The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1914-07-23
FRIDAYS GAME
WAS REAL BALL
Al Nations Waxed II To us, Of
Course, But Nothing Else :.
Was Expected
SCORE WAS TEN TO FOUR
Locals Suffered q Little From
Stage Fright But Played
Good Ball Anyway

Playing ball all the way the All
Nations and the Wahpeton teams
last Friday afternoon struggled
for supremacy on Island Park,
with the former on the long end OF
OF the score of 10 to 4. Except for
q few errors on the part of the
local players. more from stage
fright than anything else. the To-
Gals played every bit as good ball
as the All Nations did.
More than once the fans were
pulled to their feet and yelled
themselves hoarse by the air
tight work on the part of the To-
Gals. when the bases were filled
or partly so. Leon Elk had every
thing. although the catching Of
Birdsbill helped to a large extent.
fast one, then mixing a slow one,
with a curve following, Leon Elk
got away with eleven strikeouts.
Mendez: the Cuban. did not work
so hard, but with men on bases.
put everything he had on the
horsehide. but the locals gave him
plenty of trouble. getting nine
hits off of his delivery, while the
All Nations secured ten off of
Leon Elk. Mendez striking out on
ly three.
There were plenty of features
in the game and the fans were
kept on edge at every stage of the
game, never allowing a dull mo-
nent to lax the spirit of the crowd
present. Some of these features
were the hitting of Donaldson and
Mendez. the striking out of Blat-
iner. the All Nations heaviest hit
tor last year. He was struck out
four times, getting to first only
once, and then on an error by G..
Boil. Donaldson got three hits
out of four times at bat, walking
once. Mendez got five hits out
of six times up. The catching
Of Anderson's drive to center field
by Donaldson off his shoe strings,
was the best catch of the game.
Mendez and Jackson's base run
ming were also notable features,
the former running bases as
though he was born on the dia-
mond. Mendez has a record Of
beating the New York Giants All
Star team with Christy Mathew
son pitching, by shutting them
out to O, in Cuba, striking out
Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford, the
Detroit American League stars.
Getting nine hits off of his deliv-
cry is something the locals can be
proud OF.
The features on the local side
were the batting of Birdsbill, who
got three base init with G. Boil
hp1f ~
trying to stretch it into q homer:
G. Boil got two 2-base hits and
Hatch got two singles, one of them
being on the scratch order. Jor-
dan out in left field caught three
flies after hard runs. Although
he got but one hit out of four
times up he put the wood to the
pill every time he came to bat. The
work of Anderson at short helped
to great degree.
In the second inning with Don
aldson on third. a ground ball in
iured Root Gilles. and he played
the bench for the remainder of
the inning. Jordan in the left field
took third, and Geo. Max, who was
playing bench took left. The
players resumed their former po-
sitions in the next frame. In the
fifth Munell was hurt and Max
took center field, for the remain
der of the game.
Sam White. who played short
for the All Nation team, played
with the local Indian School team
for the last two seasons.
The following is the box score
Of the game.