The Dickinson press., 1908-10-17

|BELF|ELD
TAKES GAME:
Dickinson Defeated 3 to 2 in Last
Game Of the Season. Pitcher
Smith Realizes the Sum of
SI5o from Benefit Game.
There was a fair attendance at tbs
Beldeld- Dickinson benefit ball game and.
although the ~lateness Of the season kept
away many of those who had pur-
chased tickets two weeks ago. there were
enough on the benches to make plenty Of
noise on a Sunday afternoon. From the
very first every base ball fan wanted 10
do his share in helping out Pitcher,
Smith. who broke his arm in the first
Miles City game in this city and over
800 tickets were sold.
The expenses wese heavy owing to.
the postponement but Mr.. Smith was:
presented with the proceeds, amounting
to $50.
The Belieldt boys came down with the
intention Of winning the game and went
home satisfied that perseverance to the
end will always nobly tell. All summer.
long it has been their ambition to defeat
the Dickinson Boys, the only team that
has won any games from Bel6eld this
year. They did it. Sunday to the tune
offs to 2. Belfeld played seven of the
regular men, with Hennings of Dickinson
and Connolly of New England for the
battery Three of / the local players
Hughes, Howell and K~osteleckv, were
shy from the Dickinson team and this
may have had something to do with the
outcome of the contest. The visitors
did not stop to size up what they were
up against but sailed right in and took
the game in the first inning when they
scored enough to make themselves wins
ners. ~
G. lnman was the first man at the bat.
He went out on a fly but his brother.
Walter, was able to make first on slow
fielding and walked to second when
Christensen walked first; then Jack
Fields came up with the big stick and
connected with the little leather sphere
which was picked up near the right field
fence and relayed back into the dia-;
mond in time to stop Jack at 3rd, but
too late to prevent w. Inman and:
Christensen from scoring. Connolly struck
out, Fields scoring On q passed ball
the next to the last one thrown to Hend-.
ricks, who also struck out. In this in
ming the locals did some good work with
no results. Freeman. Davis and Boltz
made hits and filled the bases but Hem
nings used the strong arm and struck
u RAIDER, Thatcher and Mcbride and a
goose egg was chalked up on the score
board.
Dickinson was credited with the first
run in the fourth inning. 1t was an
earned rum. Thatcher hit, Mcbride sent
out a Texas Lacquer, Clemeo fouled out,
Andrews went out at first on a little
sacrifice that scored Thatcher. Fox was
hit by the ball, freeman walked, filling
the bases, Davis flied out.
The mex tally was in the sixth, when
things looked very bad for Belield.
Andrews made first on sloppy fielding.
Fox flied out. Freeman got first on Mosh-
er's slow handling of a ball that he
wrestled with within six feet of first
base and before he recovered himself
Andrews had too big a start off from
third to be stopped al home, and he
scored. By this time the visitors seemed
to be up in a balloon /; Davis made first
on an error. RAIDER was helped by some
u AAO odAl1C 1lACu1C11C Jul IICC1!Id1A SOl
hold of the wrong bottle when he left
the third station and died before reach
ing home. Boltz couldn't make the
grade and took a siding before reaching
the first station retiring the whole
crew. Il
There was nothing doing, worthy Of.
record, after the sixth and the game
was called on account of darkness before
the first half ofsthe ninth inning was
finished. leaving the score at the end
Of the last full inning 5 10 2 in favor of
Belfeld.
The lineup was as follows:
Belfeld Dickinson.
G. Inman IS Freeman Ct
w Inman II Davis .1b
Christensen 3b RAIDER 2b
Fields Ct Boltz ana C
Connolly Thatcher p
Hendricks 5s2sb Mcbride If
MOaher IN Andrevva n 3h