The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-06-02
Then THE AGONY ENDED
Flood and His Bunch Will Put
In An Appearance
Tomorrow
From SATURDAYS Daily.
BY LINE DRIVE.

prediction that Manager Ward would
have TO hang a crepe on his door
came true yesterday in one of the
worst defeats team has ever been
handed in this town. The ambition
to show up the Katos and their sup
porters was all one sweet deluSiOn
as the NJ. C. C's. now know. The
showing up was all on the other side
and charity forbids depressing the
down -trodden too much or we would
give the whole story in detail. 1t
was predicted several days ago the
college lads did not have the expert
ence to compete with fast,
hard hitting bunch and the results
prove it. The Katos went on the field
determined to shut out Wards pro-
teges if possible and they succeeded
in doing so, by good pitching and
brilliant fielding.
George Henry was saved for the
Sunday game and Klages was sent
to the mound for the first start. He
got away nicely and showed that he
had considerable stuff, striking out
eight and passing only one; but two
of the M. c. C's. reached second, one
on an error, one on a wild pitch, and
one on an error and base on balls;
otherwise it was one, two, three for
the M. c. C's. They were completely
out classed in every department Of
the game, showing a lack of hitting
strength and lack of steadiness in
fielding: the much touted pitching
strength failed to develop, KLEIN,
their best bet lasting only five inn
;,,n Pol n i'm,
showed no Improvement.
The fielding, base running and hit
ting of the Katos was all that could
be desired. That old ability to mas
sage the leather showed itself to be
as good as ever and the hits came
so fast the scorer needed an adding
machine to keep track of them.
Smith caught a good game and hit
the ball hard, the outfield looked A 1,
but the class of the infield was what
made many fan happy last night;
all five infielders played snappy
heady game and looked like the best
combination yet. There was a small
but enthusiastic crowd present and
the way they kidded Brother Ward
about the misfits was caution;
from the form displayed in their ini-
tial game the Katos are bound to
draw big crowds this year.
1t would take too much space to
give the play in detail so we will
make the agony as short as possible.
The M. C. C's. went out in order in
the first two innings. In the third
inning KLEIN got a hit but died on
first when Brady drove a line drive
to Butch" Peterson. In the fourth
Albertson led off with drive to CEN
ter field but was doubled, Smith to
McCleary when j. Sullivan in at
tempting to sacrifice popped up a
little fly; Lindberg struck out in
the fifth Lever second up hit liner
to center which "Alf'' managed to
reach but could not hold, but Lever
tested "Schmitty's" good arm and
found it there, GOODBYE making a
pretty put out; Sullivan then hit a
puny tap to Klages whose throw was
dropped at first but Struck hit a
fast grounder to Nicholson who
stepped on second for the third out
In the seventh inning Sullivan hit a
high fly between short and third,
Carl and Hensel getting mixed as to
that it was dropped and "Sully''
reached first, the next two were easy
outs, there KIages giving his first base
on balls and Sullivan j. was the first
man to see second but his namesake
struck out. Again in the eighth one
man reached second but the ninth
was one, two, three, and the agony
was over.
"Alf" Peterson scored the first
run for Katos drawing a base on balls
the first time up, he went to second
when the first baseman lost the
pitchers throw and scored when Fred
Morrow's easy roller went through
second to right field, Fred going to
second on the throw in; Carl then
hoisted to left and doc" McCleary
famed. The second inning saw the
lid fired off and the game safely
slowed away. After two men were
out Smith lined over short and stole
second, Klages hit slow roller to
short whose throw was lost by the
first baseman, Smith scoring and
Klages going to second; "Alf' Peter
son hit one over second and then
Carl Peterson hit a long liner to left
which slow fielding permitted him tt
convert into a three bagger Klages
and A. Peterson scoring Fred Nor
row then ended it by whiting the
ozone. The third inning saw a hit
steal and two more hits resulting il
two runs; the fourth inning saw the
boys bat around for five scores
Klages led off with high fly to cen
ter which was lost in the sun an(
went for a hit, a base on balls, d;
passed ball, another base on balls, /;
hit, double steal, an error squeeze
another error and hit resulting il
said runs; my what a field day; thu
fifth and sixth saw a repetition o
the fourth. The seventh gave thu
fans one run On two doubles by Hen
sci and Smith and in the eighth tn,
KatOs were too tired out to run am
went out one, two, three. for the frs
and only time. Gee, what night
mare, but it was a fine work out TO
Sundays game which will not be s.
easy as Flood has lineup which
should give the Katos bang-ul
fight. Their lineup is as follows
Arons, s.; Dunleyy, CT; Lizette, c..
Kelly, 3D.: Flood. If; Kelly, Sd.
Wellman. 1st.: Dell and WinSted, IL.