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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-31

Outside Of two double plays that
looked like real baseball. that farce
in nine acts, presented at the Pick
; EFT park yesterday afternoon, should
have gotten the hook in the first in
ming. 1T wasn't the fault of the Pick
efts that Fosston scored four runs in
the Is to 4 game. The wind blew
a hurricane" and time after time flies
would be waited beyond the reach of
eager tielders.
The first inning in which ten We're
scored was as follows: Evans scratch-
ed out, Chandler walked. Ed. Nell
raith got hit. Strain took first on an
error. G~ullickson hit an intield fly INC
was so sure he was out he didn't run,
and when the intielder dropped the
ball. the put out was awarded the
jumps Hugh Mc1lraith singled. Polit-
ski clouted a home run. Mcclure hit
for three sacks, Norton got ON by the
pitchers error. Evans whanged a
double. Chandler was hit, Ed. Nell
few out to- short.
The scorer doesn't qualify as an
Alhini or even a mystery solver so dig
it out yourself in the box score.
Ely the way. there Was one sensa-
tional thing happened in the seventh
jokelet. Emerson. who is somewhat
red. was up to bat and Chandler
chucked the slohule straight at his
forehead. Emerson dropped as
though shot, laid on the ground "a
minute then got up and waited for
Chandler to pitch. 1t tool the jumps
two minutes to- recover from his sur
prise n to motion him I ofirst base.
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GRAND. FORKS N
CELLER AGAIN
Duluth Lands Double Head
er Before Big Decoration
Day Crowds.

Duluth. Mimi. May 31-Duluth de-
to 0 here yesterday. Rube john
son allowing the enemy but three scat
tered hits, while the delivery OF Myers
YVES Familiarity handled by the Sox. ten
blows going to the credit of the wreck
ing crew of the Irish leader. The
morning game was . to 1 for Duluth.
The loss of the double header by
Grand Forks. and the winning of the
double header at Superior by the Win
nipeg gang. sends the Lohr tribe
back into the cellar. while the Cana
Z. dians take third place.
Today Grand Forks goes to Su-
rerior for three games. and Winnipeg
comes to Duluth.
But three of the visitors got as far
cotah to rest at the third corner of
the diamond. Some sharp fielding
backed up the great fiinging of John
son.
A pass. steal, sacrifice and an in
field out gave the SoX their first run.
Sours home run brought the next
across while five punched hits in the
dfth brought in three runs. The last
three in the seventh came as the re-
suit of three punched hits and two
errors. The double attraction of the
f1rst warm day of the season and the
holiday. brought out the largest
crowd of the season.
Morning Game was Tight.
The morning game was a pitchers
battle between Hoffman and White
side. with honors slightly in favor of
the former. though it took some gilt
tering fielding to keep the Dacotahs
from nosing out.
The visitors were the first to score,
coming through and denting the pan
in the fourth on Edmonds' hit past
short, his pilfer of second and Fosters
double to left. The third inning the
Dacotahs were only prevented from
scoring by a great peg from deep
right. cutting off Bell at the platter.
Duluth came through in the sixth
with its first score. Kuehn singled
past short. was sacrificed to second
and scored when big Sam Menice hit
past third for two bases.
Kuehn hit for a long home run ov-
err the right field fence in the eighth
for the SoX' second and final score.
Menice's hitting was the feature of
the game. the tall right fielder get
ting three doubles out of -four times
up. Deiiaven put up a great game
at second for the visitors, while Bell
also did some scintillating work at
short.
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The Latest Sporting News From Everywhere
NEW CATCHER SIGNED
FOR WINNIPEG: TEAM

