The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-09-06
TWO VICTORIES.
THE MANkATO BALL CLUB ALL
RIGHT.
The Brainerds Lay Down Before 1t in
the Games Saturday and Sunday
The MankatO Boys Outplay the
Visitors i'm Two Closely Fought Con-
tests--No Noisy Demonstrations by
the Grand Stand Permitted.

The Mankat0 base Dall club con-
tinues to proudly claim the amateur
championship of the state, an honor
won on many hard fought field. The
best clubs in the state, those of Brain
erd and Austin, have lain down before
it, and its proves has not stopped at
the boundaries of this state, but the
crack club of South Dakota has been
defeated by it. The two finest clubs
of St. Paul have been successfully de-
feated, and one white-washed. There
is no club in the state outside of the
league that can claim to be superior,
or have any show of maintaining that
claim.
Mankato is justly proud of her ball
team, not only on account of it's in
vincible qualities, but because always
and everywhere the regulations Of its
individual members have been main
tanned as gentlemen. Neither are
they wranglers, but delight in playing
ball, even if the umpire occasionally
makes a mistaken decision against
them. ..
The game Saturday afternoon was
witnessed by large crowd. Mayor
Weaver had previously given orders
to the police not to allow the usual
"jollying" from the grand stand, and
to confine the spectators to the legiti-
mate outburstS of enthusiasm. He
also gave orders that no noise would
be permitted at the Sunday games.
1--WE cannot stop Sunday ball play
ing," said he to the FREE PRESS, ''if
the people are orderly and do not dis
turb the people living near. But if
noise is made such as would cause
the Sunday games to be nuisance, we
can and will stop them. If there is a
noise Sunday such as | refer to, that
will be the last of the Sunday games. y
Officer Daniels was on hand, and
when the usual shouting to the
players began he arose and lifted his
billy to attract attention and in
formed the noisy ones that the UNI
pire would decide the points Of the
game and that they must not under
take to. That was sufficient, and the
game was completed without any fur
ther attempt to distract the attention
of the players.
The game was we'll played by both
sides, and was close enough through
out to make it thoroughly interesting.
Not until the last man was put to
sleep did the audience know how the
game would turn out, and all kept
their seats to the end. The score
stood as follows:
MankatO. @ 3 900 0 10
Brainerd ....:...3 90 2 l 0 l 0 2 9
During the first three innings some
wild playing was made by both clubs,
but they settled down to business af-
ter that, and the Brainerds gradually
brought their score up, while they
held the Mankatos down. The en-
thusiasm of the audience knew no
bounds at the close.
There was the largest attendance at
yesterdays game of any yet, and the
grand stand, bleachers and standing
room were packed. Both clubs were
in first rate condition, and their bat
ting order was as follows:
Mankato-Desmond, SIS; Day, RI;
Messerly, 3b; Maryott, %; Wattles,
Id; Reed, If; Griggs, C; Howe. p; Hop
kinS, CT.
Brainerd-Burquin, SIS; J. Page, I'd ;
Hill, 30; Frary, c.; Howe, p; B. Page,
Id; Ploof, If; Quinn, CT; Mccarthy, RI.
Nixon umpired the game. The Man
katos got onto Howe's pitching to
such an extent that Hill was put in
the box during the fifth inning. Howe
struck out one, and Hill four. The
Mankato pitcher struck out two. An
unusually large number were put out
before reaching first, although not
struck out, and of these the Mankatos
furnished nine, and the Brainerds
fourteen. Then, again, number OF
very pretty catches in the field were
made.
In the fifth inning Day put the ball
over the fence and ran in two scores
for Mankato, and Messerly followed
with the same kind of a play and max.
ing home run.
In the sixth, Frary sent high one
into left field which was neatly taken
in by Reed.
In the seventh, Page caught out
Hopkins, and Ploof took the ball hot
from Desmond's bat. Then Hopkins
caught out Page, and Hill knocked q
foul into Messerly's hands.
In the eighth, Hopkins held onto
Howe's ball, and Desmond closed his
hands around fly from Quinn's bat
In the ninth, Griggs sent ball into
Ploof's ample hands, and Howe
knocked two-bagger. The Brainerd's
third base caught foul from Days
club, and Messerly sent the sphere
over the fence and earned two-bae