Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1887 — GOT ’EM DOWN. [ARTICLE]

GOT ’EM DOWN.

After a Long Hard BattleThere was no organized celebration of the Fourth in Rensselaer, but a well played game of ball between the Rockwell base ball club of Chicago, and the. Rensselaer Blues furnished entertainment in the afternoon to a very large crowd of our own residents as well as to many strangers within our gates. The Chicago boys arrived on the train due at 11:20, but which was about two hours late. Besides the members of the club enough friends came with them to increase the number of the company to over 20. llio game was called at a little after three o’clock and was not concluded until a little after six.

The Blues played first and were retired at the first inning without a score; the Rockwells got one tally. At the second inning the Blues got one score and throe in the third, while Their opponents made six runs in each of these innings. Thus at the end ot the third inning' tho score stood 12 to 4 in favor of the Chicagos, and things lopked blue for the Blues. It looked as though they-were having it put to them worse than when they played with the Monona. A big fellow with a Hibernian accent, sitting near the Republican man’s post of observation was anxious to bet two dollars to one in favor of the Chicagos, but got no takers. A little later in the game he appeared to lose interest and made no more offers of two dollars to one, or perhaps the Republican man might have taken him up, only for the sufficient reasons that we are not abetting man—and didn’t have the dollar.

At the fourth inning the Chicagos got nothing but a “goose egg,” which is classical base-ball language for a big ought, while the Blues got one run. The fifth resulted in.one for each club. The sixth gave three for the Blues and another goose egg for the Rockwells. The seventh inning gave four runs to the Blues and seven to the Rockwells, leaving the score 13 to 21 in favor of the latter. -’Tfamgs-looked bad for the Blues, but they braced themselves for a' final effort and made 5 scores on the eighth inning and gave their opponents only one. Their good luck followed them in the ninth and last inning and ' they got in five more tallies, thus putting them one ahead of the Chicagos, but the latter having one inning still to play; but their first two men were put out by a fine double play, and then O’Rourk hit a tremendous fly to center field which was cleverly taken in by Morlan, and the game, belonged to the Blues, by a score of 23 to 22, and Bedlam broke loose! The following is the score: RENSSELAER BLUES. Outs, Runs. J. Eaker, 2nd b 2.... 2 M. Worden, r. f .5..., 0 C. Rhoades, p & 3rd b.... 7..., 0 G. Wood, c & c-f 3i... 3 A. Hopkins, 1-f ..0.... 6 C. Morlan, c& c-f. 3.... 3 L. Hopkins, 3rd. b & p.... 1.... 5 D. Warner, s-5.............. L_,.. 2 C. Simpson, Ist b 2.... 2 Total Runs 23 CHICAGO ROCKWELLS. ' Outs. Runs Hagg, c. 3 .... 4 Mills, s-s 4.... 2 O'Rourke, p . 4.... 2 (Reason, 3rd b........... 4 2 I'an Smith, 1-f 5 .... .1 Latchford, 2nd b......... 4 2 Griswold, r-f 1.... 3 Colseth, c-f.,..... i.... 0.... 3 Chas. Smitn, Dt b 2.... ff 4 Total Runs. ....22

NOTES. ’ It was a well played game, all around. * Tlie Rockwells were better at the bat but the Blues excelled in' fielding. Charley Rhoades, pitches a double-twisted, curve*. mjd the visitors had hard work in lilttmg his balls. The Chicago boys were considerable larger, older and more ms-; cular than our boys. - If they are employes of >j . V. Farwell it is safe Tosa j'Wthc indhlliit dlhyiii their places are where muscle is the chief requirement. The umpire was a Chicago boy. “HehuTdcrstoc/' his business: thoroughly, .. and his decisions were cminmtly correct and fair. OtfcToul ball hit “T 'iittl£ child on the -.ml product d afair bawl, and another split a lady’s dnie parasol,.wide open. Tfa§ business hohses all closed durii.g the continuance of the game. . The merchants and others of the lowmeenWiimW I s3g ..to pay the expenses of the visiting club. AT (>, Halloran did his -share towardsnl he"vimtore 7 1 n

the evening, showing them hi» menagerie of wild animals. They were much interested in, the fox, the young “wolluf” and the ferrets but lost interest after seeing the “eagle;” Jlion Zimmerman is the regular short-stop, but he went with the Cornet Band to Rose Lawn and his place was well filled by Dave Warner. . The sympathies of the crowd were naturally very strongly with the Blues and the applause given to the other boys was mostly of a perfunctory and evidently given through a desire to seem hospitable. They were treated'with entire courtesy, however, and the crowd was entirely good natured, throughout.