Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-07-21
Base Bell Notes.

Base BsII Notes.
Thursday of last week the Smithton
ball team came to Versailles and crossed
bats with the Merchants Of this city.
From the appearance Of the visitors II
looked like they were going to be hard to
catch on the diamond. The game start.
ed at ago with q fair sized crowd in the
arena. Cross and Padgett were the bat.
terry for the home team while Stuber aud
Hixon did slab work for the visitors.
The Smithton team were not in it
from the first, Cross striking out Ia
men during the game while Stuber
only had five to his credit. II would
have been a shutout had it not been for
wild throw In the fifth inning from
first base to the home plate which gave
the visitors the only two scores they
captured during the game. At the con.
clusion the score stood I3 to ; in favor OF
Versailles. CASTOR Of Smithton umpired
the game. The Smithtons are a good.
natured bunch and took their defeat
smilingly, but they were free to admit
that they were not fast enough for the
home team.
The game of bail last Sunday after.
noon between the married and unmarried
men proved one of the most interesting
|. games that has been played here and q
good crowd Of the local fans" witness.
ed the contest. Most of the first nine
were lined up either on one side or the
other which made it nearly as warm al
the weather. Yeager and Padgett were
the battery for the married men while
John Padgett, Geo. Keotting and Roy
Stockton in turn pitched for the uamar
, ried men and Walt Daniels caught them
AT the close of the game the score stood
10 TO Z in favor Of the married men.
Geo. Keotting is developing into a
swift ball tosser.
Arthur Dromgold has the qualifications
y of first miner" in his general playing
The second nine Of this city will play
. the first nine of Barnett at base ball park
a here Sunday afternoon.
. The Merchants ball team go to Cali
l fornia Sunday to play the team whicl
1 they recently defeated in this city
|, California having defeated them earlier
in the season.
{ A game of ball was played last Sunday
e afternoon at Barnett between the Oal
n Grove team and the Barnett second nin'
4 which resulted in a score Of 20 TO Is IL
e favor Of the latter. A large crowd wa
:. present and the game was interesting
A throughout. w. w. Gillum was tn
4 umpire.
5 The feature of last Sundays game her
X vas a catch made by Len Barbour. II
{ caught a three-year-old kid" in hi
d arms as the little one tumbled from tn
i back of the grand stand and was dartini
e headlong to the ground, and saved
{ from getting some OF its bones or prob
d ably its neck from being broken.
A. Y. Cooper "Moreaus" of Glenste'
u went to Centertown last Saturday ant
played the I;lston club at the picni
-, there. The game resulted in score Q
=, E to 2 in favor OF Moreaus. The Elsto
y team is the same one that defeate
Eldon recently. Cross and Troutwin
played with the Moreaus. The winner
received prize of s25.
Geo. Il. Troutwiue, the all round bal
player, after playing in the game wit
! the Moreaus at Centertown last Saturda
\ came back home with Cross the pitcher
and went to Clinton to. play with tn
Maroons Sunday against the St. Loui
Friscos. "Shofty" can make good i
any company he may be placed. Tn
game at Clinton was fast one, Clinto
won out by a score OF to !. Trout
wine caught fott Ay balls in center hel
and doubled on one to third bss<. cros
played second for Clinton.