The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-09-17
Hustlers Take The Coveted Rag.

The Bluegrass League season CLOSED
in this city Wednesday afternoon, Wher
rain prevented the further progress OF
the game that had gone only one In
ming betweenParis and Winchester, Civ
ing the 1909 league pennant to the
Hustlers by only half a game over
the Richmond club.
One thousand five hundred people
had gathered to witness the last game
on the home grounds. A special train
brought quite a number from Winches-
ter, but the bulk of the crowd was
made up mostly of Paris and Bourbon
county people. among which was
large number of ladies who had brav-
ed the threatening elements to see the
Hustlers and Bourbonites IN their
last game of the season.
Had not rain interfered the result OF
the race for the league pennant would
no doubt have been left in the balance,
as the Paris team was on it's mettle
and was determined to tie up the two
clubs and give the Pioneers another
chance at the peanant.
The Hustlers entered the contest
with their usual good luck and weak
the first position. The three first to
face Digger famed the wind. Only
by miracle were the locals prevented
from scoring in their half after Reg
gle had hit for base, was sacrificed
to second by Elgin, Ochs walked and
Kaiser hit one back of second base,
which under any circumstances would
have scored the two men on bases,
when Barney made a sensational catch
of Kaiser's line drive and completed a
double play.
Digger had gone into the game with
determination to show the egotisti-
cal HustIers few things in the art of
pitching and his performance in the
one inning was an assurance that ne
would carry into effect his remark that
he would ''fan twenty-one if the rest
of the bunch would take care of the
other six"
On the other hand, Burden, the Hus-
tiers mainstay, was as wild as a
March hare. He displyed sign of un-
esiness during the only inning he pitch
ed, suffice TO say he WOULD have been
"easy picking FOR the Bourbonites,
had the game progressed.
Winchester should feel highly toward
her club. While it is true they have
played in the best of luck throughout
the season, still they have had in their
opponents some of the fastest minor
league teams that could be brought to-
gether.
Richmond, who has been her closest
rival for pennant honors since the sea-
son began last April, suffered a great
deal for the want to pitchers as the
season neared the close, and while dur
ing the greater part of the season they
carried the highest percentage, Win
chester took advantage OF their misfor-
tune and gradually overcome their
lead, taking first place only about three
weeks before the season closed.
After the first month of the season,
Paris, with a sudden burst of speed
that even made the leaders sit up and
take notice, rapidly wendell her way
from the cellar to third place and the
close found hire thoroughly entrencheC
in that position. During that time she
played better ball than any club in the
league and had it not been for the BAG
start she made, perhaps the final woulC
have been altogether different.
The curtain has fallen on most sue
cessful season, so far as the local club
is concerned. The Universities suffered
at the start only increased the enthu
siasm of the local fans and every game
on the local lot brought out the larges
crowds of any in the league. Next
season the Paris management propos
es to start the season with the tastes
club in the league and the Bourbonitei
, will make lively bid for the 1910 pen
nant.