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Friends vs. Fairmount Baseball Series
(Memorial Day, 1904)

Friends Win Game From Fairmount

Best Contest of Season Witnessed by 1,200 Fans

Friends university won the second of the Friends-Fairmount series yesterday in a hotly contested game which belonged to either until the last man was out. The game was all around the best contest of this season and the large Memorial day crowd was well pleased.

Fully 1,200 people, enthusiastic baseball fans and rooters from the two colleges, made up the largest crowd that has ever attended a college baseball game here. The three bleacher stands were filled and all the carriage space down the two side lines was taken. Everyone who was out had his favorite team and the collegians not the only ones who rooted, though they made things lively from start to finish. Owing to a delay in the street car traffic from the hill the Fairmounters were late in getting to the grounds and it was 4:20 when Umpire Meredith called the game.

The Fairmounters did business at the start and on two bobbles, one in the field, the other at first, Solter scored. Nothing more was doing until in the fifth, when Brown got to first on an error but was caught at the home plate on Solter's hit to center. Finger got a two-bagger to the centerfield fence, scoring Solter. In the ninth they got another chance to even the score when both Bates and Burton got hits, but the former was thrown out at home on Loomis' long throw and Solter who ran for Burton was caught at third.

The Quakers got all their scores in the fifth on three errors in left field and hits by Thompson and Jeffries. The latter redeemed his errors by scoring two men though dying at second. After that they had no more show, for Bates who succeeded Smith in the sixth was invinicble and did not allow a hit, and no one reached first.

The one exciting feature outside the side lines was the falling of the entire bleacher stand on the north side of the field. The bleachers were filled, five tiers high, when suddenly right after the beginning of the game, they fell with the 300 people, and miraculously enough, no one was injured. The soft condition of that part of the grounds was responsible for the accident. The people took it good naturedly, the most of them being too engrossed in the game to have time for anything else.

Summary of the game:

Friends ---

A.B.		R	H	P.O.	A	E
McCully, center	4	0	1	7	0	0
Davis, 3rd base	4	0	1	3	3	0
McGill, pitcher	4	0	0	1	4	1
Rich, 2nd base	3	0	1	1	2	0
Loomis, rf	3	0	0	0	2	1
Jones, ss	3	1	0	1	3	0
Thompson, lf	3	1	1	0	0	0
Boone, cf	3	1	0	2	1	0
Jeffries, 1st	3	0	1	12	3	3
TOTALS	30	3	5	27	15	5

Fairmount ---

A.B.		R	H	P.O.	A	E
Solter, 1st	4	2	1	12	0	0
Finger, 2nd	4	0	2	2	3	0
Smith, p, ss	4	0	0	1	1	0
Barker, lf	4	0	0	1	0	3
Bates, ss, p	4	0	1	0	5	0
Burton, cf	4	0	0	1	0	1
Cole, 3rd	4	0	0	1	0	0
Brown, c	3	0	0	6	0	1
McCluggage, rf	3	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS	34	2	5	*23	10	5

*McGill out; touched batted ball.

Game by Innings ---										R	H	E
Friends	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	*	3	5	5
Fairmount	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	5

McGill and McCully; Smith, Bates and Brown; two-base hit, Finger; struck out, by McGill, 5; by Smith, 4; by Bates, 2; base on balls off McGill, 1; left on bases, Friends, 3; Fairmount, 5. Umpire, Meredith.

Friends Wins Second Game of Series

Fairmounts Loses to Quakers by 2 to 3
Fully 500 Attended
Contest One of the Best During Season

For the first time in three years Friends university wrested the baseball championship of Wichita from Fairmount college on Hess athletic field yesterday afternoon by a score of 3 to 2. Fully 1,500 people witnessed the game.

The day was ideal for the second of a series of three games for the annual championship, and barring a field that was muddy in a few places the conditions were perfect. The spectators began to arrive early and by 3 o'clock the bleachers were filled. Seats had been provided for 1,000. many attended in automobiles.

The college rooter was much more in evidence than during former years and made the atmosphere ring with his or her favorite yell.

Owing to an accident in which a street car containing the members of the Fairmount team left the track while enroute to the grounds, the game was delayed until 4:30 o'clock. It was nearly 6 before the end of the last inning.

Owing to the damp ground one of the bleachers containing perhaps 300 people collapsed and let the occupants drop to the ground below. The accident happened at an interesting part of the game, otherwise some might have thought themselves injured. As it was all immediately scrambled to their feet and hastily adjusting their wearing apparel a rose and began cheering their respective sides. One small boy who received a bruised foot when the bleachers collapsed was the only person who received so much as a scratch.

