Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-07-29
HAWTHORNE VS. YERINGTON

! AS the number OF autos from nav
thorne began to arrive in Yeringtor
Saturday evening bringing the evei
welcome residents of that town tc
the CITY, some little curiosity was fell
as to the object of the visit. Wher
! it was announced by some of his
''rooters" that John Miller had"come
back" and Extended "toming back
! some more" for the next forty or
fifty years, and that Johnny had
brought a gang IF desert rats
from Hawthorne with the intention
of making the trained athletes and
base ball experts of Mason Valley
look like a ping pong club at church
sociable, friendly interest in the"ut-
landers" increased . rapidly. The
spirit of friendly rivalry grew "apace'
and every effort was made to prepare
the guests of the occasion for tho
drubbing which was intended even
though the generally expressed inten
ton was not very enthusiastically
backed by money, local money being
badly tongued-tied and not talking at
all The intened row" was some
what hastily planned and many people
did not know of the proposed slaugh
ter of the innocents-if any one wish
es to think of Fred Balzar, John Mel.
rose and John Miller no effort should
be taken to destroy the illusion
otherwise there would have been
much larger crowd. 1t was one o
the most peacable crowds that every
gathered to watch a baseball game
No one seemed to be able to star
a row although some of the specta
tors POSSESSED (ae spirit. A few
remarks from on or two
of the old timers from Mineral VIII
kept talking about "Pizen Switch
were not noticed and after few o
Miller's rooters had passed sarcas
tic remarks to their own umpire Mr.
Jones and the Yerington contingent
had failed to rattle Danny Mcleod
by calling him burglar, forger, ban
robber and blue sky mining promo
ter" the Indian pitcher, Sullivan
tried to bean" John Freeman. When
the ball hit John on his pitching arm
the latter forgot for a minute that
he used to play marbles with the
Aborigine and displayed some de
sire to get hold OF some human flesh
However Johnny Miller restored tn
irate pitchers customary good nature
by knocking a safe hit and following
it up with the first score of the game
The game then became interesting
for a number of innings from tn
of an apparent efforts b.
both teams to see which could max
the most costly errors without get
ting ratified. Both clubs succeeded
and the end of the ninth~inning show.
While Billy Schooley was at the ba'
with an even score the Hawthornt
pitcher lost control of the ball be-
cause of the injury received earlier
in the game and Billy took the mat
for the count but sufficiently recover
ed to win the game in the eleventh in
ming by making a strike in the last
half which brought home the winning
score. While the game was con.
slant succession of errors, due who'll,
to the condition of the grounds &C
cented by the strangeness to eacl
other of the players of both clubs
it was one of the best games of the
season. At no time was either clul
more than two runs ahead OF tho
other and a notable feature of the
game was the steady nerve maintain.
ed by each team and the READINGS
with which each would recover los
ground
Never was a visiting crowd NOR
welcome than the ones who came from
Hawthorne and everybody hated to
see them go home. Themselves not
ed for their hospitality they are al
ways sure of hearty greeting BY
their many friends in Yerington.
The following is the score, tho
Hawthorne team first going to the
bat;
Hawthorne Innings
Line up 10 II