The Princeton union., 1914-07-09
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Princeton Ball Team Goes Down to
Defeat in Two Close and Exciting
Games of Base Ball.
Contests Are Played at Princeton
Fair Grounds and Large Number
of Fans Attend Them.

Fair Grounds and Large Number
Of Fans Attend Them.
In two Of the most thrilling ball
games ever staged on local diamond
the Princeton ball team went down
for the count in both games. The /
Grown team of the Minneapolis city
league was the aggregation that sue
ceeded in accomplishing what no
other visiting ball team has been
able to Go this season. While de-
feated in both contests Princeton
went down with flying colors and
put up gallant fight at all stages of
the game and as a result the fans
had no occasion to feel dissatisfied.
No ball team can win all contests
and both of these games were so
close that it would have taken very
little to change the result. Wilkes
was on the firing line for Princeton
in both contests and pitched mas
terly ball. While on the whole his
support was good, at certain times it
was rather Wobbly and Princeton's
eTrols appeared to come at the most.
critical stages of the game Aside
from his superb pitching he also did
valiant work with the bat and in the
second contest drove in two runs
with his bludgeon. Skahen was at
the receiving station and his uner-.
ring peg was factor in both con-.
tests. Jones did the heavy work for.
the visitors in the first contest and
also went in and finished the second
game. Duffy pitched the second
game up to the ninth inning. Fuhr-'
man was at the receiving station and
caught good ball.
Saturdays contest was witnessed
by an enormous throng of people and
the game surely was spectacular.
The visitors were the. first side at
bat and they went right after the
game from the start and aided by
some costly errors managed to push.
two runs over the plate. Prince ton
was retired scoreless in their half,
The visitors scored again in the.
second round and Doane completed
the circuit for Princeton in the lat
ter half of the inning. In the third
and fourth innings Wilkes was in
great form and moved down the
visiting batsmen without mercy.
Princeton was blanked in the third
inning but in the fourth inning they
scored twice. Berg and Smith each
poled out safe bingles after two men
we're down. Doane connected for
the line drive that scored them.
The two teams were on equal foot
ing at the beginning of the fifth
inning as each side had three runs.
The Crowns, however, forged ahead
in the fifth inning by crossing the
registering station and blanking
Princeton. Princeton was still very
much in the game, however, and in
the sixth inning blanked the visitors
and then proceeded to even up the
score again, Skahen completing the
circuit. However this was Prince
toms last run of the game and the
visitors clinched matters in the
eighth inning by pushing two runs
over the pan, winning the contest
by score of 6 to 4.
Sundays contest was even more
exciting than Saturdays and again
the fans we're treated to nerve
wrecking fray. Several times the
score was tie and at other times
one side would forge ahead only to
lose the lead again. Never was the
final result of ball game more in
doubt and it was necessary to play
ten innings to decide the question of
supremacy.
The visitors assumed the lead right
at the start by scoring one run and
blanking Princeton in their half.
Neither side scored in the second
round. Inthe third inning the *vis-
itors Increased their lead by annex
ling another run and again blanking
the locals. 1t looked rather dubious
from a local viewpoint at this stage
of the game, but in the fourth. iI1-
ming the faithful Princeton fans
were given an opportunity to indulge
in some real enthusiastic roofing.
In this inning the Crowns we're
blanked and then Princeton started
a terrific batting rally that netted
them four runs. Barrett was first
up for Princeton and he connected
for safe one but was forced out
at second when Mallette sent fast
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