Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-06-11
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Alexandra Gives the Local
Ball Team q Bad
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It is hard-but nevertheless we will
have to say that the Little Falls ball
team fared terribly in their series Of
three games with the Alexandra team.
Although. after sober thought 1t is too
much to expect to beat q bunch Of
professional players with a simon
pure amateur aggregation, but the
boys can do better. The first game
was lost solely through errors-count
them. And the last game-we out hit
them-and then fell through ourselves
on errors again. The fact that we
were going against fast team must
have given the boys stage fright, for
certainly. they never did anything
like 1t before. Things can be I'M.
proved nightly. and outside of the
ball players at that.
A short synopsis Of the games
follow:
Some costly errors and play, that
the umpire did not rightly see on
second base, gave Tuesdays game of
the series between Alexandria and the
Gold Dusts, which at the complet1o on
of the sixth inning was really won by
the home team, to the visitors bv
the score of 5 to 4. These errors were
especially costly, one being the drop.
ping of an easy fly by the center
fielder and the others mostly on re-
peatedly mushroom balls. Even then
the boys had very excellent chance
to bring victory out of defeat IN the
ninth inning, but stupid base run
ming gave the visitors a chance to
cinch the game, which they did,
when, with one man out, their light
fielder caught Fortier's high fly, which
was easy to get, and put a runner
out on the second bag on the same
play, he having attempted to make
third base while it was still IN the
air. Previous to this and the eighth
innings, the boys had played one Of
the best games that has been seen for
some time, Foytier making some very
fine stops at second of bad thrown
balls.
Alexandria came very close to scor.
ing in the first inning, but the locals
pulled themselves out of the hole. and
the visitors did not score till the
second inning, when Matheauss
brought In the first run on two singles
and a stolen base. Dretchko scored
the second run in the third inning on
a single, stolen base and wild throw
by LANCE. The Little Falls team dealt
their foes severe blow in the sixth
inning, when LANCE, D.edrich and
Wetzel scored on three punched hits
and two errors. giving them the lead
over the visitors by one run.
Alexandra tied the score in the
eighth inning, when Collins missed an
easy ny of Leach's in the center
garden, and the runner subsequently
stole second, got to third on the second
baseman s mutt of thrown ball, and
scored on Mills single In the right
short field. Two had in the meantime
struck out and Mills was caught
stealing second. In the disastrous
ninth, Tretter made first on Wetzel' 8
tumble, was sacrificed to second, went
to the third station on Lange over
throw to second, and scored on
Ralter's single. The latter went
second on an error and scored on the
pitchers overthrow to shortstop, near
second. With one man on bases,
Dretchko and Leach were prevented
from seeing the: initial bag and the
side was retired.
The Gold Dusts started right out to
retrieve their lost ground in their last
tine up, but when Things were run
ming smoothly wheel slipped and
they were gone. Wetzel singled, was
advanced to second on Collin single,
and tho two were advanced base on
Newman sacrifice. Wetzet then
scored on Rassier': single. With only
one man out and Collins and Rassier
anchored at third and second, and the
score standing 4 to 5, everything
looked glorious for tho home team,
but Yes, but Collins and
Rassier botn started at top-most speed
for home and third respectively, while
Fortler's high fly to center field,
which was to sacrifice Collins home,
was still in the air. With the right
garden player, who gathered the fly,
it was an easy matter for him to
throw Rassler out on second. Danish
ing the locals chance to WIN.
Lineup and score IN detail: