The Princeton union., 1914-09-24

Weeks, Louis Solberg, R. Malkson.
John Balfanz, Otto .Balfanz, Jock
Pierson, George Christianson, Rich
ard Ziebarth, Archie Whitcomb,
Henry Balfanz. The opposing team !:
John Fink, Fred Selofer, Joe Moline,
G. Hitler, Henry Peters, Gunder
George, Elmer Anderson. Harry
Nicholson, Jens Jensen and Tom
Nieson. Princeton proved too strong
for their opponents this time and
won the contest. E
BALL GAMES.
The base ball games at the fair
proved to be in keeping with the
other good amusements provided by
the fair association this year, and
the base ball fans attending the fair
were treated to three excellent ex-
hibitions of the national pastime.
The curtain raiser was pulled off
on Thursday and decided dispute
of long standing between the Long
Siding team and the Book leaguers.
Each team had beaten the other one
game during the summer season and
so the deciding game was arranged
to be played off at the county fair.
The game was hotly contested
affair from start to finish and went
one extra inning before the question
of supremacy could be decided. For
8 innings the teams struggled vail
antly with first one appearing as the
fayorite and then the other. At the
close of the 9Th inning it began to
look like Long Siding victory as
they were leading their cousins from
Book by one run-the score standing
I to s. But in the 9th Book took a
brace and pushed over one run while
the Long Siding lads were held score
less. This left the score in a tie and
it took an extra inning to finish the
battle. Evidently the squirt made
by the Book team in the 9th took all
their steam for in the 10th they
failed to come Through with any
thing to overcome the three run lead
that Long Siding had acquired in
their half of the 10th and so the bay
leaves went to the Long Siding slug
gers, I to 10.
The real thriller was played on
Friday when the fast East Side
A thletics from St. Cloud went down
to defeat before the Princetonians in
what proved to be the most exciting
game of the year. Up to the 18th
inning neither side was able to break
up the defense of the other long
enough to push lone run across the
registering station. During these
first six innings both teams played
air tight ball and with gilt edged
pitching on both sides the game
settled down into a question of
which team would break first The
first Wobble came on the part of
Princeton in the first half of the 7th
inning when Wilkes hit the first man
up with pitched ball. The runner
went to second on wild heave to
first to catch him off the base and
scored moment later on a low drive
to right field. Princeton refused to
have their spirits dampened by this
one run lead and came in with the
idea of getting one or more them.
selves. In this round Bill Roos by
skillful work on the bases worked
himself around to third and scored
when the St. Cloud catcher threw
high to third to catch the slippery
''Bill." In the Sth the locals put
the game away for keeps when the
punched hits on the St. Cloud twirle1
and succeeded in scoring three runs.
This ended the scoring for both sides
and the game was over, to l in
favor of the Princetonians.
So many good plays we're pulled of
on both sides that it is hardly fair
to mention any particular player, but
the all around playing of Wilkes, the
Princeton pitcher, was so far above
par that we can't help but mention
it. Coming from a near-sick bed the
big fellow donned his war bags and
pitched shut out ball for nine in
nings against one of the best teams
that has appeared at the local ball
yard this year. Besides his pitching
he batted for a percentage of 1000,
getting two singles and double out
of three trips to the plate. On the
fourth trip he was struck in the leg
with fast inshoot but gamely in
sisted on going ahead regardless of
the protests of the injured member.
It was just after he received this in
jury that st. Cloud got it's one run.
After this momentary let-up he
finished the game stronger than
ever.
On Saturday the base ball program
was brought to close when Milaca