The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-09-13
TEAMS SPLIT EVEN
Local Club Won Saturday But lost Our on
Sunday Through Errors

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The two games OF base ball, played
saturday and Sunday. with the Glad.
stone team were not as well attended
rs they should have been as the grade
OF base ball played was high for in.
dependent teams. The two clubs are
50 evenly matched that il is only a
/ question Of who gets the breaks 10
determine the winner.
Saturdays game was better
exhibition OF base ball than that of
Sunday. both clubs staying on their
feet while in Sundays game the locals
went to pieces in one inning and five
errors in succession allowed three
Gladstone men to cross the plate.
Gilbertson of Menominee. was in the
box for the locals. while Mitchell
pitched for Gladstone II looked dur
ing the first inning as if the Gladstone
man was not going 10 last long but
the longer he went the better he per-
formed and two runs were all that
could be CLEANED of his port side
delivery.
Gilbertson went along nicely but dis
I played nervousness under FIRE that
might work havock with hard hit
ting team against him. One run was
all that could be gathered of his Offer
ings Cole. the we'll know Delta
county player was in the left field for
Gladstone and had he not misjudged a
long fly the game might have gone
longer than nine innings for neither
team was hitting much
Calder, right handler. opposed
Crystal Falls in Sundays game and
had the locals Buffaloed when hits
were needed. More hits were CLEANED
of his delivery than off that of Schott
bat when il came to a pinch none of
the local men could deliver although
there were several opportunities
In the third inning an error by the
Crystal Falls second base man allowed
a Gladstone life at first. Then Glad
stone switched its style and started to
bunt and-th locals went off their feet
The FIRST bunt was helded TO the
short stop who covered second and had
plenty Of time to get the force out but
he gave an exhibition OF one-handed
base ball that is so noticeable on the
Crystal Falls team and a muff allowed
both runers life Another bunt was
belded 10 third baseman who gave an.
other exhibition of one-handed work
twice in succession, the ball going
passed him for two scores which was
followed by another score because OF
an error at third on the next batter.
That was all the runs that were
scored as the locals got down TO earth
after that array of errors and held
their opponents level.
An unfortunate occurrance in the
eigth inning when the first baseman
for Gladstone and the third basen,an foI
Crysal Falls mixed was generally
deplored by botn sides. The Gladstone
man was caught between home and
third on a return from the field OF a
batted ball. The out was made by
! the Crystal Fails third baseInan about
! ten feet of the base. A Gladstone
runner was on first and the trapped
! man was maneuvering 10 advance him
and, TO interfere with throw, h'
deliberately bumped into the Crysta
Falls man and passed back to the base
thus blocking the throw and saving
the ont which was almost certain Il
follow His act enraged the Crysta
Falls man who kicked him as he
passed aud the Gladstone man turne'
and struck his opponent. AT tina
the Crystal Falls left fielder took
, soak az the Gladstone man but th'
beligerents were Immediately sur
J rounded and all parted on good terms
However, IL was an exhibition o
2 rowdy base ball on both sides an,
? deserves censure.
J Everyone who attended the game
J got his moneys worth on both day
. and such exhibitions deserve bette
patronage than was accorded them.