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Base Ball4'll|»l»er* wm, H«Mlm~Tlie Clipper*Oarr ilMr* full I* rilp»Ar Xmt mt four** Frrak Omi Rm-A Mivhl*Mare Wind ikaH Play—The “CTaald-j lie* eumwmpimun” Champ them Cam ; plrlelj- •weft Pall far the Ureal and alBl ladVi; The last game between the Clippers and j Unosiers, tesulted in favor of flic Clip-; pers, l»v the very small and close score f of 0 to 7, and immediately ih** highly ! elated Clippers spread the news to the world, sending telegrams to the Cincinnati papers and publishing (he score in full in the New Yoik Clipper. Thus having satisfied their lot gitig desire and j burning thirst to see their names in print they went perfectly wild with enthusiasm and pictured themselves as the heroes of the world: All LwrcnCeburgh | went crar.v, the people thought seriously of illntuinaling (heir 'houses and having a grand torch light procession in which the Clipper nine was to be drawn through (he streets in a triumphal car or golden chariot, the brow of each one encircled with a wreath of holly hocks and sun flowers, while the hand was to play *‘Hail to the Chief/* Kven the Lawrence-burgh papers which formally had spoken of the 11 nosiers in the highest terms now• f • a *talked about their conceit and fairlysneered at them. All this of course, the** . • «*;Jfooaiers had to griunml bear? but patiently awaited for the next game with the Clipptffrs. In due lime the day for the match, the last game of theseries. came, and down to Aurora came that great band ! of athletes followed by a numerous train of their admirers composed of brave men and fairWomen.The game commenced and it was soon evident that if the Ho osiers were conceited as charged by. the Law re nee burgh j papers, the Clippers were not able to ! lake it out of them. Up the end of the j seventh inning it was a beautiful game,; the score at that time standing Hoosiets j 10, Clippers 4, ibe Hoosiers batting the j ball all oyer the field and playing their { positions almost without an error* In | the eighth inning two of the home club, 1 who up to this time Ibis season havo j fielded with scarcely an error, made two j bad throws and allowed the Clippers to | score four runs after two men were outI . .j In their half of the inning though,-the Hoosiers by magnificent hatting, scored six and Still led by a score of l(i to 8,— Thogawe Anally closed with the score lt;*f 20 to 10 in favor of the Boosters, thismaking four games out of five won by the Hoosiers from (he Clippets, this sea* . son. The Clippers have won one game * by two runs and boasted mere about it j than they ought to if they won all of j them, but then some persora always will; talk.
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Aurora Dearborn Independent
Aurora, Indiana, US
Thu, Oct 08, 1874
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