Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1905-07-22
/, LOSE THEIR CoNCEIT.
Graceville Boys Find Morris Too
Fast for Them.

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The Graceyille ball player
came over here Thursday, and unit
the result of the game became known
they were very "chesty". They hao
played the fast Renville team 2 Il
l game, and were feeling confident o.
victory against Morris. But not only
did they fail to win the game, but
showed clearly, by their playing, that
they are far from being in the same
class as the local team. They could
not hit, and in the field their work
was as rank as any seen here this
year. Such work, coupled with the
steady play of the locals, enabled
Morris to pile up IL to Graceville's 0
The Graceville team, as they ap'
peared here: reminded one of bunch
of Goldman Brothers clowns, trying
to play base bali with broom stick
and a rubber balloon. Green, in
center, was the star performer, with
Mcdowell and Hartnett as close Sec
onds. Three times, the ball was
knocked straight into Johnnie
Green's hands and three times the
old timer dropped the pill as little
child wonld drop a red hot piece of
iron. Green became Disguised with
himself and admitted to a select few
that he had sold the game for SC, but
in order that the information might
not be generally known, he had Pet
erson put in center, while he crept
into the tall grass in deep right field
Mcdowell and Hartnett took to boot
ing the ball and kept it up turnout
the contest with the result that at the
end of the game, Hartnett, Mcdowell
ard Green were all scrapping to see
who would pull down the yellow rib
bon, indicating star work in the error
column. Jimmy O'Malley felt like
the scrap but concluded not
to.
The Morris bunch hit Woodward
very hard, and in fact, every time
Johnnie Siverts would crack a pea
nut in the grand stand three or four
players would dodge for
fear the ball might be coming their
way. Only four men famed, and
altho but seven hits were made, the
ball was hit hard ana often, the loo
ais having hard luck in placing their
drives. Brown and Warner between
them sent four line drives to the left
center fence and IN each case the CEN
terfielder was foolish enough to get in
the way of the ball, making three err
rors out of the four chances, and
spelling what ordinarily would be
hits. The trouble was that the center
fielder leaned against the center field
fence thruout the contest, wi ping the
sweat off his brow, not with the idea
of catching any long flies but for the
purpose of grasping the earliest OPP.
portunity of climbing the fence and
and thereby escaping the awful
slaughter within. He could not quite
got up the courage sufficient to in-
duce him to be gutter, however.
Brown was on the slab for the
locals, and was in fair form, allowing
but five singles. 1t seemed, tho,
that no matter where Brown would
throw the ball, high or low, the
Graceyille boys would swing as
father used to swing the old Click
ory" when the the "little one'' was
young, with the result that thirteen
of them famed.
Stewart, Warner and Jones played
fine ball in the field. Stewards all
around playing was perhaps the
feature of the game. The Battle
ship" accepted seven hard chances
without IL skip,and was there for two
singles, out of three turns at the
Dat. Guy brought the rooters to
heir feet in the eighth when he ran
nto left field from third and pull
ID down Hartnetts fly ball.
Morris scored the first one in the
bird when Danielson got to first on
N error, stole second and scored on
Stewards hit.
Brown opened the third with a
afe drive to center, went clear to
bird on O'Malley's hit, and scored
n a wild throw to second. O'Maliey |
tole second, but was caught trying
0 steel third. Stewart and Bailey