The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-10-01
SHUT OUT.
The cold Reliables'' Of Pine City
Not in 1T at North Branch.

Not In 1T at North Branch.
The Princeton Boys Walloped
Them to the Tune of ID to o.
But the VictOrs We're Not Given
the Purse that They Earned.
On Tuesday afternoon, for the second
time this season, the invincible (?)
.Old Reliables'' of Pine City, were
vanquished by the doughty Princeton
boys. The ''Old Reliables'' were not
in Tuesdays game at North Branch.
Not a man of them was permitted to
get within Mailing distance Of the home
plate-they were completely shut out.
The Princetons piled up tallies to the
number of IL in eight innings.
The Princeton club accepted the in
vitation of the managers of the North
Branch Fair Association to play game
in that village with the ''Old Reli-
ables'' of Pine City, for a purse of $50.
The letter to Capt. Claggett, of the
Princetons, stated that the game was
to be played Tuesday or Wednesday,
but telegram received on Monday
conveyed the information that the
Princeton club was wanted to play Pine
City, on Tuesday. 1t is a forty mile
drive across the country from Prince
ton to North Branch and requires two
days to make the round trip. The
fair-managers were to pay all expenses
and give purse of $50 to the winners.
The game was called at o'clock in
the presence of small crowd of spec
tators. Martin Vaughn, of North
Branch, umpired, and with the excep-
ton of two erroneous decisions no fault
could be found with him, although it
was very evident that his sympathies
as we'll as the sympathies of the crowd
were with the Pine City men. The
''Old Reliables'' went to bat first; only
one man reached third base. The
Princetons scored two runs in the first
inning, four in the second, three in the
fourth, two in the sixth and one in the
seventh, and were whitewashed in the
third, fifth and eighth innings. The
''Old Reliables'' failed to reach first in
the second and third innings; one man
died on second in the fourth inning; no
one reached first in the fifth; in the
sixth the first man to bat died at first,
two errors and a base on balls filed
the bases, but the next two men to bat
struck out; in the seventh one man got
to first on a tossed ball; in the eighth
one man was given first on balls; in the
ninth the strikers, were retired in one,
two three order. Only twice during
the game, in the first and sixth innings,
did an ''Old Reliable'' reach third
base. 1t was a complete ''shut OUT
The Princeton boys played a good
game from the start Bucks pitching
was way up; he struck out seven men,
gave only two bases on balls, and five
scattering hits were made. Claggett
played a superb game behind the bat;
he did not have a passed ball. Hill
guarded first in fine shape, Bow took
equally good care of second, and
j. Page on third base was the
right man in the right place. B. Page
as short stop played an excellent game
and gathered in everything within his
reach. Fred Townsend in the left
field, Nicely in centre field and South
ard in right field also handled them
selves we'll, and few errors were
CudiSeu 10 Llem.
AS announced above the Princetons
earned the purse OF $50. But the fair
managers claimed that it was an exhi-
bition game, and the purse was to be
played for the next day; that the
Princetons were to play against COM
blnation club-players from St. Paul,
Pine City and North Branch-on We'd
nesday. The Princetons were dis
gusted at the announcement. They
distinctly understood that they were to
play the Pine City nine for purse of
$50, and had the Pine City club been
victorious the Princetons would not
have been in it any further. The
Princeton boys were not afraid to play
any club that could be brought against
them, and they offered to remain over
and play the combination club the next
day, provided they were given the $50
that they had fairly earned and were