The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-07-06
WON FOUR STRAIGHT
GAMES FROM HURON
MITCHELL TEAM SHOWING up
STRONG By WINNING -FOUR
STRAIGHT GAMES, TWO OF
WHICH COUNT.

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The Mitchell baseball team has
Huron since last Saturday when TWO
exhibition games and two league
games were played, an6: Mitchell
copped the entire series.
The Saturday game was won l>y a
score of 10 to 3, and the Sunday
game went - to for Mitchell.
Mondays game was close one
land went to Mitchell by a score Of q
TO 2, with Potter in the box.
The final game of the series was
played Tuesday, on the fourth, and
the boys demonstrated that they
We're never beaten until the game
was over, winning at the close by
a score of to S.
Hombach started in to pitch t.s
game, but he felt at the opening thai
he woulG' be unahle to go the route.
on account of his shoulder, whici
was giving him. some trouble, and
/ Danny Potter was warmed UP at the
same time In the :irst two or three
innings Huron got to Hombach for
three runs and Potter was, sent in.
/ Huron got two more off Potter, and
after that the little twirlcr held
them safe, except in the ninth, inn
ing, when with two out and two on
the bases, a fast one was sent down
to Fleury at short and he made one
of the quickest kithl OF throws and
had the runner out for foot.
Mitchell scored one in the early
part of the game, and at the fifth inn
ing the score was 5 to 1, with Wilson
pitching shut out ball and having the
Mitchell lads swinging at the air
quite few times. In the fifth Nit
chell got to Wilson and scored three
runs, and he was pulled when they
came to bat the next inning. Some
great slugging took place in the
sixth. The first ball that the new
pitcher served up to Frank Means
the Indian sent out for a home run.
+ Lewis called him out, however, be-
cause he claimed the runner did not
touch second. 1t was a crime to rob
! Means of that home run and the
crowd voiced its disapproval of the
! decision Welch came to bat and
sent out a three-bagger, and wins
the inning ended two more runs
were added which finished, the run
getting on both sides.
The team played fine ball
throughout the game, with but one
error charged up to Fleury. who mis-
Judged the ball on fly. Nolt made
the sensational catch of the day,
when long line drive came into his
i field. He made a long run, and in
the last final effort as he saw the
ball was getting away from him he
I made a Jump and landed on the
sphere The ball had the home run
! tag on it, and it was a marvel that
! he got it. The play saved the game
at that point
Divide the Two Games.
In Mondays game Aberdeen won
from Redfield by as score of to 4,
five innings being played and the
game called on account of rain.
In the fourth of July game Red
field defeated Aberdeen, the score
not being obtainable.
! Faulkton Withtllaws from League.
The game of Monday between Wa
tertown and Faulkton was not de-
cided and the game was called by
the umpire to 0. The fourth of
July game went to Watertown by a
score of 16 to 5, and it was played
at Gettysburg.
At the close of the game the
Faulkton team disbanded, as the
team has not been a paying invest
ment. Faulkton started strong in
the beginning of the season, but they
struck a streak of bad luck and went
down in the percentage column.
A meeting Of the directors of the
league will be held at Redfield to-
morrow morning to take up the
situation and find, il possible, an.
other town to take the place OF
Faulkton. Overtures are being
made to Sioux Falls it is said to fin
ish out the season with the SEQ club
Standing of Teams.
Played Won Lost Per G
Redfield 32 20 10 .62:
Aberdeen SO 333 20 Ii .Ga:
; Watertown 30 s1S ~ ,60(