The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-05-01

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days game. The afternoon was pleas
ant and large crowd was present.
Phillips and Griggs were the battery
for Mankato. Phillips developed
great speed, and generally had good
control of the ball, but pitched wild
in the last inning. Only one man was
given a base on balls, but only two
we're struck out. Miller was in the
box for the Giants, and gave one base
on balls and struck out five. The
Maroons made six safe hits and the
Giants eleven. Two errors were
made on each side.
The batting order was as follows:
Mankato:y Partridge If, Maryott
%, Messerly Id, Page SIS, Dea RI,
Young 3b, Griggs c., Hopkins CT. Phil
lips p. Giants: Johnson SIS, Bingo
30, Barnes c, Wilson If, Taylor Id,
Grant %, Vandyke CT, Graham IF,
Miller p. 1
The first three innings were almost
eventlesS, except that johnson scored
in the third. Score to O.
Ia the fourth, Taylorsrolled the ball
down to third and was put out. Grant
went out to shortstop, and Vandyke
hit safely down center. The ball
ought to have been stopped at second,
which would have shut Vandyke out
of first. Messerly ate up pop up
from Graham. Maryott sent the ball
bounding through left field, and gain
ed first base. Messerly made an old
time hit, lifting the pigskin into deep
center for three cushions, and letting
MaryOtt score. The good work did
not end there, for Page set the rooters
wild by putting the ball down toward
center for single and enabling Mes
serly to score. Dea went out on a
high one to shortstop. Young made
a single, and then a fine double play
was made on Griggs' hit, from john
son to Grant to Taylor. Score l to 2.
Miller opened the fifth by bounding
and went out from Y Dung to Messerly.
johnson hit to shortstop, and a wild
throw let him get to third. Bingo
sent sky scraper into Hopkins sure
hands, but while the ball was coming
back, Johnson scored. Barnes went
out the same way Bingo did. Hop
kins went out from Miller to Taylor,
Phillips rolled the ball to first, and
Partridge passed out from Johnson to
Taylor. Score to-.
In the sixth, Wilson went out from
Phillips to Messerly, and Taylor flew
out to Hopkins. Grant sent the ball
down center, and the ball was FUN
bled long enough to let him make
third. Vandyke sent the ball down
Dea street and went out to first.
Maryott hit safely to center, and
Messerly famed out. Page sent the
ball straight to Vandyke and went
out. Dea passed the ball off to left,
but nobody was there, and he made
first while Maryott got to second.
Young went out from Graham to
Taylor. Score to 2.
The seventh was opened by Graham
getting his base on balls. Miller
went out on slow roll to first, while
Graham got to second, and then to
third on throw to second, and scor-
ed. Johnson hit to right and kept on
going until he was caught between
second and third, where he died in
pretty trap. Bingo passed out easily.
Griggs struck out, Hopkins took
base on balls, and Phillips passed the
ball down Graham avenue for three
bags, while Hopkins scored on wild
throw. Partridge was caught be-
tween first and second. Score to 3.
The eigth was quickly over. Will
son and Taylor went out from Mary
oft to Messerly, Grant made a single
to left, and was put out at second by
quick throw, with Vandyke at bat.
Maryott went out from Miller to
Taylor. Messerly made two Dagger
to right, but Page fouled out to
third, and Dea went out. from short
stop to first. Score, 8 to3.
In the ninth, some poor playing by
the Maroons prevented 2 tenth inn
ing game, at the least. Vandyke hit
hard to center and got to second on
an error land a wild throw, while
wild pitch let him from second to
third. Graham rolled a slow one to
Phillips, who fumbled it, and then
sent it to Messerly who muffed it, let
ting Graham to first. Another wild
pitch let in Vandyke, while Graham
got around to third. Miller went out
from Phillips to Messerly, johnson
struck out, and Bingo initiated Mil
Ter. Young went out from third to
first, Griggs struck out, and Hopkins
closed the game by going out from
| Miller to Taylor.
Score:
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