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


Hannah will include several good sized
cash prizes for winning base ball teams.
Langdon will furnish something at
t~ractive in the way. of base ball to its
visitors on both Market Days; June 18th
aud 10th. The home league team, has
an open date for the opening day, June
18th and arrangements are practically
closed to have Park River come here
and play that day.
Our Canadian cousins across the line
at Manitou, Man, have started cores
pondence with the management of Lang
oon's ball team to play there Dominion
Day, the lst of July. Langdon won a
game over there last year and the Mani.
tou people consider it will make an at
tractlye feature % the days program
again this year.
Munich lost both games of it's double
header Sunday when the visiting team
came from Devils Lake. Munich has its
pitcher of last season, Canty, on the
lineup of its league players and has
picked on KERN of Dresden for catcher.
They played two good games Sunday
but CAVITY got touched up on several
occasions when the game was in jeopardy,
both in the afternoon and evening. The
respective scores we're 10 to Z and ID to 8
Milton Reed, manager of Langdon's
league base ball team announces he has,
as far as is possible, everything in readi-
ness for the opening games of the season
to be played on the home grounds to.
morrow afternoon and evening with
Munich, the first game being called at
three o'clock and the second at seven.
The grounds have been worked into the
best possible shape and fun equipment
of uniforms and other paraphernalia is
in readiness for the call "play ball." So
far, however, Manager Reed has been
unsuccessful in his attempt to connect.
up with a pitcher of the kind that he
wants. Greedy" has played league ball
before and has a pretty good idea of
what he wants aud thinks that he is
now on the track of his man, perhaps be
will be here for the game tomorrow, and
then again he may not. Langdon is
able to count in its lineup to date quite
a bunch of home players, who in their
practice games of the present week are
developing in a way which indicates
they will be on the job when it comes to
holding up their end in the struggle for
the leagues pennant at the end of the
season.
From the practice games played dur
ing the week, Manager Reed
that the lineup of Langdon's league
team in its opening games for tomorrow
afternoon and evening will find the
following wearing the uniform OF grey
and maroon: Johnny Monnet at first
base; Fred Malone at second base; Carl
Boyer at short; Ernie Zeiper at third
base; Billy Scott in the center Held;
Charlie Robertson in the left field; Alex
Robertson in the right field. The team
also includes as players Albert Drury.
G. A. Kohler, Charley Hamilton and
when the team puts on its first exhibit
ton tomorrow, all of these will be avail.
able. The game for Langdon will be
caught by Greedy who captains the
team and a good pitcher will be in the
box. Who just will hurl the horse-hide
sphere for Langdon in these games is not
yet decided. Either Boyer or Drury
may be called to pitch, OF it may be
Manager Reed has someone else in
captivity. who will be dressed IN the
grey and maroon. The Langdon team
has decided upon as Its umpires for the
season J. j. Boyd and w. A. Farrell. 1t
is also announced all games scheduled
for the league series, both at home and
away from home, will be double-headers,
both games being given credits and
debts in the per centage column.