrick's hands in left field.
Second-Davis struck out, Brown
going TO first by being hit with the
ball Hills. Roberts, Parker. Grayson
and Hughes made safe singles. Her
rick going out at first, Powers striklng
out. not until four runs were made
For the Silver Lakes Sohaff made first
and then second. but died there. az
Jackson. Cato and Grayson were re
tired before reaching first