Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-08-26
Notes Of the Game.

Notes Of the Game.
Carlson was the only Willmar out
fielder to be credited with a put out,
and he had two to his credit, both of
them coming early in the game.
Nordstrom's two base hit was ter
rifle wallop that went a mile over the
left fielder's head. On a fast field he
could have made three bases on it
easily.
Fred Mann's double in the fourth
was another long drive that went be-
tween Williams and Carlson. 1t was
the first hit made of of Joe in the
game.
In the last four innings but thirteen
men faced Lefty Needham, and Of the
thirteen, he famed six. Four of them
went out at first base and two popped
infleld flies.
Mccarthy, tho visiting left fielder
had the only chance that was offered
the visiting gardeners. It was a long
drive from the bat Of Joe Holmberg
in the eighth inning.
The visitors made but five assists
during the game, while the locals
made nineteen. One team was hit
ting grounders and the others were
popping flies and striking out.
Needham was awfully wild, altho he
sure was effective. He walked but
one man but he was charged with
three wild pitches, and in each case
they helped towards Willmar run.
The hitting and fielding of McGrew
and the hitting of Peck Kielty and
Buck Johnson were sadly missed dur
ing the game. Either Of these might
have inserted a timely wallop, when
it would have done the most good.
The crowd was not as large as u.s.
ual, but that was no doubt due to the
weather conditions, as there had been
no home game for some time. Wheth-
er the team will play any more games
or not, is, at this writing, uncertain.
The playing field was in pretty good
shape considering the hard rains Of
Friday and Saturday nights. 1t took
a lot of hard work during the morn
ing to fix the diamond up, but by the
time the game was called, it was In
pretty fair shape.
Pichas hit in the fourth inning was
a peculiar one. He sent a roller
down the third base line and the
ball hit the sack; as Dean was about
to field it the ball took bad hop
and struck him in the face. Outside
of bloody nose, the results were
not serious, altho he did have some
trouble seeing after the accident.
Nordstrom, behind the bat, had the
highest day he has had for some time
He had but six chances during the
course of the game. Lamb had eight.
cen, and was the real busy bee of the
infield, altho Benny Nelson had ten
and Bob Johnson eight chances. The
latter accepted all of his without a
skip, while the former were charged
with errors.
The crowd got busy with a venge
ance in the last half Of the seventh
inning. Most of them congregated
along the third base line and started
in yelling, as they have done in Sc
many games this year, that the locals
have won towards the end. It looked
for minute as tho it was going tC
help this time, too. as Bob Johnson
got life when Grogan dropped a
throw. Bob went to second on a pass
ed ball, but died there, as the neces
sary hit was absent.
Choppy Dean, who has been putting
up great article of ball at third base
for Willmar this year, Is working Out
at Nicollet Park, Minneapolis, under
the watchful eye of Roy Patterson, the
veteran Minneapolis pitcher. The
Millers are sadly in need Of some
lyoung blood to bolster up the team
and Dean is being tried out at thu
short stop position, the place that hi
' lplayed during his high school career
When the Minneapolis team return:
the sixth of September, it is expected
The will be given a chance to show