The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1908-10-17
DICKINSON I
MP|I0NS
Baseball Team Ends Victorious
Season With Percentage Of
.S14. Out. Of a Total Of ~
Games, q Were Victories &;


total of 22 games out Of ~ played,
making a percentage Of .sl4, the team
claims the championship Of the Slope
Strictly speaking there are four games
that ought not to be included in the total
results, the ones played, at Miles City.
Montana. early in September. The team
representing Dickinson then, was COM
posed almost wholly Of players other than
those who have been on the team through
out the season. There were only two Or
three regular players there and while
they played under the name of Dickin-
son it was not the Dickinson team.
Looking at the seasons work in this
light only % games have been played
Of which 81 have been victories. In
either way the team has played a most
successful series of games and is entitled
to the honor of the championship Of the
Slope.
During the season the Dickinson ball
team has met and defeated Mines from
Bel6eld, New Salem. Taylor. Drake.
Beach. New England. Mott, Mandan,
Bismarck and Richardton in this state
and Wibaux and Miles City in Montana.
The only two defeats aside from the
disastrous three games dropped on the
trip to Miles City. have been to Mott
and Belheld.'
In the series with Belfield total of
| five games were played and Dickinson
won all except the one last Sunday, the
last Of the season. With Miles City,
six games were played, three victories
and three defeats. With Beach two games
were played, both victories. With Drake
the two games played resulted in one
victory and one defeat. Mott won bv
the score of 2 to s and Dickinson won by
II to g. Thuszit is seen that Mott is
the only team in the state which is in
any way to be considered and all efforts
on the part Of Dickinson to arrange the
deciding game. have met with failure.
Therefore Dickinson claims the champion
ship on the grounds that of a total ~
points scored in the two games Dickin-
son made II or nearly two thirds Of the
sum total. ~.
The game won by Mott was the star.
game Of the season. as far as closeness1
Of score goes. ten innings being required
to decide the winners. The series of
games with Drake was interesting and
close, inasmuch as the latter team came
here heralded as the champions of the
state and out for the blood of Dickinson
and returned with two defeats. both by
the scores of s to S.
Out Of q total number Of points scored,
the Dickinson nine secured 241 points to
its opponents 122. In the Miles City
series. Dickinson had 40 points andMiles
City Al. Between Belield and Dickinson,
the latter scored % points and the former
I13.
In the matter of attendance and fin
.ance, the season has been more than
satisfactory. Big crowds have been the
rule at every game and on Fourth Of July
there was an attendance Of 1000 paying
people, while several games drew crowds
Of fully 500. During the season the local
ball grounds have been greatly improved.
A fence has been erected around the
whole field with seats for several hum
dred people. There have been NUM-
Der Of exciting incidents, the most inn
nnrfant nccslrrin6 Sentemher 20 IN the