Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-05-08
the FIRST
BALL GAME
Beach Wins the First Ball
Game of the Season
From Wibaux

The initial baseball game OF the season
in this locality was played at Wibaux last
Sunday when Beach and Wibaux, two very
enthusiastic baseball towns. crossed bats.
The Beach aggregation, with a good bunch
of rooters drove up in the morning and in
the afternoon took the enemy into campby
a score of to I. The exhibition was
good one, much better than anyone expect
ed to see SO early in the season. A purse
of $4,000 in gold was put up by w. r..
Rucker, of Wibaux. as an incentive to
make the boys play their best-and they
certainly did. The aggregation that rep
resented Beach last Sunday is about the
fastest bunch of ball tossers that ever went
onto baseball diamond for Beach, and if
this team, especially the in6eld, can be held
together Beach enthusiasts will have an
opportunity to witness some real baseball
before the season is over.
Bowman. Smith and Green did the bat
terry work for Beach while Jeffers Seeley
and Grains acted for Wibaux. 1t was a
close shave from being shutout for the
Wibauxites. but pass to first, hit and
error in the fifth inning gave them their
only run. Beach scored in the third, sew
enth. eighth and ninth. Following is the
Beach lineup and score by innings: Green,
1st base and catcher Smith, catcher and
pitcher; Bowman, pitcher and 1st base;
Ayers. second base; Harrington, shortstop;
Gunderson. third base: Weber. left field;
Borth, center field; Kendall, right field.
Beach ooI oo1 ID
Wibaux OF
Watch Beach play ball!
Play ball! How good that sounds doesn't
Moxey' made the first score for Beach
by stealing home.
There Was considerable wrangling bu,
that is part of baseball, especially in
small towns.
Harrington, alias Liz, is onto his jot
at short and can whip them over to first il
big league style.
Ed. Bowler, who played with Beach las
year, is captain of the Wibaux team thi
year and played first base.
Next Sunday tie boys play Belfeld a
Belfeld Don't forget to be on hand ant
see the game. 1t will be dandy.
Ayers, who played second base, is al
old timer and at one time played with tn
Fargo leaguers. He knows how to hit tn
ball on the nose when run is needed
sin" Bisnett acted as umpire and hi
decisions were as bad for one side as TO
the other. But it is early in the seaso
and Slim is not in practice yet.
Manager Baht was away from home an
Phi! St. Jacque had charge of the tear
Sunday. Smithy acted as captain. Gee
will probably be back before many game
are played.
Ben Green, the old war horse, was u
to his old tricks ard in the third innin
drove out clean home run, but was calle
out by the Ump because the coacn ran
from third base with him.
In the fourth inning Green, while pla
ing first base. knocked down high line
with one hand and captured it with II
other in fine style. 1t looked like tv
base hit but Ben didn't see it that way.
Bowman, the new pitcher, looks good
the fans and when he gets his arm harde
ed up will take back seat for none
them. Smithy. the all-around-man help'
him out in the latter part of the game, al
lie can pitch some too; did you notice IN
wind-up? It's bird.