Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-05-11
St. CIoud Wins First Game,

St. CIoad Wins First Game.
The St. Cloud base ball team won over
the Little Falls team at the new ball
park Sunday, by score of Is to 6. The
home club had had little time for prac-
tice, and the game was the first of the
season, so that the defeat was not eur
prising. There was nothing to brag OF
in the playing on either side, and errors
were numerous.
Umpire Elias Brown called the game
at O'Clock, the St. Cloud boys at tho
bat. Thielman got to first on four balls,
and the St. Cloudites got four runs in
before they were choked of. The local
players got nothing in their attempt,
and retaliated in the second inning by
giving the St. Cloud team nothing, and
themselves getting in four. Then St.
Cloud broke loose, things went up in Uhe
air, and St. Cloud team rolled IN nine
runs. In their hall of this discouraging
inning the local team got in two runs,
and never got any more. st. Cloud got
one each in the sixth and seventh in
nings.
Bourassa, catcher for Little Falls,
hurt his finger in the fifth and Captain
Sylvester took bis place, Newman TAX
ing Sylveater's place at hrst and Bour-
assa went to right field.
Ferrell got eight strikeouts, May for
St. Cloud, three.
The visitors said the umpire treated
them fairly.
Tho home club will play the Brainerd
team next Sunday afternoon. They
have done plenty practicing and intend
to retrieve themselves.
St. Cloud Journal-Press: The
baseball season for 1900 was inau-
spiciiously opened at Little Falls on
Sunday in a game between the local
nine and St, Cloud. The team there
had a new ball park, which cost a
nice bit of money, and there were be-
tween 800 and 500 people out t.
see the park christened and the team
chastened. Little Falls has much
the same team as it had last season,
Ferrill being pitcher. He was cross
eyed however: last season and un-
fortunately during the winter sea-
son had his eyes Strengthened. There
is where the young man was foolish
for he was unable on Sunday tc
throw anything but a straight bal
and the st. Cloud ~batters touchet
him up in the FIRST inning for a.>tota
OF four runs. Mr.. Ferrill was dis
gusted with himself for his thought
lessnees in taking the curves out o
his eyes and in the third inning st
Cloud hit him again for nine runs
The boards almost fell off the new
fence at this proceeding and severa
OF the local gods were seen to tum
BILE and break. The story would bt
too painful in it's entirety so suffice
it to say that John May for t.ClouC
pitched an elegant article of ball and
the best the sawdust eaters Of Little
Falls could do with him was to raj
out six runs in the nine innings
while tho visiting team piled up q
total of Is scores.
The result was great surprise to
the visiting team for May was not
thought to be tho best pitcher that
ever strained an arm and the sup.
port was somewhat weak in spots.
The above shows how gentlemanly
the sporting editor Of the J. P. car
be when he tries. The reference to
Pitcher Ferrill is uncalled for dir
graceful, and in wretched taste. A
joke or josh no ono can take excep.
tlon to, but this time the j. P. went
far beyond the limit.
Clinton Foster is firing on = gravel
train locomotive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Eddy left fo1
their future home in Minneapolis.
DR.. !. N. Savard of Minneapolis,
pateftee of a smallpox disinfeetant,
was in the city Wednesday.
Leon HOude returned Tuesday
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