The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-09-20
BASE BALL RIVALRY
II Went The Limit In Iron County During the
Past Week in Two Professional Clubs

Past Week in Two Professional Clubs
The ancient base ball rivalry between
Iron River ana Crystal Falls broke
out anew again this fall and culminat.
ed in the importation of two Wisconsin
Illinois league teams. one 10 represent
Iron River and the other Crystal ralls.
It came about this way.
When base ball was first talked of last
spring the proposition was for Crystal
Falls and Iron River both TO have ball
teams. The Iron River team didn't
materialize for some reason or other
while Crystal Falls gathered very nice
aggregation of semi professional play
ers that gave the community good
sport all summer and actually won
the championship OF it's class In the
peninsula.
The Iron county fair management
decided 10 have Crystal Falls play at
the fair and no team that could be
carded would arouse as much interest
and draw az large crowd as some
team representing Iron River so II was
decided to have Crystal Falls play Iron
River. Then some of the over Jealous
among the Iron River fans thought to
pull off coup. Intsead of getting
the service OF few players who, used
with the talent that could be got at
Iron River, would put their team
about on par with Crystal Falls,
they slipped down to Green Bay and
hired the entire Green Bay team TO
come to Iron River and wipe the earth
with Crystal Falls, at the same time
taking the Crystal Falls money.
Well, the thing leaked out and an
emmisary from Crystal Falls slipped
down quietly to Oshkosh and hired the
entire Oshkosh team the winners of
the pennant in the WI league to repre-.
sent Crystal Falls and both teams were
on hand to play Tuesday but the rain
interyened
The clearing OF the skies about noon
made IL certain that game would be
played and the Oshkosh team was
sent over to Iron River early. Most
people were Of the impression that the
game would not be started until 100
o clock but the Iron River people
wanted 70 play double header and
started it at two o'clock, so that it
was we'll along before many of our
people got to the grounds.
Green BaY.played the best game.
Ormsby was on the mound for Green
Bav and pitched hard game. Steven
son who performed for Oshkosh didn {
seem to exert himself, holding the
Green Bay boys easily until the last
half of the ninth when brace of three
hits sent the winning run across the
pan, the score standing to 0
Oshkosh played mighty slack ball on
the bases Poor base running in the
seventh and eighth lost them the
game coupled with rank decision on
first base made 10y the umpire, Wis.
consin leagne man. that put the Osh-
kosh runner ont when he had his hand
on the bag. Three hits following this
would have scored the man and ought
TO have sent couple others across,
had not the coacher sent a runner
nome on a short hit past short stop.
The games were not satisfactory to
the large number Of people and it is
doubtful il Crystal Falls Will ever
allow itself to be forced into such a
position again. The money spent for
the Oshkosh team would have gone
part of the distance towards furnish
ing base ball and amusement for our
people next summer and IL is 20 be
regretted that we departed from our
custom this year. People don't care
much who wins when two sets Of hired
Inen are lined mp to oppose one another
and we notice that il don't bother the
hired men very much either. They
win however the game goes.
The base ball rivalry has certainly
gone mad In Iron county but many
question II in the long run il will
ascrue 10 the benefit Of the Same.