The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-05-18
Hancock Department
SPORT SEASON
ABOUT TO Open
INITIAL GAMES OF CRICKET SEA-
SON ON SATURDAY AFTER
NOON AND BASEBALL
OPENING SUNDAY.

Baseball and cricket enthusiasts
have their eyes fixed on the dates or
the opening of their respective sea-
sons. Sunday for baseball and Satur-
day for cricket, and from the interest
manifested 10y admirers of both past
times, good season is in prospect.
The initial local cricket game on
Saturday takes place at Mesnard
where the Mesnard team and the CAL
umet a. Iecla eleven will meet on
the Mesnard pitch. Americans as well
as those of English descent have dur
ing the past couple of years shown
an increasing interest in the great
British sport, and the games on the
hill attract large crowds. The Mes
nards have had a couple of prelimin-
airy waming-up matches with picked
teams and have shown good form,
while the Quincy one and All aggre-
CATION is in good shape.
Both teams have had their pitches
put i'm good shape and start Off with
well filled treasures the Quincy team
having netted goodly amount for
the concert for the clubs benefit the
later part Of April. Quincy does not
play at home ON Saturday next, but
has its opening game scheduled at
Tamarack wit the team of that place.
Wolverine, the new team I'm the league
this season. starts in with a match
at homo with Mohawk.
The teams will all try their hardest
10 land the Norman w. Hairc trophy,
which since first offered has never
been won two years In succession by
the same team, the winners having
been: Painesdale, 1906; Mohawk,
1907: Kearsarge, 1908; Calumet &
Hecla 1909. and Mohawk, 1910. Mo-
hawk it will be seen has twice won
the cup but not i'm successive years.
Baseball on Sunday.
Hancock baseball fans will flock to
the city park on Sunday afternoon to
witness the opening game of the Han
cock club against the Mohawks, and
the special features that will he incl
dental to the match should assure
large attendance. The plans announc-
ed by the baseball management con-
sst of the meeting of the car bring
ing the Mohawk men to Hancock, at
the bank corner and parading, headed
by Quincy band. to the driving
park, where Mayor William II. Dodge
of Hancock will pitch the first ball.
The local lineup for the opening
game has not been assigned by Man
agcr Condor, who has completed his
wedding out process and will have a
particularly strong aggregation. The
little warming up game with Dollar
Bay recently i'm which the locals had
bad luck in one inning. showed where
lie the weak spots in the Hancock
line of battle and these have been
eliminated.
The fan" tickets to be sold at fif-
ty cents apiece for the opening game,
went on sale today at the Nichofs
drug store and other places about
town and may be obtained of Manager
Condor and members of the ball club.
There should be a large number of
these disposed Of i'm order to give
the team good financial start, this
method of raising money being adopt
ed in preference to SOLICITING business
men for donations.
Amateur Game Sunday.
The West Hancock junior team.
which was the first i'm the field with
its lineup this spring, will go to Dol
lar Bay on Sunday afternoon for
match with the junior Dollar Bay
team, and will play the following line
up: Catcher. Landry; pitcher. Davey;
LIST base Hovanen; second, DanofsSy;
third. Clark; shorstop. II. Verran;
right field Kaupla; center, Harro; left,
McGlynn. one week from Sunday
they will play match with the Tri-
mountain team at the grounds in this
city.