The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-05-19


without anyse.
player from tli,
throwing To secon
.nlthorgh il must b
h,rmelas ran bases "a
tising Smiths stitch
surprised himself in
lie is not pitcher, We,
the position, but with
would make IA good man
ing Mt first couldn't bc ext
tain Scott made icn-
put Bies To watch the
Scott played all around him,
good work in second gard,,
farmer boys from getting in H.
Rundson played at short. lie
man and throws and fields we'll.
was little work to be done in tL
field on account Of the high wind
was blowing. However, il is in this
ritory that Crystal Falls is weakest n
with touching mp on the outer ed
and the filling up OF Few holes IN th,
stick work the team would he n forinid-
able one To run up against.
Iron River played practically the same
men that held the points the week before
but they played much speedier game.
The men average IA shade lighter than
the city chaps but work the stick with
truer eyes. Rehr and Michnels, the
pony battery, is all right, but too light
To run game out. Their work for six
innings was all that could bc expected
Michaek is II little slow in getting the
ball TO second but catches II faultless
game.
The game should have been fuur for
Crystal Falls and one for Iron River,
those figures representing the number OF
earned runs that were pulled out. All
the other scores were based upon errors.
The game started with Crystal Falls
at the bat. The farmer boys were in n
hurry to get home to milk so they re-
tired the dudes in u one, two, three
order. There was blood in the
eyes of the agricuturalists when they
came in and they succeeded in pulling
out one run through an error in the in
field work OF the home team. Other
runs loomed up in the distance but
never materialized, the score standing
| to o for Iron River at the end OF this
inning. When the city crowd took the
field again some thoughtful Miner
turned ON the mir and for the next six
Ia. hua gtt.p tf,
the boys from the west side Of Olof Hell
gemos line, the only response TO their
efforts Co get there being the long drawn
out w-b-i-s Il Of their clubs MS they
lunged in vain at the deceptive sphere.
| The fifth and sixth innings were pro-
ductive OF four runs Tor the dudes, all
OF them earned. The boys had their
range-nndcr out and were touching mp
Rehr quito frequently. At the beginning
of the seventh the farmer lads swapped
horses, placing Rothie to do the can
nonadiug and Bei- nt the receiving end.
This proved to bc n very unwise move
for Iron River az the team went com
plctcly To pieces. Roihic was wild and
sent two men to bases on balls and Beis
evidently forget his apron AZ pass balls
were for n time the rule rather than the
exception. The fielding was ragged Tor
there were no real sale hits
made. None Of the fielders seemed to bc
able To stop or throw "a ball aud US u
result the dudes placed eight fat runs to
their credit This ended the run getting
until the lilst half OF the ninth. Michncls
farmer boys pulled themselves together
and held their opponents level. AT the
beginning OF the ninth the score stood | 2
10 | in favor of Crystal Falls. Everyone
had lost interest in the game. Ellis
threw away his horse shoe and stood
dejceiedly ia right field pontIering over
the uukin,lness of late aud mentally
resolving that Dick IIausc's shears
should be strangers To- his whiskcrs until
s1hem ERE dudes should be beaten at
hnnds OF the TURNER'S. lie would doubt.
less be standing there yet hnh not the
umpire called three men out and hc was
under the weary necessity OF dragging
himself up To the plate to end the agony !.
Selecting a bat, product 81 his own
native basswood made nt the Buck
eye." he stumbled up TO the plate and
let drive. There was ihud and the
bull went soaring TO the outIleld where IL
fell into hole between Brison's hands
and sped on. That hit seemed 10 un-
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