Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-06-08
TWO GOOD GAMES.
Wehster's aAII Homeo Team is
Faster Than Was Expected.

Faster Than Was Expected.
Has Webster ball team? This ques-
ton has been asked many times this
spring and it was not until lately that
such a question could be definitely
answered. Last year we carried off the
honors of several states but we did as
many towns are doing this year-hired
the players. This year we again have a
team, but they are not professionals in
name. When Webster is to have a
game this year the horse must be
unhitched from the delivery wagons,
several seats must be vacated at school,
several Office desks closed and locked,
in truth the boys must return to their
places of labor afterwards and "make
up for lost time. Would you call it a
professional team? But when they
play such team as Brookings with all
its salaried men, and they play ten
inning game with such a team they
must be classed with such men.
The game yesterday with the Brook
ings team was as fast game as was
ever played on the local diamond and
was very nearly too fast for the team
that now claims the championship Of
South Dakota. Such men as johnson,
who played with the Webster team last
year, and Hollister, Crookshank Nelson,
Adams, Gullick-names that are
familiar to most any base ball fan-and
men who receive their daily bread by
their work on the diamond, such men
were only able to get two runs in ten
innings from the local boys.
The game started with the visitors
batting. Did / say batting? They
were at the bat. A'man goes to first
this man, Rife, played here last year
with the Indians--he placed his money
on the red q started to circle the
grounds. "You lose" cried the umpire.
Harrison and Haugen stopped him at
second. A short story finished the
inning. 1t seemed as though these pro.
fessional men could not connect with
our lad from the high school enough to
get the circle completed. Several times
they had this circle made when Harri.
son would make sign to Jewel and
their score would vanish like a soap
bubble. Or a fast field play would
make pin hole in their hopes.
In the fifth they punched three hits
if / may call them hits-and made a
score. The game run on as before
until the tenth when the winning run
was made on pass ball.
The field work of the visiting team
was as near perfect as we have seen on
this diamond, but had to be good
to keep the score down when SO many
hits were made. Hollester famed four
men up to the first of the eighth he was
called to the bench and Rife placed in
the box-a wise move at the right time
-as the Webster boys showed stronger
indications than ever of hard hitting.
Seven chapters were finished before
the Webster boys made the plate. Like
Magellan of olden times, Sig preached
that the spere could be circumnavigated
and at last started on the terrible
journey. After he had been gone from
port some time others were sent out
but came back with the report that he
was still sailing. At last he was sighted
in the west and the boys were at port tc
see him land No matter how they
tried this was the only score.
The boys did fine field work getting
nearly every thing that bounced. Ii
the sixth Sig made one hand catch O
a hit that was considered safe, ma king ,
double play. Jewel and Harrison di,
excellent work as the battery.
A large crowd witnessed the psm
and to say that they were well pleased
is putting it mildly.
Score by innnigs-
l23s5 CTS 9 10
Brookings 100000 H.
Webster O00 0 0OGl 90
Bradley Game.
Last Saturday our boys went to tn
City of Bradley and played what shoul
have been at least a ten inning game
Being Saturday it was impossible TO
some of our professional men to get OF
and some changes had to be made in tn
team.
The Bradley team is one of thos
hired teams and are very strong one
They realized that they were in gam
before being through with this one.