The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-03

It was case of Fan Wax. that fam ous game of kid days. with the Meri- den nine as the lucky ones, They hav- ing captured the first contest. thought that 1t was their turn to be generous and decided to share the spells of the double-header with George Bones fleet. They confscated the first battle after hickory banquet in the ninth by the result of to (not won for To- cals) and complying with the laws of courtesy sent over the second game with the score of to nix against them. The ball tossing union opened its meeting at o'clock. the umpire call ing. the gatheraton to order. The bus iness. routine extended throughout the afternoon and stretched itself into a slow uninteresting conflict. A sudden spark of good piece of work now and then, would arouse the dozing fans. who infested the bleachers and barely served to keep their attention centered in the contest.
 Stevens of the Silver City camp. toss ed over the pill in the first contest and when he won out he was allowed to ,con continue the. seryjng ,pf the. sphere In the second. Cupid Stevens however was unable to withstand the. strain and the furious stick onslaught of Bone's squad caused a complete white wash for him His pitching in the first contest was not of the best. but his Supporters by timely willow transac- tions dug out avictory.
 One of the hardest catches of the game which was made still more bril- liant by. Its contrast to the listless ex- hibition, occurred In the second match. when Kid Sherwood .clouted the horse- hide towards the left field fence. The sphere traveled with great velocity and looked like a clean two-bageer but To! there was Wade to be looked out for "Ham,,' ran back at |, breakneck speed and recalling that "steve" Brody once took a chance, when he jumped of Brooklyn Bridge he decided to take one. He flung himself in the air al the same time throwing up his hands My. what a shout went up when thu pill plunked into Wade's glove and tha individual clung to it after being twist cd around twice while off his feet Ham" certainly got the hand and he deserved it.,d 8st
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 The first combat merely brought out Joe Stoupe's natural weakness. to slov up and give in towards the, final inning Prior to his destruction only two wide ly separated bngoes could be secured off him and the locals were ahead un til the eighth having one tally while the visitors had eggs, many eggs, Ia belled to them Kid Sherwood had little vacation at the dizzy corner an' made beautiful catch of his only pu out, when the pill sailed foul goot distance from the third sack
 There was absolutely no excuse what ever for the locals riding off with tn tail end 1, for in numerous instance the bags were Inhabited by Elm Cit players and they failed to make goot Just one, little clout would have coppe the game for our nine, but they funk ed--hunked miserablv. This made thei one run an easy barrier to overcome for the visitors
 There was nothing doing in the rul game until the sixth when Kid Sher wood worked for a walking ticket passed ball allowed Phil Corcoran wh replaced Kid on first Gas Sherwood ankle is stilr forcing him to limp) t take second Simmons on trying tn Murphy-AccorsIn route got out, br advanced Corcoran a peg. John Rescf man easily sent Corcoran home whe he sent out one of his two hits the ba skipping to right field
 The visitors woke nap and secured run in the eight. Bridges walked an was sacrificed to second. He took thlr on Soffes out and scored on Wade swat to center garden With the SCOT tied they won out in the ninth by cor meeting with stoup,s benders for tw singles and double. The summary
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