Little Falls herald., 1912-07-19
TAKE A FAST GAMt:
DEFEAT BENTON COUNTY ON
LOCAL GRoUDs LAST SUN
DAY BY SCORE s TO

: In faSC anu eAc1t1AS 6oAAo,
was a pitchers battle from start to
finish, with honors about evenly
divided between Dominick and Thlel.
man until the eighth inning, Little
Falls won over Benton County AT
Athletic park last Sunday afternoon
by the score Of 3 to l. ..... $780,,
The game was started between show
ers and looked as: though it would have
to be called before it had gone more
than a couple innings. 1t was only
shower, however, and the game pro-
;ceeded and better baseball was shown
than for several games past, the base
running of the locals being beyond re-
proach, the only complaint being IN
their signal work and inability to punt,
which cost them q run IN the seventh
inning. when Lauerman hit Ito deep
center and failed to be brought IN,
Berg. popping out to Thielman; and
Kingen, after bunting on the: foul side
of the third base line, failed to- get
the signal and swung at q low one tor
the third strike, tanning, while Lauer'
man, who was attempting the squeeze,
was caught at the plate. The locals
had a fine chance to score in the fourth
inning when, with one down, Thlegs
went around to second base on a Wld
thrown by Murn and stole second.
Newman and Lauerman, however, both
struck out.
Benton County made the first bid
for the game, in the first inning, with
Two down, Merrill connecting for
two-bagger. Thielman, next up, was
purposely passed by Dominick and
Robertson was thrown out Dominick to
Iauerman. In the sixth inning Selke
singled to left field; Merrill and Thiel-
man both struck out, the latter when
purposely given two balls to start
with, being fooled into believing that
he was to be passed again. Newman
misiudged Robertson's g fly, Selke ad-
vanced to second. Skeates singled to
right field and Selke made an attempt
ct scoring but Newman g THROWN nit
tie umpire, who was stopped to see the
play at home, in the back and Selke
was forced to go back to third. 1t
locked as though the man was to be
s,,,t off at the plate as the ball seemed
to be coming in for nice bound suf-
ficiently ahead of the runner. Pappen-
fus then popped out to Dominick. In
the following inning Helmet started
things with two base hit; VanEtten
struck out; Murn flew out to Kingen
and Selke grounded out Stoll to Lauer-
man on close one.
It was in the eighth inning that both
teams scored, for Benton County with
one down Thielman sending line drive
against the left field fence going
second on the hit and scoring a moment
later on Kingen's error of Robertson g
grounder, Stoll, who was backing him
also entering into the juggling before
throwing home, Robertson continuing
to second and advanced to third on
Skeats out Howard to Lauerman. Pap
penfus went out Kingen to Lauerman.
Dominick, who in the two other times
he was up secured hit, decided to
bat 1909 per cent, big league style,
and started things with a single to left
field. lie advanced to second on Rob-
ertson $ muff Of the third strike on
Creis:h who got to first safely on the
error. Howard sacrificed the two to
second and third and Stoll singled to
left field, scoring Dominick and con-
tinuing to second. Thiegs bunted fine
for the squeeze play but Theilman
made an extraordinary effort and
:scooped the ball to Robertson in time
to catch Greisch at the plate, Thiegs
stealing second. Newman redeemed him.
self and saved the day with an oppor-
tune single to left field, scoring St2ll
and Thiegs. Newman stole second but
Lauerman grounded out Skeates to
Merrill. Dominick showed he was still
in fine form in the ninth inning, after
Heinzel grounded out Stoll to Lauer-
man by striking out Van Etten and
Murn.
The game was not largely attended,
but those who kept faith with the home
team and braved the weather felt we'll
repaid.
Lineup and batting order:
~ Benton County
ABB r H PO A E
Murn. 3h 0 0 O 0 I