The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-09

From Mondays Daily.
Editor Frank Griffin of The Good
Thunder Herald, his giants from the
"stubble," and his colored wonder,
Andrew" Jackson, were licked to
a FRAGILE" yesterday. When the Good
Thunder delegation, made up of the
defeated ball tossers, the detected
fans and once heavy-lunged boost
ers, took it's departure for
home it was the most funer-
eal-like looking procession that ever
beat it" out of Mankato. No band,
CARRIED in the colcrs of the rainbow,
welcomed the eXtinguished heroes
home; the populace did not gather
in the public square and with glad
acclaim crown the heads of the air
hitters with wreaths of victory. Nay,
nay, Pauline, the folks at home gave
the returning "oZone swatterS" the
CLASSY and sorrowful stare and ex-
tended to them the icy "mitt." All
Good Thunder went to bed early last
night. There was no hot time in
the old town. A gloom settled over
the village and the place was as
quiet as a graveyard. The town had
the appearance of the place that
Goldsmith talks about in his famous
poem.
"The air-fanners" is the appella-
last week. His w aggregation will
be awarded the title ~henceforth, for
knott, a Twilight league pitcher, al.
lowed them but three dinky hits while
all of the "harvesters," except Werges
and Weigert, swung madly, %viciously,
wildly and with great malice at his
curves for a total of eleven strike
outs.
Helped Draw a Crowd.
The pest that can De said of Grit
in The Herald last week, is that it
helped to draw one of the biggest
crowds of the season-to see his
team decisively beaten.
During the slaughter at the fair
grounds yesterday Editor Griffin was
as silent as an Egyptian mummy and
he looked like a 'two-spot."
What the Good Thunderites will
do with those nine goose-eggs, The
Free Press will not attempt to say.
! IJDu,aupr fhic cwc,anor yyo,,1I ,,o
gest that they be put in an incu-
bator in the hope of Matching out
some ball players.
Not being able to swat the ball,
it is not at all likely that Griffin's
bunch will be given employment at
swatting the flies. Balloons are about
their size.
P. S.-This baseball stunt was writ
ten by Frank Griffin-nit, not, no.
Story Of the Game.
The crack Good Thunder team,
headed by the mighty Jackson went
down to defeat at the hands of the
Loyola club by the score of 4 to 0.
The battle was staged at the fair
grounds. The weather vas ideal for
baseball and a lalge crowd turned
out to see the home boys hand the
boys from down the line 2 singing
defeat which was hard to take. The
battle between the two pitchers,
Jackson and knott was one of the
best slab duels seen on the local
diamond for several seasons. Jack
son had his outdrop and smoke ball
working in good fashion as II men
of the Loyola club went via the
strikeout route. BILLY" knott haG
his famous cross fire working in
deadly fashion and also struck out
eleven men. Jackson allowed three
bases on balls and sever hits. knott
allowed one base on balls and three
scratch hits.
Started Scoring Late.
The scoring vas not started until
the last half of the sixth inning by
the Loyola club. O'Brien, the first man
up, singled. He stole second. Mahlke
sen a high fly to right but O'Brien
was held on second base. Balkenhoi
SEN a fly to pitcher. But here is
where the music began. Singles by
Strobel, H. Mccall and Conlin put
the game on ice as two men were
put across the pan. T. Mccall struck
cut leaving two men on. The eighth
inning was a repeater of the sixth.
Two bases on balls, two errors and
a clean single by knott scored two
more runs. Good Thunder tried their
hardest to score but their best effort
was for two men to reach second
base. The three hits they did get
were on the scratchy order-over
third base. The whole story of the
game can be summed up in a few
words-Good Thunder was o~utclassed
throughout.
The tabulated score:
Loyola- ALB. r. H. Pc. A. E..
!lMahlke, RI ......... 3 0 0 l 0 0
Balkenhol, S.. 4 0 / 0