The Dickinson press., 1908-07-04
aExcELLENT GAME
. Dickinson Wins Bess. iI...l:;;, Game !, Of
r Season. Wibaux Puts UP Hard
Fight and Makes Good Showing.
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The best game of ball this season
was played at the new park Sunday after
noon when the locals added another
game to their list Of victories by defeat
ing the team from Wibaux. by. a score of
10 to 6. The wind was III the west as
usual and the spectators had the pleasure
of eating dust during the entire game.
I The fun started in the first inning with
the visitors at the bat. Tucker, the first
man up, landed on the first ball for a
nice little hit. Parker was out on fly.
Hawkes. made hit and Tucker scored.
Gaines struck out and Fisher was thrown
j out at first. The locals started with
Kostelecky at the bat. He was thrown
out at first, Sturgeon fyed out, Howell
walked and stole second but Davis hyed
out and retired the side.
Wibaux was unable to accomplish any
thing in the second. Schuster was ,out
on caught foul, Bowler out at first,
| Jefries walked and Rex was thrown out
at first. In the last half Schuster retired
the locals in the one, two, three order
by striking out Mcbride, Freeman and
Hughes.
The third inning was lively. Tucker
fyed out, Parker made first on a hit,
too hot for the infelders, Hawkes. hit to
Johnson who allowed the former to make
first by throwing home, putting Parker
out at the plate, Boltz threw to third,
catching Hawkes., who was trying to steal,
and retiring the side. For the locals
Hughes made hit and stole second,
Johnson was out on caught foul, Koste-
lecky struck out, Sturgeon made a hit,
scoring Hughes, Howell drew free pass
and Sturgeon and Howell made double
steal, Davis then connected for nice
hit, scoring Sturgeon and Howell, Nc
Bride made seven fouls and then struck
out.
| The fourth inning there was nothing
doing. Gaines fyed out, Fisher was
thrown out at first and Schuster was out
on fly. The locals had about the same
luck. Freeman struck out, Boltz was
thrown out at first and Hughes struck
out.
Z Wibaux came to the front in the fifth.
Bowler started things with a clean hit
and was advanced by Jeffries' sacrifice,
Rex made hit, scoring Bowler Tucker
made first on felder's choice, Uohnson
trying to throw Rex out at home plate,)
Rex scored, Parker got to first by being
hit, Hawkes. Ayed out. For. the locals
| Johnson made first on an error, Koste-
lecky was out on a fly, Johnson made
Second on Surgeons sacrifice and the
! side retired when Howell was thrown out
at first. Ia. ~, .,,.,is~,; (; y.
Things were moving again in the sixth.
Gaines was thrown out at first, Fisher
struck out, Schuster, the pitcher, landed
on the ball for two-bagger and scored
on Bowlers hit,. Jeffries hit TO- Johnson,
who threw Bowler out"at second, retiring
the side. Davis drew free pass and
was advanced by. McBride's pretty hit,
Freeman made first on an error and
Davis scored, Boltz struck out, Hughes
landed on one that was too hot to be
handled, and Mcbride scored, Hughes
stole around to third and scored on
Jehnson's sacrifice Ia caught fy,) -Koste;
Il lecky was out ON caught foul. ;,'@
In the seventh Rex was out on fy
Tucker walked and was advanced bV
Parker's sacrifice; Hawkes. reached first
on and error, Gaines out on foul,
Dickinson gets very busy with the Bic
stick. Sturgeon hit a dandy and, while
Howell was trying to pick out a good. one,
stole around to third, Howell struck out,
Davis made a. neat little bunt and beat Il
to first, while Sturgeon scored, Mcbride
walked and Freeman ST. hit scored Davis
and advanced Mcbride, Boltz landed on
the ball like a thousand of brick, scoring
Mcbride and Freeman, Hughes struck
out and Johnson hyed out. ~
4 Wibaux did good stroke of business
in the eighth. Fisher was up first and
walked, Schuster made first on, auhit,
Fisher was put out at second, Bowler got
I'a''Mo-b bagger, scoring Schuster, Jeffries
4 got to first on felder's choice and Bowler
scored, Rex went out at first. In the last
halt Kostelecky was thrown out at first,
Sturgeon got the same medicine, Howell
walked, Davis made hit, advancing
Howell, Mcbride drew a free pass, filling
the bases. Freeman was the last Dick
inson man at the bat He struckout and
the locals went into the field for the last
time. = -
Il was one, two, three for Wibaux in
/ the ninth. Parker was out on fly and
Hawkes. and Gaines were thrown out at
first, ending the game, which was full of
life and good sprinkling of excitement
from beginning to end. p s.s.
The lineup and score by innings
follows: 4.
Dickinson .Wibaux
kostelecky, 3b Tucker, = IS
Sturgeon, 2b Parker, 2 2b