Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1915-08-18
TRIBUNE SPORT COLUMN

Joe Holmberg and Buck Johnson
waged royal pitchers battle at the
local ball park last Sunday afternoon.
and after thirteen innings Of hard bat
Ting, the former came of victorious.
by q score of 1 to 8. The game was
easily the best played here this sea-
son, the last half. especially, keeping
the crowd on edge, at all times.
Steady pitching by both mound artists,
together with sensational fielding fea-
tured the game. For five and one-third
Joe turned the Willmar bunch
back, with great regularity, not the
semblance of q hit being made from
his delivery. With one out in the
sixth inning, Severinson broke the ice,
by slashing q clean drive to left field
for one base. From then on the locals
got an occasional hit, but they were
unable to bunch them with any sue
cess. In the mean time, after poor
start, Buck was breezing along nicely,
allowing but five hits in the first nine
innings. - ..--.-.- f. 81.
The game started in whirlwind style
for Kandiyohi. Kroona was hit by a
pitched ball and took second when v.
Holmberg dropped neat single over
third base. Gordhamer sent the men
ahead base on an infield out, and
Kroona scored on J. Holmberg's out
at first. Ansgar Lundquist beat out q
hit to Dean, scoring v. Holmberg.
This was all for the visitors until the
eighth inning. Negaard walked to
start with and after Kroona had been
retired, Vic Holmberg punched sim
gle between first and second, sending
Negaard to third. Vic stole second.
With the infield playing in close, Cord
hamer bounded to Severinson, and
Nordstrom dropped his perfect throw,
Negaard scoring, Vic going to third
and Gordhamer to second. J. Holm
berg grounded to Severinson and V.
Holmberg was run down between
third and home. Kandiyohi failed to
score again until the thirteenth. v
Holmberg started this frame with an
out at first, but Gordhamer punched a
clean single to left. Dean threw wide
to first on j. Holmberg's grounder
and Gordhamer tore for third. Lambs
return to Dean was poor, and Cord
hamer scored the winning run.
Willmar was unable to score until
the eighth inning. Nordstrom led of
with a clean single to right field and
stole second. Lamb batted for w
Johnson and singled to left, NordstronA
scoring when the ball got away from
Grinde. Gordhamer dropped SEVERN
sons pop fly, and McGrew rolled 9
slow one to Kroona and beat it out
filling the bases. Dean sent a sacr1
flee fly to Grinde, scoring Lamb, but
Severinson was thrown out trying tt
sneak to third. Kielty failed to de-
liver the necessary hit and the side
was retired. Williams opened the 9Th
with single to right and took second
on wild pitch, scoring when Buck
dropped safe one in center. Carl
SON grounded to first, and Buck was
doubled trying to take third on the
play. This was all for Willmar, altho
they tried hard in the last Of the thir
teenth, Kie1ty singled thru Kroona
and Billie sacrificed him to second
Buck sent what looked like a safe hit
to center, but Redy speared it after
hard run, and Kielty was doubled al
second, ending the game.
Kielty and Grinde pulled off the
most sensational fielding plays of the
game. "Peck's" came in the fifth in
ming when he went out into right field
and speared Anderson's drive with his
gloved hand, while on the dead run
Grinde contributed his in the last 81
the sixth. Two were out and mer
were on second and third when Kielty
drove a short liner to left field. Grinde
came tearing at top speed, grabbing
the pill and cutting off two sure runs
for Willmar. Other fielding plays o.
note were Carlson's running catch c.
Kroona's fly off his shoe tops ant
Hank Redy's catch of Bucks short fly
that was converted into double play
ending the battle.
One noticeable thing about the game
was the lack of kicking on the UNI
pires decisions. This end of the work
was handled by "Red" Putney behint
the bat, with Steve Nicholson work
ing on the bases. Two extremely close
decisions went against the visitors
| one of which cut off run, in the tenth
inning, which would have ended thu
game: Gordhamer had tripled to RICH
field and attempted to score on a shor
passed ball. Nordstrom got the bal
and shot it to Buck at the plate, the
jumps waving the man out. The othe1
one came in the sixth inning, whel
Joe Holmberg drove one down thu
third base line mile a minute. L
looked fair, but the jumps ruled it foul
and Joe lost two base hit on the de
cision.
Both catchers made nice captures
of foul flies, and taking everything ii,
to consideration, it was as nice littl,
ball game as has been played aroun,
here in long time. The score:
Kandiyohi ABB R H Pc A I
kroona, IS ........ 5 1
". Holmberg, Co... 6 / PA 2
Gordhamer, 3b IS 1 2 0 !;
J. Homberg, p..... s 0 0 z
Lundquist, IF >...... s o 2 0 o I
Grinde, 2b lf....... o o 3 % r:
Redy, CT .......... 5 0 1 1 o /
A. Anderson, lib 90. 4 O / 10 1
E. Anderson, If 80. 1 o 0 o o
Negaard, 2b ....... 10 /
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