The Quakers were victorious in yesterday's contest through their ability to bunch their hits. With the exception of Jeffries, who played first base for the Friends and made the larger number of errors, some of which were partly due to wild throws in his direction, each player put up a remarkably good game. Each wearer of the black and orange also played good ball. Up until the fifth, when Friends scored three times, the game was anybody's. Indeed, Fairmount still had a show, but Friends seemed to play a steadier game after that stimulant and but one error was made from that time until the close of the game.

The features of the contest were numerous double plays and outfielding by both teams. Loomis, for Friends, said last night that he now considered the Quakers champions of Kansas.

Fairmount was the first to bat. Solter got a long fly to Boone in center and reached first due to the fielder's inability to hold the sphere. Finger took a short hit and reached first in safety through an error by Jeffries. Smith followed with a hit to the infield and reached the first bag on another error by Jeffries, while Solter made the first score. Finger was touched out while trying to reach second. Barker and Bates each went out on flies which were gathered in with dispatch by Friends' outfielders.

Friends at bat. McCully flew out on a long drive to left field. Davis got a safe hit and McGill was sent back on a double play, forcing Davis out at second.

Burton for Fairmount reached first in safety by an error on the part of Jeffries. Brown went out on a sacrifice hit, followed by Cole with another. McCluggage was sent back before reaching first.

Friends at bat. Rich and Loomis both failed to reach first base in safety on short hits. Jones was sent back through being hit by a fair ball.

Fairmount at bat. Solter got a hit but was put out at first. Finger got a safe drive but was forced out at second by Smith, who in turn was put out at first by a double lay.

Thompson for Friends failed to connect with the sphere. Boone flew out on a foul and Jeffries failed to reach first safety on a short drive to the infield.

Barker for Fairmount reached first on an error by Jeffries. Bates forced Barker out at second and was himself retired on a short drive. Burton reached first on an error and Cole was sent back before reaching that base.

Friends at bat. McCully was sent back before reaching first. Davis struck out. McGill got a safety, followed by another from Rich. Loomis struck out, leaving McGill on third and Rich on second.

For Fairmount, Brown got to first on an error. McCluggage made a sacrifice hit and Brown was put out while trying to reach the home plate. Solter got a safe drive, followed by a two-bagger from Finger. The latter scored Solter. Smith was put out at first.

Friends -- Jones reached first base on an error. Thompson got a safe hit, followed by another which scored Jones. Boone hit a safe one and Jeffries sacrificed. McCully hit a safe one and scored Thompson and Boone. Davis struck out and McGill failed to reach first safely on a short drive.

Score: Friends, 3; Fairmount, 2.

In the first part of the sixth inning Fairmount substituted Bates for Smith in the pitcher's box.

Fairmount -- Barker was put out at first. Bates fanned and Burton walked. Cole failed to reach first on a short hit.

Friends -- Rich struck out. Loomis flew out to the the infield. Jones was sent back from first.

Fairmount -- Brown went out on a long drive to center field. McCluggage was retired on an infield fly. Solter was sent back at first.

Friends -- Thompson and Boone both failed to reach first base in safety. Jeffries fanned.

Fairmount -- Finger went back from first. Smith went out in one, two, three order, and Barker followed in the same way.

Friends -- McCully, Davis and McGill each got short hits and were retired at first.

Fairmount -- Bates got a safe drive to the outfield and died while tryig to reach home base on a long throw by Loomis to McCully, Burton got hit in attempting to steal second and was slightly injured. Solter took his place but was put out at third. Cole fanned.

Summary of the game: Struck out--By McGill, 4; by Smith, 4; by Bates, 1. Hits---Off McGill, 5;off Smith, 7; off Bates, 0. Errors--Friends, 6; Fairmount, 1. Earned runs--Fairmount, 1; Friends, 2.

Score by innings:

Fairmount	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Friends	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3

Batteries--Friends, McGill and McCully; Fairmount, Smith, Bates and Brown. Umpire--Meredith.

The same team will play the last of a series of three games this afternoon on the Fairmount field. Bates will do the twirling for Fairmount and Jeffries will pitch for Friends. As demonstrated by the closeness of yesterday's game today 's contest will no doubt be as close as the previous one.

Notes of the Game

S. B. Amidon, Judge D. M. Dale, Frank Oliver, Dr. M. W. Cave and Charles Smyth composed what was perhaps one of the most enthusiastic parties on the grounds.

As far as noise was concerned the Fairmount rooters easily carried off the honors of the day. Greatly to the relief of those seated on the south bleachers near the rooters, the latter's shouting powers evidently gave out when the game was about half finished.

When Burton fell at second from being hit by a throw to the baseman many thought he was seriously injured. he was dazed somewhat but regained his equilibrium within a few minutes and finished the game.

McGill, who pitched for Friends, distinguished himself by catching a high grounder that bounced several feet above his head and throwing a base runner out at first. He also received a large share of the applause for his fast base running.

The crowd persent at yesterday's game was one of the most orderly ever seen in attedance on a like occasion, barring about thirty small boys, who persisted.

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