Gilpin observer., 1912-07-11
Fourth Celebrated in Safe,
Sane and Patriotic Manner
Visitors Were Royalty Entertained and Everybody Had
Good Tirne---No Serious Accidents

read, Idaho Z, Mines 3, with Mitchell
pitching air tight ball. Owens, too,
pitched first class and heady game
but at critical times was given rag
ged support. Every known kind of a
noise machine was in evidence, and
: in use. The Springs team thought
fully brought with them a Jolly, good
crowd of rooters. The home fans
brought into use, as we said, every
kind of a noise maker. Megaphones,
monograph horns, bells, tcling forks,
ETC., kept up constant noise. Still
the score remained the same. The
Mines had one more chance. They
had the last bat. The score read, Ida
no Z, Mines 8. Visions of hundred
bones before their eyes, the locals
came UP fo- the final round. What
followed will long be remembered by
the vast crowd. Crash. The first man
UP landed on one OF Mitchells fast
curves for a safe single. Then up
came Sleepy Semmens, who also con-
nected with one OF the visiting heav-
ers shoots, and when the dust had
cleared, the Miners had a man on
first and one on second. Then up
comes Sam Gates with a hit clearing
the bases. 1t is next to impossible
to describe the actions of the vast
crowd at this time. After six or seven
o. the local boys hal slaughtered
everything that the visiting mound
artist could deliver, and the dust and
noise OF the great battle had subsid-
ed, the score then looking like this:
Mines s. Idaho Springs I. The visit
crs still had another chance. But
ing line for them. The best team
that ever Uotted out upon q base
ball diamond, could not make a score
eff the home team at this stage of
the game. Idaho fell short. Owens
frightened. Two of the visitors fan
ned the breezes Of Owens mystifie-s
while the third landed on one that
was headed straight for the depot.
That snappy little player, Jeuck, had
his eyes on that drive. The result
was that after fine run, the ball
landed in Eari's nit, and stuck taere.
Never in this city was there witness
ed such a dramatic finish TO a game
C: base ball. An almost certain de-
feat pulled cut in victory with such
a sensational ninth inning rally mark
ed the finish OF the hardest fought
game known on the local diamond in
a good many years. The visitors,
however, played some snappy game,
and were made the victims of cne of
those grand finish games. Arthur
Most umrired the game in most
creditable manner. Following is the
summary and score OF the game, won
in the ninth
Gilpin Mines ...3 0 0 0 o o 0 SIS
Idaho Springs Il o 0 o o o.
Summary: Batteries, Mines, Owens
ana Gates; Idaho Springs Mitchell
and Menzime-. Rase en- halls. off
Mitchell L; off Owens 8, Struck out
by Owens s, by Mitchell S. Two base
hits. Gates. Leach 2. Hit by pitched
ball. Cooper. Hits Mines s; Idaho I.
Errors Mines 4, Idaho 8. Left on
bases Central T. Idaho H.
The tug of war followed the bail
game, and was won by team com
posed of the strong men OF this city
and Russell. They were pitted against
n team picked up from Black Hawk
and Ce1tral. A third team wanted 10
enter, and quite an argument easued.
the team representing Rus sell Gulch
carried away the money.
Claude Scrre won the Jack race
and the jack rode by Carl Hambly
came in a close second. There We're
ten or twelve entries in this race OF
Gocky Mountain canaries. but there
was no question about the winner.
Three teams were entered in the
straightaway race. Black Hawk. the
Alerts and the Rough and Ready. The
Black Hawk team made the run in
% 40, ana the Alerts in "a 40. II
was in this race that the most ser.
ious accident Of the celebration hap
pened. The Rough ald Ready team
composed of eight Of the fastest
runners that ever tock the local
track were the victims of the hard
luck. Ed. Yates. Of Boulder. was the
spike for the Rough, ana met with
IN accident that nearly lost him
his life. The Rough team left the
scratch with leap ana at the rate
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