New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-09-09
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New Ulm's victory over Comfrey
Sunday by a decisive score settles the
Brown County championship for the
season OF 1914 beyond a doubt. The
Athletics have trounced the Springfield
Maroons in three out of four games,
handed Sleepy Eye a pair of beatings
and their shutout over Comfrey demon
strated their superiority. The figures
were to 0. Hundreds Of people turned
out to see the entertainment which the
Fair Association had provided for them,
the surrounding towns sending their
share Of them into the city by auto, team
and rail. The ball game was the main
attraction, however, as was shown by
the fact that practically everyone left
after the contest.
Boots" Hippert earned the right to
twill for the Athletics by his great work
for the Pirates and Nicollet teams
this season and he responded in noble
style by pitching perfect game. Had
it not been for bobble by Friedl in the
eighth inning not Comfrey man would
have reached first. The error, however,
was partly excusable because of the
awful condition of the grounds and as
the runner could not advance further
than the initial corner nobody cared.
Fourteen of his opponents were retired
on strikes and Hippert threw out six
Comfrey batters on infeld taps, fielding
his position in great fashion.
New Ulm played fine ball both de-
fensively and Extensively. They cracked
out only eight hits off Engel, but managed
to insert them at precisely the right
moments. They ran the bases with
speed and considerable cleverness, getting
a total of seven thefts. ''Chick" Viii
ians led in this line of attack with three
stolen cushions. They would have
garnered several more clean swats had
it not been for some exceptionally
snappy work by the Comfrey fielders.
Hippert was the bright and shining light
for New Ulm, but Hodgins' work behind
the bat aided him considerably. Laehey
cracked one over second base in the
third inning that looked good for hit,
but Friedl raced over, scooped the ball
on the run and threw him out. 1t was
the only hard chance New Ulm had.
The Athletics started the fans to
shouting in the very first inning by
scoring two runs without getting a hit.
Cordes walked and Friedl sacrificed.
Skinny" emulated Ty Cobb by going
to third on the out "Chick" was
wounded by one of Engel's close curves
and then stole second while Engel
fondled the ball. Boelter's out, Keim
to Anderson, scored Cordes and 'Chick'
counted on a wild pitch. Hippert
singled in the second with one out but
neither H. Williams or Dahms could
advance him.
Three more runs were chalked up in
the fourth. Hodgins doubled to center.
Thompson walked and both counted on
'Hanna's'' two base smash to left after
Hippert famed. Dahms flew out to
right and Williams made third after the
catch. Cordes singled, scoring the
!" Rabbit" and was then nipped off first.
In the seventh Cordes doubled with two
out and pulled a clever delayed steal of
third. Friedl smote one to deep left
for the circuit, Cordes scoring ahead of
him. C. Williams walked and stole
second but Boelter's fly was taken by
Schmitten. L. Armstrong; error,
Thompson's single, an out and a safety
by H. Williams brot the total up to
eighth for the home crew in the eighth
inning. Lindemann, batting for Dahms
was hit, filling the bases, but C6rues
famed and Fried rolled to Engel.
Anderson was the only Comfrey man to
reach first base, an error by Friedl in the
eighth with two out giving him a life.
Hippert took no chances on Laehey
and threw him out himself