Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-08-18
LOST TO the CONRADS'
Game Was a Fast And In
terestink 0ne-Score
4 to 8

SoA oSSs1bo
4 to 8
Hard luck and a couple of costly
errors which were not very paraon'
able, cost the Blues Of this city the
game with the Conrads OF st. Paul at
Athletic park Sunday afternoon, ire
score being 4 to 3 in favor OF the aggre
cation from the sanity city.
The game was dandy from start TO
finish and each side bad their innings,
an which it looked as though they
were to pile up big score, but the
fielding team pulled out OF the holes
each time, the Conrads howeve: man
aging to slip over two runs on the TO-
Gals in the eighth inning, thereby
sincbing the game. =
Il was our game, if the best use OF
the big advantage the Blues had over
the down-river boys in the fifth inning
had been made. 1t was a case OF the
opposing team coping the signal Of the
locals at critical time and playing
accordingly, thereby being able to
block squeeze play in its infancy :,
The Conrads are a bunch OF ball.
nlayers and made this clearly evident
from the start. Shirley, their fast
little third baseman who started things
Nd three times with singles and scored
each time, was first man to face
Dominick and showed his little regard
for our south paw by connecting Tor a
beautiful single over second base. he
stole second; Larson flew out TO
Do,ninick, Johnson struck out; but
Cook, their southpaw hurler sent one
out 70 left field, Kingen misjudged the
hall and Shirley scored, Cook landing
g,n second base. Kelly grounded out
Mcnamara to Lauerman. The Blues
tied the score in the second inning,
when Diedrich, first up, singled to lott
field. was sacrificed to second by Stoll,
and after Mcnamara had struck out,
yomped across the home plate on Kin
gen's fine SINGLE Howard followed
With another single. advancing Kin
ysn to third base, but there was no
more fireworks in this inning, Dom
mick grounding out Kelly to Deb
mer,
In the third inning the visitors took
the lead again, Shirley singing to left
field and was safe on second when Stoll
dropped a throw by Mcnamara OF Lar
SON s ground ball, the latter taking
first base. Shirley worked the delayed
steal for the third sack and moment
later Larson stole second.
Shirley scored and Larson advanced
TO third base on Johnson's single to
left field, the latter then stealing Sc
eond. Cook flew out to Diedrich and
Kelly grounded out Dledrich to
Lauerman.
It looked as though the home boys
were coming back with a vengeance in
the fifth inning. Howard connected
for one of the three hits he made dur
ing the game at this time, advanced to
second on Shirley's miss of Dominick's
ground ball and both advanced base
on Gre1sch's single to center. The
squeeze play brought Howard across
the pan, tying the score, and put
K1dder safe on first base. Lauerman
struck out, and with the bases full ano
but one man out Diedrich was sent
in to bunt, in the hope of agar
working the squeeze play.
Cook was put wise by team mate
who copied the signal and gave tn
bait er a wi de one Int
hunt failed and Domlnlck was caugh
between the home plate and third
Diedrlch later flew out to lett field,
and the big chance was gone.
Howard attempted to get the lead OF
the Conrads in the seventh inning
when as first up he connected tor
two. Dagger to deep left field. Dominica
however was retired Shirley to Deb
mer Greisch out on a fly foul tt
Shirley and Kidder for the third GU
On fly to Harkins.
The Courads' luck came in thu
slghth. Dominick, seeing that {
bunt was being pulled of by Shirley
first up, started coming in on it at {
good speed. The bunt TUNED into
little pop up half way between the pitch
er's box and first base ana in turn
ing quickly and attempting to get un
der the ball he tripped and fell close
beside the ball. The big fellow at
tempted to catch the runner anyway
tn: cot it there too late. Shirley made
second on a hit and run play, Larson
being retired Mcnamara to Lauer-
man, and was brought in on johnson S
single to left field, the latter continu
ing to third base on the throw in and
Wild throw by Mcnamara. johnson
,hen scored what proved to be the
winning run on Cooks single to center
field. Kelly popped one up to Dom
mick who made it good for a double,
retiring Cook at first base.
Ths home boys played hard TO gel
ikem back in their half Of the inning
14auerman, first up, singled to righ1
field and stole second. Dledrich flew
ont to Wiedel, and Sroll struck out
Lauerman scored on Harkin 8 muf o.
Mcnamara fly ball. The latter wa!
later caught for the third out when he
attempted to steal second base, over
sliding the base.
- The visitors gave the locals all they
could handle in the ninth inning
Wiedel flew out to Mcnamara, Harkins
safe on first on Lauerman' s error, SAT-
OF second on Stolls speedy low throw
TO Diedrich for a double play, VIII
aropred the ball, allowing Dehmer t
warm his feet on first sack. The tw
advanced base on Mitchell's single
Shirley flew out to Mcnamara AM
Larson grounded out Stoll to Lauer
man. I he last of the ninth had moth