Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1903 — The Uptowners Got Skinned [ARTICLE]

The Uptowners Got Skinned

The brawny boys from thellorse Stock factory put it all over them at the tune of 20-13. There was au exoiting game of ball played Wednesday afternoon at the Ball Park between a team from the Barons Horse -Stocks Factory under the able leadership of A. B. Rowley, and a team of business men captained by Billy Parks, who, by the way quit in about the seoond inning, to make room for more anxious players. Some vary good plays were made and of oouree some very bad ones.

A. B. Rowley was judged by every body to be the star player of the game, Be batted to perfection and made a very good first baseman. Montgomery who pitched for the Uptowuers bad enrves down to fine points, in fact he often threw such big curves that the ball would go back of the batter. Calvert who pitohed for the Horse Stockmen threw a slow ball but it must have been hard to hit from the way some of the Uptowuers chopped the atmosphere.

Some very interesting talk between members of tbs ball teams was beard, one iustanoe was when one of the Horse Stook men, drove a ball out to Doc and was swiftly ooming towards home, Jack hollered ‘-Doc throw that ball in and play with it after the game,” another iustanoe was when Squire Parsimonious Pinkamink oamd to bat, he was informed by Jack that he was now before the public and mnst therefore bat well, and to remember old St. Louis. The game dosed with the 9th inning w’th a score of 20 to 13 in favor of A. B. Rowley’s team. It is said that A. B. was so pleased with the victory that he took bis ball team up town and “set em up” to ioe oream and cigars. After the game C. D. Royse in the name of the Metho-

dist ohuroh challenged the winning team. The line up was as follows: Horse Stockers Uptowuers Billy Fry SS Hugh Gamble C.fßall 2 base Stevenson Lefler L field Brenner J. Ball C field Morlan Yeoman G Amerions Jacks R field Wilson Houston 3 base Walker Calvert P Montgomery Rowley 1 base O. Rhoades