Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-04-28

Hutchinson opens the base ball sea-
son next Sunday, at Hutchinson.
Morris has an all home team this
season, and they opened the season
with Graceville last Sunday.
If such thing is possible the WILL
mar and Morris teams will meet this
season. Last year games were sched-
uled for four successive weeks and
each one had to be postponed on &C.
count of rain.
Hancock and Herman will have
base ball teams in the field this year.
Meetings were held at both places
last week and it was decided to give
the home boys liberal support. Her.
man had fast team some years ago
and some of the old members wish to
get into the going again.
The Seminary base ball team will
journey to Kerkhoven Saturday for a
game with the team from that place.
Roy Christian will pitch for the Sem.
with brother Orlean behind the bat
Rannestad, Harstad, Nelson and Kav:
anaugh will play the infield with
Sand and two or three others work.
ing in the outfield.
A tennis club is being organized for
this city, and grounds will be put into
shape as soon as enough members are
enrolled. This popular sport has been
back number among most of the
people of this city, but with the organ
ization Of the club this year, some
good matches with neighboring teams
should be pulled off.
Neal McGrew, who is a candidate
for the base ball team at Ames, Iowa
met with some hard luck last week
He was scheduled to start the game
against the University of Chicago, as
the regular center fielder, but the al
ternoon before the game, he sprained
his ankle, thus losing his chance to get
into the game. With recovery from
the injury he is expected to be a reg
ular on the Ames team.
| The bad weather of Monday evening
did not prevent large turnout at the
base ball meeting. It was decided to
form an association, with a president
and secretary-treasurer, these Off
GERS to handle the financial end OF
the club, and the secretary to get the
games, leaving the manager to have
entire charge of the playing end.
The following were elected: w. E
Scott, president; Herbert Hengstler
secretary and treasurer; Arthur Carl
son, manager. The manager was Civ
en- the power to appoint an assistant
to act during the managers absence.
AS soon as the weather permits
work will be started on the park, ant
everything made ready for the open
ing game. All Of the veterans lief
from last years team, who are here
Nordstrom. Neal McGrew, Archie
Carlson and Billy Williams will all b.
back when school is out, and will
Claude Gordhamer will form the neu
cleus Of new team. Games will b.
scheduled with Benson, Morris, Co
kato, Dassel, Waverly, couple o
city teams and any others who carr
to play. Prospects for successful
season are bright, in fact more so thai
in previous years, owing to the gener
Gus response Of the business men u
furnishing financial backing for tn
team.
i The high school base ball team
played their first game of the seaso1
last Saturday afternoon, when the,
were defeated by Kerkhoven, at tn
latter place, by score of 10 to IL
The game was anything but good ez
hibitiOn of base ball, both teams kick
ing the ball around in great shape
Otto Kunz was forced to pitch tn
whole game, and that with his arm S
sore he could scarcely raise it to
level with his shoulder. At that h
allowed but five hits, and but for som
very bonehead work on the part O
his support, would have won. Ne
gard, pitching for the winners accom-
plished the unusual feat of strikin
out ten batters in three innings. TIL
catcher dropped the third strike o
one man, making this possible. Fo
] Willmar Severinson and Bergman pu
up good games. There will have t
: be a big Improvement in the gener:
all around work of the team if the
expect to make any showing this Sc;
son. They were handicapped gres
deal too, by the absence of Johnston