The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-07-18
SUNDAYS GAME.
Wahpeton base ball team defeats
Graceville in closely contest
ed game at Island park.
SCORE IS FOUR TO TWO.

SCORE Is FOUR TO TWO.
The band furnished music Boot
ers were out en- masse.
The Graceville and Wahpeton ball
teams met at Island park last Sum-
day and had nice time for nine
long innings. The teams were even.
ly matched in hitting but the Wah.
peton boys seemed to get their eye
on the ball when it meant runs.
"Print" Habza was sent in by "Bad
Bill" Meis to do the. contortion act
for Wahpeton, and Vallancy, the
Graceville midget, was booked to
do the imitation spit act for the
shamrocks. The Wahpeton team
looked good in practice and the
fans knew what the outcome would
be if they kept alive during the
coming trials and temptations.
Sheehan, for Graceville, was the
fret one to start the ball rolling
and he sent one to "Romeo" at Sec
ond, and "Romeo" did seem to want
it and sent it to Kelly at fret, thus
giving Sheehan the mighty ''hee-
haw". Then came Winters, and he,
being mad at Kelly, drove one at
him when he wasn't looking, reach
ing the initial bag in safety on
Kelly's error. Then Dean came up
with blood in his eye and was de.
termined to send his team mate to
to the middle station and when
"Prlnt" lobbed one over the chop.
ping block he swung his shillelah
and hit the ball on the nose and
sent it toward Romeo, but "Ro-
meo was thinking whether or not
he owed for what Juliet, and he let
it get by him into the long green
and everybody was safe. Things at
this stage began to look rather du-
bious to Print" and he was deter
mined to get Harmon, the next one
up, and Harmon broke his back
trying TO get acquainted with three
of Hobza's best and was sent to the
bench with sore arm and his big
stick. He was sitting there with
tears in his eyes and McNally TAX
ing pity on him came up to the pan
but he too, took three mighty swats
at the breezy breeze, the third bis.
cult sent over by Hobza was too hot
for Clyde and he dropped it, but
thinking of Kelly's midnight ride,
picked it up and heaved it to Kelly,
and the eide was retired without
anything doing.
Milton came up to the pan in
Wahpeton's half and sent one to
third base and the third baseman,
thinking that if he did not treat the
head of the Al De Hote right, he
wouldn't get any cold meat for cup.
per, hooked the ball and Clyde
reached first after sprinting his best
for three minutes. Kelly, the next
man up, had it all fixed with Val
lancy, and was passed to first, thus
advancing Clyde to second. Then
"Romeo" came up and pumped one
into the infield, forcing Kelly at
second. This made "Romeo" mad
and he told Kelly that if he wanted
a score he would have to steal it,
and he did, Milton going to third
Ritten then came up with orders to
send it out of the lot but the best
he could do was to send a high one
to left field, which was eat up with
a relish, and Milton, on third, think.
ing of home and mother, failed to
try the sprint for home, thus loos'
ing chance to score. The coach.
ing in this inning was worth the
price of admission, nitski.
Graceville then thought h y
would try it again and sent Sequist
up for execution, but he fooled them
and sent fly to Hobza and he re-
turn ed to the weeds. Then Jonness
and Hannraltz, both found the blue
ozone.
The Wahpeton boys thought il
about time to start something and
"Bad Bilr' Meis singled to right
and advanced to second when Sc
quist got tired and tried to breai
up the game by throwing the ball
into the river. Shields sent q high
ball to Valla ncy, and he pinched i,
with a vengence. Chezick though,
he was. due to lose his home if he
did not make good, 90 he met the
ball and sent it to left for two but
tons, scoring Neis amid 10 d d
cultural sounds from the lonely
rooter. I: Chezick, to make m ak
things look like a'good vheatcroP
stole third, Banana Tofg then
came up up and lesaned yp Against! !tAe