The Alaska citizen., 1913-06-23
Midnight Baseball Game
 Drew Big Crowd of Fans

! \ SotmcS and seven hundred fans turned out for the Midnight baseball game that was played Sat urday evening after the carnival By way Of explanation of the above' let il he known that the lusty-voiced salesman for Grommes X Ulrich made about as much noise as all the rest of the fans put together and hy his persistent roofing brought the whjskey team from almost cer- tain defeat 10 glorious victory. the Van DyCks going down to defeat by a score of 13 to II
 It was some game and then some and everybody present had the time of their life. making themselves hoarse by roofing for their favorite Both sides had good chance 10 yell IS the Van DyCks started the ball rolling in the second inning by get, ting six runs. That was the inning for the Cigarmens friends to let loose. and the Solmes' bunch had 10 retire sadly 10 the background. and in the eighth and ninth innings the tables turned and amid deafen-
 ing yells of the Marquette huneh the usty-lunged Van Dyck supporters had to retire to the tall timbers. from whence they never recovered
 The following is the game by in ninss
 First Inning-At exactly 11:15 p. m. Umpire Bodey Davis howled Play Ball" The Van Dycks were in the field with Pauli in the box and George Taylor on the receiving end Ellis was the first man up Pauli hit him iii the shoulder. and he stole second Buckley struck out. and Carlin hit pretty one to right field Ellis scoring. Mills sacrificed Carlin Douse hit to Wood and was safe on first on a wild throw, Carlin at the same time going home Douse went to second and while Bennett was batting stole third. There he died, however for the preacher" struck out. thus ending their half with two runs to their credit
 The Marquettes took the field with Kelly" PettIgrew on the mound and Douse behind the bat, Taylor was the first man to face Kelly. and he started by making a nice little bingle to the right gar den. On a passed ball he took sec ond Horan hit to the pitcher and went out at first Pauli hit to center driving Taylor 10 third. koon hit to hit to Pettigrew and also went out al first. thereby letting both Taylor and Pauli die on bases
 Second Inning-The second inning was Pauls best, for the whiskey men went down in one two three order Judkins the first man up went out on a grounder to third. Goodman struck out as did Pettigrew. Leonberger the first man up for the Van Dycks foul-flied out to the catcher. Cathcart hit hot one to Kelly, who fumbled it so badly that Wally reached the initial bag. Carr hit to left and Wagner biffed a beauty into right, driving in Cathcart. Wagner at the same time taking second. Taylor reached first on an error Horan hit for two bas- es. driving in Carr and Wagner. but was caught himself in trying for third. Paul got his base on an CT, TOT, and scored when koon hit to left. Wood hit to right for three bases driving Koon over the home plate. Leonberger fouled out over third, thus ending the inning with the score 6 to in favor of the Van Dycks.
 Third Inning. Ellis out on a grounder Wagner to Koon. Buckley hit to center. and Carln slammed one out to left. Both Buckley and Carlin died on bases when Mills and Douse both flied out to left The Red Suits then came in and heaped more coals of fire upon the head of Pettigrew by getting three more runs. Cathcart waited and drew a base on balls. Carr flied out to short. Wagner hit to deep center, Cathcart taking third Taylor hit a hot one to third, which Ellis re- ceived, but threw so low that Car lin could not get it. Cathcart and Wagner both scored, while Taylor took second and later stole third with the ball in the pitchers hands Horan hit to center and Taylor booked up one more run. Paul hit a grounder to Carlin and was out at first. Koon struck out Score g to ?.
 Fourth Inning-Bennett hit to cen ter for two bases. Judkins hit to short and was safe on an error of Woods, Bennett scoring. Goodman flied out to center. Judkins took third on a passed ball, and died