= Winnipeg. May 31.-Manager
' Jones Brown seems to he losing
. sleep these nights worrying V
= the troubles of the Winnipeg
: Baseball club. The local manage
= ment seems bent on having a win
. ming team and last night Presi-
= dent Blackburn wired Brown to
' endeavor to secure better play
ers. That Manager Jim means
= business is shown ny the follow
= ing wire received by the Free
= Press from the little manager
> last night: tom Hasty. former
: ly with Vernon in the Pacific
= Coast league. and Spokane. in
= the Northwestern league. and me
. of the best catchers on the coast,
= will join me for Mondays game
: at Winnipeg. He is a good man
= with a lot of experience for my
. young pitchers. The team is in
= bad shape, but the umpiring is
:" fierce. They all seem to think
. We are too strong. even though
. we are losing. and continually
= give us much the worst of it.
= will have a club in the running
. If / have to purchase a full new
r club"
= Hasty's record for the Vernon
y club was a32 for fielding in twen-
. ty-two games and PSI for mat
= ting. He caught tifty-four games
= for Spokane and fielded 272 and
= batted 230.
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I helders began to wear gloves. how
ever. many stars made remarkable
records.
Adrian c. Arson played first base
for the Chicagos for many years bare
handed. The old man was a mark
for sue swift throwing intielders as
Ed VILLA mSon and Fred Pfeffer, who
tried in vain to make him vince. Many
times Arson went home from the ball
field with swollen fingers and painful
bone bruises. but never used n mitt or
glove until he began to near the end
of his diamond career.
Jerry Denny, h star third baseman
of the champion Pro-. ence team in
1854. played with bare hands. He
faced cannot shots without a sign of
Sinking. and became famous all over
the country for his wonderful one
handed stops. When Billy Nash join
ed the Bostons in 1887 he had never
worn a glove. neither had Dickey
Johnston. who came with him from
h Richmond club and quickly devel-
oped into the best center fielder in the
league. Johnston pulled down many
tremendous line drives with his unpro-
tected hands.
With the popularity of the glove
came an improved style of mask. The
wires were made smaller and stronger
with the padding firmer. Later on the
mask had a visor of leather to keep
the sun out of the catcher's eyes to-
gether with a steel protection for the
neck and throat. The chest protector
came into use in the sos, but at first
1t was inflated. 1t was a fiat affair
with a bamboo frame v which was
a buckskin covering. This did not
prevent catchers from being partially
knocked out by sharp oul tips in the
bread basket. SO the pneumatic chest
protector vas hailed with delight and
is now Indispensable.
Roger Bresnahan was the first ma
jor league catcher to wear shinguards
such as cricketers use. He was ridi.
culed at first, but when a special make
was put on the market Roger was vim
dicated. The guards now worn by
many backstops have a joint at the
knee. SO that they do not impede
catchers in their hurry after foul
flies. The guards are adjusted quickly
and prevent many serious injuries.
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PROTECTION FOR BALL PLAYERS
HAS DEVELOPED VERY SLOWLY

Can you imagine a modern base
ball team playing the game bare
%handed?" asked a gray-haired fan
while discussing diamond doings re-
Gently. There would be plenty OF
business for the bone settlers. and Sc
many errors in the field thai the sport
would deveIope into a burlesque. Yet
l can remember the days when ball
players never wore gloves, and catch
ers had neither masks nor mitts. II
required great courage to face a swift
pitcher and lots of, nerve to get in
front of a hot grounder. Nowadays.
however. ball playing isn't so painful.
with the softly padded fielder's gloves,
the steel wire masks. the heavy catch
ers' mitts. chest protectors and shin
guards to protect the players from
HARM"
Many of our citizens who played
baseball more than thirty-five years
ago will tell you hat broken fingers.
bone bruises. split palms and torn
finger nails were everyday accidents
and that a player who showed the
white feather was tabooed. Before
gloves and masks were invented catch
ers had endless troubles. The old
timers Who dared to stand close De-
out and noses fractured by the hot
foul tips that could not be avoided.
Soon came a habit of putting in the
mouth a solid piece of rubber. made
in such a manner that it covered the
lips and provided protection for the
teeth. 1t proved so efficient that all
the leading catchers adopted 1t. But
eve then it was dangerous to catch
close up until James Tying, the former
Harvard player, invented the mask. a
cumbersome affair, with broad strips
or fiattened iron. that covered the face.
but also partially obscured the back
stops vision. :
Masks First.
The mask was the first continuance
calculated to prevent serious injury.
Then came the catcher's gloves. one
for each hand. These gloves were Of
light kid. with no fingers and little
or no padding. Catchers who handled
swift deliveries. therefore. soon found
that the gloves did not come up to the
requirements. So 1t was q common
thing to see backstops' stufiug Grass.
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cotton batting and even strips Of meat
into the gloves to protect the palms
OF h hands when under a hot fire
from the box.
One of the first National league
catchers to use a left hand glove with
fingers was Meyers of Indianapolis.
more than twenty-five years ago.
Somebody made a glove for him that
caused a general laugh. The fingers
were SO long and the surface of the
palm was so broad that Meyers
found ii difficult at first to hold a
pitched ball. He was catching the
great Henry oyle in those days and
Boyle had binding speed. Meyers had
broken all of his fingers. also both
thumbs, in handling oByle with his
fingerless gloves. so that he readily
perseverance. he proved that it had
merit.
Buck Ewing, Silver Flint and Char
ley Bennett. three of the greatest
backstops the game ever produced.
were among the first to adopt the
mttt. which was a comparatively light
affair, but made it impossible to in
jnre the fingers of the left hand. In
ctdentally these star catchers began
to show that M hand was SUFFICIENT
to catch a pitched ball.
AAC lc TlSHL IdUU glove
and soon perfected a movement Of the
left wrist that placed the mitt in the
right position to receive the ball. Ew-
ing once told the writer tina during
an entire season he didn't catch more
than a dozen pitched ball with his
bare hand. He used to enjoy catching
the puzzling curves of Keefe. WEIGH
and Crane with the mitt, which made
1t almost impossible to have a passed
ball.
Change In Gloves.
When the rule stipulating the size Of
the glove to be worn was passed the
catcher was allowed to the same
heavy mitt. while a lighter one was
assigned to the first baseman. But
all the other fielders were compelled
to 8 a finger glove weighing not
more than half a dozen ounces. This
included the pitchers. of whom George
Supply Of the Clevelands was among
the first to protect the left hand in
this manner. Before the in and out
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-31
PEGGERS TAKE
BOTH. GAMES
Browns Maroons Have Best
of Holiday Arguments
in Superior.

