Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 155, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1912 — Base Ball as It Was In The “Good Old Days.” [ARTICLE]

Base Ball as It Was In The “Good Old Days.”

A Delphi Herald of this week contained an account of a ball game that was played at Monticello /45 years ago between the Delphians, of Delphi, and the Tippecanoes, of Monticello. The game, it seems, was “air-tight,” the Tippecanoes being defeated by the modest score of 66 to 42. During the game the Delphi team made nine home runs, while the Monticello team made only two. The article reads as follows: “The match game of base ball between the Delphians of this place and the Tippecanoes of Monticello, came off ait the latter place Thursday, and resulted in a victory for the Delphians. Both parties were in good trim and did their ‘prettiest to win.’ “Our boys wefe loud in their praise of the young ladles of Monticello, for their social qualities, and the bountiful repast prepared by their hands, for the Delphi visitors. We have always said that the city built upon the banks of the Tippecanoe, could boast Of as pretty girls as could be found anywhere—now we know Mfej “The Delphians returned home in the evening, highly elated with their trip to the city of the Tippecanoe.” The line-up of the Monticelfo team was as follows: Vinson, c; Gregory, p; Reynolds, ss; Kendall, Ist b; Sill, 3rd b; Oouger, 1. f.; McMaster, c. f„ and McConnell, r. f. 1 Ly