The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-22
LONG DISTANCE
RECORD BROKEN
Grand Forks Lost to Giants
3 to 2, After Brilliant and
Thrilling Contest.
GAME FIGHT AT
e STAGE
Bell and Myers Pitch Fine
Article-Final Game of
Series Today.

Fourteen innings Of as classy base
ball as the average bug could ever
hope to see were staged yesterday at
Dacotah park when all Northern
league distance records were SMASHED
before Winona was successful in push
ing over the tally that won a 3 to 2
game.
It was some contest. 1t was one OF
those kind where. on paper. it could
have been won -four or five times by
either team-but it wasn't until a
combination of Observation-Disclosures
bination In ~Eood-arose in h first OF
the fourteenth frame that the . to 2
tie prevailing since the ninth was
broken.
Fence Busting Not Evident.
Fence busting proclivities of the
F1ickertails. so evident the day prev
ious. were left down town yesterday.
The boys who hit the hardest the day
before had a pair Of nice chances to
break up the proceedings. but, things
just wouldn't go right. But at that
the locals got ten hits in the fourteen
frames. using them very satisfactorily
in the eighth and ninth innings.
1t was some swell game from start
to finish. With Myers on for the To-
Gals. and with Bell coming back for
Winona, both men pitched great ball.
Au0 through inc WHOLE lOuFleen IN
nings neither faltered. While Wi
mona secured thirteen hits off Myers,
they were scattered over nine in
nings. only earnad run being
chalked up for Winona. He famed
three and walked but two.
Replete With Thrills.
The game was replete with thrills
from start to finish. There were but
1Ary dull ~eorooyto Nncntto th1 loot
that It required eight innings for
Grand Forks to get its first counter
across and another inning to tie the
count.
winona got its start in the third
inning when Bell singled to center
and was forced at second by Connells
grounder. Murphy singled between
first and second. and Connell scored
when Chase failed to handle Collins
grounder.
The next score came in the fifth in
ming. Croake was hit by a pitched
ball. being sacrificed to second and
counting when Bell doubled to left.
Score One in the Eighth.
In the eighth Grand Forks began
scoring. Gerlach walked. Myers he
ing struck out. Fishbark drove one
back of second that went for a single
and was followed By Carney. singing
to right, bringing Gerlach across. ON
Fosters out. Fautsch to Croake. a lit
tie bad baserunning prevented the tie
Ing OF the score then. Altman famed
and retired the side.
Tied Up With Two Down.
In the ninth inning Larson went
down on a grounder to Bell, but Chase
singled to right, Dietrich tanning,
Chase in the meantime stealing sec
ond. With two down Gerlach drove a
safety to left and the count was tie.
Myers drove a hard fly to right but i,
was brought into camp by Davis.
Reach Bases in Extra Innings.
In the eleventh winona got two
hits. q single and a double. Dietrich
being successful in crossing Fautscf
at third on a fake catch and prevent.
Ing the breaking up of the game. a,
Fautsch would have had all kinds OF
time to score If he hadn't slid head
first into third base.
Grand Forks put Altman and Lar
son on the sacks in the same frame
with none out, while Fishback and
one out. but in neither inning could
the needed blow be delivered.
Winona had one on in the twelfth,
Bell getting his third hit after one was
down. going to second, but stoppins
there. In the thirteenth one got or
after two were down.
The Painful Exit.
Then the painful fourteenth;
Croake. first up. got a walk. Mye1
sacrificed him to second and he stai6
there while Bell flew to Dietrich. witt
orders to walk Cornell. filling first ant
third stations. Myers put one too close
a he lifted it into right, CATCHING
ball when he finally got under If
Croake scored the winning tally. fol
Grand Forks could do nothing in II,
half of the last round.
Saved 1t Several Times.
Carney's muf of the last fv rath,
er dampened a bit of praise that had
been stored up for the playing man.