Superior. Wis. May 30.-winnipes
grabbed both the holiday games,
winning the morning affair 6 to 8,
to 3.
Peasley outpitched Vance in the
morning affair and the Peggers won
handily.
Carroll. a recruit, was tried out by
Superior in the afternoon mix. The
new man showed up good and was a
worthy opponent Of Glass. Poor
fielding married both games. A rally
was started by Superior in the last
inning Of the afternoon game and two
runs were scored. one less than
enough to tie.
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ELks VS..

Minot, y. D.. May 31.-The baseball
season will open in Minot at $40
O'Clock Saturday evening. when the
Elks and the Commercial club mines
will line up in a game for the benofi:
of the Minot Baseball association. The
Minot band will play and a street
parade will precede the diamond con-
test. Minot will have "A good team
this year and more interest is being
taken i'm the game here this year than
eNe before.
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MONEY TALKS.

Utica. n. V. May 31.-Produc-
ing a five dollar bill from his
pocket. Vice President Sherman
yesterday afternoon handed it to
the captain of a Utica semi-pro-
fessional baseball team with in
%structions to bring il hack if he
lost his game with the Crescents
of Syracuse. The Uticans went
into the game with the deternin-
alton to keep the vice presidents
money and won S to 3.
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FANS
FOR BOTTINEAU

Rottineau. n. D.. May 3l.-There
were two games in the Mankatea
league yesterday. Bottineau defeated
Deloraine here. The score was 5 to ,.
Woods. on the mound for Bottineau.
struck out seventeen, and gave only
three hits. Swartz for the Canadians
allowed min hits. Willow City de-
feated Souris at Willow City. the
score being 5 to /
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-31
JOBS COACHING.

Former major leaguers are finding
work as coaches. The Giants nave the
veteran Wilbcrt Robinson on the lines.
The Phillies use Paddy Moran as
and the White SoX, Kid Gleason. The
Maps rely on Paddy Livingston and
the Tigers on w old time catchers,
Jim Mcclure and Joe Sugden.
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Y. NJ. c. A.

baseball park, the Y. NJ. G. A. Com
mercial league team defeated the Re-
tailers. 10 to 8. The batteries We're:
Retailers, Hohoff. Torseson and
Hankey; Y. NJ. c. A.. Goodwin and
Munson. The hitting of Costello for
the Y. NJ. c. A. featured. Out of three
times at bat, he got two three-baggers
and one home run.
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MILL MEET MORRHE.n

The Picketts will meet the Moor
head bunch Sunday afternoon. The
Moorhead crowd has heen playing
all season and winning right along.
The Picketts hav a short string of
wins to their credit and as they are
operating in speedy fashion at this
time. some game may he looked for
in the East side pasture.
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Score by innings
Picketts .....1o o 0 o . 0 lib
Fosston ..... 0 | 0 / o | 0 / o. 1

Summary: Two base hits. Evans
Politiski. E. Movald; three base hits,
E. McIlraith. Mcclure .. Hesthness,
Politski; double plays. Movald to Mo-
valid. Carl to Emerson: stolen bases.
Chandler. Gullickson. Farmer. Jones:
bases on balls. off Carl 3. Emerson2;
hit by pitched ball, Emerson. Chand-
Ter. E. McIlraith; passed ball. Carl:
earned runs Picketts 4. Fosston .;
struck out. by Norton /. Chandler 2,
Carl ,. Emerson 8; left on bases.
Picketts s, Fosston S: first base on err
rors. Picketts 3, Fosston 5. Umpire.
Sandlie.
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Totals ......:.:a4 4 8 % 4

