Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-08-18

The series Of games played in this city
last Friday, Saturday aud Sunday after
Moons between the Versailles "Mer-
chants" and the Decoys Of Kansas City
proved the best exhibition Of ball play.
ing pulled of on the home diamond this
year.
The first game last Friday, while the
score was allowed to run up pretty high
showed that the teams were evenly
matched and it was necessary to play
fast ball on both sides. The Decoys had
some Of the best amateur mate ial to be
found in Kansas City with Havehili in
the box and McNulty as catcher.
Yeager and Padgett held the points fer
the home team seven inning, when Cross
went in and pitched two innings, The
Decoys won the game by a score Of II
to 9. The visitors at once established a
reputation Of being the fastest bunch
the Merchants had bobbed up against.
In Saturdays game the Merchants
showed up in good form with Cross in
the box, while Patterson pitched for
the visitors. This was a beautiful game,
starting out with the Decoys five scores
to the good i'll the first inning. But
Cross entered the box with blood in his
eye the next inning and succeeded in
| giving the visitors eight we'll laid goose
eggs. But the fielding Of the visitors
was par excellence and they only al.
lowed the home team to score in two in.
niags, leaving the score at the conclusion
6 to 2 in favor Of the visitors. DR. Hub
bard un,pired to the entire satisfaction
Of the spectators. 1t took only All hour
and a half to play this game.
The game Sunday afternoon was de.
layed owing to rain until 4:'o, but when
II did start it proved the warmest re.
ceptiou the visitors had received in the
series. The home team had secured
Softer OF Clinton TO pitch the game,
while Richard at first. Cross at second,
Bowen at third and Yeager at short made
the Merchants the ~stiffest infeld they
have yet lined up. Sorter was given
splendid support by the outheld, ]. Pad,
gett in right field made a brilliant pull
down with one hand, while Koetting
took in a skyscraper in center and
Troutwine made All elegant running
catch In left. Sorter held the visitor,
down to four hits, while Patterson was
hit hari during the game. The home
team cribbed six runs in the first inning
the visitors making several costly rror:
which practically defeated them. The
merchants played bail all the time, win
ming out in a score OF 9 to 1. S,ith um.
pired the game.
Tuesday afternoon the fourth game be
tween the Merchants" and Kansa,
City Ilecoys was played on the diamond
here, the latter returned after the E!dor
game. The c, ntest did not have tn,
snap Of the former games as the Decoy!
went to pieces early in the game and ii
the fifth inning Patterson their cracl
pitcher was knocked out of the box
Harvill finishing the game. At the con
clusion the scoie stood II to 6 in favol
of the Merchants. Sorter pitched fol
the home team up to the eighth in
ming when he was struck in the fore
head with a ball, being temporarily dis
abled. Cross rounded up the game. DR.
Hubbard umpired. The game was tn
poorest exhibition of the series.
Cross is all right wherever he plays.
Yesger At short stop looks good to us
There are no hys on Sorter as a pitche,
1t took Lige Williams and Brownie
Clark both to hold down the umpirini
last Friday.
Sundays line up Of the home team
would have been perfect had I.utnai
been in the game.
The Merchants and Moreau Broncho
cross bats Of the home grounds here to
morrow and Sunday.
If there are any better catchers behin'
the bat than Elmer Padgett, they hav
never showed up in this neck Of tn
woods.
The Merchants" did not get out II.
bills for the Moreau game and wish II
to saw that all those holding passes wi