Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-05-14
LOSE The FIRST GAME

Local Ball Team Has
Material Enough To
Make Good
Whether Mayor George F. Moegiein
heaved the sphere too high when he
openned the fine new athletic park
and the baseball season, at once. by
throwing the first ball over the plate
Sunday afternoon, is question which
is botherlng the local baseball players,
some of whom think that this lead
them to heave the ball out OF reach In
certain critical plays and, with other
numerous errors, losing the first
game of the season to the Watab Paper
Mill baseball club which represents
Sank Rapids In the baseball world.
AS rejoinder the mayor says that he
got strike on that throw and that
no hit was made on it, and reminds
them that If they had followed his
lead 1t would not have been necessary
to catch the runner on bases.
Although Sundays game was full of
errors, equally DIVIDED between the
two teams, it was nevertheless very
interesting and the roofing was just
as strong it not stronger than had
there been fewer errors. Fully 800
people, comfortably seated in the
bleachers and grandstand, witnessed
the game. and it can be we'll i'm
imagined how they would have crowded
onto the diamond had the wire net
ting, which screened them from the
field, been taken down.
The fans IN the bleachers found the
contest interesting from the start and
were tickled to see the first man up for
the visitors pound the air three times
and retire to the covered dug out that
seered to have been especially con-
strncted so that the fellow could crawl
in to hide his discomforture. Wetzei,
who did the twirIing tor the locals
during the first five innings, soon
showed that he did not have control of
the ball, as IN the second inning he
nit the first batter with the ball, filled
another base by letting the next walk,
and then put one over that Rasch
bingled for double Dagger, scoring
Golfers and Anderson. Next up also
secured single, scoring Rasch.
Wetzel Enlightened up little after
this and did not allow hit until the
fourth inning. In the meantime the
locals tried to get even, but were
unable until the third inning, when
Wetzel walked to the initial bag, stole
second and scored on wild throw,
and was soon followed around the
diamond by Lauerman, who scored on
a bunt hit by Kingen, the latter secur-
ing another run and tying the score on
an error.
The visitors came back strong in the
fourth inning, when, with two men
out, Dahms made first on an error by
Fortler and scored on a three. Dagger
by O'Pine. Rasch was then allowed
to walk and the two scored on a two
Dagger by A. Helmet, who in turn
was brought in by a neat single by
Golfers. The next man up was struck
out, retiring the side.
In the sixth inning Newman was
put in the box, Wetzel relieved Lauer-
man and LANCE relieved Kingen.
Newman started by walking the first
man up, striking out the next, hitting
the third with pitched ball. striking
out the next and then allowing the
fifth man to tiff one out to Dledrlch
on third, who handled 1t In highly
commendable manner, retiring the
side with two men on bases.
Batters scored In the sixth inning
for the locals, when he went first on a
missed fly to the left fielder, advanced
to second on grounder by Greish,
stole third, and scored just after the
middle garden player caught NJ
Phe1son high flyer and was throw
ing Greisch out on second. Wetzel' s
out on a fly to the secondbaseman
retired the side.
Skates scored a run for the visitors
in the seventh inning, going first on
the tour of the diamond and scoring
on wild throws and errors.
LANCE went up to bat for the first
time in the seventh inning, swatted
out a fine single and, owing to bis
ankle. Batters did the base running
for him, scoring on bunt-hit by
Diedrich. In the eighth Mcpherson
made first on a tielder's choice and
scored on a two Dagger by Newman.
The sky was illuminated in the
ninth inning by a brilliant display OF
fireworks by both teams. For the
visitors Selke singled, Dahms walked
and O'Plne singled, filling the bases
on Newman ''Dutch' Rasch then
sent three Dagger into the center
garden, scoring the three, and himself
taking rest at third. 1t was here
that LANCE was called to the box.
struck out the next two up, allowed
the next to knock an easy groundel
towards the rstbaseman, who missed
it, on which Rasch scored, and stop
ping Rand's grounder and threw
him out on first, retiring the side. Fol-
the locals, Lange made first while the
shortstop was fumbling the ball and
Wetzel did the base-runring for LANCE.
Fortier followed with a bunt- hit, and
the two were brought in by Dledrlch s
three Dagger, the latter scoring the
last run on passed ball. Kidder flew
out to shortstop, Batters went first on
an error, Greish on tielder's~ choice
Mcpherson out on fly to center field,
and Wetzel out on fly to left field
The game ended IL to in favor o1