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PLATTSMOUTH, NEHUASKA, MONDAY MAY
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VOL. XLVII NO. 4
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THE BOYS
DROP ONE
Team Was Too Weak at
the Bat to Land Neces
sary Runs to Win.
MINK TEAM GETS GAME
BY FAIR MARGAIN
Only Four Hits For Plattsmouth
Although They Made
Ten Scores.
(From Saturday's Dally)
Tlattsmouth went down to defeat
yesterday in a ragged game of ball
with Nebraska City. The local lads
managed to keep the score fairly well
balanced until the first of the eighth
when they went to pieces A number
of the players got sore for reason,
and throwing the ball away several
times, allowed five minks men to cross
the rubber which put the kibosh on
their chances in the game. The
first innings displayed some good ar
ticles of ball, but towards the lust
when one or two of the players went
up in the air, the hopes of the crowd
were blasted and after the first half
of the eighth the grandstand quickly
cleared and the bleachers liit it for
home pretty much disgusted.
Had the home team had their regu
lar line up there would have been but
little doubt as to the result as the vis-
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itors did not display any unusual
skill and for a bunch of professionals
were; not considered to be much of
a hole in the cheese On account of
them not being able to get the umpire
planned on, Nemctz was pressed into
service considerably against his will,
and as might be supposed of a man
called on the spur of the moment,
there was some kicking on his work
but the man seemed to render his de
eissions to the best of his ability at nil
times, but he had a bum eye for good
ones and seemed not to count the cor
ners which means much to the man
on the slab.
The Plattsmouth nine was weak
on the stick and the ball was but sel
dom fouixl for more than a single
although the City pitcher was not
able to deliver anything that would
startle the native.-. Plattsmouth was
only able to attach 4 hits to her score
card during the game one of these was
a three sacker .made by Droegc and
another a two bagger that Mason
manufactured.
Old Hoss Smith was the main
squeeze with the club and was the
only one in the home bunch that
slammed out two hits which was half
the total made. In the last two in
nings the batting line up was forgotten
and the man who happened to be near
est, the plate would wield the stick
without any objection from either
side and for town ball it was a fair
imitation. It was a scrappy engage
ment all through and the Minks got
huffy every time their fur was brushed
the wrong way.
The game opened with Nebraska
City at bat and the short of it in the
box. Old Sock Mason held down the
shaggy visitors to small scores until
the fifth when they jarred things up
putting McCauJey in, Mason on first
and Hadraba in the place of Peary.
In the fifth the Mink twirler had a
little unusual luck and put out three
men before reaching the first sofa
pillow, two of them fanning the wind.
After Lanky McCauley had thrown a
few innings without letting the visitors
show them anything new he got hot
under the collar and took his head'
quarters at first again and Mason was
shoved into the box.
Then the baloon went up and the
hopes of the crowd. In the eighth in
ning the boys lost their form and in
terest and let the Muskrats play horse
all over the grounds with them. With
only one hit in the frame, they brought
in five scores which frickazeed Platts
mouth'8 chicken to a frazzle. The
prospects up to that inning had been
good but after that there was nothing
left to see that would look any ways
encouraging to the roosters on the
Plattsmouth fence. Ilunky Dory
Mason came to help them out in the
last half of the eigthh and beat one
out until it looked like a mosquito
on the Eiffle tower and with good base
running three of the runners scored
and the game came to a quiteus with
a score of 15 to 10 favoring the visitors.
Although yesterday's game was not
as fast ball as has been played here,
yet the game merited a much bigger
crowd than turned out. hat s hap
pened to all the Plattsmouth fans?
There is plenty of room on the grand
stand for a good many more and an
addition is going to be put on and that
already built is to be strengthened up
in order to accomodate the large crowds
that are expected for the coming games
rrulay does not seem to he a very
good day to turn out the crowds, so
next week s game will probably be the
last one on that day for some time.
Green's Nebraska Indians will be here
then. They're a novelty in their
line, but they sure arc handy on the
diamond. The game promises to be
a lalapalulu and there is going to be
something doing when the redskins
and red socks get mixed up next Fri
day. The Indian team arc having good
success in attaching victories to their
string this spring, but they arc going
to find Plattsmouth a sticker and they'l
have to get up and go some to hand
it to the local team.
The results of yesterday's game is
not giong to put a damper on the base
ballspirit, for if Plattsmouth, with
sonic of her best players unable to
be on the field is able to hold down
the big howl of the much talked of
Mink league, with good chances of
success in seven innings, she doesn t
need to loose any sleep over what the
team can do if they'll pull together,
Ginger is a great run-getter, and no
team can put up a fast game before
a half dozen rooters. What's needed
is support a bunch of live ones on
the firing line to make a noise like
a ball game, to root and put snap in
c players, because a bobble oftimes
loses a game for want of a stimulant
With the bleachers full, and busy,
Plattsmouth can wallop any team in
the Mink league and if the proper
support is given them, this will be
proven before the close of the season.
