New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-08-19
PFEIFFER BLANKS DOWNRIVER
TEAM WITH EASE UNTIL LAST
INNING.
ATHLETICS HIT SPENCER HARD
THRUOUT CAME.-ROSSMAN
IN LINEUP.

ourneyed to Mankato Sunday to see the
New Ulm Athletics and the Mankato
team tangle In hot baseball scrap, were
disappointed In the result, but were un-
animous in attributing the defeat to hard
luck. Beebe, who was scheduled to
twirl for New Tim failed to show up and
Pfeiffer did the pitching, Seifert going to
right field. And right here let it be said
that "Big Bill" pitched some game. As
everybody knows Pfeiffer has not been
doing any hurting this season, but the
way he set the Mankato bunch on their
heads for eight innings was revelation
to them all. He allowed only five hits
and if it had not been for dropped fly
in the final frame he would undoubtedly
have won his game.
New Ulm jumped into the lead at the
very start by cracking Spencer vigorously
scoring brace of runs in the first and
counting another marker in the third.
In the seventh three singles gave them
still another and as Pfeiffer had shut
Msnkato out for eight innings everyone
thot that the game was safely tucked
AWAY. But the downriver squad raj
lied with splendid courage and two walks,
q hit batsman, an error and couple of
hits scored enough runs to win in the last
of the ninth.
Claude Rossman, former Minneapolis
Association player, covered the initial
corner for New Ulm. He was also charg-
ed with an error, but as the play was on
one of the twisting grounders the mis-
take was partly excusable. skinny
Cordes, Ed. Friedl and "Chick" Williams
shared the hmelight with Pfeiffer when
sit came to scintillating demonstrations
xof the national pastime. Cordes handled
six chances at third in faultless fashion
and also banged out hit. He pulled
of the best play of the day when he ran
forty feet for a pop foul, grabbed the
sphere and then plunged headlong over
three-foot wire fence. That he still
had the ball when he picked himself up
surprised everyone and the fans gave him
quite hand. Friedl singled twice, walk
ed once, scored run, stole base and
handled his only chance, so that no
fault could be found with his playing in
amy particular. "Chick" whanged away
at Spencer's offerings for three bingles
and scored half Of the New Ulm runs.
With one gone in the opening session
Friedl walked and went to third on
."Chick's " swat to right. Rossman
banged one to Goodge, who threw out
Friedl at the plate. Pfeiffer singled to
right, scoring Williams and Rossman
counted on McCleary's poor throw to
third. Hodgins' fly was smothered by
A. Peterson. In the third Friedl singled
to left and "Chick" picked another blow
to right, sending the shortfelder to third.
Friedl registered on Rossman's out.
Salander to Morrow, and Pfeiffer rolled
to Spencer.
Seifert began the fifth with an infeld
single and went to second on Friedl's
smash to right after Cordes flew out to
Salander. C. Williams skied to C. Peter
son and then Seifert was nipped off the
middle hassock. In the seventh Dahms
walked with one in the morgue and was
forced by Seifert. Cordes dropped
single in the right center, '"Coach" going
to third. Friedl's puny grounder was
captured by Spencer.
The old wrecking crew came to the
front In the eighth, however, and another
run was chalked up. "Chick' Williams
began it with single to center and Ross
man duplicated the feat. Pfeiffer forced
Caesar" at second, but Williams went
to third on the out and big" Bill was