The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-05-04
MMILACA VICTORIOUS
Princeton Loses to MiIaCa in a Rat
ting Good Game Which Spun
Out to Ten Innings.
Closeness of Score, 3 to 2, Gives an
Idea of How Holly the Great
Conflict Was Waged.

Idea of How Holly the Great
Conflict Was Waged.
The Princeton high school baseball
team journeyed to Milaca last Satur-
day and, after ten of the hardest
fought innings ever played on the
Milaca diamond, finally lost the game
to the Milaca team by the close score
of 3 to 2. The closeness of the score
gives a correct estimate of how hard
the game was contested on both sides
and shows the relative merits of the
two teams in this particular game.
The weather man was exceptionally
generous last Saturday and favored
the game with the finest spring day
that he has seen fit to loose upon old
Mother Earth this year. The sun was
out NICELY and warmed the air up to
summer heat and thereby put ginger
into the players Of both sides. There
was practically no wind and it was
without doubt an ideal day for a
baseball game. Evidently the team
caught the spirit of the occasion for
they pulled off a hummer of a ball
game and kept the issue in suspense
until the last half of the tenth inning.
There was fair-sized crowd present
to enjoy the afternoons sport, and a
well-organized roofing brigade did
valiant work for the Milaca players
and kept up the excitement throughout
the game.
Princeton got busy right at the start
and scored a run. Robideau was
first man up and was thrown out at
first on an easy infeld grounder
Umbehocker had better luck and
reached first on scratch hit and
then proceeded to steal second and
third. Milaca's catcher let one of
Sjostrom' fast shoots get away from
him and Umbehocker scored. r.
Stay and Galley struck out and re-
tired the side. Milaca made a real
businesslike offer for the game right
in the first inning and went Princeton
one better in the run getting. Berg,
who made his initial bow to the public
as high school twirler, was a triae
wild at the beginning of the game and
had hard time to locate the plate.
He walked the first man up for
Milaca, McGilvra. Mac then went to
second on one Of Berg's wild ones and
then stole third. VanRhee hit to
Galley at first, and PrincetOn's bic
first baseman let the ball get through
him and McGilvra registered at the
home plate. VanRhee finally worked
around to third base and scored on
Angstman's throw to third, which
went away out to left field. Wills flew
out to Peterson in right field. Harsh
man struck out but Sjostrom got on
via the scratch hit route. Berg made
his third wild pitch and Sjostrom had
scurried to second. A moment later
he was caught trying to purloin third
and the side was retired without
1urGner damage.
For the next eight innings Berg held
the NIilaca batters safe and only three
batters faced him in each of these in
nings except the fourth, when Wills
dropped a little Texas Lacquer in
back of second base which did no
damage as far as getting more runs
was concerned. He was pitching
shutout ball and his team mates we're
giving him big league support, which
made scores as scarce as mushrooms
in a country hotel.
Sjostrom for Milaca was working
like Christie Mathewson, and the
Princeton batters could do nothing
with his shoots until the fifth round.
Angstman opened this round for
Princeton with a corking single to
left field and went safely to second on
a wild pitch by Sjostrom. Berg
dumped a sacrifice bunt down the first
base line, and in the general melee
which followed Berg was called out at
first but Princeton's stocky, catcher
romped home safely with the tieing
score. For the next four innings
there was nothing doing for either
side and the nine innings went by
without either side being able to
crowd over the winning run. Prince
ton made a bid for the game in the
tenth but was turned down by mar
row margin. Galley started the inning
by driving a long fly to center field
which was caught by the fielder.
Angstman again frightened the
Princeton outlook by polling out his
second single and then stole second.
9. Stay contributed a long fly to
Milaca's left fielder and the skies
darkened again. Berg contributed
an inGeld fly that was safely garnered