Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25
LEGAL LIGHTS WIN GAME
Doctors HumbIed on the old
Fair Grounds tuesday,.

Nearly every body was out tuesday
afternoon to witness the base ball
game between the nine of Doctors and
the one Of Lawyers.
The game was very interesting
one from the beginning to the end,
and the score varied first in favor of
the Lawyers and then in favor of
Doctors, but finally ended in favor of
the Lawyers, the score being 10 to II.
Many features of the game were
pleasing and interesting to the large
audience on account of the awkward
ness of the players. Especially inter-
esting of Atty. D. D. Conway,
| because of the uniform of blood red,
which he wore. This gave him the
appearance of large sized Brownie.
DR.. A. c. Boorman won the praise
of the audience by catching three flies
and making two base hits. Lawyers
B. NJ. Vaughn and Theo. Brazeau have
lost none of their base ball cunning,
and seemed to handle the hat with eX-
cellent results.
| The successful out come of the game
in favor of the Lawyers was largely
due to the excellent battery they had
in J. c. Davis and Chas. Briere. The
Doctors had to select variety of
pitchers which was undoubtedly the
cause of their defeat DR.. O.. T.
Houge0 surprised his most intimate
friends by the excellent quality Of bail
he played behind the bat. He caught
the entire game without breast pro-
tector. and came out with glowing
colors.
The game as whole was one Of the
most interesting played in this city
! this season, and the net results of
nearly 800 will be used by the ladies
for the improvement of the looks Of
our city.
The poetic effusion herewith an
nexed, is the result of the inspiration
that came to the REPORTER when
Dennis went to Bat. In slightly
modest from this effusion is often
recited by DeWolf Hopper, the comic
opera singer, between the acts.
DENNIS AT THE BAT.
There was ease in Dennis manner as he
stepped into his place,
There was pride in Davis bearing, and
smile on Williams face;
And when responding to the cheers he light
ly doffed his hat,
No stranger in the crowd could doubt twas
Dennis at the bat.
Two thousand eyes were on him as he
rubbed his hands with dirt,
Five hundred tongues applauded when he
wiped them from his shirt;
Then while the writing Powell ground the
ball into his hip,
Defiance glanced in Dennis eye, sneer
curled Boorman'S lip.
And now the leather-covered sphere came
whirling thro the air,
And Dennis stood a-warching it in naughty
grandeur there;
Close by the sturdy batsman the ball I'M
THAT amt his style,'' said Bauman, Strike
One,'' the umpire said.
From the benches, black with people, there
went up ruffied roar,
Like the beating of storm waves on a
stern and distant shore;
XIII him! kill the unpire!' shouted some
one on the stand,
And it's likely they'd have killed him had
not Briere raised his hand.
II
gems visage shone,
He stilled the rising tumult, he babe the game
go on;
He signaled to the pitcher, and once more
the spheriod flew,
But Dennis still ignored it, and Brave Larry
said, Strike two
"Fraudr' cried the maddened thousands,
and the echo answered. Fraudr'
But the scornful look from Isaac, and the
| audience was awed;
4 Dennis face grew stern and cold, they saw
| his muscles strain,
I And they knew that Dennis Conway'd let that
| ball go by again.
II The sneer is gone from Dennis lips, his
teeth are clenched in hate,
II He pounds with cruel violence his bat upon
i the plate;
4 And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now
i he lets il go,
And now the air is shattered by the force OF
II Dennis blow.
y OH somewhere in this favored land the sun
III is shining bright,
Y The band is playing somewhere, and some
III where hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and
somewhere children shout
y But there is no 10y in Lawville-mighty
Ill Dennis has struck out.