The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-08-21
WAS A FAST BALL GAME
Emery and Alexandria Put up a
Classy Ball Game With a
Strong Pitching Contest.

Mitchell sports were redhot for the
hall game Wednesday afternoon be.
tween Emery and Alexandria, which
was scheduled to be played at 4
o'ciock. However, Wednesday was
harvest excursion day with the Mil
waukee road and with the extra
amount Of business on hand it vas
impossible to get The east train here
on time, consequently the teams did
not get in until about $3.50 O'Clock.
BY that time everybody thought the
game was called off and did not 90
out to the fair grounds. When the
teams marched up town with uni
forms on the crowd commenced to
start for the grounds, and probably
200 people were on the grounds,
The game put up between the
teams vas one of the best that has
been seen here in years and both
played excellent ball. They have
met a number of times this season
with the result that Alexan dria has
the edge on Emery for a few games.
but on this occasion Emery made
Alexandria go some. For six innings
neither side scored and everybody
was on the tiptoe of expectancy
three or four different times in the
hope that a run would cross the
rubber, but failure to hit safe ended
In nothing until the seventh inning.
In the first inning Emery showed
danger signs OF scoring when they
had two men On bases With two out,
but the hit did not come. In the
second after two men famed Emery
had two men on second and third,
and again the nit failed to show up.
In the third inning Emery had
another chance to score. Wescott
famed two men and then passed the
third, who got to third base. but it
was not productive Of a run, for
Wescott didn't let the batter bit
safely. In the fourth Emery COM
meuced hitting Wescott and it looked
like a score, hut the little pitcher
frightened up and the two men On
bases died there with a hit to the
inield. In the seventh inning
Emery commenced to do things.
The first NAT few out to right field
on a long drive. and the next hit a
Texas Lacquer to fit. Wescott walk
ing the next batter. The next
batter laid a pretty u over third
bases for two sacks and the first
score came in, which was followed
by another on a long fly to left field,
the runner scoring on the out. That
was the end of the run-getting for
Emery. and il proved enough, for
Alexandria failed to score in the
S ven innings at bat.
Alexandria did not commence to
get DANGEROUS on the scoring PROPOSE
tion until the fourth inning, when
George damned out a daisy to deep
left, and which he stretched into a
tnree Dagger by some fast logging.
notwithstanding the coacher tried
to hold him at second base. George
thought he bad another base coming
and took 1t, but he narrowly escaped
teing thrown out. On a hit to the
infield George tried to score. The
ball was captured by the first base
man and he helo 1T long enough to
let George get half way In when he
commenced to run him down on the
line, mailing him at the plate. while
the batter rested on third on the
play. The man died on third when
the batter hit Baker In the boz.
After that Alexandria was not
really dangerous, only getting .
man to get second 10 two innings.
Weecott and Sesnlon were 10 the