The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-01
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Great Ball and Take
Third Straight Game

According to the Grand Forks pa
pers, old man hard luck is beating
their team into a pulp. That is the
latest alibi. They blame it on the UNI
pires up there, they blame it on bone
headed base running on the part of
their team, they blame it onto any
thing and everything rather than give
the opposition credit for playing the
game better than their faltering ath-
letes.
Here is the mournfuI story, as re-
lated in the columns of The Herald: /
Low over the western prairie the
lengthening shadows fell while the
sky, blazing with the last rays Of the
setting sun that tinted the heavens in
and darkness settled down, hiding
from view the battle-ground where
suffered the brave. Softly and with
bowed head the last solemn rites were
said above the heroes who fell and
the thud, thud of the sod as it cover
ed over awoke CHASTITY echoes through
the gloom.
Thus were the Flickertails placed to
rest in fourth I'laCe last evening, VIC
Tins again of Unglaub's warning bar
harians, invaders of this peaceful vale,
who carried off the third straight con-
test in the present series by a score OF
3 to 1.
There is grief in camp. Weeping
and wailing and gnashing of teeth
goes up, n there is cause. We don't
mind being beaten, in fact we enjoy
a good sound drubbing, but ye gods,
when all the hosts of i'll luck perch on
the banner of the local team and re-
fuse to be driven off, men become des-
perate. You laugh! Then listen.
Last night Morse took his position
in the box for the locals, and every
one knows when Morse is right he is
unbeatable, in ract there is not a
pitcher in seven leagues that can
touch him on these occasions. n he
was at his best last evening. He al
lowed six scattered hits, passed four
men and struck out eight. Dumont for
the visitors pitched a good game, IN
fact he Was in great form, but seven
bingles were gathered off his delivery.
He struck out four and Iassed four.
Again every n of the three errors
made by the locals counted in the
scoring, while the W by the Twins
went without cost. More, the locals had
nine men die ON bases, several times
with two on and one out and the last
with the bases crowded and but one
down. These are blu a few of the
many instances, numerous line drives
being placed carefully in locations
where the visitors could annex them
without moving, otherwise they would
have been clean hits, ct cetera, ct
.cetera.
But to cease the moaning If there
isn't a cross-eyed girl in the crowd
every night then it must be worse.
Here is the tale. Morse started OF
in fine shape. Two men went down
and he; passed the third, but he
strayed Ntoo far off first and Steve
caught him mapping. The Flickers
began under the gun in their half of
the first inning. McGraw flew out,
hut Foster poked out a clean drive
for three bases m Flaherty brought
him homo with a long sacrifice fly to
center field. This ended the scoring
so far as the Forkers were concerned.
Numerous times they had Dumont in
tight places and threatened to score,
but weak popups and dribbling
grounders were all that could be
~uqeeze out Of him and the men
died on bases. In the third with two
down, McGraw singled and Foster
drew a. pass, but the best that Flaherty
could do was a fly to center field that
was placed so that Weidell did not
have to move for it.