Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-09-08

TRIBUNE sPoRT COLUMN

i MurdOck. defeated Benson, at Ben
son . week ago Sunday. and naturally
they felt pretty jubilant over the vic
tory. They have right to. that is q
cinch. as they accompl ished what but
one other team has done this season.
In speaking Of the game. the Murdoch
Leader Of last week. has the follow
ing to say: s...# *.=:
''Murdock received message to
come and get their needings' and,
Kennedy, the 'Stalhngs' of Murdoch
took his miracle ball team up to Ben
son last Sunday and showed up the
Imaginary Northwestern Champions
Of the Village OF Benson by the score
Of to 2. Larson, our star pitcher
found the WOULD BE heavy hitters
of Benson about the lightest batters
facing him this season, striking out
Is men and giving them two little
scratch hits, and il he had received
the usual support of his fellow team
mates he would of had q shut out.
OverIconfdence and lack of ability
of the Benson players to stand up
under the smoke Of Larson's fire"
broke their consistent winning streak
and also failed to show the Murdoch
and DeGraff rooters that they have
the right to claim the championship
of the northwest. -.
Here Is what the Litchfield Ledger
thinks of the work of Lefty Curran
of Minneapolis. hired to pitch for the
T itohAo11
"The first game between Cokato and
Litchfield opened rather gloomy for
the locals, Notwithstanding there
were seven hired men on the job with
Lefty Curran and Red Stark doing
the battery work to put Litchfleld in
the pace. Boosting for the locals was
changed In the first few innings to
groans for the sensational. stunts in
flicted by the brilliant work of Lefty
on the slab. There were few errors
by others, but they were beautifully
outclassed and lost sight of for those
by the hired pitcher, who, among 9TH
er good things, passed two men to first
base when bases were full, giving Co.
kato two scores by failure to get the
ball over the plate in eight throws,
and there were too many other moves
like these to remember. He should
have played on the bench after the
first inning. Some of the players
fought hard to overcome the setback
and at the finish there was something
doing. The score was tied in the last
half OF the ninth and in the excite.
ment the Cokato pitcher happened to
hit two batters with the ball which
sent in the winning run for Litchfield.
With the game a week ago Sunday
with the Minneapolis Police team,
Willmar closed the season for 1915.
In some way it was successful sea-
son, as the record made by the team,
winning eight and losing three, ex-
cepting the game with Benson, which
was not game at all. OF the three
games lost, each one was by one run.
Glenwood gaining the decision at that
place by a score Of to 8, Kandiyohi
winning by the same score after thir-
teen innings of battling, and Stewart
taking our measure by g. 1 to 0 score,
in the best game seen in these parts
in many day. It can be seen from
this record, that the team was playing
ball every minute, and put up q good
argument, even when beaten. ., ..z...
The record is as follows:
Glenwood' 4, Willmar 3.
Willmar II, Glenwood 10.
Willmar S, Morris l..
Willmar 3, Herman /.
Willmar IL, Herman 0.
Wflmar 3, Atwater 2.
Benson Is, Willmar s.
Willmar 5, Belgrade 3.
Willmar 8, Traffic Club 2.
Willmar 8, Kandiyohi 4.
Willmar 0, Stewart 1.
Wilfmar 10, Minneapolis Cops 6.
The batting average of the entire
team, for the season was .261, while
the best the opposition could do was
to- collect figures equalling .167. In
fielding also, the locals had it on their
opponents, .919 to $40, altho a team
fielding average of only .919 is nothing
to brag about. Following are the bat
ting averages Of the members of the
team for 1915:
Name ABB H Pct.
Williams %. .........26 6 II .423
h1land ........... 70 5 10 1886
Gordhamer -. ......34 II 1928
Buck Johnson .46 8 II .304