The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-08
HARD LUCK TALE
FROM WINNIPEG
Maroons Think Fate Has
Been Very Unkind and
Had Better Stop.

Winnipeg, July S.--Fate has GER
tainly been unkind to the Winnipee
baseball club this summer and if she
continues to hand out such hard
blows it will be no surprise if the
team finishes close to the cellar. Just
when the team had hit its stride and
IT seemed that the boys would soon
overcome the big lead which the Du-
luth club secured through being
day with the same lineup ana none
of its athletes injured, serious in
juries to the local contingent has
again shot the team to pieces.
Fans who have watched the team
play at full strength voiced their
opinion that the city was represented
by the best combination in the league
and n Of the fastest aggregations
Of ball players which ever wore Win
ntpeg uniforms. MacMurdo. easily
the best all around first baseman in
the league, was the first to be injured
when he had his leg broken. The
team had hardly gotten over this
blow when Heinie Kruger was nut
out of play by a twisted leg n has
not been b to get into the game
since. The team. despite these nan
dicaps. continued to play good ball.
but the climax came on July l when
kirkham. n of the hardest hitters
on the club. sprained his ankle in
something the same manner that
MacMurdo received his injury. Kirk
has been unable to play since and.
though the outflelders, who have been
filling positions in the infeld, have
been doing good work. the team has
been more or less demoralized and
their three losses at Grand Forks
were due to the broker up infield.
Briggs to Play Short.
The boys earned a well-deserved
rest at Grand Forks owing to rain
and they came home to enter a criti-
cal series with the Superior and Du-
luth clubs; three games with the Red
SoX and six ganles being carded next
week with the league leaders. 1t is
rather unfortunate hat the club is in
such Il crippled condition to enter the
fray against the clubs from Lake Su-
perior. Sam Briggs of the Grand
Forks team. who started out with
Superior at short stop. has been
signed. Briggs is slated to play short
stop with the locals until kirkham
RECEIVERS. which will likely he an
other week. Briggs is one of the best
felders in the league, being a wonder
at tagging men at second base. be-
sides being a good base runner. but
he is rather weak with the stick.
However, his presence will help to
bolster up the iniield and allow Freer
to get out into the pasture again,
where he can rob batters of many
hits. Manager Brown is SUFFERING
from being hit in the side in the last
game here.
May Transfer Series.
Though the team is scheduled to
play at Superior on Civic Holiday,
Aug. II. it is certain that the boys
will be here for the day. but what
team will oppose them is not known
yet. Grand Forks is playing here on
the preceding Saturday n would
like to stay over for the holiday, but
Superior is also anxious to get the
holiday dates and would he willing to
transfer the whole Winnipeg series
from Superior, which will probably
be done, though it rests with Duluth
if this arrangement will he made as
the local club would want the Duluth
club to also transfer it's series here
the same week, as the Winnipeg club
would not care to make a trip tt
Duluth just for the three games
scheduled with the Zenith city club
Owing to the poor attendance at the
Lake cities it is expected that botf
clubs will be willing to transfer the
whole series to this city which woulc
give Winnipeg fans continuous bal
all the month of August.