The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-08-02
LIBERAL NABBED A GOOD
ONE

The Liberal base ball team halted
the Plains aggregation In its wild
charge for the pennant, Sunday, when
she wrapped the dish rag of defeat
around its neck by score OF to 5,
Delegates from Plains mingled freely
with the Liberal delegates, before
the game, in the lobby of the Ball
Fan Hotel" sometimes known as
Taylor's Drug store. In the bar
room the refreshment squirters were
on a rampage trying to unpant the
painting and enthusiastic crowd
who thronged the place. In the con-
seryatory of music the piano player
and the player piano were adding
their share of excitement to the ges-
ticulating and perspiring throng.
Twice the mob became almost un-
manageable; once when an over-en-
thusiastic fan mounted the table and
after holding up his hand for sill
ence, announced that there was on
ly twenty-five more weeks to do
Christmas shopping in. Some one
called in brain specialist and he
told the disturber that he would look
him over for ten dollars, The man
said alright, and that II the doctor
found the ten he could have half OF
1t, and the rest would go to buy the
drinks for the crowd. Again the
crowd went wild when they had to
call in the street cleaning department
after Plains man had finished tell
ing what good team they had.
About 1880 the bell on the cash
register tolled forth and the rush for
the ball grounds began. AS far as
the game was concerned the pitching
of young Riffel and the catching OF
Gordon Higginbotham were interest
ing and fine bunch of work. Riffel
struck out ten men and gave only
three bases on balls. Aside from the
game the rotten support given these
two young heroes would do to make
red lemonade out of. Riffel pitched
rattlng good ball in the tight places,
entirely bewildering the Plains stick
men. The outfielders couldn't see
the flies for the smoke, and the in
fielders evacuated the positions they
had been placed in when 1t was nee
essary to let the ball pass Swink
showed up for the biggest two-bagger
anybody ever saw, and scored two
men, which proves beyond doubt he
will make the big league. Kennedy
showed his ability to eat fish by hit
ting ~ Texas leaguer In pinch, and
An. hoa orfrl nwnIn I'M u n
that she thought it was real horrid
of such big man to jump onto a
poor, little helpless Texas Lacquer
and hit it swat in pinch. The
hitting Of Earl Craig makes us proud
of the kid and we hope he will not
get proud of himself, so that he can
not continue to play good ball. About
this time during the game, perhaps,
a little sooner, Plains did some ter
rife hitting; running up the score,
and Kemp misjudged hy--it was a
grasshopper. The ball went over
to the railroad track to see II keg
party were on, anywhere, and In the
meantime the score switched to 5
to 3 in Plains favor. The home boys
took off their shoes and came back
strong in their half and cinched the
game by running in FIVE scores. A
few of the boys were cutting their
wisdom teeth and the hot weather
made them quite peevish, conse-
auently they chewed rags with the
umpire until we predicted that the
old-fashioned rag carpet is thing
of the past and that the office devil
will have to wash the presses with
his shirt tail hereafter. 1t Is rather
strange, but it might be accounted
for by the. way the sunlight fell on
the game from different positions of
the spectators and players, but, do
you know, that most everyone from
Plains said that the decisions were
not fair and most every native said
they were all o. X. The battery
for Plains, Trahen and Sheehan; for
Liberal, Riffel and Higginbotham. A
good crowd was in attendance, and
all seemed to enjoy the day. Come
again some day. There's gona be
sumDin doin mex Sunday, too.