Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-05-29
Base Ball Notes

Calvin base ball fans are proving to
be enthusiastic rooters for the league
team of their neighboring town, Clyde.
The Milton ball ground has been
scraped back towards the backstop, the
bases moved back and the ground other
wise improved.
Milton played its first way from home
game Sunday, when they were the visit
ing team on the grounds CT the Easily
players. Score I to 4 in favor of Milton.
Millions beat all aggregation OF all
home players hold uniform practice on
three evenings a week while limbering
up and shaping out their line up for the
opening of the season
Alex Mcmillan and Russell Balfour
were in Langdon last Thursday and
practically closed a deal to have Lang
don's league team take part in the base
ball tournament to be held in the end
town on the occasion Of the big celebra-
tion on July Fourth.
Wales had quite a bunch. of fans in
that town Sunday to see its league team
play. a fast ten inning game with Dres-
den, the players from the latter town
only giving up the ghost when Wales
put a MINER over the plate making the
winning score of 9 to 8.
Hannah started it's practice games
last week when Howard Mcknight, al
ready famous as a pitcher added to his
fame. "Buzz" Dixon was up to bat,
ready to let drive a la Ty Cobb when
the ball Mcknight was to send over the
plate landed on "Buzz's right jaw.
Gallo trimmed up Iona to the tune
of 7 to 3 in a Sunday game at the latter
place. Leo Lee went over from Lang
don to pitch Loma's game. He struck
out twelve men and the winning of the
game by Gallo was entirely due to the
poor fielding and support which Iona
gave IL s plLCner.
The Munich Juniors got away with
the big end of an 8 to 6 score with the
Clydes'kids" last Sunday. The game
was played right after the big game and
it was the real show. Some real base
ball was pulled off. The Munich pitcher
is developing a slow ball, and they say
it worked fine last Sunday.
Gallo duly elated by its victory over
Iona a week previous went all the way
to Clyde on Sunday, where they under
took the contract of administering the
same sized dose to a league team, but, it
ended differently, when Gallo started on
homeward in the evening they left be-.
hind them the big end of 81 to 2.
The Munich ball team and a big host
Of rooters %journeyed to Clyde last Sun.
day and played a game of baseball with
Clyde. 1t was a real game up to the 5tt
inning with a score of l to 0 in favor 81
Clyde, but in the 5th Munich tied anc
after that it was sail roses for Munich
The game ended with a score of 10 to
in favor of Munich. Clyde as yet ha!
no regular battery, which fact is re
t sponsible for the score piled up. 4
5 large crowd of fans from neighborin!
towns witnessed the game, over a dozel
, auto loads being counted from Municl
alone.-Munich Herald
In addition to being Memorial Day to
: morrow will be a big day with the loca
t base ball "fan." Cavalier county's new
ly organized league opens for the season
5 with its initial games OF the season be
S ing played at Langdon and Clyde. Boil
are live baseball towns and when tn
Y home teams cross bats with Munich ant
Wales respectively they may look TO
the united support Of their communitie
Baseball is a clean, manly sport, trul
S and distinctively American. The tow
/ that has a baseball team carries also tn
stamp of being a live town and will
: draw crowds from the %surroundin,
I country side, May the fight for tn
D pennant Of the Cavalier county leagu
r be fought out upon lines free from strif
D and personality of feeling, the game
t played with a fairness and willingness
to abide by the rules which the teams Q
( the league have adopted for their guld
j auce and control. Upon this depend
the life Of the organization known as tn
Cavalier county base ball league.