South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-20
HURLER SISLER
IS UNDOING Of
COLD AND BLUE
Wolverine Cragman Holds Notre
Dame Helpless in Last Four
Innings and Then Drives Out
Triple which Brings Victory.

Notre Dame baseball fans will wait
long before they again see pitted
against the gold and blue a twirler
the type of Sisler, the Michigan slab
ster who yesterday afternoon took the
leading part in the Wolverine 10
round victory over the Harper band.
Just when it seemed that Notre Dame
was on the verge of defeating the
Michiganders this superb hurler step
ped into the box and for four innings
drove the Harper men back to the
bench with but bare look at the ball
Then he stepped TO the plate and
drove a triple into right center and
won the strenuous fray by scoring on
Benton's single through first by a score
of and 3.
Sisler mounted the crag in the sew
enth when it appeared that the gold
and blue stickmen were about to
touch up Davidson. In the next four
periods he whitfield nine men and not
a Notre Dame player saw first. The
twirling of the Wolverine was the
most spectacular seen at Notre Dame
in years. The Harper brigade will be
compelled to face the strike-out
merchant once more this season when
Notre Dame and Michigan meet twice
at Ann ArDOr In May.
Michigan's victory came as the Gull
minatiOn of a hard battle. The Wis
itOrs scored one run in each of the
first and second innings and Notre
Dame tied the score with two runs in
the third. The Wolverines again
forged ahead with one run in the
fourth and they were then held
scoreless until the tenth Notre Dame
had again tied the count in the sixth
inning.
Errors Hurt Locals.
Prep" Wells went the entire dis
lance for Notre Dame, and, although
he was hit rather freely at times, he
was good in the pinches and pitched a
creditable game. Errors paved the
way TO two of Michigans runs. David
son, the first Michigan pitcher, allow
ed Notre Dame only three hits, but
two of the wallops were timely, while
the third was q scratch hit, garnered
by Kline Davidson was rather wild,
however, walking four men and hit
ting one. He did not pitch a bad
game, but was removed : when the
NOtre Dame men threatened to take
the lead, and after they had tied the
score.
BY far the biggest crowd which has
attended a baseball game at NOtre
Dame was on hand at Mondays battle.
The stands were filled completely,
while many sat on the ground and
there was a line of automobiles eX-
tending from close to the grand stand
nearly to the left field fence. Excite
ment was intense throughout the
game and the organized cheering, un
der Cheer Leader Gargen, was espec-
tally good. The NOtre Dame Military
band was out in uniform and furnish
ed music throughout the game.
Hits by Sheehy and Mcqueen gave
Michigan it's first run. A hit by Da
wilson, combined with two errors,
sent Waltz across the plate with
run in tie second. Dutch" Bergman's
two Dagger sent Edward and Wells
across the platter with two runs for
Notre Dame in the third. Pliska was
hit by a pitched ball, with none down.
Edward walked. on Wells tap in
front of the plate, Pliska was thrown
out at third. Benton to Waltz. Berg
man then smashed a two Dagger TO
left center, and Edward and Wells
scored
Michigan got two hits in each the
sixth and eighth bur were unable to
score, although they counted one more
run in the second. Dutch" Bergman's
the third strike on Benton and threw
wild TO Mills. On Maltby's sacrifice,
Kline to Mills, Benton took second
and then scored on Waltzs single.
Waltz was then doubled up with Da-
wilson on the latters rap to Bergman,
the playing reading Bergman to La
throp to Mills.
Sisler opened the tenth with a three
Dagger. He was held on third while
Kline threw out Branded, but scored
on Benton's tap just inside first base
ETorrrpS Of fhp Game