Remember Friday's game. The
Nebraska Indians are stronger than
the Minks ami the Sox will win if
Plattsmouth fans turn out the way
they should and answer to roll call
when the roval ump bawls out "Plav
Hall."
The following tells the story:
Nebraska City
Huns 20222 0 25 15
Hits 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 9
Plattsmouth
Huns 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 3 10
Hits 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4
SOME FACTS ON
BASE BALL HERE
The Situation as It Stands
What Should be Done
and
LOUISVILLE
QUARRY BURNS
Loss Expected to Reach
About Three Thousand
Dollars.
COALSIIED, ENGINE ROOM
AND CRUSHER DESTROYED
Blaze Bursts Forth In Coal About
4 a. m. from Spontaneous
Combustion.
(From Saturday's Dally)
Fire at about four o'clock this morn
ing badly burned the works of th
Hugh Murphy quarry at Louisville
resulting in a loss that will amount
to about 3,000. The fire is supposed
to have originated by spontaneous
combustion in the coal sheds and was
first discovered between three-thirty
and four when a large force of citi
zens was called out to save the adjoin
ing structures. A slight wind assis
ted the work of the flames and soon the
inflammable buildings were a mass of
flames.
The fire spread to the engine rooms
and the valuable engines, shafts,
belting and machinery were quickly
converted into piles of red hot junk.
The frame work of the stone crusher
was eaten away by the flames and the
crushing machinery put out of com
mission for some time to come. A
number of cars standing on a side
track broke forth in a blaze and were
consumed. At nearly noon today,
two of the cars which were loaded with
coal, were still in the condition of the
seething furnaces. With the tons of
coal that were stored at the place, it
will be some time before the flames are
subdued and the damaged machinery
cooled down sufficiently to be repaired.
The burning buildings covered a good
deal cf ground and at the early hour
in the morning, it made quite a spec
tacle to the eitizends of Louisville
who turned out in a body to lend their
assistance. With the force of nun
employed at the quarry and the
volunteer fire department of Louisville
the stubborn conflagration was fiercely
combated, but the coal when once
started afire was nearly impossible
to put out. hen discovered, one of
the coal piles seemed to be an entire
mass of flames and it was nearly use
less to more than prevent the flames
from traveling.
The fire at the quarry will mean
quite a serious blow to Louisville,
for it employed a force of sixty
five men and was the principal indus
try of the town. The place had been
opened for business but a short time,
most of the equipment being recently
installed at a considerable cost. The
(piarry was operated by Hugh Murphy
an Omaha paving contractor who used
the crushed rock for his paving work
throughout the country. The manager
of the concern at Louisville oxpec
the plant will be immediately repaired
and put into condition for the rush
season of paving which exists through
the summer months.
(From Saturday's Dally)
The game of ball yesterday between
the Plattsmouth base ball club and the
Nebraska City team of the "Mink"
league demonstrated the fact that it
is useless to attempt to play the game
on Friday afternoon in the futmV
Up to the seventh inning, it was a game
A'hich was fought out in such a manner
that it was well worth the admission
price and a good patronage from the
people of the city. These games have
been called on Friday afternoons for
the purpose of giving the merchants
of the city a chance to attend, which
they could not do on a busy Saturday
afternoon. Neither at the game two
weeks ago with Glenwood, la., or at
the game yesterday did the merchants
show their appreciation by turning
out, less than half a dozen being at
both games.
Again, when the matter of playing
the games on Sunday came up in or
der that there would be sufficient re
ceipts to keep the club going, it was
decided at first to see how the atten
dance would be week days before an
attempt would be made to play the
game on Sunday. It was hoped that
if no Sunday games were played that
the attendance of people opposed to
Sunday base ball would be sufficient
so that it would not be necessary
to attempt the Sunday games, but
the attendance at both games has
shown that the opponents of Sunday
ball were no. patrons of the game on
a week day to any great extent.
Both games have demonstrated the
fact that the Plattsmouth base ball
club is a good one. In the crippled
condition of the 'team yesterday
with the regular catcher unable to
play, with the third baseman behind
the bat and the second baseman
playing third and a fielder on second
the professional team from the Mink
cague was held to a close game for
Vaudeville at Majestic.
Manager Shlaes has arranged to
nut on a little vaudeville stunt at
ItrTio. Majestic" running a production
m "School Days" which is presented
bv as very good company formerly
oithcOrpheuni circuit. The company
conies to the city after a week's
stlnd at Council Bluffs and will be
inUlje city for four days from where
they will go to Beatrice. The troupe
consists of four girls and five boys
all of whom are between the ages of
14 anil 20. The company presents
a clean performance without the
usual vulgar jokes that often are used
in .such stunts. They will open their
engagement here tomorrow afternoon
and in addition to the vaudeville
work, two rolls of films will be pre
sented. Omaha talent is being used
for the musical work both today and
tomorrow.
six innings, and with a regular line-
RESIDENCE
DESTROYED
Fire North of City Aroused
Many Plattsmouth
People.
