Show EXCURSION I 1 TO MOHRLAND many price people attend the big base ball game twenty miles away sunday CARL GUNDERSON LEADS largest Ga therial at the ump thi this year and aad most enthusiastic came of season one of the most pleading pleasing of the seasor eo so far wa the one to mohrland last burday 1 ine I ne castle valley coal company team the blues and the price team the reds announced through the papers daring during the week that there would be a game of ball at mohrland Al on sunday afternoon if hernoon and that there would be a 9 special train provided to accommodate those who would attend and at ten sunday mor morning ning the train was feind at the depot of the castle valloy railway company awaiting the large crowd of baseball fane fans and persons who wanted to see the new thriving camp of Moh dand about sal renty five persons took advantage of the opportunity and enjoyed the ride to thu tho little c ty on arriving we found tho general superintendent P C kettle and his able assistants aMi stants on tho the around and ii i i a pleasant manner they showe ed us abut about te workings of the castle valley company Com anys big plant now in course of construction some of the more fleet walked the mile and a half from the town site to the mouth of the coal mine where was witnessed for the first time a vein of coal at the month mouth of the mine nt at least fifteen feet thick and we are told that the coal 1 11 from 24 to 37 feet thick further in the mountain titter ater the visitor visitors had returned from the work works it was time to go to to the ball grounds gro unda the tram train was run from the town eite site about a mile east where after the boys had decided that price should be at the bat first was witnessing witness Gi ono one of tho the fastest games likely lo 10 be seen in this neighborhood soon 0 fjor lat redd miller and gunnison rn were firl first at the bat but the mohrland boys were too fast last for the red reds the price boy boys I 1 and they were soon out and the blues the Sl boy boys were at the bat and it was then plain that the reds were as fast as their competitors and no sores cores were made unil until archie mckinnon truck the ball sending it into the left field which permitted him to ret got a far ar aa as the second bale base where he remains ed shtil the ball was struck again then he made bis his way home the boys on un both sides were now warming up and played three mere innings inning without results until the sixth inning when winn and heiner made their way home and registered two tallies foi the mohrland team at this stage of the game the price boys bois were gett ettie gettz Z exceedingly anxious and the game was more and more interesting for both parties when both team teams were playing as only professional base ball players can play the rooter rooters on both side sida a were busy the next tally was made by carl gunderson in the seventh inning and again in the ninth inning he made another tally giving price one tally over mohrland Mob rland among the exciting phases of the afternoon f te rincon was that of the ball striking bill will eckardt below the knee dl disabling saling him for abut about five minutes when he h was on an deck again the other exceptional excitement was where F R eckardt aratin in attempting to get to third base jumped over the third baseman and made the third base before the baseman could pick up the ball there were ere three successful double plays made by the me mohrland boys which was vas oblivious ob ivious that they adecer are pairly a lively bunch price lineup line up redd r f miller catch gunderson 3 b mckinnon 2 b hoffman Hof as a bryner c f llewellyn rf r f 1 tingley 1 b osborn pith Mob Mol rland irland call c f leefer leefers catch winn pitch heiner as a s F R eckardt 3 b watterson 2 b darrow rf r f faddie faddis lf 1 f will eckardt lb ib llotd woods of price acted as tallyman ard registered an accounting of 2 to 3 in favor of price win wm ault of mohrland waa was elected umpire ard in his address to the teams and to the spectators be e stated that thai he would render renaer just and impartial decision in n every case and it was declared by the conservative conservatives at the end of the game that mr ault had kept his word and all wre with ay iy an exception mr hunton accompanied the visitors to mohrland Mohr tand providing them with ice cream and candied cx after the rame game pr fortuso For ruton ank up it collection and turned it antt tt ta the team to help pay ex to hah the th pimple responded liberally liben liy ther theto wr fros fm li it the hiawatha huntington cleveland and price in all there were wort at th bill game upward of six artoni |