Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-08-19
CLOSE GAME TO MARSHALL

Dawson Sentinel.
CLOSE GAME TO MARSHALL
Local Ball Team Loses Hard Game to
Professional Team Last Sunday
Afternoon.
Marshall won the opening game of |
the series from Willmar last Sunday
afternoon by a score of to S. For a
team supposed to be the fastest In the
state, the Marshall team proved woe
fully weak, and but for some great
support by the umpire, they would
have been beaten, and beaten decis-
lively, too. There is no doubt but what
the best player on the team was the
one who played just back of the pitch
er. He succeeded in presenting Mar
shall with two runs in the last half
of the eighth inning after Willmar
had forced ahead in their half.
Buck Johnson pitched for Willmar
and never in his life did he pitch
better game. Not trying to strike out
every man that faced him, he forced
most of them to pop flies or roll
grounders, and with decent umpire,
he would have done even better, as he
was forced to groove nearly every
pitch or it would be called a ball. It
seemed as if the Marshall batters had
a perfect understanding with the um-
pire, as, If the ball wasn't right over
the plate, the man would stand per-
fectly calm, and the umpire would
|holler-"Ball."
On the contrary, Marshalls crack
pitcher, 1rl Morse, was given warm
reception after the newness had worn
off. For three innings he succeeded
in puzzling the local hitters, but after
that they got to him. He was saved
as long as he was, only thru the mag.
nificent support given him by the
tenth man.
Marshall jumped ahead in the first
inning. With Harsted out, Lappin
singled to left and took third on
Pframer's single to right field. On a
double steal O'Donnell threw to sec
ond and Nelson returned the throw
to catch Lappin at home, but the
throw was wild. Kline singled to right
center, scoring Pframer and Kline
stole second. He went to third or
Browns long fly to Carlson and scor
ed on Kielty's error.
They scored another in the fourth
With one down, Paul Morse walked
and Mccarthy singled. Each man ad
vanced a base when Buck threw low
to Kielty to catch Mccarthy off first
Irl Morse flew to McGrew and Pau
Morse scored. Mccarthy was caugh
at third base, McGrew to O'Donnell tt
Nelson. The last Marshall runs came
in the 9Th and were the direct gift O
the umpire. With Harsted out Bucl
sent over five straight strikes to Lap
pin and the umpire called three o
them balls. Then Lappin hit to thu
left field fence, only fast fielding OF
the part of Nordstrom holding tn
hit to a double. Pframer followed
with a hit to right-center that Nord
strom couldn't quite reach, and Lap
pin scored. Pframer made third bas'
when Bob Johnson threw low to Dean
On the relay. He scored when kim
sent long sacrifice fly to McGrew.
Willmar scored one in the fourth
Dean was safe on Kelly's error AM
stole second. O'Donnell singled t.
fright center, scoring Dean. In at
tempting to sacrifice, Nelson popped
| to Morse and O'Donnell was doubled
at first. In the sixth McGrew bea
out an infield hit and took secon'
when Peck reached first on thir'
strike that was a wild pitch. HI
scored when Morse made another will
Ipitch. O'Donnell was thrown out a
third trying for that sack on tn
|play.
The big stuff came off in the 9Th
Bob johnson beat out an infie1d hi
land stole second. Lamb was thrown
|out at first by Kelly, but McGrew hi
to right field, scoring Bob. Kielt,
, sent Mac to third on an lnf1eld out
and Dean sent him home with the ty
ing run when he tripled to right field
Handschu then relieved Morse in tn
box. Dean caught Mccarthy an
IHandschu asleep and made q clear
lsteal of home. This put Willmar IL
the lead, but the umpire put his team
back in front again in the last of tn
eighth. The score:
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