The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-06
FAST CONTEST
FOR STARTOFF
Part of Exhibition is Staged
in Rain-Big Crowd
Sees Locals Defeated

Faiokertails yesterday afternoon there
fell, ike some sinister shadow, the
strong. right arm Of Twirler Moe.
delegated by Timothy Flood to serve
the puzziers for the local batters.
They were puzzled. petritied, and
h~ypnotized. especially when Moe UNI
hitched a straight one, and when the
crowd fled out of the park. it Vas
with the memory Of a 5-to-2 defeat
CALLING them.
1t was the curtain raiser for the
Grand Forks home season. Old Jupi-
ter Pluvius started in the box, nut,
after trying vainly to strike out the
entire lot, retired in favor of Messrs.
Jarnigan and Moe. If Mr.. Pluv had
remained a few minutes longer and
uncorked his worst. the Grand Forks
hopeful ones would not have had 10
bear the grief.
To %epitonlize: it was a mixture of
rain. sunshine. chilly breezes, and a
few bone-head performances, inter-
mersed with a little baseball.
Jarnigan Was Careful.
MI. Jarnigan mounted the upheaval
for the locals. but never condescend-
ed to trot out any of the favor he
offered while performing in strange
territory. One real c%ommendable
thing about him yesterday was his
SLlt4Slh0oo ia AASatihe S1t ~
first, only two UGH junkets resulting
thusly. But MIR. Jarnigan had nothing
pUzzling, not ever Il straight ball that
could disconcert the grinnins Maroon
In front of him. A grand total of ten
hits, three of which we're t~wo-baggers
and one a triple. We're drawn from
his bucket. Only three batters fell
before his mighty delivery.
Mr.. Moe did the mound work for
the visitors. Like his friend Jarni-
gan, he had nothing brilliant to offer.
unless perchance you might call his
straight ball, which had a hypnotizinS
effect on the locals, a shining exhibit
ton. Moe offered n more pas than
Jarnigan. but outdid the latter in the
matter Of st~rike-outs. nine batters
going down before his delivery.
1t was a hard day to pitch, and
both men. under the conditions, did
good work.
Extenuating Circumstances.
dicted the ball players for travelling
under false colors, it might he posi- :
Bile to get the prosecuting attorney to
admit that there were e~Xtenuating cir
cumstances. If the aforementioned
j. Pluvius had not put Il finger in the
deal, things would undoubtedly rave
been different-not saying, of course,
IAal IN ASSdlN "oold now 'SN al
posed.
IL was a heavy field the men had to
romp over, and the Grand Forks men
eat on the bench in the direct sweep
of the cold wind. while the Peggers
were sheltered more or less by the
crowd behind them. After the three
hard games in Minneapolis and an
all-night's travelling trip, they We're
not just in shape for a contest under
such conditions.
The only w brilliant fielding plays
were Kinkham's sensational o%ne-hand-
ed catch of Jarnigan's long drive to
left field. and the Grand Forks double
play, participated in by Dietrich, Ly-
man and Foster.
Ground Rules Enforced.
There We're evidences of some good
stick work at intervals. and on tWo
d1qerent occasions the hits would have
counted for more runs for the Flick
ertatls a it not been necessary to
enforce ground rules. But on the other
hand, it was fortunate that ground
rules were in order, for the Peggers
got away With some long drives dur
ing the latter part of the game.
Despite n weather, the crowd that
attended yesterdays game was m of
the largest ever seen in the park. 1t
is estimated that 1000 people saw the
game. and. with very few exceptions,
they remained until the last man was
out. The Grand Forks Military band
was present, and furnished a diver
sion once or twice during the game.
Mayor NJ. F. Murphy had a kink in
his pitching arm yesterday, and was
unable to throw the opening ball,
Scored in First and Third.
Grand Forks scored her first run
IN the initial session. Altman. up
hrst. went out. DeHaven to Kahl.
Dietrich knocked an easy fly to Kurke.
and Chase, who followed him, sent a
hit into the same territory. He scored
on Fosters ~two-bagger. Brandt popped
out to Clothier.
The other tally came in the third.
Jarnigan was out, Wilkes to Kahl. Alt
mar was given a base on balls, and
Dietrich batted an easy fly to Freer.
Chase reached first on DeHaven's err
ror, Altman going to third. After
prancing around a moment or two on
third, Altman stole home. while
Chase pilfered second. Foster struck
out, retiring the side.
Peggers Tally Twice.
Winnipeg scored twice in her half
OF the same session. Kurke drew a
pass. and was sacrificed to second by
Eschant. Moe singled. scoring Kurke.
Wilkes followed with a double, scoring
Moe. Freer popped an easy foul to