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The following appeared in the DeGraff
items of the Kerkhoven Banner last
week, signed by "A Fam
Lots Of people are asking us this
question: is DeGraft going to have a
base ball team And most Of us say:
We don't know And some say And
we don't care What a change. It's
only a few years ago when DeGraff had
some team-year after year winner
But lately we are dying. No spirit. No
pep. We have got the material for
fairly good team. Now there are still
left Brown McNellis, Con Noonan, Fred
Martin and Bill, Young Sheridan and
Jim McNellis, live men, and bunch of
young fellows who can play the game
with little practice. Come on boys,
let's get busy. Are we going to let such
little jerk water towns as Murdoch,
kerkhoven and Benson slip it over on
us. Not if we know it. Next Sunday
May IA. we want every ball player in
and around DeGraff to come out to the
grounds and take the kinks out Of their
muscles"
But lately we are dying; no spirit;
no pep" How that sentence does hit
the local situation right square on the
head. A city of five thousand inhabi-
tants and no base ball team. Ouch!!
Bill Rose journeyed to Spicer last
Sunday with his base ball boys for the
first game of the season, with the Spicer
team. On account of the stormy wealth.
er it was impossible to play complete
game. AS it was, Spicer was seven
times at bat and New London six, and
Spicer had six scores and New London
four. Emil Arthur started the pitch
ing for New London, and Spicer secur-
ed their six runs in the first three in
nings. Manley Ogren relieved Arthur
after the fourth inning, and Spicer new
er saw home plate. Most of the crowd
in attendance were Of the opinion that
New London would have been the VIC
tors had the game been finished. Emil
Arthur did good work with the stick.
making one home run and bringing in a
man ahead of him, besides making two
other safe bingles. Bill Lungstrom and
Ben Glarum umpired the game. The
a return game next Sunday.-New Lon
don Times.
The Atwater ball team journeyed to
Dassel last Sunday where they met the
fast Dassel team. The day was unfit
for ball game as a strong wind was
raging at the time. The local team was
hastily made up on Sunday and as a
result were not prepared for bali
game VIM. Arneson and Floyd Gustaf-
son were the battery for Atwater and
Norden and Fireman represented Das-
sci. Arneson pitched a good game and
with a little better support the score
would have been different. The game
was called in the first half of the 8th
owing to the storm. The final score
was 10 to 2, with Dassel on the big end.
-Atwater Press.
Umpire Ollie Anderson, former in
dicator holder in the Northern league,
was beaten severely by crowd of
fans at yesterdays base ball game be-
tween Wichita and Topeka of the
Western league, which Topeka won 8
to 6. Anderson was rescued by a
squad of policemen with clubs and
pistols.
The demonstration was caused by a
decision in the eighth inning, which
called Wichita player out at second
and nipped a rally with man on
third. A few minutes later the game
was stopped to allow Topeka to catch
a train and the crowd surged on to
the field.-Duluth Herald, May 10.
The high school base ball team will
continue on their winning way Satur-
day afternoon of this week, at the ex-
pense of the Litchfield team, weather
permitting. The game at Litchfield a
couple of weeks ago was wild and
Woody affair, but the locals have been
putting up such good article of ball
lately, that they expect to more than
even up for that football drubbing re-
ceived at Litchfield last fall. Granite
Falls plays here the following week.
Joe Holmberg left the first of the
week for Knox, N. D., where he will
be the headliner on the pitching staff
present season. He looks for a very
successful campaign, and threatens
to shut Brinsmade, his old team, out
without a hit, when the teams meet
If the manner in which Peck Kielty
was meeting the ball last Thursday in
the practice game here, is sign Of
what is to happen during the regular
season, we know of several pitchers
who will wear forlorn look during a
part of the next few months.
The steady downfall of rain caused
the postponement last Sunday Of the
ball game scheduled between the H.
and DIS of this city and the Tripolis
team.
Choppie Dean has signed to play
third base for the Sisseton, S. D. team
for the present season, and joined that
team the first of the week.
NEW LONDON TINES.
May II.
The Misses Alma and Josie Amund-
son were Willmar visitors last Satur-
day.
: Andrew Gustrud of Willmar was q
visitor at the Einar Hagen home here
over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ansgar Lundquist OF
Of <ho Dol