The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-05-23
2loo PER CENT.
That's the Adva ntage the Leans
Had over the Fats at
Base Ball
The Fats Played Hall ON Theii
Past Record, the Leans
Played hall ON Friday.

Last Thursday afternoon the long
promised game of ball between the fats
and leans was played to finish in fve
innings. to the everlasting honor and
glory of the "kite frames" as the heavy
weights contemptuously styled their op-
ponents. The personnel OF the two
nlnes, with some changes in positions as
the exigencies Of the game demanded,
was as fellows: Leans-Jucobi, captain
and s.; Shaffer, b; Doc. Hall. 2 b;
Maher, 8 b: Donart, f; Whipple, CT;
Mac Hall, {; Raider, p; Bennett, c.
Fats-Murphy, captain and IS; Cooper,
1 b; Mallane, 2 b; Kranz. b: Vogler, ri; |
Pease and Dubois, +; Cummings. l. +;
Fish. p; Hines.
At $50 p. m. Umpire Needham Of st.
Cloud, called the game with the leans at
the bat. Tom Murphy pitched for the
fats this first inning with Indifferent sue
cess, for the other fellows batted him for
four runs before thew yielded the stick.
Proudly then did the big men walk in
to take their turn at the plate, and they
made a good start. Geo. Fish, the first
man at the bat, struck -p nice little fiV
which nobody got, each waiting for the
other. George stole second. reached
third on a passed bah, and amid deafen-
ing cheers crossed the home plate on a
sacrifice hit The next two batters were
so unfortunate as not o reach first base,
due in one case to too much fly and IN
the other to too much fan, and the first
inning closed with the score: leans. 4;
fats. l..
Fish went into the box at this stage of
| the game, and the kite frames proceeded
to have a lot of fun with him. They
batted him all over the field. while the
fats generously contributed to their own
defeat by becoming very generally rat
tied. Chas. Pease lost control of the ball
as he was about to hurl it in home from
ceuterfeld and sent it toward the band
stand instead. The field work was
something phenomenal. Cooper and
Vopler both started for ball away out
in the field, but the unwonted sight OF
vogler's 200 pounds in rapid motion so
oyercame Fred that he had to lay down
and rest. However, they finally man.
aged to put ont the leans after they had
piled no nine runs.
| Nothing daunted, the fat boys marched
in to the home plate with determined
look on their faces which spoke more
elouueutly than words. Frank Hines
|. vent out flying. Murphy, Kranz and
Mallane succeeded in filing the bases,
and pork stock took boom; but the
bottom fell out when the next two bat
tiers famed.
With the score Is to I in favor of the
leans il seemed necessary for the fats to
take a brace, and accordingly they hello
their opponents down to one additional
!. score, with a total OF four outs, the last
two on a double plav by Cooper ant
Mallane.
The record Of the fats at the bat to1
the rest of the game were best passed
over lightly. When they managed t.
9 find the ball, it was only to tap it gently
). or to knock fly, to be speedily gobblet
i 1 up Nv CucII uiuOiC IOSS, ~ Sue'S q. S"'
end OF the game their score still remained
: at unity.
For the leans, Raider and Bennett
, played good battery, and the hell
= w ork asexcellent. Raeder, and Schaete
were particularly strong at the bat, ant
Fred Jacob did some clever base run
ming. Tom Murphy is something OF I
: base runner himself. but he forgot t.
II turn to the right after running beyon'
first base.
: Yet, with all their plumbers, the fat
o must be credited with the most brillian
play OF the game. Murphy stopped |
n hot grounder with one hand, and threw
the ball to first, whence it was sent t
second, and thence home "a clever tripl
e play. The third out was useless, but
It was characteristic of the heavy weight
to make their star plays so as not to a
feet the score. OF course our genial do'
tor had to get his foot IN it while at tn
4. bat. He was evidently laboring unde
the delusion that he had club foot, @
thought he was playing foot ball.
re The game was remarkable for the al
r. sence OF wrangling, and take it all in a
;. we will not soon see It's like again.
the face OF the score, II to 1, the fats al
y forced to admit that though the kit
p frames may not be built for cyclone
as they can play ball. The players will
4. banqueted next week by the captain I
the losing side, N tulfillment OF the w;
u ger to that effect.
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