Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-06-06
BEACH LOSES TO WtgAUX
IN A CLOSE GAME.
Wibaux Turned the Tables on the Beach
Ball Boys and Got Away With Last
Sundays Game By Score
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Sundays Game By Score
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The return game with WibauX which
was advertised to take place Sunday May
the Goth WAS postponed until Sunday, |
June end, when the Golden Valley boys
went over to our neighboring town in |
Montana and allowed the Wibauxites to
steal the game from thep1.
Although our boys lost the game the
exhibition was the best seen in this neck
oi-the-woods for many day and was
exciting all the way from start to finish
The Wibaux boys had a change in the
lineup and thew Il big surprise into the
visitors by putting up fine exhibition of
the national game. The local team saw
iron the Start that they had a game on
their hands but expected all along to ba,
out victory in the latter part o! the game
and SO home rejoicing. But the Wibaux
slab artist had it figured differently and
whenever he got in a tight place he struck
out the opposing ba,smen in big league
| form.
| In the second inning the Montanians,
With the assistance of few errors bv
our team, made two runs and followed ND
with one each in the next three innings
giving them a total of hve.runs which the
grain growers could not overcome. Not
until the eighth round did local boy
reach home: With three men on bases
Smithy' drove out a dandy ,hree-sacker
and II looked for minute as if Beach WAS
gong to start something. Blu, it only
locked that way for a minute and the side
was retired without further damage Two
safe hits in the ninth gave the home BOYS
one more tally and total Of only four
not enough NuH sad. Following is the
score by innings;
WlBAUN- III o o O k
BEACH O o O @ O 90 ! T..
Batteries: Wibaux, Chopman and
johannes; Beach Bowler, Smith and
Green. Umpire, Davis.
NOW Nnat 90 you think OF that.
Brinton and Emerson were both charged
with an error in ;he field for dropping
flies.
1t is the frs, victory that Wilaux ever
scored over Beach in the history of
baseball.
Beach and Wibaux will furnish the
baseball program a, Wibaux on the
Glorious Fourth. There sa:ll be a good
purse hung up.
On the 9th Of this month the localteam
VIII 60 to Dickinson and cross bats with
that aggregation.
Tuck made Il fine catch of line
drive at short and Near made several good
assists at second in throwing out runners
at first
Don't forget the baseball dance June
14,h at the Beach hall Good music has
been secured. If you go you will be treat
ing yourself to good time as well as
giving the boys boost financially.
The reason the boys lost was their in
ability to connec: with Chopn,ans slan,s.
Only one hit was made off him up TO the
eighth inning and only six hits i'll all.
Rex Chapel made a difficult catch in
center field for Wibaux and incidentally
showed the fans that he is ball PLAYER.
John Bowler also did fine work for Wi
baux in left field.
In the last inning Beach had good
show of winning but could not make good
With one out Lawrence singled and
Brirton hit three Dagger scoring
him. but the next two men famed.
The following is the Beach lineup:
Green, catcher; Smith, pitcher and short
, stop; Borth, first base; Near, second base;
, Bowler, shertstop and pitcher Lawrence,
third bas e; Moulton, right field; Emerson.
, centerfield: Brinton, left field.
In the second inning Frank Bor,h was
charged with an error which should have
been charged against the umpire. After
! catching a thrown ball Frank Intentionally
dropped the ball to the ground after hold
ing it several seconds and the umpire
called the runner safe. This was the
: cause of one run for Wibaux.