EARLY MORNING BLAZE
CONSUMES ELIOT HOME
Family Awakened In Nick of Time
to Prevent Being Suffocated
by Smoke.
up there would have been little doubt
but that the locals would have won
out.
If a game is worth seeing it is worth
paying for. If some of the men of
'lattsmouth who think that they must
attend the game, but persist in taking
it in from the hill or from the private
grounds of people who reside near the
field, will take Into consideration that
they have just as much right to walk
into one of our stores and take a quar
ter's worth of sugar and walk off with
it they will probably not take excep
tions to being asked the price of ad
misssions. It takes money to run the
game and up to date the admissions
have not paid the expenses.
At the game yesterday there was a
ittle over 818.00 taken in. The ex-
pense ol getting me team here was
much greater ihan that. If the people
who like to sec a game want good teams
brought to the city they will have to
show thei appreciation by getting
out and attending the games. The
game this year is going to be run as
a business matter. If the people of
Plattsmouth want good games they
must show that they want them
by attending them and paying their
money at the gare. If he attendance
is not sufficient to warrant getting-
good teams to come here then the
games will have to be of an inferior
quality.
Next Friday Green's Nebraska In
dians will be the attraction at the Chi
cago avenue grounds. This is a chance
the people of Plattsmouth will prob
ably not have again. It took consid
erable work to land this date, and had
it not been for the personal friendship
between the president of the local
team and the owner of the Indian team,
probably Plattsmouth would not have,
landed the game. But by securing
two other dates for them close by we
were able to get them. It will be up
to the people of Plattsmouth now to
show the association that they ap
preciate the effort to secure good attractions.
(From Saturday's Dally)
The residence of John Eliot, north
west of town, In tho neighborhood
of the Missouri Pacific depot, was
burned to the ground early this morn
ing and the four members of the family
who were sleeping in the residence
had a narrow escape from being cre
mated by the fierce flames. The fire
broke out about one o'clock and in a
few hours the place was a total loss
with but little of the furniture saved.
The family, Mr, and Mrs. Eliot
and two children, went to bed rather
early in the evening and would prob
ably have slept until the stiflling smoke
had suffocated them had not Mrs.
Eliot been awakened a few minutes
after one by the crackling embers in
an adjoining room. The sleeping
room by that time was filled with
thick smoko and it was difficult to
breathe. The slumberers were hastily
awakened but it was found useless
to quench the blaze which was
threatening the entire house. With
the help of some of tho neighbors,
who had been attracted in the dark
ness by the big blaze, a few articles
of wearingapparel and furniture were
carried out of the building but the
roof soon fell and the house with near
ly all of the fixtures and furniture was
quickly consumed.
It was a small four room dwelling
valued at $800 or $!)()() on which $300
insurance was carried and $100 poli
cy was held on the fjirniture. Tho
cause of the blaze cannot be accounted
for but it is supposed to have started
by rats or mice gnawing in a box of
matches which were in the kitchen of
the house. The fire was so far ad
vanced when discovered that it was
impossible to trace the blazo to it's
origin and the real facts in the case will
undoubtedly remain a mystery.
It was considered very lucky by
the afflicted family with their inade
quate fire fighting facilities, that the
wind was not blowing the gale that it
had so many nights this week. Al
though there was a strong breeze, the
flames were prevented from spreding
to the barns and other buildings.
The unfortunate family were
brought into the city and at present
aro staying at the residence of Mark
Buttrey until they can arrange plans
as to what they will do in tho future.
It is certainly a case of troubles never
coming singly for last evening about
dark Mr. Elliot lost one of the best
horses he possessed. The animal
had been sick for the past few weeks.
Yesterday it grew worse and died at
the place last night.
The big blaze at the late hour of
tho night lit up the surrounding coun
try for a great distance and some of
the Plattsmouth people seeing the
flames thought it was a small house
not far from the place, which is owned
by W. L. Pickett. Mr. Pickett was
notified and he hurried down town at
about one-thirty to investigate, but
was greatly relieved to find that it
was a safe distance from his property
and there was nothing wrong at the
place.
Order Nine Hour Day.
A pleasant announcement was re
ceived from the Burlington this morn
ing that the time of the employees will
be increased. Orders were received
today to put the track repair men on
a nine hour day which increases their
work by an hour a day. This change
will affect about 120 men who are
employed at work in this vicinity.
The repair work of the company has
increased sufficiently to again warrant
the additional hour of work which is
gladly welcomed by the men.
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