The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-08-31
LEAGUE RACE A TIGHT ONE
Crystal Falls, Norway and Iron River Are
Bunched For Top Notch.


Crystal Falls played Norway three
games last Saturday and Sunday They
got started on the fourth game put rain
prevented victory with the locals
leading by score OF = to in the first
half OF the fourth inning.
OF the three games played. Norway
won two and Crystal Falls one. The
first game was played at Norway sat
urday afternoon and was won by Nor
way score IA TO 10. Hollenheck pitch
ed for the Crystal Falls team and was
touched mp lively by the boys from the
swamp town so lively, indeed. that the
game proved Hollie's swan song.
Winams pitched for Norway and,
while he was hit freely his team mates
pulled him out of tight hole and vic
tory went TO the Scandinavians.
The second game started Immediately
with Rafferty, in the box for the locals
and DeLoughery on the mound for Nor
way. Rafferty, had the Scandinaviaiis
cutting up more didos than their Morse
ancestors did along the banks of France
and England in the good old days be
fore base ball got TO be the chiet oocu-
patton of practically inclined young
men
The score stood to 0. the Norway
boys delaying the affair as much as
possible until the threating clouds be-
gan TO leak so hard that further play
was. in the opinion of His Umps, not
agreeable TO the feeling or healthy to
the constitution. SO, rain saved Nor
way from licking and likewise kept
them at the top of the league.
The two teams came to Crystal Falls
the following day and hooked MP on
the new grounds for a double header.
The crowd was not as large as it
would have been had there been any
conveniences on the grounds for seat
ing. Very few women were present
and many fans didn feel like standing
up through double header AT that
Cashier Munns reported $9l in cash
and the boys ought to be well satisfied
under the circumstances
The first game was started with
Rafferty, pitching for Crystal Falls and
DeLoughery for Norway. Rafferty, was
a trihe unsteady at first but soon set
tied and there was never moment
when he was in trouble.
DeLoughery pitched "A very fine
game His support was not as good as
that of Rafferty,, else the story might
have been different The work of
S chafer, the Norway catcher, was
about the finest ever seen on the local
grounds. He is conceded to be by a
long way. the best catcher in the league
and it was a pleasure to watch him
work
The second game was lost to the
locals by bone head work on the bases
School held down the pitchers box
for Crystal Falls and pitched an excel.
lent game. DeLoughery went in for
the second time and his performance
hasn' been beaten this season.
He pitched like an iron man from
1.-The start Of the first game until the end
lHGSEhe second.
F~Crystal Falls had an elegant chance.
TO score two runs IN the last of the.
sixth. Rafferty, got second and Henry.
first with no one out. a long fy was
hit to the ont field and both runners
stood midway between the bases watch +
ing the catch instead of being ON their
bags and ready to start as soon as the
catch was made. As it was they hat
to touch the SACK after the catch and
Rafferty, was caught easily on third.
In the seventh inning Crystal Fall
went all to pieces behind their pitche
and allowed three runs TO score wher
there ought Co have been n blank
drawn. TIE Norway boys took heart
and, although they showed signs Of
faltering during the next two innings
their lead couldn't be overcome and the
game went % them.