The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-10
DULUTH TAKES
" first. CONTEST
Grand Forks Players Lose
Swatfest-Came Within
One of Tieing in Ninth.
FOUR TRY
TO TURN THE TRICK
Morse Starts, and is Follow
ed by Wells, Carney and
Jarnigan-Carney Fined
Oyer. We had a ball game last

Oyer. We had a ball game last
night.
Duke Darby o'Brien and his en-
vcys, who haileth from Duluth, were
among us and also upon us. They
pranced upon us in all but two in
nings, and, just when Perry Werden
was casting SLY glances at the fading
eunbeams, they backed the Flicker
tails against the bum n of 14-13
score.
To speak in the vernacular of the
pool room, where all inquests are
held. it was son bum came. Not
that it vas lacking in numerous and
varied happenings to make it inter
esting. Far from h For when a
backward squint is aimed at the mis-
cradle thing, we find there were too
many of them to think of real base.
ball.
Failed to Land,
The F%lickertails were also upon the
visiting orators in three of the ses-
sions. but. In the last spasn. When
they got in o good kicks. they
didn't land hard enough to Leave the
marks of defeat on the bruised bodies
of the invaders. In one session. the
Carney Kids hoped around the cir
cult for a biblical number of runs.
just enough to tie the SCORE. But
the skids of the Ilickertail victory
machine slipped in h first half of
the next and Duluth showed two
was devoid OF any real results until
the ninth, when another flash of nope
was extinguished just when the local
youngsters were on a fair way to get
away with the trick.
No less than six beavers were used
during the nine innings and Grand
Forks used four of them. Morse
~tnrfod nF md hic nffarj1p: WaYa
dropped into safe places in the outer
fields. He lasted the greater part
Of three innings. n five hits and six
runs were the total results Of his de-
livery.
Carney Tries Hand.
Wells was then sent to the front,
and he lasted through the fourth.
-Four runs and two scores were nett.G
from his offering. Chauffeur Carney,
recalling the halcyon days Of the twc-
aim stunts concluded to take the
wheel himself, but the road was
rough and the steering had, and he
finally sent a hurry-up call to Jarni-
went in in the seventh. and for two
innings BANKED the Duluthians, but,
in the ninth they got to his delivery
and counted three times.
O'Brien took chances with two pit
cheers. Each one was burdened With
the monicker Rhoades. and in several
sessions the Flickertails rode" them
both, but not far enough.
Carney Slipped a Fine.
One of the interesting incidents of
the pastime was the delivery of a bit
of financial news to William Carney.
AS a result, Mr.. Carney will hand over
SIS to Big John Burmeister and per-
force hit the quick-lunch counter 70,
the next few days. 1t all happened
t. 49, 1~-. 3 H. 81 Dt-- ~.
ter was to bat. and, after decorating
tine territory in the immediate vicin-
ity of the plate for a few minutes.
was f1icked out ny Umps Werdcn. the
gentleman of the large frame main
tanning hat he had three strikes.
Guardian Carney demonstrated, but
IN vain. He stuck to the job. how
ever, and Werden saw that it would
take more than two lands to brush
the chief of the local clan out, ana
so he slipped him a bit of financial
less.
Duluth Scores in First.
A ree-bagger and a wild pitch
netted Duluth one in the first session,
while a base on balls ami two singles,
m two White Sox across in the sec
ond. Three were added in the third.
when a triple, WI singles. and a
stolen base were made. Two singles.
a sacrifice hit and a triple netted two
o In the fourth.
.Schr4eber slammed out a warm one
and came across with a tally in the
FIFTH, and two bases on balls. a single
another error in right counted
two more In the sixth. The next two
innings were blanks for Duluth. hu.
they added three in the ninth. when
four singles n an error figured.
Locals Get even in Fifth.
Grand Forks scored two IN tho
second on three singles. Seven were
added in the fifth inning. when three
singles. a triple. a home run, two
bases on balls, an error and a wild
pitch were chalked up. Two doubles,
two singles and an error added four
in the ninth.
The official record of the affair fol-
lows: