The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-21
TWO GOOD GAMES.
Crystal Falls Shares Honors
With Escanaba.
Stacks Wild Throwing KILLED" the
Home Battery Early In the
Game OF Saturday.

Decidedly the most interesting base BAH
event ever witnessed in Crystal Falls and
undoubtedly among the most exciting
that have occurred in the upper penin-
sula this season were the two games
played at the Crystal Falls Driving Park
ON Saturday and Sunday last. The
game ON Saturday opened with the Wis.
itors at the bat, Mack and Webb oill-
ciatcd and the Sandy Cities were retired
without a run. The compliment wits re-
turned when Crystal Falls welded the
willow and further handicap placed on
Crystal Falls by Pitcher Stack crippling
Webb Stack throws wicked ball and
when Webb went to bat he received a
terrific blow ON the muscles OF the right
arm This gaye Escanaba a decided ad-
vantage, as Webb was badly disabled,
being unable TO throw the ball and
allowing several TO pass him, resulting in
the scoring ol several uncarned runs by
Escanaba The scoring for Escannba
did not begin, however, until the fourth
inning AT the close of the third three
well-dcycloped goose egg" defined the
ability of the sand eaters at the bat,
while Crystal Falls had sent two men
over home plate in the second Webb's
arm continued To weaken and the Escu-
naba boys found Mack in the fourth,
scoring thirteen runs between the fourth
and seventh In the lust bali Of the
seventh the score stood thirteen TO two
in the visitors favor when Pitcher Mack,
at the bat, received the respects Of Mr.
Stack. Mack is n clever batter and
Stack cxcrted extra energy on his ball
The first ball thrown struck Mack in
the back Of the head and ielled him, un-
conscious. TO the earth The Widest ex-
citement followed, the manager OF the
home team and many spectators setting
up the claim that Stack purposely
manned Mack, having crippled the other
hall OF the Crystal Falls battery early in
the game Riot threatened Tor few
moments and all sorts oi epithets were
hurled at the Escanaba pitcher, who,
finally, in Difference TO the demands OF
Manager Corcoran, oi the home team,
was retired TO the field and the box sup
piled with Buckley, who, as pitcher, has
won for Escanaba the cnviable position
she now occupies i'm the bnsc ball circles
OF the peninsula. Gleason, who took
first on Mack's dead ball registered run
before the inning closed, leaving the
score thirteen to three. In the first hall
OF the eighth, Escanaba was treated to
three large saucers by Curley, who insti-
tuted departure from the variety oI
balls the visitors had been receiving up
To that time, and Semer, McCiinnis and
Stack CLAIMED the wind" In the last
half oi this inning, Buckley was IN
the box. The Crystal Falls boys found
the ball, hit the ball, lost Ga bail.
In fact, everybody seemed To have
n grudgc against il and swatted the
sphere right and left Seven runs were
scored for Crystal Fails in this inning
leaving the record at the close, ten othir.
| teen. In tilt lfhi nilll hl lllt liitllf lf0NA'
nabn was again retired to the feldwithout
difficulty, DIR. Curley finding two young
men who left their paddles at home and
McRac failing to rcnch first on his little
bunt. Everything wore n roseatc hue
for Crystal Falls and the game would
undoubtedly have been postponed on
account OF darkness had Buckley re-
turned 20 the box. But Escanaba read
the writing on the wall and insisted on
the reinstatement of stack. Crystal
Falls rcbclled but the visitors insisted
In view Of his days record in the man
slugging business the home players con
sidercd themselves justified IN refusing q
bat and thus the game terminated, th,
umpire deciding tbs grievance ample nnc
declaring the game nine To nothing il
favor OF Crystal Falls when the time hnt
lexpired in which Escanaba should hnv,
Iappcarcd in form To play ball. Thur
ended the first lesson The score:
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