The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28

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the ground. Mr.. Schwehn sustained a
| fracture of the ribs and one shoulder
was dislocated.
| Owing to his advanced age-he was
! in his eightieth year-he failed to sur
yive the injuries and the shock to his
/ enfeebled system.
| Mr. Schwehn was the father of nine
children. He was highly respected
gentleman and was for many years a
| resident of Blue Earth county.
From Mondays Daily.
! The Dukes Addition Independents met
with defeat yesterday at the hands of
the fast st. Clair team. The game,
which was very exciting throughout, re-
suited in a score of to 3. Batteries,
for the Independents, Krause and Swan
son; for ST. Clair. Kruse and Lubke
The st. Clair boys are playing good
ball, which shows they haven't for
gotten some of the stunts they per
formed in former years. The Independ-
ents have an excellent infeld and will
no doubt add many games to their
credit before the season is over
| Springfield, May 23.-Springfeld de-
feated the Wanda team at Sanborn to-
day bv a score of 10 to O. Springfield
! batters hammered Eichten's offerings all
over the field. whilst Wanda was help
less before Smith, who allowed them
but four widely scattered singles. Bat
teries: Smith and Pietsch; Eichten and
Eichten.
! The Columbia Clothing company's
| baseball team was badly walloped at
Waseca yesterday by the team of that
place, the score standing sixteen to
two in favor of Waseca.
The Manlato High Steppers defeated
the Dukes Addition Giants in a game
i in Dukes addition yesterday, by a
score of nineteen to eleven The bat
terry for the High Steppers was Rose
uuist and StEObel, and for the Giants
Bob Smith and Chris Wildes. Rosequist
struck out twelve and Smith three.
The High Steppers batted the Giants
pitcher all over the field with ease.
The KasOta team passed through
Mankato Saturday night on its way to
GAINESVILLE, and put up at the Stahl
House for the night. Yesterday it
went to GAINESVILLE. and was defeated
/ by the team of that place by score
of FIVE to three.
The South Front street business men
went down to defeat Friday afternoon
| fessors by score of seventeen to seven.
The work of getting together base
hall team has begun Merritt Cough
| Ian went to the twin cities today to
see what players he could get, and to
/ try to engage some one for coach.
1t is expected to get team together
shortly
| The Mankato baseball association di-
reciors have decided to allow small
boys to attend the games free. so they
need no. be looking for holes in the
fence on knot holes. This will make
the ASSOCIATION solid with the small
boys.
A very exciting game took place
at Kasota Saturday afternoon wher
the Mankato Kids defeated the Kasota
team by the score of to 6. The
batteries We're: Kasota, Swenson and
Grant; Mankato, McWaide, Erickson
Lippert. The feature of the game was
a long run catch and double play
made by Harry Zimmerman. The Man
kato Kids also defeated the Singers
Sunday afternoon by the score of
to 6.
| While Omaha passenger train No. 2
en- route from Sioux City to MankatC
Saturday night, was running at speed
of fifty miles an hour. three men, who
were beating their way on the tender
engaged in a combat and one, whose
name could not be learned, was pushed
over the end of the tender and was
crushed to death
One of the two men rema ming rushed
lover to the cab and charged the other
with the crime. The train was slowed
down and the man jumped off He was
captured by the engineer and fireman
and both men turned over to Officers
at Missouri Valley. They gave the
names of Pack Pyatt and Ben Sloane.
The latter has been held for murder