Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-07-22
BIG CROWD SEES GAME
Cckato Goes Down to Defeat on Home
Grounds Last Sunday Afternoon
in Hard Game.

Twelve hundred bowling base ball
fans were treated to great exhibi-
tion Of base ball at Cokato last Sun
day afternoon when the Willmar and
Cokato teams met in their second
game of the season. The final score
was 8-5 with Willmar on the long end
The game was one of the hardest
fought that the locals have played
this year and was full of thrilling
plays, good pitching and terrific hit
ting by the Willmar bunch. It must
be added, too, that it was full of UNI
piring such as it was. .4-@-~..> r., - So So
- The team thot they had struck
some bum decisions at Spicer the
week before, but some of the stuff the
jumps pulled off Sunday at Cokato was
awful. The Cokato men themselves
admitted that he was off on several
decisions on bases. His work on balls
and strikes was pretty good, but he
more than made up for it by other
decisions.
Never before have Willmar rooters
made themselves heard so much at a
ball game as at Cokato. With a big
bunch packed in along the first base
line, and another along the third base
line, they made themselves heard
from cfort fC finish hn1r11 ,1,o1
lot too.
After Nelson and McGrew were out
in the first Kielty tripled over the left
fielder's head and scored when Dean
singled passed short.
They added another in the second
when Buck singled over short and
went to second on passed ball, scor-
ing on Bob Johnson's clean single to
left.
The next Willmar runs came in the
fifth. With one out B. Nelson dou-
bled over first base and scored on
McGrew's single to center. Kielty sin
gled to left, sending McGrew to third
and Dean flew to center field. Nc
Grew then scored when "Gabby'"' Mel
son threw high to catch him at third.
Lamb then got three balls and two
strikes and fouled off six straight, fin
ally getting a base on balls. He stole
second and scored with Kielty when
Buck doubled to center field.
Willmar didn't score again until the
ninth inning, when they added two
runs and cinched the game. This
ninth inning was one of the most re-
markable innings we have ever seen
Seven men went to bat and every one
Of the seven singled yet Willmar was
able to score but two runs Benny
Nelson led off by singing to right, and
McGrew dropped one in left. Nelson
was thrown out at home when Kielty
singled to left. McGrew and Peck
scored on Deans hit to right center
and "Choppie" was caught off second
Lamb, Buck and Obbie then followed
with hits and the former was thrown
out at home.
Cokato scored three in the third
Juntilla was hit and scored on Carl
sons double to center, Carlson scored
on Schneiderhan's triple to right anG
the latter scored on an out at first
Wreisner then tripled to left, but dice
on third when the redoubtible Nelson
famed.
They added two more in the sixth
without the aid of hit. Wreisne1
was hit with one out. Gabby agar
famed and Heed was hit by pitched
ball, and both advanced on a passed
ball. Both men scored when Nelson
threw low on Jestus' grounder.
This was all for Cokato, altho the.
started well in the ninth. Gabby sin
gled to right and then Buck caugh
him off first. Heed lined to Nelson
and Jestus walked. Juntilla hit II
front of the plate and kicked the bal,
Nordstrom thinking he was out threw
to Lamb, but the throw was poor
and the jumps allowed him his base
McGrew captured Carlson's long g.
and the game was over. ]
The score: @.5#z