The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-08-14
CAPITALS WIN
LAST GAME0F
SEASON HERE
Take Game at Which Ford Is
Given Away as the Feature
OF The Day
FIGHT ALSO FEATURES

The Capitals took an. exhibition
game from Minot last evening by
scoic Of IL TO 3, which was the last
baseball game of the season unless
as minated in some quarters, an
effort may be made to lengthen the
season again. The Bismarck team
left today for Minot for six-game
series, opening this evening. Bis
marck now is in second place, al
though last nights game did not
count in the standings, and could
win the pennant in the second hall
of the season by trouncing Minot
five out of six games.
The game last night wasn't much
of an exhibition Of baseball, but as
an exhibition of vaudeville and the
prize ring it was what might be prop
erly termed "a bowling SUCCESS"
There also was debate mixed in
which wasn't couched in the polite
language of a school boys debate,
with Herb Hester, manager of the
Minot baseball team, unfolding the
negative against the frequent charges
Of the bleacher dcbaters, whose al
legations ran to about everything
they could think Of and say. Occasion
ally Hester essayed 'tne Affirmative
in the debate but he couldn't talk
louder than the crowd could yell, so
he didn't have much luck.
Along about the sixth inning there
was u diversion when Walters, Minot
third bascman, went through the left
field bleacners' wire netting after
fan who had been in an argument
with Coleman, Minot center-fielder,
and then welcomes an argument with
Walters. Hester mixed in. There
were couple of blows struck and
the players were pushed back into
the field. There were no more jabs
with the fist but there were plenty
with the tongue, most Of the crowd
thinking Hester was the player who
first went through the wire netting.
He didn't seem to object to the crowd
having the idea, either.
The other big feature of the day
was the drawing of the Ford touring
car. The holder of the lucky ticket
was w. c. Monsoon of the Carpenter
Lumber company, who had number
1,2l7. He was sold the ticket by
"Christy," whom everybody knowns as,
a red hot baseball fan and formerly
q red hot baseball fan and formerly
ball. "Christy' told Monsoon when ne
sold him the booster day ticket that
he was selling him the lucky num-,
Der. Monson got bigger cheer than
the players.
To tell how all the runs were made
would take more space than to rec
ord the innings when none were scor-
ed, and besides the ball game was
only a minor feature Of the day
Hester pitched for Minot, saving his
pitchers for a series at Minot. From
the way he iobbed them over, on.
might thing he also was trying to
save his own arm. Joe Day, who
hasn't been going well lately for Bis
marck, pitched fair ball.
Hester plans to take the series
from Bismarck at Minot. He ex.
poets to have Bling Worner catching
again and Johnny Hennessy playing,
probably in right field, which will
relieve Dennison Of the business OF
striking out, except in the games he
pitches. Tom Stanley won't be in the
game for Bismarck. His spiked foot
became infected and he probably is
out for the season.
The game last evening was the
seventh played here in the present
mixup, and ended with Bismarck win.
ming four and losing three. If the
game last night is the only league
baseball game here for the next
couple of years it was a financial
success, since about 1880 tickets on
the Ford were sold, but otherwise 1,
may not be. For there were lot OF
fans there who seldom see bal
game and Hester didn't let them see
one. Also there were several meY
and women who preferred to leave
the part rather than stay and liste
to the choice profanity let out by
number of players.
The box score: