Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-07-15
BRAlNERD BEATS LITTLE FAILS
A BRAINERD ACCOUNT OF THE
LITTLE FALLS-BRAINERD
BALL GAME SUNDAY.

BALL GAME SUNDAY.
Brainerd fans saw the article of bali
yesterday afternoon at the Athletic
park when Brainerd and Little Falls
met In deadly combat. To the credi
Of the Little Fails team it might be
stated that they were not walking
around with any chips on their
shoulders hut they were there with
the goods ard came pretty near show
ing the locals how to deliver them.
There was no skyrockets or balloon
aacensicns yesterday and even when
the locals lucky seventh showed up it
was the same old grind throughout
and there was nothing doing until
the last half Of the laet inning when
Brainerd got the only score of the
game and won out.
The locals are stronger with the
stick than Little Falls and Jim Boyle
who was on the slab for the Brainerd
team, had a slight advantage In
the general count over Ferrell, and
the home boys should have won the
game in the first two or three
innings, but the base running was
something fierce and at times they
acted like lot of kids, not, knowing
which way to run. In one of the first
innings there were two men on bases
and: nobody out. and the Ease runners
commenced to do the comedy, wheR
these lines were not In the plsy at all
The boys at the home sack who were
giving the cue got balled up and
when dawn appeared two men had
been caught mapping. There were
one or two just such bad plays AZ
this on basee.
; Eliminating this feature of the
game It. was one of the best ever
seen on q local diamond and the
locals are entitled to all kinds OF
credit for the showing made. They
have developed as fast a bunch of
amateurs as there is in the state and
play ball all the time. A little more
systematic team work and better
signaling for the runners on the
bases would help hole lot.
Jim Boyle was at his best yester~
day and pitched steady even game
throughout. He famed seven men
and did not allow single pipin
walk to the first sack. He was
backed up in excellent style by Eddie
Boyle at second, Templeton at short
and Pat Boyle at third. but five hits
were made of him and one of these
was q scratch hit. Ed. Terrell was In
the box for Little Falls. Ferrell Is an
old timer on the slab and q Little
Falls team without him as pitcher
would not seem right. The locals
touched him up for eight hits, three
Of them being two saokere.
The game was witnessed by the
LARGEST crowd of the season and the
Brainerd base ball teams stock has
gone soaring, and is today way above
par.
The last inning was the highly SEN
sational feature of the game. Little
Falls had been in for their turn at bat
and had failed to do anything and
neither side had scored. For Brainerd
two men went out In one two order.
but Jim Boyle, nothing daunted,
slammed one out for two Dagger and
the crowd went wild. senti was next
up and he had two strikes and three
balls called on him. Jim Boyle made
an awful risky steal for third and
succeeded In getting there. When the
last came over the plate senti caught
it. smack On tie nose and reared way
up and hovered over the right garden.
A jiggeramaroo playing, In the right
garden Tor Little Falls" was directly
under the bali and it was oinoh that
he would hold. 1t and thus retire the
side making the game more than
IN oord{naarsy nine inning affair: But
this boty,. II whose name appeared % the
/ lHwit ba rl{stt as HArt, had butter fingers
md I 81 driso9ppsd the ban, Jim9 Boyle
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