Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-06-10
Alma College Base Ball Nine
Trained By Coach Harper
Did the Work.
JOHNNY JOHNSON IN THE BOX
Was Given Excellent Support From
y the Field and Albion Was Defeated
by Three to One Score.

Anna won the state championship
in the intercollegiate league for the
second time Friday by defeatinng AL
bion in fast, cleanly contested game
bv the score of 3 to /.
While Alma was picked AS winner
by all local supporters. everyone ex-
pected Albion to make game fight.
And in this respect Albion did not
disappoint anyone They were in the
game from start to finish and even
after Alma took commanding lead
in the sixth inning. they fought hara
to avert the impending defeat
But ii was fruitless effort. The Al
ma boys played winning ball from
start to finish. Smiling Sidney John
son was In the box for Alma and it
was his everlasting smile. excellent
pitching. cool-headed Judgment at
critical moments, and consistent bat
ting that kept his teammates on q
lighting edge all the time Through
out the game the converted himself
with glory and while touched up for
four hits, they were so scattered as to
have never amounted to anything save
for pardonable field error in the
third inning. In the first eleven men
who faced him he struck out seven.
On the other hand Alma connected
with Latham several times. In the third
inning Helmer found him for timely
base hit that scored X. Campbell from
second. In the sixth Alma drove his
from the box. r. Campbell opened
with a beautiful two-bagger. Helmer
laid down a hunt in front of the plate
that sent Campbell to third, though
Helmer was out at first. Duucanson
followed with single that scored
Campbell and then made two daring
steals to second and third Ehler re-
sponded to the occasion by driving out
three bagger and Duncsnson came
over with the third score Miller was
substituted for Latham at this point
and from there to the end there was
no further scoring.
Alma did not have to depend ON
johnson, however. the work of the AL.
ma inheld was the finest ever seen
here They went after and got every-
thing. Some of the stops sthey made
were of the hair-raising variety and
reused the crowd to a fever heat.
Helmer and J. Campbell deserve
particular mention. Nor should Ho-
ben be overlooked in his efforts to land
fouls, several of which were success
full. 1t was just an illustration of
the fine class of inside ball HARPER has
coached his men to put up and the
kind that wins every time in the long
run.
In the seventh 'Toots' Hall of Oil
vet, umpire. was hit in the neck by
foul tip and for few moments laid
out but he pluckily resumed the game
amid the applause from the entire
crowd.
1t was an ideal day for ball game
and big crowd turned out to wit
ness the game. Alma. besides the
rooters. had engaged the Mt Pleasant
Indian brass band to help make noise.
Albion was on hand with its college
band and a good bunch of loyal root
ers.
The surprise of the game was john
sons appearance in the-box. To Al
bion this was a great surprise and
the Albion bows had beent raining hard
TO solve Duncanson. whom everyone
expected TO pitch But Coach Harper
had the situation figured out to
nicely, and in putting Johnson in he
made a move that put the Albion boys
up in the air from the start. There
was something in that smile on John
sons face which they could not UNDER
stand. But thew began to understand
few moments later, when those
swift. puzzling curves began to shoot
over the plate
struck out. X. Campbell was one on
a dy 10 third base, Helmer connected
for safe hit for one base but was
out at second on an attempted steal.
Albion had her eyes opened in the
last of the first. Hopeful that John
sons delivery would prove easy thew
eagerly faced him. Bnt the first. third
and fourth men mp went down in
one, two. three order. The second up
connected for two base drive that
got through Helmer. but he died
on second.
NIT and took second on passed ball
Ehlers sacrificed and Duncanson went
to third, and right here Johnson be-
gan his Worrying tactics. Again and
again he fouled on Lsthams delivery
until the latter ratified gave him
base on balls. IL looked like the -ecure