New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-08-12
New Ulnl Blanks
Maroons Again
SPRINGFIELD DEFEATED HERE
SUNDAY IN EXCITING
CONTEST.
CRAWFORD BEATS SHOURDS IN
SENSATIONAL PITCHERS
BATTLE.

In one of the highest scraps ever seen
IN New Ulm diamond the New Ulm
Athletics trounced the Springfield
Maroons Sunday by a score OF l to y.
This is the third successive defeat the
sSprinefield team has received this
season and the second shutout. 1t
was a great pitchers battle between
Crawford, of New Ulm, and Shourds' OF
Springfield. The former had much
the better of the argument for ne tanned
fifteen of his opponents and almost
got away with no-hit contest. Inning
after inning Crawford held the visitors
without a hit and all of the fans were
pulling for a no-hit game. Frank dlo
not allow even the semblance OF blngle
until the game was practically over
and then a mistake in judgment gave
the Maroons their lone smash. With
two down in the ninth and two strikes
on the batter Crawford tried to slip
high one past Claus johnson and the
Maroon catcher nailed fine single to
right center.
New Ulm scored the only run OF the
game in the second inning on a walk,
an error and pinch single by Hanna
Williams. They had few more chances
to score but Shourds was almost as
niggardly in allowing hits as his oppo-
nent. Only three hits did the Athletics
CLEAN off his slants and eight of them
were retired on strikes. To show what
a great defensive battle it was all that
need be said is that only one man
reached third base in the entire game
New Ulm had eight runners arrive
safely at the initial corner and three OF
them managed to reach the next station.
Five Maroons went to first base during
the nine innings and three OF them
hooked their spikes into the middle
hassock in safety, but Crawford DID not
/. allow anyone to become so presumptuous
\. az to take third.
8 Altho New Ulm was charged with
4 three errors and Springfield with tWo'
both teams put up wonderful exhibition
4 in the field. Sparkling catches and
backhanded stops were pulled off with
astonishing ease and precision and the
fans were given numerous opportunities
to applaud. Ed. Friedl, New Ulm's
little shortfelder, pulled off one OF the
best catches ever seen in these parts
when he ran far into the outfield and
took Towne's Texas Lacquer over his
shoulder. The play robbed Towne OF
4. hit. "Hanna" Williams picked a
couple of long hits to center IN nice
fashion and Jones' play around the
initial sack for New Ulm was perfect
"Charlie" Pietsch played second base
for the Maroons a la Johnny Evers'
handling nine chances without skip
and Cady also played brilliant de-
fensive game at short.
With one down in the second frame
Jones walked and went to second when
johnson made poor return to Shourds'
Hodgins famed but the rabbit" came
thru with bingle to right and Jones
tore home with the only run OF the game
Williams was then caught in an attempt
to swipe the second corner. In the
last Of the fourth Friedl was hit. Cordes
popped out and Pfeiffer forced Fried
at second, Shourds to Pietsch. Jones
:, smashed the pill on the nose but the
Wind held it back and Appel managed
to get under it.
Three men reached first base for New
Ulrn in the last OF the fifth but everyone
of them was put out on the bases, sc
only three men were at bat. Hodglns
began it with a single and was forced by
H. Williams, Shourds to Pietsch. Dahms
then forced Hanna, Cady to Pietsct
and Dahms was snuffed out when ne
tried to pilfer second base. Crawford
led of with New Ulm's third and last
h hit in the home half of the sixth. Chick
y famed and Friedl sacrificed Frank tc
the next base but Cordes was thrown
out by Pietsch Pfeiffer reached first
on mu6 by Boelter in the last OF the
seventh and Jones pulled the sacrificial
stunt. Hodgins flew out to Cady and
then Shourds caught Pfeiffer mapping
of second.
Sprlngheld's chances to count did
not come very often. In the first inning
Boelter was safe on an error by "Chick'
and the Springfield outfelder stole
- Acond, but not one of the following
three could do anything with the
elusive sphere. Crawford's error and
stolen base put Boelter on second in the
third where he died when Peterson
famed. Smasal walked in the fifth and