Gilpin observer., 1911-07-06
FOURTH AT GOLDEN
(sy wEM.)

The Firemen's Field Day celebra.
tion at Golden Tuesday was a big
success both financially and socially
Hundreds Of visitors from this and
Clear Creek county, as well as old
timers OF both counties residing in
different parts of the state, enjoyed
the hospitality of the foot-hill city.
Everything was carried off in most
satisfactory manner as far as the
firemen were concerned.
The days festivities started off
with a parade on the arrival Of the
down train from this district Tues
day morning. The train arrived about
8 o'clock and the line of the parade
was formed Immediately. The Golden
firemen led, followed by the Central
City band of fifteen pieces and the
Georgetown band of twenty pieces.
The visitors, following, the bands.
marched up the Main avenue to the
business section and there broke
ranks. The town was beautifully dec
GRATED and presented a grand and
pleasing appearance.
The first event of the days pro-
gram was the base ball game, sched-
uled to start at 10:3O in Athletic
park. The crowd journeyed to the
park to see this important event.
The severe rains experienced in
Central Saturday. Sunday and Mon
day, also visited Golden and the
streets were in very bad condition
Monday. but Tuesday morning the
sun came out with blazing heat. Aid
ed with a roller the sun soon had
the streets in fair condition. The
scene of the ball game did not re-
ceive the same attention as the
streets, and were in a very muddy
condition at the time scheduled for
the much-talked-of base ball game be-
tween the Golden nine and the Gil
pin Mines for $50 prize.
The game was called at about II
O'Clock, with the Mines at the bat.
One run was scored in the first In
ming by the Mines. and after that the
crowd had hunch that they were
going to see game worth several
times the grandstand admission.
Parsons and Owens were the oppos-
ing pitchers and both were on. 1t
was a pitchers battle. with Parsons
having all the best of the argument.
But Golden. aided by a bum umpire,
had the best Of the deal after the
first inning.
Neither side were able to hit the
ball more than two feet from the
home plate, until after the fifth in
ming, when with two men on bases,
Hartzell hit the first ball to the out
field, scoring one man for Golden. In
the next inning-the seventh-Golden
scored two runs on raw decisions
by Mr.. Umpire, which they were not
entitled to. The home team were by
this time getting wise to the fact
that they had the umpire to beat as
well as the Golden ball team. Sew
eral times 1t looked as though the
game was going to be called off. And
the Central boys would have been
Justified in leaving the field. But the
well-known sportsmanship OF the Gil
pin county boys was too well estab-
lished to warrant such a deed. But
the game itself was indeed tussel,
even though the odds were against
us. They had to play harder and
faster than they have been known to
this season-in fact many seas
ons. In our half Of the ninth inning
two runs were scored. making the
score to 3. For three innings the
teams battled for the deciding run,
which came in the 18th inning. The
Mines did not score, but in Golden's
half three balls hit to the out field.
two of which were muffed. netted
Golden one run and a game which
they will long remember as one Of
the toughest in which they have ever
figured, and one which, with a man
who knew how to render decisions,
they would not have won. But they
had to go some. and knew 1t. The
score Of the game by innings and
the summary are as follows:
Golden 30 0 o o o 1 1000 IL
Central IL 0 0 0 o % O02 100 0-a
Summary: Batteries. Mines G. Par
sons, Mabee and Richards; Golden,
Owens and Hartzell. Hits off Parsons
4; off Owens 4. Struck out by Par
sons IL; by Owens 4. Base on balls.
Parsons Q; Owens 2. Hit by pitcher.
Bert Semmens.
The Golden firemen are very sorry
that the ball game caused 80 much
dissatisfaction among the two teams.
= The firemen are not to be blamed, as
they had nothing to do with the
game. The money for the prizes was