Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-08-05
=wlLLMAR WINS GREAT GAME

NiLLMAR WINS GREAT GAME
Sensational Ninth Inning Finish Turns
Certain Defeat Into Glorious
:. Victory for Locals. ~,
There were some very sad base ball
fans in this city last Sunday evening.
There were also some very happy
ones. The sad ones were those who
left the park In the ninth inning, az
ter the Minneapolis Athletic Club
team had scored four runs, and appar-
emily cinched the game. The happy
ones were those who were faithful,
those who stayed to get their moneys
worth, and say, maybe they didn't get
it? Coming from behind in the last
inning and sending five runs over the
pan, pulling the game out of the fire,
is something that you some times read
about, but seldom see. That's what
those who left will have to read about,
while those who remained had the
pleasure of seeing.
The first inning opened rather
gloomily from a Willmar standpoint.
Nichols leads off by getting a pass,
and, after trying twice to bunt, john
ME McGovern caught one on the end
of his bat and drove it down the left
field foul line for three bases, scoring
Nichols. McGovern scored moment
later when Nordstrom let fast one
get away from him. George Capron
hit the first ball pitched to him for a
three Dagger between left and center,
and he cantered home when Nord-
strom had another passed ball. I'm
dunn and o. Gordhamer struck out.
From then on, until the ninth inning,
Coy held them in the palm of his big
left NIT, altho they threatened to
score in several innings.
In the fifth John Paul Jones, the
first man at bat was safe on Nc
Crews error and Swaggert struck out.
Then Jones took too long a lead off
first, and Coy nipped him fiat footed
off the sack. Mccarthy then walked
and Nichols singled to left field, but
McGovern rolled to Coy. With one
down in the sixth, Capron doubled to
center field, and Undum got an inf1eld
hit, when Kielty failed to handle his
high fly in front of the plate. A fly
out to right field and Jones' strike out
ended this rally. With the first two
men out on strikes in the seventh they
threatened again. Nichols beat out
an infield hit, that Nelson knocked
down but couldn't recover, and Nc.
Govern got life when Coy fumbled
his roller. Gordhamer grounded to
Bob at second, forcing McGovern.
| The blow off came in the ninth.
with one down burst walked and Nc
Carthy was hit. Nichols singled to
right scoring Durstand, Mccarthy and
Nichols advanced on the throw in.
McGovern singled to center, scoring
both men, and he scored when Coy
threw Capron's roller away. o Cord
hamer popped to Coy for the last out
| Willmar got one run back in the
first inning. After Capron had made
a swell catch of Nelson's line drive
McGrew walked and stole second
Kielty was called out on strikes, but
Dean came along with left field sin
gle scoring Mac. They tied the score
in. the third inning. With two down Nc.
Grew again walked and stole second,
scoring on kelly single to left field
Peck took second on the throw in and
scored when Dean singled to left
again. Choppie tried to come all the
way in on the left fielder's error, but
was thrown out at the plate. Bad
base running cost a run in the fourth.
Coy singled and Nordstrom sacrificed.
Carlson singled to short left center
and Coy tried to score, but was
thrown out. Bob Johnson singled and
stole second with no one down in the
fifth, but the necessary bingle was
not there. In the eighth Kielty dou,
bled to left with one down but died
on second. Then came the great raj
ly in the ninth.
| Nordstrom sent hard roller to
second, and the ball took jump right
into the baseman's hands. Carlson
rolled to McGovern, who fumbled, and
Billy Williams followed with a roller
to Jones at third, first he fumbled and
then threw wild, Carlson scoring all
the way from first base. Bob John.
son then followed with a beautiful
drive down the left field foul line, out
into the pasture. The ball lodged un-
der some rocks and Bob completed
the circuit, behind Billy. Along about
this time the crowd was getting crazy.
Nelson sent high fly to Mccarthy
and he very obligingly dropped it, Nc
Grew hunted, and was thrown out at
first. This put it up. to Peck to bring
in the tying run, but he drew a pass
and up came Choppie Dean who had
already made two hits. With a strike
and ball, he singled passed Meow
ern and Nelson scored the tying run,
Kielty taking third. Coy then rolled
slow teaser to Undum and he oblig-
ingly kicked it, kelly coming over
with run number five for the inning.
The official score:
M. A. c. ABB R H Pc A e
Nichols, ........ 4 2 3 II 0
McGovern, So 49,. 5 2 q 2 2
w. Gordhamer, h.. 5 90 8 0
Capron, Of ........@5 2 2 0 /
Undum, 2b ........ S % 2 2 1
o. Gordhamer, IT,. 0 o. 0 0