The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-05
CLAIMS
CHAMPIONSHIP
Season Developed Best Tear1l
in the History of the
Town.
P H CHAMPS
Already Much Talk of Fast
Lineup For Next
Year.
GOPHER CHAMPS

Jamestown, n. D., Aug. 5-The
1912 baseball season at jamestown
was terminated Friday with two in
teresting games. one in the afternoon
When jamestown defeated the All Ma
tlohs j" to l.. while the final contest, a
the ball park at night under gas lights
was Won by the touring team 4 to ..
Large crowds turned out for both
games. n the novel contest in the
evening was especially interesting and
amusing. the boys performing many
ludicrous stunts in their pursuit of
the big, soft indoor baseball.
Friday afternoon, With Hanson on
the mound. jamestown overwhelmed
the All Nations. hitting the visitors
pitcher at will. Hanson would have
pitched "A shut-out but for ar error in
the last inning, which let in the visi.
tors only run. IN account of James
towns having no regular catcher, the
All Nations loaned u backstop for the
game. who made a great showing be-
hind the bat and with the stick. He
brought in two runs himself. and in
the same inning early in the game
jamestown cinched the ontes when
with three men on bases Jim BOYLE
drove out a home run. The locals
Kept the scorer busy from then on.
Friday night an immense crowd
was attracted to the ball park to wit
ness the unique game of baseball UNI
Ger artificial lights, and all were we'll
entertained. Dolly" Elder pitched
for h locals, With Hanson behind the
bat. and the players got into the game
in a manner that brought shrieks of
delight from the bleacllcrs. sidelines
two girls in their lineup. The All Ma
lions nine has found great favor with
the jamestown crowd on recount of
their fast. clean PLAYING and sports
n:anlike conduct.
In the 1912 series jamestown
played AZ games. winning -, tying
four and loosing IL. jamestown
played is games With Valley City lost
nine. h last of which was unfinished,
ending i'm a dispute, the score was 4
to in favor of Valley City, and was
counted as IL game lost jamestown
defeated Valley City eight times and
tied one game. jamestown defeated
Fargo twice. Pingree once. played
9llnot nine games. winning seven and
tying two. Six games We're played
with Alexandria, Jamestown winning
five and loosing one three games with
Darlington. one tie and two won by
jamestown; one from l'esscnden: two
games with All Nations. loosing and
winning one each.
There We're twelve shut-out anne
in which jamestown shnt the oppon-
ents out nine times. Jamestown and
Valley City each shut the other out
twice. In the Valley City series
jamestown scored siytN-five runs. VAL
ley City making seventy-three. James
towns total score for the season was
219 to 40 by her in the
f"rty-two games.
Tho season closed has developed the
hest baseball ever played here, and
prospects arc that many of this years
players will again be seer in James
tt WIN uniforms next season.
jamestown ran consistently claim
the championship of North Dakota,
having lost fewer games than any
other team in the state. jamestown
six games, champions of Minnesota.
Games Played.
May 12-Jamcstown Is, Fargo o.
May 13-Jamcstown 13. Fargo s..
May 20-Jamnstown IS. Pingree o.
May 26--Jamestown 4. Valley City 5
May 3o---Jamestown 3. Valley City >
May 3O-Jamestown 3. Valley City 3
June 2-Jam"stown s. Valley. City O.
June 3-JamcStown 4, Valley City S.
June 9--Jamcstown O.. Valley City /.
June 16-Jamcstown S. Minot 3.
June 11--Jamestown l. Minot 0.
June 1s-Jamestown 4. Minot 4.
June 19-Jdmestown 6, Minot /.
June 20-JalnestoWn 4. Minot 0.
June 21-Jamestown 1. Alexandria
2.
June 22-Jamestown 5. Alexandria
1.
June o3-Jamestown 5. Alexandra
..
June 24-Jamestown S. Darlington