The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-08-14
FIGHTING IRISH WIN
The Foley Terriers Get In Their
Deadly Licks on Billy Doane's
Tribe of Chippewas.
Princeton Team Falls Down and Foley
lrrepresssibles Drag Locals
Goat Behind Them,

around lately was right on the job
Sunday and hooded the boys into
losing another game. Foley was the
victorious team and went home with
the locals goat dragging behind
their autos. 1t was hard game to
lose, as the locals were making a
strenuous effort to break up their
losing streak and regain their old
stride. But fortune seemed to be
against them and hard luck. coupled
with some extra rank ball playing,
spelled out an s to victory for the
'Fighting Irish'' from the capital
city of Benton county. In a vain
attempt to get back into the win
column the Princetonians imported
Wilkes from Columbia Heights to
twirl the game for them. Wilkes
pitched fair game, allowing eight
hits in all and striking out twelve
of the scrappy Irishmen. His sup
port went to pieces behind him and
official scorer, Craig, after wrestling
all night with a lightning calculator
and a duplex adding machine, gives
out the total number of errors made
by the home talent as II. These
seventeen errors, coupled with the
eight hits, resulted in eight scores
for the visitors, and it's a wonder
it wasn't more.
County Auditor Kasner was on
the mound for the "Irish,' and if
he can get votes as easily and readily
as he got goats (referring to the
Angoras of the home boys), he will
roll up total in tie next political
campaign that will be the record for
years to come. He was extremely
stingy with his hits, and the best
the home boys could do for the after
Moons club swinging was three
measly singles. Kasner was just
mean enough to keep these scattered
out where they would do the least
good for the score-hungry Princeton
lans. The word club swinging
above should be emphasized, for
some of the home guard gave ex-
hibitions of this art that would turn
the ordinary club swinging faker
green with envy. Manager Doane
was the head demonstration of the
local tribe in showing how to pound
holes in the inotfensive ozone, strik-
ing out three times out of four at
bat. incidentally the Foley huskies
pulled off little of this fine stuff
themselves, as Wilkes retired twelve
of them by the strike-out process.
the third strike being slipped over
on some of them while they were
still arguing with the jumps about
the second one.
Verify, it was one awful day for
whiting, and Colonel Bryson is now
busy with a crew of men patching
up the Jagged holes in the fair
grounds atmosphere So it will be in
readiness for the big county fair
in September.
Foley kicked the fat into the fire
right in the opening round, when
they scored four runs on combina-
tion of three hits, four errors and a
dead ball. III the second frame they
came right back and grabbed two
more and duplicated this latter per-
Torrance in the fourth round. Here
the scoring of the visitors ended, for
Wilkes frightened up and pitched
shut-out ball, and his support was
better than in the first part of the
game.
The home team went out in rOta-
ton for the first six innings, al
though several prospective scores
were nipped in the bud by some
sharp fielding on the part of the
Foleyltes. In the seventh inning
the Foley intield wabbled d trifle
and while they were breaking into
the error column for total of three
bad ones, the home guard proceeded
to collect two scores and thus saved
themselves from threatened shut
out. Art Roos and Berg were the
men who were successful in making
the complete circuit of the bases.
The later stages of the game failed
to develop anything for either side.
and the game finally ended 2 to in
favor Of the "Fighting Irish.''
Heine Plaas and Joe Nutshell played
the dual role entitled Ellis High
ness, the Umps," and got along very
nicely with everybody except
Brother Ben Nutshell, Foley's elon-
gated catcher. Ben had several spicy
arguments with both of the arbitra-
tors and labored long and hard with
each of them to convince them that