Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-05-23
DAVIS DID WELL
FOR THE LOCALS
Pitched Great Game Until
Eighth Inning, When He
Got a Little Wild.
CoRBETT STARTED
AND WAS HIT HARD
Five Safe Drives Melted four
Runs For Winona Crew
in the First Frame.

Lefty" Huerta Davis opened his
guerrilla war campaign yesterday aft
ernoon, but after nine furious attacks,
he was repulsed by the Flickertails,
-in-Chief Wheeler. 1t was long.
strenuous battle. and the locals fought
the invaders to q standstill. finally
emerging from the fracas rs win
ner.
Lefty" got nawsty during the ninth
attempt to capture the local strong
hold, and as a result Spike" Shan
non shuffled him of the field. And
when Lefty" returns to the head
quarters of the family cash box he
won't find so much left" The
Northern league mint chest will be
benefited as result Of his little ora
tion on 1.-The Curses Of an Umpire.
And one Mr.. Croake, who does his
best to hold down first sack for the
would-be champions. endeavored to
complete Davis little oration, and
he, too. had to take his departure
from the scene of conflict and take
his stand on a nearby hill with the
motion picture operators and watch
place.
It Was Some Fight.
In the vernacular of Bob Boese. "it
was some battle" Both teams were
out to sneak away with the cheese,
but all the Winona gang could grab
was a mouthful of three-year-old lim-
burger But as limburger requireth
little chawing, Bowry Collins can de-
YOUR it with ease.
Ted Corbett, who Joined the local
machine gun company last week,
started to lead the Flickertails
through yesterdays battle. but his
arlra fst 1rHSt ~ I'D
he was successfully slammed. After
one man had been smothered at first,
Corbett loosened up like a tennis
racquet in water and was punched for
four singles and a double. Said
punches. together with a bad peg by
Peters. sent four Winona men scurry-
ing across the tally counter.
Davis Pitches Great Ball.
After the fifth man had taken a
punch at Corbett, Wheeler sent him
to the guard house for repairs. and
summoned Davis to lead the attack
Davis pitched grand game of ball
for six innings, during which he held
the invading gang hitless. While al
dandy single which sent in the two
runs that placed Grand Forks in the
lead
But he weakened in the eight ses-
sion. One man singled. and he hi,
two, after which a long sacrifice fly
scored one for the visitors. Three
more men were hit in the ninth in
ming, which, together with a single
forced in the tieing run.
Donley was called to the rescue, AMI
!, he succeeded in stopping the onward
march by striking out Schnizel, VIII.
had to replace Davis in right field.
The Winona men had Davis pretty
well worried in the last two sessions
But be eit said to the young hurler's
credit: the invading crew used meth.
DDS they have become famous or in.
famous for in doing 1t. At least two
men deliberately stepped into Davis
wide balls. But, then, we shoule
Davis Used Three.
Davis had a hard time with hi.
hurlers. Keller started out, and h.
passed the first three men up, afte,
which he was yanked. Snow replaced
him, and, aided by the high wind
managed to pull out of bad hole
Three high f1ys retired the locals with
out a run. Snow lasted for four NOR,
innings, during which he was tapped
for five hits and four runs. TheI
Olaf Toraason took the mound. Ola
is southpaw and had fairly gooc
success. Two hits in the seventh wer,
enough to put Grand Forks in tn,
lead by pair Of tal1ies. and the win
ming run came in the ninth.
After the first inning, when five hit
yielded them four runs, Winona di,
not score again until the eighth. Con
nell flew out to McGraw, and Weigan
singled to left. Collins was hit an,
SO was Davis. Croake sent out a lon,
sacrifice fiy to McGraw, which score,
Weigant. Davis stole second an,
Collins stole third. Fautsch went out
Wheeler to Sampson.
The tieing score was forced in II