Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-08-23
PANNEES one,
S1ACKERS ONE,
The Coveted Double Headers Result
ed in a Dog Fall For the Teams.
RECORD BREAKING CROWD.

IS not IN accordance with the
wishes of the fans. About 200
Larned people accompanied the
Pawnee Braves to this city Sun
day to see their favorites win two
a double header, and a few more
than that number of home people
wentsout to see the Wheat Stackers
take both games. Both punches
we're disappointed. each team win.
ming a game. What We cont
know about the game would of
Q course I'll several volumes. but
from our point of looking at the
game. it seemed that what the
umpire did not do TO us in the
early part of the game. our team
dad through errors the ninth in
ing. Certainly his jumps always
gets the blame, no matter what he
does. That Mr.. Washburn. VIII o
performed that arduous duty and
thSnkless to be in the first game
gave Cs the worst of it and mighty
badly on one or two decisions,
taree is no question. But from what
we know of Mr.. Washburn We
are convinced that it was an error
of judgement on his part. and
nothing more. We don't all see
these plays alike. and while it was
a bitter pill to take, we should
not be too hasty in attributiDg the
decisions to any pre-arranged deal
between the umpire and the op-
posing team. Where Mr.. Wash
burn made a serious blunder was
in the fourth inning when a play
or by the name of Pontius, or
something like that, deliberately
ran out of the base line several
feet in order to collide with
Thorstenberg and thus cause him
to drop a n 6 Mr., Pontius
should not only have been called
out, but put out of the game.
From a Larned fan we learned
that is his style of playing
ball, which is a point the league
management should take cogniz,
ance Of, and see that he either
eplays clean ball or gets off the
diamond. The game. notwith-
standing all these things, was
Great Bends until the ninth in.
ming. when the ball and the third
baSeman got mixed up and lost.
the sun hid behind the grand
stand. Larned fans went wild,
Great Benders got disappointed,
the players got fussy. and when
J order was restored three scores
had been made. putting the braves
two points to the good. and the
trouble was all over.
The first setto was called
. promptly. with Thorstenbers and
Harrison doing the fancy work
for the home team. and Blunt and
Winchester for the visitors. Lar.
ned's first man up reached first
safely. The second man did like
. wise, advancing the first man to
second. The third man got up
and sat down, and then the fourth
man got a little 90, wa caught
out and the man on first by neat
q double play also was retired
Our boys commenced to do bust
ness from the start. The first
man got to first, wheeled around
the diamond and scored. The Sc.
scond and third players did setting
down, act. but the fourth man 90
around before the fifth man was
out. In The second inning both
Sides we're retired in one. two,
three order. In the third tim,
the first two men of the visito r
Q got no place. The next man wen
to first, the fourth man was hit b.
the pitcher. but before either on,
got any farther along the team
was retired. Great Bend did bet
ter. After the first and seconc
man at bat was out third man
went to first, reached second on q