Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-07-26
sanBsy Ban Games Divided

$ AFTERNOON to see the double header
game with the boys from Kinsley.
We don't know just how Others
felt. but VIZ we're mighty meek in
the start. because of the fact that
Xinsley had been pretty we'll
holding her own with Ellinwood.
and because Mr.. Harvey, the base
ball editor Of the Kinsley Graph
&c a few weeks ago said Great
Bend and Larned would be run
ming a close race for fourth place.
Therefore we say we we're on
the fence. Then we were told that
that man Green from Sterling was
to go into the pitchers, box for
one game and be is reported as
being in the habit Of pitching
shut out ball. We promised to
lick him. before We saw him, if
be shut our team out. and what a
lucky thing it was for US that we
were not called on to make good.
The boys lined up for the FIRST
game with Green and Mont
gomery in the points for Kinsley.
and our own Thorstenberg and
Harrison for Great Bend. The
hrst two men went out. Then
came that biscuit Deddler. Bevis,
( 10 don't know anv better than
to get two base hit about every
time he take the stick in hand,
and he got it this time. but before
be could get away from third a
little pop up put man out and
BeVis went to playing second
base, Great Bend went out IN one,
two, three order. Kinsley came
in again and the first man up went
to first on a pass ball. got around
to third about the same way, and
while the next three men were
going out he managed to score.
Great Bend repeated her perfor-
nance of marking time making
outs as per the first inning. In
the third both sides did a little
business. Harrison. catching
his first game for the season. was
awfully anxious to make good and
in his efforts let some balls get
away from him. But after this
inning was over he frightened his
belt, gritted his teeth, struck his
mir, settled down and he GOT about
all that came his way. In this
inning Kinsley made two runs.
and after that they failed to cross
the home plate this game, and
even never cav first base until the
seventh inning. Our boys we're
playing some ball. When they
took hold of the slab in the third
inning they fell all over the boy
from Sterling, and secured two
scores. The Green balloon sort
of went up, but no more scores
we're made until the sixth. In
the fourth one man got as far as
third and dieG there. In the
fifth no one saw first. In the
sixth the first man up managed to
get home on a pass ball. another
man got to third and stayed. In
the seventh a Kinsley boy got as
far as second, Great Bend started
the FIRE works agaiA and when the
merry.go-round died down three
scores we're tailed. In the eighth
inning Kinsley got another goose
egg, Great Bend another score,
and that settled the game as Kin
Sley went out IN one two, three
order in the ninth. Great
Benders we're jubilant. They
still. no matter what the result Of
the second game. were tie with
Kinsley for second honors in the
league, and instead of Great Bend
and Larned fighting for seconG
place. it was a three cornered
fight. The game was played &C.
cording to our notion. and espe.
cially fine work was done BY
Thorstenberg, and some of tb,
other boys also did excellent work.
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