Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-09-20
TWENTY FIVE MEN
AROUNDTHELOOP
That Vas the Total Of the Run Get.
ting In sundays Game.
THE LEADERS DEFEATED.

We are unable to state positive
ly where the trouble came in. or
what caused, but suppose it must
have been the wind. but the fact
is that when the first half of the
ninth inning in Sundays game
with Ellinwood had been played,
the boys from that city had tret.
ted home 9 men. and the local
team had pushed over the plate.
No telling what the number might
have been if the locals had gone
to bat the last inning. The game
was so full OF runs that it finally
became uninteresting. Harrison
did the umpiring act, and no
much kicking was done. 1t was
the best game in that respect we
have seen. Once the home boys
had an excellent opportunity. but
let it slip. and one time Ellin.
wood made a vigorous protest.
but to no avail. Taking the work
of Harrison all around, honors
were even.
The batteries were Fitzgerald
and Schrandt for Great Bend,
daniels and Dresser for Ellin-
wood. Both pitchers did some
pretty nice work. but had a stiff
wind to contend with. as did the
field players also. and which at
the same time favored the batters.
In the 1st. inning Ellinwood
made one score. Great Bend got
to hitting Daniels and made two
scores. In the second Ellinwood
came in with three tallies. and
while Great Bend got a man as
far as third base. he died there.
In the 3rd. inning Ellinwood sue.
ceeded in getting another score.
and Great Bend again failed to
land. Things did not look extra
favorable. In the 4tb is where
something happened. Ellinwood
went out 10 one two. three order.
The first four men uD for Great
Bend scored. The 9Th, man was
caught out on second. The next
man scored, as also did the eighth
man up. The seventh struck out,
the ninth died at third. and the
tenth man, after getting a good
hit was caught at second. He
was thought by every one to have
been safe, but the umpire said
not, so that ended the run getting.
The boys needed a rest anyway.
In the fifth inning Ellinwood
scored three times out of seven
men up, thus tying the game.
Great Bend scored one. man out
of live up. putting them one
ahead. The sixth was a goose
egg for each team, Ellinwood
going out in one, two. three or.
der, Great Bend getting a man as
far as second base. In the seventh
inning Ellinwood scored one man,
and received an out from the um-
Dire because the coacher at third
base assisted a base runner in get
ting onto his feet and starting
him home. Cooke did not like
this a little bit, but the umpire
struck to his decision, and she
stood, thus retiring the side.
This left us one to the good. In
the eighth inning the visitors again
went out in short order, and the
locals having received their Sc.
cond wind, again got ten men to
hat. The, first three scored.
The next one went out. the next
} three scored. the eighth man went
} out, the ninth man got to first,
land then Ben McMullen stepped
to the plate. He caught the bali
\
about right, hoisted it into the
air, but it landed safely in a
6elder's hands and the stuff was
off for the inning. Ellinwood
was put out in short order in the
ninth inning and the game was
over. and a good sized crowd