HISTORY: Inwood Herald Newspaper, Lyon Co., IA This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Roseanna Zehner August 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ______________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Lyon County, Iowa Please visit the Lyon County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/lyon/ ______________________________________________________ Baseball Our boys picked a nine last Saturday and went over to Alvord, in accordance with an invitation from the players there, for a game of baseball. A good delegation accompanied the nine and really expected to see them beaten, but we are happy to say that we were disappointed in the result of the game. Of course, Inwood has some good material to make a baseball nine, but the boys have not been playing any regular ball and, therefore, have not had the practice necessary to put up a good game. Game was called at about 4 o'clock, with Clow, of Rock Valley, as umpire, and the home team chose their outs, giving our boys the first chance at the bat and they did some good work--running in four scores. The home team was held down to six scores until the eighth inning when the Inwoodites did some wild playing and gave them six more runs. Game ended with a score of 13 to 17 and the visitors were declared the victors and were given three hearty cheers. Notwithstanding the high score, good playing was done on both sides and the game was an interesting one. The Alvord boys know how to entertain their visitors and it is needless to say that our boys were treated with every courtesy. There will be a return game played on the Inwood grounds next week Saturday. August 20, 1891 Transcribed by Roseanna Zehner