The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-04-27
AN EXCELLENT GAME
Princeton and Cambridge Play a Nip
and Tuck Game on Saturday
at the Fair Grounds.
Visitors Are However Defeated. After
Skillful Playing on Both Sides,
by Score of Six to Seven.

The local baseball season was off,
cially opened last Saturday at the
fair grounds by the Cambridge and
Princeton high school teams. The
Princeton boys started cleaning up
their schedule by taking the visitors
into camp, the final count being 6 to 7
in favor of Princeton. Princeton took
the lead in the early part of the game,
and the visitors were never able to
overcome this lead although they
made Garrison finish in the eighth
and ninth innings, and started rally
that almost won them the game and
sent tremors of doubt and fear chas-
ing each other up and down the spinal
columns of the orange and black
rooters. But the locals were out to
win, and in the ninth inning, with the
score to 7, two out and man no
third base, they decided to close the
deal, and Robideau sent the Cam
bridge hopes of victory glimmering
by forcing the next batter to little
pop-up that was gathered in by r.
Stay and then struck the next slugger
out. It was all over then except the
shouting.
Cambridge made an ohicious be-
ginning and succeeded in getting a
couple of runners on bases with no.
body out, but their bright prospects
we're nipped in the bud by beauti-
fully executed double play by the
Princeton infeld. Princeton was
blanked the first inning but got busy
in the second inning and took the lead
with total of three runs. Robideau,
Peterson and Briggs went complete-
~ around the circuit in this inning on
a comedy of hits, errors and some
long distance heaving by some of the
Cambridge athletes. Cambridge did
not score until the third inning, when
they finally succeeded in getting a
man home. Moody and Dahl whitfield
1 the atne spheree but Oman rsmote one
on the nose and landed safe at first.
He then purloined second and third
and scored on a biugle by Dahlgren.
Princeton collected another run in
the third. Berg hit safe and stole
second, and Robideau scored him with
a clean hit to right field. Angstman
and Berg got on in the fifth, and be.
fore the side could be retired had
crossed the plate, bringing Prince
toms total up to 6. In their half OF
the fourth Cambridge punched hits on
Robideau and succeeded in getting
one more run. They repeated in the
sixth and got another tally mark. AT
the beginning of the eighth inning
the score stood to in favor of the
locals and the crowd was beginning to
lose interest in the one-sided contest.
With one out Dahlgren got to first on
an error and Chouinard renewed in
terest in the game by cracking out a
single. Starkey then proceeded to
make things real interesting by lean
ing against one of Cy's benders for a
clean two Dagger, scoring the two
runners ahead of him and bringing
the count up to to and conseq uent-
~ anybody's game. Princeton grew
desperate at this juncture and retired
the side without further damage.
Robideau was first man up for Prince
ton in their half of the eighth and
evened up with Cambridge by slash
ing out three-base hit, the longest
one OF the game. c. Stay volunteered
with single, scoring Robideau, max
ing the count to in favor of the
orange and black. Cambridge came
right back in the first half of the ninth
and got another score, and almost
some more before they could be sent
down and out for the final count.
Score by innings:
Princeton. ....... 8 0 O Ky
Cambridge. ......... 0 1 2 Is
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