Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-05-26
FIRST HOME GAME.
The Linton Baseball, Club plays Two
Games With Aberdeen, and, Owing
in Large Degree to lack OF Time
for Thorough Organization. They
Lose Both Games.


Lose Both Games.
BY last Saturday Milwaukee
train the husky Aberdeen players
arrived in Linton, and on the after
noon of that day they played tn,
local team at the new park. Their,
was a good crowd in attendance anv
the gate receipts for the two games
We're entirely satisfactory.
1t was the intention of the Record
folks to give detailed write-up Of
both games; but, as the last gam,
was SO much inferior in closeness tc
the first. and the story of the first
game taking up so much more space
than we thought it would take, il
has been thought best to give the
first game in full, with little more
than an announcement Of results a.
to the second game.
One thing has been demonstrated
by the two games, which is that we
have a good bunch of individual
ball PLAYERS, and that the chief
drawback to their success so far has
been imperfect organization and
team work. owing to the short time
in which the members of the team
have been together In fact, they
had hardly been introduced to one
another when they were called to
play with South Dakota's star ag-
gregation. True. they or, rather
all of them who had at hat time ar
rived played a game with Hazel
ton and Won: but it should he borne
in mind that Hazelton, too, is not
yet thoroughly organized, and is
therefore not in condition to put up
the game of base ball they have put
up heretofore and will undoubtedly
put up later in the season.
On the other hand. the aberdeen
team had been practIcing for some
time, and had played several games,
winning two from the celebrated
Gophers, the husky negro club of
st. Paul There is no cause for
Encouragement over the work of the
team, and taking the season as a
whole the boys will undoubtedly
show a good average They have
proved themselves to be good midi
vidual players, loyal and true in their
efforts To win, and have shown them
selves to he of the right stuff by the
ability they have displayed in keep
ing stiff upper lip and playing
the game to the end without be
coming discouraged even when it
was known by them that nothing
but miracle could make them win.
ners.
Following is an account of Satur-
day 5 game:
First Inning
Aberdeen went to bat first, with
Freer, the Aberdeen captain, plac-
ing safe one to left field for first
base. He went to second on passed
ball by the Linton catcher, and to
third on a ball thrown by Ellert to
second base and fumbled Nys-
tuem and Osgood. meanwhile, famed
out. Barber hit to short and was
an easy out at first This retired
the side.
Anderson started proceedings for
Linton, but could not connect with
the ball. Cook 'flycd' to second
base and Flanagan grounded to short
and was out at first, which ended the
first inning with a goose-egg for
either side.
Second Inning
Crow drove nice one to right
field, which fell in the well. Porter
out with foul to catcher Iweck
popped a fly between short and
second, and, by misunderstanding
as to which of the two should get
the ball. the Aberdeenite was safe
on first. This error. however, was
not costly, as Bowers hit an easy
fly to short. which retired the side.
Ellert popped an easy fly to short
and Kohl the same to second. Will.
Jams went out on a fast grounder to
third to first. This was short half
only about six balls being thrown
by the Aberdeen pitcher.
Third Inning
Jacques went out at first with 3
grounder to second F'reer failed
TO connect, and Nystuem drove I
long one to center field, but Schmidt
was there with the goods.
Schmidt grounded to third and
tried hard to reach first, but the
ball beat him to it. Cline placed ;
liner in the third 5aseman's hands
Wallenius got walk to first, but
died there on Anderson's foul t.
third. Still no score, and it seemed
as though neither side could score
at all.
Fourth Inning
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