Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-08-28
HURLEY LOSES AT MELLEN.
In Hard Fought Contest MelIen
Comes Out the Winner by the
Score of 4 to ;.

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dred fans, including the baseball
band, accompanied the Hurley
team to Mellen, where was staged
one of the hardest fought games of
the season. Hurley boosters and
fans were compelled to see their
tavorites go down to defeat, how
ever, Mellen winning the game by
the narrow margin of one point,
The score was 4 to 3.
The special train on the 500 line
left Hurley about l O'Clock, the
four coaches of the train being fill
ed to the doors. The baseball band,
ball players and hundreds of fans
formed i'll line at the town hall and
marched to the depot, the band
playing Take a Little TIP from
Father. " The run TO Me1len was
made in about an hour and upon
arriving there the whole contingent
formed a line of march four blocks
long and marched through the
principle streets of Mellen to the
ball park. 1t was an imposing spec
tacle and no doubt Mellen had
never before seen anything of the
kind. Large banners, booster caps
and ribbons, pennantS and appro-
priately decorated megaphones pro
claimed to the Mellenites that Hur-
ley had arrived Many Hurley fans
made the trip in automobiles and
were at the park to join i'll the re-
ception accorded the visitors. The
weather man had saved his best
for the day and the ideal weather
helped materially to make the af-
fair a success. All the baseball
bugs i'll Mellen were at the park
and these together with the Hur-
ley representation made one of the
largest crowds ever assembled at a
ball game in this neighborhood
After both teams had INDUCED
in the usual practice the battle was
on. Hurley went to bat and inn
mediately caused wild excitement
in the camp of the white caps
by filling the bases. This wild ex-
citement was partially caused by
the fact that with the bases full
Clifford was at bat, and from Cliff
ford past performances and from
what had been read about him it
was almost certain that he would
knock the sphere to the hills. But
aIack and alas, Clifford smote the
air, a strike-out being chalked up
against him. However, one man
was sent across the pan. The sec
ond run was made in the next
frame, Dudra scoring on a two
bagger by Carroll after having
made clean hit. Both sides drew
goose eggs for the next three in
nings. Mellen had failed to score
so far. In the sixth Hurley regis
tered their third score. Dudra
laid down a nice one but was out
at third. Emunson slammed one
for two stations and scored on a
bingle by Carroll. Whitman struck
out and Carroll was put out at
home. Hurley gathered five hits
in this inning Mellen got to Car
roll for two safe ones in the sixth
frame and brought IN their first
run, their only earned run during
the contest. Carroll, the spit ball
artist, had been throwing good bali
up to this stage of the fracas. In
the seventh the first ball he put
over was met squarely and slammed
out for two bags by Mcqueen.
Manager Lucia got busy with the
hooks and Snow was sent III. Snow
had been touted to the skies as a
hurler without a peer, and Hur-
ley's manager evidently thinking
that Carroll had rnn his course
jerked him out. Snow wound up
like a real pitcher and made n
heave and bingol the ball hit the
home plate and bounded over the
grand stand and Mcqueen romped
home. Stanley was the next man