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AN EASY WINNER.Suoh Was the Dubuque Olub in the GameWith Oedar Kapids Sun- Iday.i rillor Smashes the Ball For a Home Run, \andAre Numerous.Cedar Rapids came1 to^Dubuque Sunday to play Dubuques, and lor thatpurpose they brought a left handedpitchpr named Meyers with them. He hada reputation as a twirlcr, which had pre-coded him to Dubuque, but he did nottake it away with him. He left it here,all pounded into a shapeless mass. Hestarted in at a'pretty fair gait but he wasvery tired when Lyons took his j^aoe inthe box in the sixth inning. At first hebothered our boys, and when, in their halfof the first, the visitors had scored tworuns nn errors and one that was earned,the shivering audience became thoroughlychilled as thoughts at the games with the Clintons flitted through their minds. The shivering was still further increased when the visitors added two more to their string in their half of the second, but in their half of this inning the Dubuques began to get onto Meyers although no runs were mode by them.Things now began to look a little brighter for the home team, and the blood of the grand stand cranks warmed up, in spite of the hyperborean blasts that swept down through the Cottier valley. The visitors wrere blanked in their half of the third, but the Dubuques played ball and piled up three runs—all on errors. Thefourth was a goose egg for the Rapids boys, but it was a slugging match for the home team. Kopp made a safe hit. Lee went out and Taylor stopped up to the plate. A well known young man who was one of a crowd near the diamond,said, “Taylor, there’s a dollar for you ina two base hit. Taylor went him one Tietter and smashed tie* ball for a clean throe baser and Kopp came home. Then Milled strode toward the plate, wearing his accustomed smile. The same young man said to him, “Miller, two dollars for a three bagger. Miller smiled again and showed his ivories. He struck at the first ball and damaged the cool atmosphere. He struck again, caught tie* ball on the trade-mark and, as the audience watched a small black object in the sky, going south, they fairly went wild. The right fielder was on the gallop “after” the ball, but it did not reach the diamond until ( Miller had made a home run and taken a
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Dubuque Times
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Tue, Sep 25, 1894
Page 8
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Austin P.
MN, USA 03 Aug 2018
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