The Sauk Centre herald., 1912-06-20
SLAM The SPHERE
Amateurs Do q Whole Lot OF
Things to the Base Ball
KNOCK lHE COVER OFF
Mines Composed of Farmers ard
Town Fellows Clash on Henry
BOrgmann'S Pasture
They pasted the pellet.
They slammed the sphere.

4Hcy pdSlcu CIl0 polloC.
They slammed the sphere.
They pounded the innocent oval
They did it maliciously and will
malice aforethought.
They did it last Sunday Afternoon
and the act was performed on thi
greensward of Henry Borgmann's COW
pasture a little distance south o
town.
The pastors, the slammers, t h {
Founders, were farmers and town fel
lers. Why did they do it? Because
last year two teams of farmers anC
town fellers had a diamond CLASH
and the agriculturists cam out
ahead. Sunday it was different. The
"dudes from town" won by score OF
II to Ii. 1t was thirteen for the soil
tillers, all right, all right. Next veal
the tie will be played off and then
there twill besome diddings." Mean.
time the "dudes" from town car
crow for twelvemonuh. Then the
farmers will tear hair, rend raiment
in the effort to make them eat crow
1t was a mighty combat. The
farmers had been practicing up fol
several weeks and expected to ''put
something over" on the dudes. Some.
thing was ''put over" all right, but
it was "put over" on the other fellow.
The combat lasted for seven in
nings: long and weary innings for
some of the amateur artists. The
umpire had a strenuous time of it; in
fact, he barely lived to tell the tale.
Ed Hansen had the hardihood to at
tempt to call balls and strikes and
things. Ed thought he knew some
thing about baseball but before he
got half way through that game he
changed his mind. T he opposing
forces all but mobbed him. However,
he came through all right and Mon
day morning was at his customary
place of business as bright and as
smiling as if an oratorical cyclone
hadn't struck him Sunday.
There was some great ball played
out there Sunday. Pity the exhibi-
tion couldn't have been given where
more people could see it. Some of it
was "simply out Of sight," but more
of it was right in sight whereit would
make professional player turn green
with envy.
Geo. Fish slanted them over the
the plate and curved them around the
necks Of the agriculturists. Young
Frank Minette was the slab artist
for the farmers. 1t is rCmored that
both gentlemen pplied d liniment
to their heaving wings Monday. AL.
bert Markson stopped the Fish offer.
ings behind the bat; F. Cordell arrest
ed the Minette filings.
There were so many extraordinary
and otherwise, especially otherwise
plays, that it is impossible in this
brief article to elaborate on them all.
1t is rumored that Geo. R. Borgmann
on first elongated himself considera-
bly, during the contest. 1t is whis-
pered about that L. Wakefield played
the left field position as it has seldom
been played in that cow pasture. Re.
port hath it that some of the stunts
offered by A. j. Powers were ''irrela
vent and immaterial' or words to that
effect. A rumor reached The Herald
office late Monday afternoon that one
of the most brilliant luminaries was
Ferd Borgmann at center Fl d.
Those who were there all swear that
a contest like that must be seen to be
The lineup:
TOWN TEAM FARMERS
Geo. Fish p f. Minette
A. Markson C T. Cordelll
Geo. Borgmann Id J. Cordell
T. Cullen 2b f. Telschow
VIM. Brown 3b f. j. Mihette
A. j. Powers SIS Paul Winters
j. ]. Wiesner IN. Bromenschenkel
E. Fettgather CT F. j. Borgmann
L. Wakefield If A. Bromenschenkel