New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-08-05
John Donaldson
Beats New UJlnl
FAMOUS SOUTHPAW FANS TWEEN
TY ONE OF THE ATHLETICS
SUNDAY.
q !. AZ TWlRLs GREAT BALL
But RECEIVES MISERABLE
SUPPORT.

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SUPPORT.
The hooks and sweeping curves of
John Donaldson, to say nothing Of his
were enuf to defeat N W Ulm
in their game with the All Nations
Sunday. New Ulm was presented with
a run in the first inning and with Craw-
ford pitching mastery ball retained the
lead until the sixth when the visitors
pushed two across. Thereafter they
scored in every inning and the final
summary shows the score to in the
Affiliations favor.
The rangey lefthanded negro certainly
had something on that old pill for he
allowed but two hits and struck out
twenty one of the Athletics, which is a
tanning record for New Ulm for the 1914
season. A walk, brace of stolen bases
and an error gave the local men score
in the opening inning, but after that the
opportunities to count were few and far
between, as only two more men reached
first base.
But while talking about good pitching,
Frank Crawford must also be mentioned.
The New Ulm twirler did some wonderful
work in the box, striking out fourteen Of
the heavy hitting All Nations. He
allowed eight bingles but four of them
were obtained after the game had been
thrown away. Of the half dozen runs
scored by the All Nations only one was
earned off Crawford's pitching and that
came with two down in the eighth frame.
The Athletics played great ball until
the sixth inning. Until the break came
they felded in sensational style and dis
played plenty of pep and ginger, but
when they broke they went all to pieces
and five errors were charged against
them. Chick" Williams apparently had
an off day at second for he made two
errors and did not get hit. However,
he did smash one on the nose in the ninth
which ordinarily would have been good
for at least three bases, but Brandal
made a wonderful running catch and cut
off the hit.
Sheldon, playing first for the Athletics,
put up q great game until the last few
innings, and then, when the game W
lost, he joined the rest of the kickers and
kicked the ball around. In the hitting
line not much need be said for the
Athletics but Hanna" Williams and
Pfeiffer undoubtedly deserve honorable
mention for getting the New Ulm hits.
Mendez was the hero of the afternoon
with the willow, for the Cuban connected
for a single, double and triple in five
trips to the plate. 1t was his single that
started the rumpus in the sixth inning
and his daring steal of third with one
down that drew bad throw from
Hodgins, resulting in the first score for
the All Nations. Donaldson was the
only other man to get more than one hit
off Crawford, the southpaw getting a
single and double in four times at bat.
With two down in the first inning
Brandal punched a line drive to left,
the ball bounding past Dahms. Brandal
tried to make third on the hit but was
thrown out. Donaldson started off on
his strikeout record stunt by tanning
Cordes and H. Williams, but Chick
drew walk. He stole second and third
and then Pfeiffer dumped one in front
of the plate. Schoenburg made low
throw to first and the first score of the
game was chalked up.
Only two other New Ulm players
reached first in the nine innings. In the
last Of the third with two down "Hanna"
Williams picked a hit to right and stole
second, but C. Williams famed and re-
tired the side. Pfeiffer began the last
Of the fourth with New Ulm's second and
final hit of the day. After Hodgins and
Friedl struck out Pfeiffer swiped the
middle cushion but Sheldon went, the
way Of the great majority and took three.
Donaldson singled to center to start
the second session. Blatnier attempted
to sac li but Sheldon gathered in his
pop foul. Dunbar. struck out and
Jackson forced Donaldson at second,
Friedl making the play unassisted. A
walk 70 Mikami opened the third, but
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