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ITHE BEST OF THE SEASON.0The Ball Came Played Yesterdayat Riverside Park.The srame yesterday betweenand Monmouth nines was bybest game of the season, andwitnessed bv a large crowd oft [ ladies and gentlemen, all of whomJenjoyed the game. Mr. McDonald umpired the game, and didperfect as possiblesome excelinet playing doneboth sides. They are both gocxclubs: they know how to play ball anlt;they played to winSterne opened the game for Ot turnwby taking a base on being hit by apitched ball, stole second and went tothird on Sanford’s error. Carpenterfollowed with a hit to Sanford whofumbled it, stole second where hegoing out byto Smith, Miller striking out andSharp going out by a hot grounderHalpin, leaving Sterne to die inagony on third.In the second half of this inning theMonmouth nine succeeded, throughthe many intentional eirors of Tesh,in getting in four runs, which undoubt-game forthe second our boys were rearbeiner taken out of theplacedhe rereplaced by Peterson, Sterne was putHip hftt where he did some ex-behindceilent and decisive work. Carpenteiwas put on second, and Sargentt? rst.In the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th and 8th neitheisucceedethe platIn the 6th the home t am, with twoceeded in getting thretmen across the pan. Clark went outon a slior^ hit to Smith. Sterne wentto first on a neat single to rightstole second and th'rd and talliedMiller’s pretty single, making the firstscore for the local nine. Devin got abase on being hit on the bead by Smithstole second and followed St erne in oiMiller’s single. Miller Lvt* cedjn Sharp’s- beautLul two-bagger.Peterson went out on a bunt, retiring:he side, and ki ling Sharp on second.The last half of the sixt h resulted ini white-wash for the sitors, as didhe eight, but in the seventh they man-iged to pound out the' 3 more ; ana.In the nineth Sharp went to secondn a badly fielded base hit, was ad-ranced to third by Peterson’s singleund scored on McGrew’s single. Ibisras the only score made this inning,md the side was retired, leaving .hecore 7 to 4 in favor of the visitor 3.NOTES.The best cat cn of the season wasmade by Frank Clark yesterday. Hewas running backwards to catch along high fly knocked out to centerfield, when he struck his foot and fell,catching the ball he fell. The tremendous shout of applause that arosefrom the grand st nd almost turnedPrank’s Irak rrd.0 Ml a * * * l
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Ottumwa Daily Democrat
Ottumwa, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 08, 1889
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