Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-09-04
WIN FIVE MORE GAMES
RECORD OF NOT LOSING A GAME STILL
MAINTAINED BY LOCAL TEAM.
DEBORAH Ball Team Shuts Out Crack Teams
of Volga City. Cresco and Oelwein, and
Win From Calmar and Harmony.
Some Fine Games.

Lovers OF base ball who have fol-
lowed the local team the past week
have seen base ball to their hearts
content. Every game played was a
good one, and in each the local team
showed themselves perfectly capable
of playing as strong as it was neces-
sary to defeat their opponents. De-
corah has not yet lost game since
the team was organized, although they
have played some of the best teams in
this section of the country. 1t is a
record that we are all naturally
enough proud of. We now have the
best balanced team the city ever had.
and the prospects are that there will
be several more splendid games before
the season closes.
DEBORAH 5, VOLGA CITY 0.
On Thursday the much heralded
Volga City team came to town. and
there was something doing among the
fans. Volga has had the well-earned
reputation of being the fastest anna
teur team in Iowa. and has been
trimming up all corners right and
left this year. Consequently a good
game was expected and large crowd
was out. Friedline pitched for De-
corah and Paley caught until the
fourth inning, when a stinger crossed
the plate and he got it between the
first two fingers of the right hand.
tearing the flesh from the bone and
splitting them apart. Rodsater finish
ed the game. For Volga Dye started
to pitch, but the home team pounded
him for ten hits in the first four in
nings and then they put in Scoville of
Hawkeye, White catching throughout
the game. DEBORAH commenced their
sledge- hammer work at the outset,
and when the bell rang for the first
inning they had four scores to the
good. They landed on Dye for another
score in the second. and this tells the
tale. 1t was one, two, three after
that, not score being made on either
side.
DEBORAH played fine game, and
Volga City did well after the second
inning. DEBORAH got IL hits and
Volga 4. Fred Paley of Ridgeway
officiated as umpire.
DEBORAH IL, CALMAR
At Ossian Friday the DEBORAH team
administered dose to Calmar that
put the fans Of our neighboring town
to sleep and drove them off the
grounds before the game was finished.
Fred Paley of Ridgeway umpired,
and Dolly and Graf were the battery
for Calmar until the fifth inning,
when our boys having pounded him
for six hits. Tommy Anderson was
put in and gave us only three more
hits. Rogue pitched a fine game,
tanning ten men and allowing only
three hits, while Rodsater was there
every minute behind the bat. Calmar
did not make score until the last
inning. when the locals took pity on
them and let up bit. giving them
a counter. The game was witnessed
by large number from DEBORAH and
other parts of the county.
DEBORAH /, CRESCO o.
The game at Cresco on Saturday
will go down in history among the
base ball fans of both cities. for
judged from every point of view it
was a real one. There has always
been intense rivalry between both
places, and it was expected that a
superior article of ball would be
tished out at this particular time and
place. DEBORAH took along about $50
rooters, and Cresco was out en- masse.
Cresco had Storey of Cedar Rapids for
pitcher, Bobby Brush of Charles City
and Johnny Dorman of Fayette, with
Chapman as catcher. Rev. Hill of
Cresco umpired. Bidne pitched and
Rodsater caught for DEBORAH. Bidn