The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-07-03
WON ANOTHER
Local Ball Club Took Niagara into Camp,
Score al.

| score 4-Z.
The Crystal Falls base ball team
went to Niagara and defeated the
champions OF the range in a close con-
test last Sunday by a score OF to 2.
The day was an excessively hot one and
30 fierce were the suns rays that at
times some Of the players had to go
outside OF the fence TO get a breath Of
air
ike Oswald pitched the game and
went the whole nine innings notwith-
standing that he had not got into trim.
At the close Of the game he was going
a faster clip than at the start.
The local team was badly broken mp
on leaving but managed to get together
before the bell rung for the practice.
The lineup was; Ball, catcher Oswald,
pitcher Henry, first base Mischaud,
second Smith, short stop; Deidrich,
third base Shaw. Noyes and Sampson
in the field.
The paper makers got the locals into
q hole in the very first inning. With
q man on third, Kudder, the Niagara
heavy hitter. lined out fly close to
the right foul line and the ball bound !
ed and went through a hole in
the fence giving the hitter home run
and making the score 2 TO 0 in favor
OF Niagara The miners soon got that
back, however by launching a brace
OF hits by Shaw, Ball and Deidrich,
scoring two runs
In the sixth Shaw doubled the sec
ond time, went TO third on Balls sac
ritice and scores on a long out-tield fly
Deidrich.
AT the pace Oswald was going our
boys felt secure with that lead but an
other run came In later putting them
well TO the good.
The Niagara boys threw big scare
into the locals In the last OF the eighth.
With two out and man on third and
second. Kudder came to the bat He
had nit every time up SO Little
Eugene didn't take any chances but
passed him tflling the bases to get
Sackerson up and the latter famed
Cady who appeared here for Wausau-
kee couple Of times last year was in
the box for Niagara and was hit quite
hard by the locals.
The Crystal Falls boys speak highly
OF the treatment they got at Niagara
and the game went off smoothly in
every way.
NOTES OF THE GAME.
John Bauer, Frank Luck, w. g. Ell.
. dred and Earnest Munns accompanied
1 "Ike" Oswald in the auto to Niagara
! Sunday morning. Mr. Oswald having
missed the train Saturday night They
, made Iron Mountain In two hours and
got TO Niagara in time for dinner
When things got exciting in the
eighth inning the boys in the Niagars
band got to footing, the fellow with
the slide getting very prominent.
D John Bauer explained to them the folly
OF trying TO rattle" our pitcher with
: that kind Of dope for, said John. "Tha,
. fellow. you know. is Dutch and the
more you rata -tst-tat on that horr
; the better he can play that steadiel
4 him. you know.
When the Crystal Falls bows came II
from the field In the fourth innine
they noticed their bench occupied b,
an elderly looking gentleman and sup
posed that 10 was some patriarch o.
Niagara who came out 10 tell them o
the futility OF trying TO beat the paper
makers On drawing closer the,
found they were mistaken for the gen
!, tleman was none other than Rober
! Munns, Crystal Falls champion bas'
o ball fan.
Ihe Iron River boys were on th
train coming back from Escanabi
where they split even with Escanaba
winning Saturdays game by scor
Q Of Z 10 8 and losing out Sunday by
. score Of = 10 2.
u
= There will be no ball game mere III
y bth a. u 10 designed to give all tn
70 time 10 the children.
d Eddie Scott Hinie Bies and Eddi
e 81 John are playing with Iron Rive
q this year.