The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-10
PYTHIANS Sosn
The KnigLrm From the
Royal Arcanians.
Royal ArCanians.
A Closely Contested Game of Seven Ian.
ings, in Which Some Good
Playing is Done.

The base ball game between the
picked clubs of the Royal Arcanum
and Knights of Pythias Friday
afternoon at Sibley Park turned out to
be very closely contested affair, and
was full of interest from start to fin
! ish. The ball was put in play at
promptly four o'clock by Mayor Cur
rier, and the game was watched by an
interesting crowd numbering several
hundred, although the day was one of
the hottest of the summer. Many of
the stores were closed to allow the
proprietors and employees to attend.
The two teams were composed as
follows:
R. At. J. Connel, catcher; Guy
johnson, pitcher Fred Walker, first
base; S. B. Wilson, second base; H.
A. Patterson, third base Walter Levi,
short stop; Chas. Wyatt, right field
F. E. Crandall, left field; P. S.
Thomas, center field
K. of P.-Morey Stern, catcher; A
E. Clark, pitcher DR.. F. L. Stephan,
first base; G. A. Lewis, second base ;;
G. E. Heinze, third base; G. G.
Towne, short stop; A. NJ. Clements,
right field; Jas. Gill, left field; Alf
Anderson, center field.
Herb Snow and Il. Grant were the
umpires, and W. A. Funk and W. L.
Comstock the official scorers
The ground was in excellent condi-
tion, having been prepared by Park
Superintendent Blake and his assist
ants with commendable forethought
The game was played remarkably well,
considering the fact that the players
were all selected from the respective
lodges and had had little time for
practice. Several of them were for
mer base ball players of renown, but
the lapse of years might have robbed
them of their agility in some measure,
yet no one would have guessed it yes
terday.
The only accident happened when
Walker, who was on FIRST base, was aes
cidentally struck in the third inning
by runner and thrown down. Hewas
not badly injured, but unable to proceed
with the game, and Burt Turrittin
was substituted for him. The game
continued for three hours, and one or
two of the players were obliged to,
Of rr-o,.ly nd
for this reason H. E. Pomadt was sub
stituted in the fifth inning for Gill.
Seven innings were played
At the close of the first half of the
sixth inning the game stood % to IS
in favor of the Arcanians, but in the
second half of the inning the Knights
ran up ten scores. making it a tie.
| The Arcanians were held down to.
nothing in the first half of the seventh,
and the Knights made one and stop
ped, winning the game by score of
"a to 90.
The day is too brief to give an ac-
count of all of the brilliant plays made
1t is sufficient to say that several were
made and that all of the players &C
quilted themselves with credit. Both,
batteries were good, and each of the
pitchers had the honor of striking out
several men, viii lie the catchers did
splendid work.
At the conclusion of the game, an.
exhibition of broncho breaking was
given. The first animal was tame
spirited one, but the second did some
bucking in regular wild west style.
A picnic supper followed, in which,
both lodges joined, and the evening
was spent most enjoyably.
The Athletic club has issued chal-
lenge to the winning team, and if it is
accepted another interesting game
may be looked for.
Members of the victorious team,
when asked today whether they would
accept the challenge of the Athletic
club, replied that the Athletic club
team could go out and get reputation
before presuming to issue challenge
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