The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-05-01
GOOD GAME \ N 3. OF OF BALL. ]?' :.
Pretty and Well Played Game of
Ball Between High School Boys
of Elk River and Princeton.
A score of 5 to 4 in Favor of the Elk
River Team--PrincetOn Lads
Show Up Well.

W IN the Princeton high school
boys missed by one score of making
the sgame tie with the Elk River
high school nine on the fair grounds
last saturday afternoon, the home team
retired with honors at the close of the
game which did not take only about an
hour and half to play, the score be-
ing to 4, and the game was a very
pretty one. The Elks are not amateurs
in any sense of the word and haye some
players that are we'll seasoned. At
An l'o a week ago last Saturday they
gave the team at that place a good
drubbing, but the Elks found the mar
gin. OF victory very narrow one with
thePrinceton boys. In the first inning
the visitors made one score, while the
home team failed to score, though
Whitney got as far as third, where he
cashed in his checks, Zeigel took first
IN dog trot, and Thompson and Farm
ham made singles, while Kaliher sent
up q sky rocket that was eaten up in
thefeld. The boys failed to make the
encoura ging reports at the home plate
outzweRt into the second inning with
confidence. Palmer of the Ell ks sent a
ball toward first but Thompson let it
go9by Mills followed with two
Dagger, but the next two -Elks at the
batssent balls out to the field and Cor
diner and Zeigel interrupted their
flight to earth. With Elks on second
and third bases Davis got beside the
plate and famed out, and the Elks
went out to the field with big round
figure to their credit. Two of the
Princeton boys famed out and Shaw
pounded out grounder, but it beat
him to first. Cordiner took prone
made to first in this inning for his
health. In the third inning but one of
thesElks got as far as first. In this
inning the Princeton boys made two
scores.t Whitney struck puzzler
right doWn in front of the plate and
got away IN good shape. zeigel fol-
lowed and with this starter the boys
made two scores before retiring The
fourth and fifth innings we're blanks
for both sides. Both innings we're
short and to the point. When the
sixth inning opened the cry of the
Elks was ''tie the score" and they did
it and one better, making two in this
inning. The home team played the
circle. In the seventh the visitors
failed to score, and the home team did
likewise. In the eighth inning the
Elks registered two and thePrinceton
boys one. The Princeton boys pre-
vented the visitors from making a
score in the closing inning, and took
one themselves, Whitney managing to
run the bases and get in safe on the
plate. He started on his destination
to the music Of slow march to first,
and Zeigel went to bat and sent out a
ball that gave him first with no trouble.
Thompson followed with as good a
record and this filed the bags, but
Whitney was the only one that could
be rescued before the deadly "three
Out'' was announced.
Davis was in the box for the Elks
and Holt, an old and experienced
catcher did service behind the plate.
The battery for the home team was
Shaw and Whitney. Sambo had been
troubled with boil on one of his arms
for two days, but he managed to make
a very good showing before the visitors.
The field work of the Princeton boys
was very good considering the time
they have been practicing. Some OF
the boys are little slow in their work
on bases, but this they will acquire in
time.
Harold Dewing of Elk River umpired
the game and there was no trouble
whatever over his decisions. For that
matter the game was free from rag
chewing and discord. There was the
best of feeling, and the game was a
pretty one from the start.
The score by innings was as follows:
Elk River. ....... 10000 2 O-5
Princeton. ....... OO2 900 Ol IA
:. PYTHIANs AT PRINCETON,