Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-05-29
IT WAS A SLuGGIAG MATCH.
A Close and Exciting Game of Ball Be-
tween Little Falls and Frazee With VI.
Hard Hitting the Feature. IN. IA
PRAZBE WINS BY ASC0RE OF IS TO Il.
Errors Were Numerous on Both Sides, but
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Those who enjoy a baseball game
with hard hitting the principal lea
ture would Lave been we'll satisfied
with the game played here Sunday
between the Little Falls and Frazee
teams. The game was smuggling
match rom start to fiji jsh and In
the matter of finding the pitcher,
Little Falls should have won, but
they were less fortunate in placing
and punching their hits than their
opponents, and also made more
costly errors.
From what seemed to be certain
and easy victory at the end OF the
fourth inning for the home team,
they went down to defeat by ragged
fielding with very close and ex-
citing finish. The score was II to Is
against them. /
The visitors went first to bat with
Pitcher Stevens in the box for Little
Falls. Terrell could not be present
at the starting of the game and 1t
was previously stipulated that he
should be allowed to ehter the box
as soon as he arrived. Stevens
pitched three innings and did very
good work, fielding his position In
good shape and striking out three
men, Notwithstanding that he went
into the box with a very sore arm.
The score was to in favor OF the
home team when he went out and
although five hits were credited off
his delivery the situation did not
seem to warrant the great clamor
that was made from the grand stand
and some of the team for his retire.
ment to the bench the minute Terrell
entered the grounds. In the fourth
inning the Little Falls team gave
Robinson, (Frazee's pitcher), an un-
merciful drubbing. Each one as
he came to bat lined cut generally
the first ball pitched to him. In this
inning Sylvester and H. Newman
are each credited with three Dagger
and Bourassa and Willing with
singles. Five men OF the home team
crossed the plate in this inning, maxi |
ing the score 10 to 8 In favor Of
Little Falls, and should have cinched
the game for them had they followed
it up with good ball playing. This
they did not do, for by several costly
errors in the fifth and timely hitting,
the visitors sent five men across
home plate.
Little Falls added another score
to their list in the fifth and the inn
ing ended with the score II to 8 in
their favor. The visitors made two |
runs in the sixth and the home team !
ended it's run getting onemore score in
the sixth inning which ended with the
score II to 10 in their favor, Frazee
got one score in the seventh a goose
egg In the eighth and came up to bat
in the ninth with the score II to II
against them. With one man out
and two men on bases Robinson
came to bat. He is a left handed
batter, and one of the strongest in
their team. He connected with a
good one as it came over the plate
and it shot through the air down in
to deep center over Carley's head
and brought in the two runs. Rider
followed Robinson and went out on
short grounder to Newman. Burnett
famed and the side was retired with
the score 10 to II in favor of Frazee.
The last half of the ninth inning was
an exciting one and although fh
home team made a desperate fight
to tie the score they were unable to
do SO. In this inning Ferrell came
first to bat. He sent out a hot
grounder to Hurley on first and
went out. Bourassa went to first
on Burke's tumble OF a grounder and
stole second. Willing famed and
Sylvester reached first on grounder
that was held by the shortstop to
keep Bourassa on second. Bourassa
gave the best exhibition OF the game
in base running and stole third.
Gravel came to bat and the hope of |
home team was high for Uieing ssthe |
score, but it was soon dispelled for
Gravel, after hitting several fouls |
sent afool fly out near the third base,
which was caught by Burke and tho
game ended with the score Ii to 12
in favor OF Frazee.
The teams were lined up as follows:
Little Falls Position Frazee
Bourassa. first base........ Hurley
Willing. second base. Sort
Sylvester.........c catcher. Smith