Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-08-16
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Using Sundays game as. Sun
day we will take ElliDwood again
We though they we're counting
chix ahead of time. as there i:
many a slip and so fourth. Then
when the Rustler said to the peo-
| pie come and see US beat Elm
wood again. we felt as though be
was frying his chix too soon, and
although we wanted to be on the
winning side. our feelings about
t he chiy came true. and bewteen
heats Great Bend was defeated.
How did it happens Well. in
several ways. A couple of bad
breaks in the first inning gave
the visitors two scores. Then sew
eral bad breaks in the fourth in
ming and three more we're scored.
1t seems that the boys from Ster-
ling who have played i'll Great
Berd this season. while they may
play rafting good ball at home,
can't make good when they come
to Great Bend. Whether it is the
altitude, the fast company. or
that. they don't do it, and especi.
ally didn't Hilderman, behind the
bat for Great Bend Sunday. We
do not wish to criticise the PLAYER
unjustly. and presume it was SIM
ply one of his off days, or his
work was bad. Putie. usually
playing pretty good ball. made a
bad error in the same inning. and
of course some people lost hope.
and really the game was lost right
there. Thorstenberg pitched
good ball, especially when con-
sidering that be had been sick for
several days. Clarke did a little
better for Ellinwood they say than
he did a week ago. In other first
inning Ellinwood failed to score.
Great Bend did not even see first.
In the second inning the first man
for the visitors to bat went to first
on being hit by pitcher. The
next two man sacrificed him
around to third. and when the
smoke of battle cleared away he
and one other had scored. Great
Bend got a man to second, and
that was all. The third inning
Ellinwood sat down in one, two,
| three order. Great Bend got a
man to FIRST on pass, getting him
put out at second. The second
man up scored before the other
two outs we're made, and the fan:
felt encouraged. Then it was
that trouble broke out. Ellin.
woods first mall famed. likewise
1.-THE second. likewise the third, but
on this one the catcher dropped
the ball, and when he cot it up
|
land threw it to first he did look
straight and first did not get the
ball. Three fans, for the first
three up. but he fore the side was
retired, Ellinwood had made three
runs. If the run they got a week
ago was on errors, wonder how
the five they got in this game
we're made. The catcher and al.
most every one else got ratified,
the ball got lost, and EllinwooC
felt jubilant. Finally the third
out was secured. and ElIinwood
went in.
| Our boys went to bat. The first
man had gotten two third, the
second and third up were out, the
fourth man was hit. and the fifth
man went up. About this time
the man on first made for second
The ball was thrown to the seconC
baseman. and although there was
question about the runner wa:
safe at second. absolutely so. the
umpire. Thule. called him out. re-
firing the side. There had been
a decision or so before this tina
were very bad. and by this time
the fans we're thoroughly on theiI
! ear. and raised a protest. Thule
; stuck to his position. and at.
tempted to declare the game for
feited to Ellinwood. but as the