Ford. Francis. McMurdo, Altman
Glass: bases IN balls, off Carroll 1,
off Glass 2: hit by pitched ball. Olson
2, Jones; struck out, by Carroll 0; by
Glass 3; left on bases, Superior 9,
Winnipeg S. Umpire, McGloom. Time
of game, 1:45.
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No lesser celebrates than Blum,
O'Brien and Popham bit the lust be.
fore Wilson'S delivery in Wednesdays
game in that seventh inning when
the Grand Forks mar lowered three in
succession after Sours had doubled,
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Morning Game.
Totals 32 27 z

Summary: Two base hits. Dunn.
Roy. Briggs. Baker 2: stolen bases,
Ford 2. Taylor. Francis. Baker. Kirk
ham: sacrifice hits. Clothier; bases OH
balls. off Vance 2, off Peasley 3: struck
out. by Vance 2. by Peasley 8; left on
bases, Superior Z. Winnipeg s. UNI
pire. McGloom. Time of game. 1850.
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Returns to Win.

Toledo. May 31.-Pitcher Hill
James. recently secured from Clevc-
land, celebrated his return to the
American association Yesterday after
DON by beating Indianapolis 8 to 1. a
great double play on which Kaiser
was retired at the plate and Wood
ruff at second. cut off the threatening
rally and practically saved the game
for Toledo.
r. H. E.
Indianapolis 8 .
4oiSHo -. . = Ii !
Link and Clarke: James and Land.
Morning Game.
r. H. E.
Indianapolis II /
Falkenberg and Land: HiXon and
Clark.
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DAWSON WINS
A GREAT RACE
DePalna After Leading was
Forced Behind on Account
of Engine Trouble.

y = y . = = 4 y y y y 4 y =
Indianapolis. May 31.-After =
' leading all the way from the "
: start to the 1?sth lap. Ralph "
De Palma's Mercedes developed =
= engine trouble and Joe DaWson's 4"
= National came up from six laps =
behind yesterday and won the =
> second international 500 miles =
' sweepstakes automobile race in .
' tho record time of 6:21:O6. Ted .
= dN Tetslaff's Fiat was second. .
> The Stutz company protested the /"
' awarding of third place to Hugh
= ie Hughes Mercer. ~contending .
: their car. driven by Charles Merz. =
. fourth. won the posi- .
: ton.
. .
Johnnie Jenkins finished the last
FIVE laps driving on the rim of the
right front wheel of his White car.
Joe Koran. in a Lozier. was pushing
him for seventh place, and Jenkins
feared to lose time in stopping for a.
fresh tire. He heat ou Koran. who
had engine rouole. by seven minutes.
Dawson averaged 7s.s miles an
hour as compared With 1851 miles an
h"ur made by Ray Harroun, Who Won
the race last Year in his Marmon
Wasp" Harroun's time was 6:42:0s.
Dawson pulled up at the National pit
with a grin on his grimy face when
he was tagged as winner. and
Jumped out of his car as if he had
been through a short dash.
I'm not tired he said, "just
happy"
When told that De Palma lost the
race only because his engine failed
him AT the 1aSth lap, Dawson grinned
again.
i've been up against the same
thing, he said. The games all
luck. I just had a feeling would
once before. That was when won
the CODE race trophy here in 1910"
h day was ideal for motor fans
and not a serious accident married the
sport. Bob Rurman, whose Cutting
turned over in the back stretch when
the rear wheel collapsed, was able to
cave the hospital with a few scratches
after slight treatment, and viewed the
finish of the race.
TWenty-four cars. the pick of Amer
lean. German. English and Italian
factories. started. The Lexington.
driven by Harry knight. the hero Of
last years race. who deliberately
down the driver of another car who
had fallen on the track, was the first
10 quit, dropping out in the seventh
lap. David Bruce Brown was the
next to leave the track. When he
found his National out for good. he
broke down n wept on the shoulder
of his mechanic. Others dropped out
until there We're only ten cars to
finish.
Dawson drove q steady race. holding
second place most of the time after
the fftieth lap. Just before De Palma
went out of the race. d rabbit ran
across the track in front of Dawson's
car as he was speeding down the
home stretch. Thousands of spectat-
ors cheered the rabbit. and Dawson
after the race said he considered II a
good oman
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Grand Forks has only lost two out
Of the last six games played. Duluth.
in the same time. has the same rec
ord.
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Summary: Two base hits, Sours,
Kuehn. DeHaven; home run, Sours;
sacrifice hits. McGraw, O'Brien; bases
on balls. off johnson 2, off Myers 9;
hit by pitched ball. Heiser; struck out.
by johnson Z. by Myers 3; stolen
bases, Sours, Foster, Heiser, kuehn,
McGraW, Meniece 2. Umpire, Hall.
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llCneII, GEORGE and I'D;
Walsh and Kuhn.
Afternoon (;ame

