The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-09-07
RIVALS SPLIT EVEN
cystal Falls and Iron River Teams Divided
Two Games OF Ball.


other played Monday afternoon. Crys-
tai Falls and Iron River base ball teams
stand just where they did before the
games started for Iron River won Sun.
day. score 8 to Sand Crystal Falls won
on Monday, score to3
Saturdays game had to be postponed
because of wet grounds: 90 wet that
boating was much more in place than
base ball. IL was given out SUNDAY
forenoon thai the game that day would
be postponed also but towards noon the
grounds began TO dry up and finally.
aboat / :00 o'clock the two manage
ments got together and decided 10 pull
off game at 3:30. Almost all of the
fans got the idea that there would be
no game so that the attendance was
kept down but at tnat a SOL house
greeted the two teams when they lined
mp with Rafferty, in the box tor Crystal
Falls and Rooney doing duty on the
mound for Iron River.
The game was put on ice by Iron
River in the hrst inning when six
scores were chslked up all OF them err
rors and most OF them due to wet and
slippery grounds which the leaders-off
got the worst Of.
After the first inning the game was
good one but Rooney had the locals
on their knees to him all through the
game. In the seventh inning the
Crystal Falls lads had good chance to
even mp. They got three on bases and
none out bat two men whitfield and
Schott was put in for pinch hitter.
He delivered by knocking a two base
drive ON which two scored and one
man followed shortly afterwards. That
was the extent OF the rally. though, as
Rooney frightened and the next man
was an easy out.
Iron River got two OF the scores back
the following inning ON a couple OF
clean hits and the game stayed at that
until the finish.
Barring the first inning the game
was an excellent one out Iron River
with its six run lead was too hard q
proposition for Crystal Falls TO over.
come.
Mondays game Was staged before a
record. breaking crowd and, bad the
grand stand been In use. larger stten
dnaoe would have been registered
Schott was on the mound for the
locals and st. John for Iron River.
Both pitchers played excellent ball and
the loss Of the game was In no ways
idue to St Johns worK. Schott had
the west side boys in hand after the
second inning. In this inning an un
fortunate overthrow Of first on thre,
strikes upset the locals somewhat and
two hits following scored three runl
for the west siders In the next hal
Iron River went TO pieces and threw
the ball wild allowing two runs Il
score and the score stood three and tw,
IN favor Of the farmers until the sew
enth inning.
The seventh saw circus staged
Dauss led of with q hit and workes
around to second when Ball hit sharpi,
10 short the ball going through tn
short. Daussiraced for third ard as b.
rounded third the coscher started hin
on home. When about six feet alon
the line towards home Brice. the thir,
basemsn. collided with him knockin
tire runner ont completely. Brioe wa
severely censured by the crowd for tn
interference and. from the way In whic
IL wse brought about. IL looked as n
was premediated but the player say
that he didn't mean 10 collide wit
: him and 10 hardly looks as IL any san
player could do such a dirty thing 70
: the runner might easily have bee
killed. Brice was playing off the ba
towards second. In order TO make tn
collision he did he had TO cut aroun,
ahead of the sack between third.au,
home and then run back along the lin
the bag. IL looked TO the writer
! and he was watching the two men a
the time. that Brices dodge was q
cause Dauss 20 falter in hrs run 70
home long enough 20 allow the tielde
20 recover the ball and throw him on
at.the plate. He went too far with IL
/, however and Dauss paid no attention
10 him and 20 save himself Brice gave
Dapss the shoulder and downed him
Brica ran hack Of third base abont ,
rod. saw Dsuss lying ON the GROUND
and he also dropped and feigned :
knock ont but he soon got up and as
sisted In restoring Dauss TO sensibilit,
again II was play that we do mo-
believe Brice meant % make just 10
the way that it WAS made but It wa,
tar from the right thing 10 do and ex
tremely unsportsmanlke. He was cen