Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-09-02
PLAYING SOME BALL
CALMAR AND CRESCO BOTH BITE THE
DUST.
The 0ssian Carnival Drew the Mighty War.
riors Together and DEBORAH Felled
Them All.

At the Ossian carnival last Thursday
and Friday. the jnvincible ca Calmar
and Cresco teams went down to defeat
before the battling DEBORAH aggrega.
tion. Did the DEBORAH boys play ball
Well we guess they did. There were
hundreds of Decorah's bugs and
buggeens present to cheer their team
on to victory. AS they say across the
big pond when news is dull: "There
are rumors of coming trouble between
the powers. " Calmar and Cresco had
the trouble alright, alright. And the
mighty Beizer and the mighty Schultz
had troubles of their own. The De.
corah combination under the manage
ment of w. Il. Smith, have whitted
up their appetite and eaten up every
thing that has come their way during
the past two weeks. If the appetite
holds out, and their digestive appa-
ratus can stand the worry they will
devour goodly number of games be-
fore the season closes.
Thursday the first carnival day at
Ossian the Calmar and DEBORAH aggre-
cations faced each other, DEBORAH
winning by score of to 4. 1t was
great game, both teams fighting
6N6TN Hull VI VIC why, Dub Soluudl
couldn't turn the trick which they so
much desired to do, because DEBORAH
had them going and they couldn't
break the spell. In the fourth inning
DEBORAH scored twice, Calmar tieing
them in the fifth. and getting two
more in the seventh.-but then the
blow that almost killed father occur
red in that fatal seventh because De-
corah scored three times leaving Cal
mar at the distance flag and scoring
again in the eight put Calmar out Of
the running.
But then the Calmar paper says that
Beizer's home run was the cause Of
Calmar losing the game, because he
run so hard, 1T made him sick, and he
couldn't field his game after that.
Well that's too bad, if that's true ;
that ball rolled down hill and he
didn't have to run near so hard as he
did, if he only realized the fact at the
time. Next time Mr.. Beizer dom t
you run so hard and lose the game,
for your team just walk up to first
base and get touchedout.
But nevertheless it was good
game, and even if Calmar did lose.
both teams knew that a red hot game
had been played.
On Friday the mighty warriors
! from Howard county felt the sting OF
defeat at the hands of DEBORAH. OF
course Schultz pitched for Cresco and
he used all his repertoire. but just
enough rough edges cropped out in
various quarters to render his efforts
futile, and Moore of the Calmar team
was in the box for DEBORAH. with
Belknap behind the bat. But Mr..
Moore was proving too easy for Ores
CO, and he was withdrawn in the
fourth inning. after Cresco had made
three runs, and the old reliable Bidne
was put in the box, and Cresco's run.
getting fever subsidized. Bidne was
there with the goods and they
couldn't touch him, and when the
game was over the score stood and
in favor of DEBORAH. The game was
an exceptionally good one but Bidne
and Belknap proved hoodoos for Ores
CO. Schultz is wonder, but Bidne
pitched all around him, and won his
game. And we want to say right here
that Bidne is one of the best pitchers
that ever throwed ball over the plate
in this section. AS fast as the CrescO.
ties popped their heads above water
he pushe them down, and his play.
mates got to Mr.. Schultz in the emf.
nent slugger fashion. But with all OF
the above perhaps two better or hard.
er games were never played hereabouts
this season.