erly; Walsh and Kuhn.
Afternoon Game.
Cleveland. May 31.-Cleveland won
from Chicago 10 to 3. Gregg out
pitched Langc, who gave way to
White in the sixth after Cleveland
had cored six runs. Both teams field
ed poorly.
r. II. E.
Cleveland 10 4
Chicago 3 5 6
Gregg and Easterly; Lange, White
and Sullivan, Mayer.
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American League
Standing of the Clubs.
Games Today.
Detroit at st. Louis.
Broke Even.

Broke Even.
Cleveland. May 31.-Walsh had a
slight edge on Mitchell in the morn
ing game and Chicago won from
Cleveland, 3 to 1. Griggs slipped in
fielding a grounder and injured his
ankle so he had to retire. Birming-
hams batting featured.
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10.Year.Old Hurler Bested.

Boston. May 31.-The morning
game, which Boston won from Wash
ington. 8 to 2. was a pitchers battle
in which Bedient bested EnSle, the
19-year-old Washington recruit. Err
rors figured largely in all the runs
scored. except one by Boston.
r. H. e.
Washington ............ 2 5 1
Bedient and Nunmaker; Engle and
WiIIio n
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National League
Standing of the Clubs
Games Today.
Boston at BROOKLYN.
Marauard Win, .1sain.

crowd of the season on the National
league grounds here saw New York
again easily defeat Philadelphia by a
score of s TO l; The visitors scored
three runs in the first inning on three
bases on ball by Chalmers and two
errors. After that New York had no
trouble in holding its lead. Umpire
Owen was attacked by acute indiges-
ton before the game and Umpire
Brennan officiated alone.
New York easily defeated Philadel-
phia in the morning game. to l.
Marquard, who pitched for New
York, won his tenth successive vic
tory this season. He was hit hard.
but became Very effective when rum
ners were on bases.
Morning Game f. H. E.
Philadelphia ............ l 9 8
Seaton and Moran; Marquard and
Meyers.
Second Game r. H. E.
Philadelphia ............. l 5 4
New York S 2
Chalmers. Alexander. Schultz. Bren-
nan and Moran: Crandall and Meyers.
Schultz Comes Back.
Chicago. May 3~1.-Chicago made i,
four straight victories over Cincinnati
by winning two games. 3 to , and
S to 4. Chicago routed Eagby and
Smit hearty in the second game. and
obtained a lead of six runs and never
was in danger of defeat. Frank
Schultz, 1911 champion home run
hitter of the National league. made
his first circuit smash of the season
in the first game. scoring a run ahead
Of him. Scores:
r. H. E..
Chicago S 9 8
Cincinnati 9 8
Lavender and Needham; Bagby,
Smith, HUMPHREYS and Clarke.
r. H. E.
Chicago 8 Z 1
Cincinnati 2 8 1
Cheney n Needham; Benton and
Mclean.
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Each Team Wins.

ST. Louis, May 31.-St. Louis and
Detroit broke even in Yesterdays dou-
bic header. In the first game Baum
gard er held the visitors to six scat
tered hits. while his teammates hit
the ball at opportune moments and
won. The score was 3 to 0. The st.
Louis pitchers were hit hard md of
ten in the second game, while the To-
cal fielders played in ragged form,
Detroit winning by a score of 10 to 3.
f. H. E.
st. Louis 8 s 0
Detroit 0 6 I
Baumgardner and Krichell; Mullen
and Stanage.
Second game
r. H. E.
St. Louis 3 9 S
Detroit 1t 8
Petty. Mitchell and Stephens: Dono-
a Dubue and Stanage, Onslaw.
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Score by Innings
Duluth ........O 3 3 o IS
Grand Forks. 10 O 0 0 o 0 o 0 90
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Kent Blew Cp.

BROOKLYN, May s1.-After pitching
six sreat innings. Kent blew up in
blew UP in the seventh inning and
the seventh inning NJ Boston made
five runs. Rucker succeeded and
jackson got the only hit off Rucker.
a home run in the left field. The
weather was threatening. and the at
tendance under 1000.
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American Assn.
Standing of the Clubs.

Games Today.
Indianapolis at Toledo.
Louisville at Columbus.
Milwaukee at Kansas City.