The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-06-03
ELY WINS MOI
The Ely Boys Do the Towers to
the Tune of 8 to Ii Last
Sunday.
THE CROWD YELLED.
The Game was Well Played Up
to the Ninth Inning--The Ely
Boys Lose Their Heads.


The ball game last Sunday at Tower
between Kelly's Reds and
Chalk's War Horses, more Familiarity
known as the Ely and Tower clubs,
resulted rather disastrously to the
Tower boys. The game was the first
OF the range league series between
these clubs and was postponed
schedule game. This was the first
appearance of the recognized Ely
club and a complimentary appear
ance they made.
This was also the first game played
this season on Towers ball park. The
grounds were in excellent condition
having been graded, enclosed and a
new covered grand stand built. The
Tower club had, what they presumed,
been strengthened by the addition of
Williams, Donnelly and Heenan, yet
it availed them naught and they fell
victims to the superior skill on the
diamond of the stalWart Ely braves
to the tune of 8 to II.
Our boys played excellent ball up to
the ninth inning. when through a
few very costly errors they went all
to pieces, permitting the Tower boys
TO run in seven runs on them, other
wise the score would have stood II to
; in favor of Ely. The Tower cores
pendent to the Duluth Herald attrib-
uted the great run in the ninth in
ming to the remarkable pitching of
Dooley. While it is true that Dooley
is The best pitcher Tower possesses,
he nevertheless did not do better
work than Ely's man, Lynn, who
pitched eight straight innings and
part of the ninth, while Dooley came
in fresh in the fifth inning.
The train for Tower left Sunday
morning at about o'clock having on
board the Finn band and Temperance
society, the bali club and their adj
mirers, the members Of the Ely Gun
club and several who went down to
visit friends. The Firms left the
train at Soudan where they were met
by the Soudan Finnish Temperance
society and band, and escorted to the
grounds near Jasper Peak, where a
picnic was held.
At Tower the train was met by
delegates of the ball and gun clubs
and escorted to the various hotels.
At 1890 all repaired to the shooting
grounds where a match shoot between
our club and Tower was witnessed.
the shoot was rather disastrous to our
boys as can be seen by the score given
elsewhere. Had the boys kept up to
their practicing record they would
not have fallen such easy victims to
the Vermilions, as it was they were
defeated by 10 birds.
The ball game was called at 800
o'clock with the Ely boys to bat.
Mayor Morcom, of Tower, stepped in
the box and formally dedicated the
new ball park by throwing the first
ball over the plate. The 300 specta-
tors cheered Justify and admonished
the Mayor to throw it right over the
plate" Mr.. Morcom poised himself
for moment and taking steady aim,
threw the ball-abOut 10 feet behind
the batter. With a hurrah the game
began, Dibble to bat, Heenan in the
box and Williams in the mask.
Dibble tapped neat little grounder
to I'd which was promptly fielded to
Ist, retiring Dibble. Coveau made
1st on little hit to left past the IS.
Lynch took his base on balls while
Coveau reached I'd, Sd and home on
pass balls. Heard was struck out
and Lynn went out on fly to Sd, thus
retiring the side with one score to
their credit.
Kinney stepped to the plate and
was promptly struck out. Williams
went out on fly to Carey Opel
reached Ist on a grounder to IS. and
I'd on a, wild throw from IS. to 1st.
Donnelly to bat. AT this juncture,
Opel was caught between I'd and Sd
by the ball in the hands of Cox where
Catcher Sullivan had put it in a rapid
manner, The Towers stepped out