The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-06-01
-DOCAL team GIVE
WEIRDEXHIbITION
CANE AGAINST FREEPORT LAST
SUNDAY DEVELOPS INTO
COMEDY OF ERRORS
FISHER PITCHES GREAT BALL
SUPPORT is WRETCHED AND
~ YOUNG ON MOUND FOR WIS.,
ITORS ALSO is ENIGMA

Verify, it was awful-really tragic
bewildering, almost battling
of description. If it had only kept on
raining in that fifth inning, much Of
the agony would have been spared the
few faithful fans who braved wind
and storm and even crawled under
low pavilions out of the rain to remain
among those present.
Reference is made to the Sank Cen
tre-Freeport baseball" game at the
fair grounds last Sunday. The score
was to 0 with Sank Centre bringing
home the goose eggs. 1t is not so
much the score, but the manner in
which the visitors were. allowed to
accumulate their half dozen. To one
with a sense of humor, however, it
was better than circus.
The chief comedian was Wills who
cavorted in right field. Cavorted is
fittingly applied. Thrice visiting
swatters shot sky-rocketing flies out
to Wills and thrice Wills did some
fancy cavorting and let the pill fall
with a loud pok into the sod. Each
swat went for two-bagger.
Farr, behind the bat, was runner-up
to Wills in the comedy stuff. Per-
haps it YVES the new mitt he was using
that should be blamed, but when
Fisher put on steam in plnches, the
ball would bounce from Fairs mltted
hand as if hitting board. Fnnr times
he dropped third strikes, two coming
with runner on third, preventing
a throw to first and both recipients
of the life scoring later. In one in
ming Fisher famed four men before
the side was retired.
Fisher also pulled a play which has
perhaps never been seen on any other
ball field. He whizzed over third
strike on Vansloan, the ball bounced
out of Fairs mitt, struck VanslOan's
bat, bounced into the diamond, was
recovered by Fisher, who tagged Van
sloan out as he raced for first.
jacobson broke into the comedy of
errors by making pretty stops of two
hard chances and then heaving the
horsehide away out into the woods.
Hansen also qualified when he drop
ped an easy liner in left field and al
lowed runner to score.
There were some bright spots, how
ever. Fisher pitched a game that
would win ninety-nine out of a humid
red games. He famed Is, did not
give pass and allowed only three
real hits, all singles. The three two
baggers to right should have been
easy outs.
Lee at third played great ball, ac-
cepting five chances without skip
and giving remarkable exhibition of
pegging to first. jacobson handled
his four chances in big league fashion
but his sights on first base were off.
Arnestad grabbed two hard ones in
center, made more difficult by the
high wind.
Freeport played steady, consistent
baseball throughout and with the mas
terful pitching of Young the Sank
Centre lads didn't have a look-in to
score. Young whitfield fourteen at the
plate and allowed only two hits, one
being of a scratch order. Both came
in the first inning after two were
down. Wills sent a hint down the
third base line which rolled inside just
at the bag and was not folded. Jacob
son followed with a corking single to
right but Hansen ended the only
chance by grounding out to j. Schoen-
er.
The visitors garnered three in the
fifth and three in the sixth. In the
fifth Young was an easy out. N.
Schooner sent one of those fatal ones
out to Wills and went to third on a
passed ball. Borgerding and Van
sloan both ambled down to first when
Farr dropped third strikes on them
and did not dare to make the throw
because of Schooner on third. Then
Farr let one get away from him and
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