The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-02
ST. Clair

From Thursdays Daily.
Mrs. J. C. Fitzloff was a Mankato
visitor Monday.
Mrs. P. Bowe was Mankato
shopper Tuesday.
| j. Chase is at GAINESVILLE for a few
days saving logs.
Miss Mary Hall of Albert Lea is
visiting with Mrs. J. Chase.
P. Smith has been suffering with
a lame back for several days.
Louis Grams and Henry Shallow
were Mankato visitors Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Schultz have re-
turned to their home in North Da-
kota.
! Henry Campbell is very busy now
getting his engine ready for the fall
threshing.
Mrs. Hilton has moved into her
house. recently purchased from Al
bin Hilton.
Asa Andrews and his carpenter
crew started work in Mr.. Reorig's
house Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lutholtz of Mankato
were visiting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Lubke.
Mrs. Charles Schweitzer has been
visiting in Mapleton for a few days
and came home Monday evening.
William Frantz came home Satur-
! day and seems to be enjoying bet
ter health than he has for some time
past.
Miss Alice futile of Albert Lea
is spending a few days with her
friend and schoolmate, Miss Abbie
Thielman.
A number of men who have been
working at the new Evangelical
church have finished their work and
returned to their home yesterday.
John Fields is kept busy hauling
logs from Mankato for H. Thielman
to supply the farmers who are think
ing seriously of starting to cut their
grain.
Miss Geneyieve Wingen. who has
been a successful teacher in the
resigned her position there and has
accepted the position of fifth grade
teacher in the Elk River schools.
Miss Wingen has been conscien-
tious teacher and her resignation in
st. Clair is to be regretted, although
everyone hopes great success for
| her in Elk River.
| The new Evangelical church will
be one of the finest in the town.
The building is being put up under
the supervision of Architect George
Pass and son of Mankato. 1t will be
frame structure with bowl floor
and a seating capacity of 200. A
number of class rooms will open into
the auditorium with rolling parti-
tons. The windows will be of loaded
glass and the building will have a
steel ceiling.
st. Clair was the scene of a very
interesting ball game Sunday after
noon when GAINESVILLE was defeated
by st. Clair by score of to 2.
| The game was exciting from start to
finish. Andrewson. who pitched for
ST. Clair, struck out nine men, and
Farrell for Janesville. threw out five
| Hughes made the first score for
| GAINESVILLE in the third inning and
our boys did not get look-in until
the fifth inning, when Fl. Beccue did
| the act which tied the score. In the
| first half of the eighth Sheppard
| made a merry-go-round trip which
ended the scoring for GAINESVILLE,
After the eighth inning the local
fans thought they saw the finish of
the game, but the tale was yet to
| be told. The visiting team was con-
| fident that they would have things
| their own way and did not look for
their luck to change. Birchy was
the first man to bat in the last half
of the ninth. followed by H. Beccue.
who knocked a little safe one over
second Nyquist came up next, max
| ing swift hit to the third base
man, who muffed the ball, allowing
| the batter to reach first In safety.
| In the meantime III. Beccue prompt
| ly stole second. The last man at bat
was Earl Pagenkopf, whom Schweitz.
er had to ring in when he found he
was one man short Having three
balls and two strikes on Pagenkopf,
the crowd waited anxiously for the
last strike to tell the story. In a
moment 1t landed far out into right
field and H. Beccue and Nyquist
both scored. winning the game for
the home team.