The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-08-06
HANKINSON MADE MI
IT TWO STRAIGHT
Each Time BY the Close Score Of
to 9. and Tates the Money
Home With Them
The PLAYERS DISCUSSED

The PLAYERS DISCUSSED
In q Brief Resume OF the 8eason,s
Games. Which Have Now
Como to An End
1t is all over. Hankinson won
the last one & to Z, making it two
straight. She also took that $500
side bet, which each team posted
previous to the series. the best 2
out of three. That Hankinson won
ON the breaks of the game, mex
cusable errors by Boil, Hatch and
rank bonehead by Anderson on
short. which we will explain later,
is the whole story in short. Out
hlttlng their opponents and also
making more sensational catches,
does not always prove the factor
by which heavy odds are some
times overcome. for Hamkinson
with her all-home, and consistent
playing team did the trick That
Mgr. Christianson. has had to de-
velop players for one position and
another has been consistent
jinx all season. Now and then
a new player would appear for
practice, full of pep" and ginger.
grabbing them ali in "a la link.
schappeiie" % When N put euote to the iaotner test:
would not let him get the work,
steadiness and team work out of
each individual player. For here
is a case: There was man on
first. and one ON third, two gone:
Birdsbill who was catching, cut
her through when the man al
tempted to reach second. Boil
dropped the ball. man safe at sec
ond and man on third scores.
Shortstop Anderson, should have
come up and taken the throw
between pitcher and second. re-
turned it home. providing he saw
the runner to second couldn't be
caught. Whether this man could
have done so providing Boil had
held ball is matter of speculation.
To those. who have held Birdsbill
responsible we wish to say that
he was not. because he made the
proper and only play. rd-Short-
stop Anderson was the one re-
sponsible for the man scoring.
Boil at second missed a couple
that he should have had and so did
Hatch miss one after it had fallen
into the we'll. Birdshill and Selke
have proven a great battery. as
also have their helpmates Jordan
and Leon Elk. and that there are
no better batteries in 'this neck
of the woods" is a known fact.
Jordan fielding i'm left field was
not only sensational, but a revel-
alton to many as to what that boy
really can do. always alert. con-
tented and last of all. always in
the game from start to finish. A
good sticker and a heady ball
player. besides being able to play
any position on the team With ac-
curacy.
| Gilles at third. although trihe
off at the start of the season. was
one of the leading hitters for
Wahpeton, besides playing third
i'm grand style. getting 4 hits out
of eight times up. one of which
was a home run. which occurred
i'm Sundays game. Anderson at
short is the leading sticker. get
ting 6 hits out of times at bat.
which were as follows. 1 3-base: !:
3 2-base and 2 single base hits. He
has proven himself a very good
fielder and base runner.
Phil Boil. the first sacker and
G. Boil at second have played good
bali most all season. with G. Boil
leading with the stick and Phil
in fielding. This is G. Boll's first
season of base ball in any thing
like fast company and at that he
has not played all season, SO what
might be termed bad errors ON his
part. was no doubt due more to
nervousness and stage fright than
not being able to get them.
In the field. Jordan. Hatch and
Munnell. with Max as a substitute
in the series. have proven a very
good outlield in most games. Max
being grand fielder but weak at
the stick. Hatch covers lots Of
ground, making hard catches
seem simp>e. but when a ball fell
into his hands, without any ef-
fort. that only ''too sure" egima
would be at its height. Munnell is
a young player, hardly more than
a boy, who will develop into a fast
man with another year of train
ing.
The Times wishes to thank the
boys who played for the colors Of
Wahpeton. always endeavoring to
return the winner. no matter how
things looked; and it is no more
than right that the public ought
to feel grateful toward them. Al
ways gentlemanly in their man
mer of playing and always court
eous to their opponents on or off
the field of battle.
Mgr: Christianson wishes to
'side fans. who have attended the
games here. that there will be no
more ball playing here this sea-
son. feeling that there has
been enough ball to satisfy the
fans and heartily wishes to
thank the fans for their most
loyal support and to publicly
THANK the hOys who fOnk his ord