The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-07-15
THElONG GAME
What The Leader Had to Say of
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in close and interesting game We'd
nesday afternoon by score of l to O..
For seven innings the team battled
without run in the last half of the
eighth. Koehler hit for two bases.
He was sacrificed to the third by
! Dominik and scored a moment later
no passed ball by Collett.
| The game was characterized by the
fine pitching of Wilson and the poor
base running of the locals. Chances
to score were thrown away two differ
ent times during the game because of
poor u d g IL ent on the bases
and sleepy coach ing from
the side lines. Base runn n g
is the one great weakness of the local
team and it is what is going to cost
them some important games before
the season ends unless there is i'm
mediate improvement.
Wilson seemed to be at his best and
pitched championship ball. He al
lowed but two hits, one of them be-
ing of the scratch order, and struck
out thirteen of the opposing sluggers.
In three different innings he struck
out six men who faced him. During
the game he struck out every man on
the team except Jones and Collett.
The game was particularly interest
ing because of the rivalry there is be-
tween the teams. The visitors have
greatly strengthened their team the
past ten days and now have one of the
good teams of Central Minnesota.
Their showing here was a great
surprise to the locals who had rather
expected an easy proposition. The
game proved to be one of the hardest
they have played this season.
Hines started the game for the
visitors with strike out. Brady
drew a pass and Bouton got hit.
With two men on bases Meyers hit to
Maynard in center field and Jones re-
tired the side with a screamer of
liner to Wilson. In the second, Col
lett, the first man up, hit for two bases.
1t looked like a bad start and the
Sauk Centre rooters uncorked a good
deal of enthusiasm which ebbed sadly
away as Wilson struck out each of
the following three men. The
balance of the game was uneventful
so far as the visitors were concerned.
They could not hit the the speedy
Wilson and in only two innings did
more than three men get a chance at
| bat.
The locals had trouble also in con-
Meeting with the delivery of ''Spit-
ball' Jones, the elongated twirler who
was in the box for the visitors. He
struck out but six men but he kept
the safe hits down to six. A record
OF fifteen assists by the Sauk Centre
tielders indicates that the locals con-
nected but without avail The locals
had good chances to score in the
fourth and fifth but careless work on
the bases and along the coaching
lines forfeited them. In the eighth
good hitting by Koeler and Dominik
enabled the securing of the locals
score and won the game.
NOTES ON THE SECOND GAME.
With little better work at the
stick Sauk Centre will make the
best of them 90 some.
The Sauk Centre team has been
completely reorganized from manager
to players and they are very formid-
able aggregation. In Jones they have
as speedy a pitcher as has appeared on
the home grounds for some time.
West, the man who pitched the
second game, is the man who pitched
for saltwater against the locals three
weeks ago. Collett, the new catcher.
is from White Bear. Bush, second
baseman, is from Bemidji. Keep
your eye on Sauk Centre.
| 1t was Meyers hit in the fourth
that brought in Sauk Centres only