Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-08-06
Ellsworth Team Shut Out 5 to O.,
When Biesser Makes Initial
Bow for Remainder Of
Season.
COFFIN HITS MIGHTY BLOW.
Highly Casey Polls Clean Home,
Over West Fence First Score
For Locals.

They came. They saw. We con-
quered. In other words, the "Colts"
made it three out of five with the
prpteges of Uncle Falstaff Friday
afternoon at West Side base ball
park, with large crowd present.
Casey" Coffin and Connie" Bies-
ser appeared on the local lineup,
Coffin on the short stop position and
Besser hurting the pillet for priv
ate guessing contest among the Els
worth squad. The final score was 5
to 0. Sunny" Long accompanied by
his celestial grin 'graced the mound
for the visitors and although beaten
is credited with one of his best
games this year. Biesser was hit for
four safe ones, while the good natur-
ed boy from Ellsworth was forced to
wait for the return of the horsehide
Just eight times. The game was one
Of the best of the season, with no
scores made until the sixth, when
Coffin spoiled the confidence of
Sunny by a homer that cleared the
west fence by several feet Casey
also hit a double and single, out of
four times at the stick. Pyle is al
SO credited with some lusty stick
work, he and Moose being the only
other players with two hits from
Long.
H The game started with Sogard at
the stick for the visitors. Sogard
took one for nothing and sliced the
next ball to Stuart who threw him
out. M. Brinton then took three at
the atmosphere and sat down Won
dering. Satter, the keenest hitter on
the visitors staff, attempted to solve
the riddle, but could do nothing and
after three retired. Coffin first to
bat for the locals hit a long fly to
A. Oleson. Stuart was suppressed
by "Sunny's" smile and three
strikers. Corbin hit high to right
field. A. Oleson fyed in the next
round to Stuart, but B. Oleson broke
the ice with the first safe one Of the
same. C. Oleson had hard luck and
not being able to locate the pill re-
tired on three attempts. Peterson
also whitfield. Pyle for the locals
could not get out of the diamond
and was retired at first by Satter
Moose and Biesser waved at the
north fence until Martin had them
seated. In the first of the third S
Brinton hit a hard one to Biesser
who blocked 1t, allowing Stuart tc
throw to first. Long also hit to
Biesser. Sogard Whitfield. In the To-
cal half Of the third Dodge was pow
erless against Long. Berggren was
retired by hitting line drive to So.
gard, but Boyd walked Coffin then
got his first hit, but Stuart hit q
long fly to A. Oleson. In the fourth
inning things looked interesting. M
Brinton hit to Stuart and was re-
tired, but Satter, after waiting un'
til two and three were called. hit
a two baser. A. Oleson hit to Stuart
and Satter advanced to third. Hoy
ever, he attempted to steal the plate
irom Biesser, who caught him with
the goods on. The last half Of the
fourth and the fifth passed with only
one hit, by Peterson, but the round
was quiet. The first of the sixth
found nothing doing, but in the
second of the sixth Coffin changed
the routine. Casey" was called tt
the bat after Boyd had taken exer
else, with three hard strikes. The
former local star took one for prae
tice and let the next one have 1T
The horse hide, beside losing itsel
in the grass some distance west o
the fence. banished the golden smile
from the countenance of sunny
while Coffin trotted around the cir
cult. Next came Stuart and an er
r5r.-aiio@ed the ''cap" to go to thu
initial sack. corbih hit fly to 4
oleson. Stuart then stole secon'
and went to third when Pyle hi
safe. Moose then lift a clean on
and Stuart trotted In, for the secon,
marker on the score hoard Biesser