Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-05-17
DfftAIS LILLE FALLS $
KRANERD TAKES GAME ON IT'S
HOME GROUNDS, SCORE So ~
ST CLOUD VICTORS

"a
1esota Baseball association were play
ing last Sunday, when st. Cloud defeat.
ed Crosby by the score of 8:to 0 on the
= granite, city diamond, Benton
county took an easy one from Royal
ton on the Sank Rapids grounds by the
score Of to 3 and Little Falls got
theirs at Brainerd,, which defeated the
boys from home by the score OF . to-
z
After scoring one run in the first in"
HinR, when Phillips made "a tour of the
bases for tally. the Little Falls team
bosened up to very .demoralizing ex.
tent when two Brainerdites were allow.
e1 to reach first base on missed third
strike. Erickson got to First on one
Of these and after getting to Second,
Stole Third base and come in on q pass
BaN. With one out, Roderick, Hagen
and Trent filed the bases and Shefflo
was hit with a pitched ball, scoring
Roderick. But one hit was made in this
inning yet the errors were such that
two more Brainerd men crossed the pan
Before the side was retired.
A bunt and a wild throw put Roder-
Ik ON First in the Fourth inning and
Working his way to Third base was al
most caught on the home plate, scoring
Brainerd 8 final run Of the game.
In the first inning Little Falls was
prevented from scoring couple runs
more when Kalland picked high fly
In left field close to the boards, al
though he ran into the boards in doing
70. Again in the third, with three men
On bases, Lauerman hit a line drive to
deep center field, but Trent made a fine
run and with jump hauled it down, re-
firing the side. It sure looked like q
Homer, and Little Falls fans were deep
Ty cha grined at it's being spoiled.
=" Poor base running cut the locals
short of what gave every indication of
being the breaking point of the game
for the wearers of the blue, when with
enc. down and Greisch and Stoll on
Ba63;N Newman hit to right field,
Greisei Scoring but St9ll was caupht
cut att be plate, having circled the
Third SAek too great distance to
reach the pan in time. Newman was
Immediately caught in the same play
when he attempted to reach Second
base. Tn the eighth inning thg boys had
men on Second and Third end two men
cut when Phillips came TO bat. A
high t1v to loft field, however, ended
the inning sro"eless.
Outside of the first inning the game
was a fast and interesting contest anr
although Brainerd had quite a safe
lead, the result Of the game was very
uncertain to the last. The mistake made
was very clear before the game had
progressed verv far. that Theigs was
not placed behind the bat at the out
SET
Although a little wild in the first
inning Dominick steadied down and
with Theigs catching pitched gilt
edge ball; allowing but three hits and
fitting two batsmen. Kalland, in the
sixth, was hit squarely on the head by
speedy ball which rolled back to
second base as though hit by the hat.
He recovered sufficiently, however. to
resume playing, although for the time
being he was knocked senseless.
Over a hundred and forty Little
Falls people attended the game, going
up in twenty light cars. Attendance was
So6 paid admissions, while about half
as many again Tined the hills overlook
ing the ravine in which the ball park is
located.
With the reconstructed lineup Lit
tile Falls expects to reverse the tables
in great style when Brainerd comes
For IFS first game on the local grounds.
Following is the score and summary:
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