The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-06-08
ANOTHER VICTOR Y
Princeton's Crack Ball Team Downs
Ogilvie by Count of to
at Fair Grounds Sunday.
St. Cloud ''All Stars" Will Clash with
'Pongo's" Huskies Next Sunday
on Princeton's Diamond.

What looked like certain extra
inning diamond contest terminated
rather suddenly at the fair grounds
Sunday in the early part Of the last
half of the ninth inning, when hewitt
hammered out a steaming three-bag-
DER and scored a minute later on
Doane's smashing drive aimed at the
short stop.
Opilvie and Princeton were the op-
posing teams and it was as pretty
contest as local fans have ever wit
messed. The up-country athletes
showed up stronger than expected, and
"Pongo's" stars were forced to hustle
all the time to win. Ogilvie climbed
into a one-run lead in the second
inning, increased it by one in the fifth,
and things were not looming up ex-
actly bright from a local viewpoint.
In the sixth Princeton tied the score,
however, and later cinched the game
in the ninth.
hewitt was on the firing line TOR
Princeton, and delivered classy 'artl-
Gle of ball. In the absence of Skahen,
Card of Anoka was at the receiving
station, and, although he was not the
equal of Princeton's clever receiver,
did we'll For the visitors Lueck and
White were in the points, and the
former appeared to have the num-
Der" of majority of our batters.
Only four scattered blows were Sc
cured off of his delivery, and two Of
these were of the scratch variety.
Ogilvie was the first side at bat,
and the first three men up were re-
tired in short order. Princeton was
also BANKED in it's half, although
Doane got around to second before
any one was retired. Most any kind
of hit would have scored him, but the
desired bingle was not forthcoming.
Ogilvie penetrated the Princeton de-
Tense in the second round, when RAY
enscraft and Jones solved Nevitt's de-
livery, and the former counted. Prince
ton failed to score in it's half, and in
fact was blanked until the sixth
round. The vitiors were held out Of the
run column in the third and fourth,
but in thf fifth they managed to
squeeze another one over, and the
count stood 2 to 0. By this time the
Princeton fans were becoming rather
impatient, and it was up to "Pongo"
to instill little "pep" in his wabbling
performers, and this he did in the
sixth, with the result that the score
was evened up. Mallette was first
up, and he nailed out a fly to deep
right that was gathered in by Ravens
craft. Berg was retired on a ground
err; and although two were down, the
frenzied Princeton fans were Shrek
ing for run. Smith drove one at
the second baseman, and was safe at
first. Wilkes, caught one on the end
of the bat, and the ball went down
toward second base like bullet.
Smith was safe at second, and Wilkes
reached first. Raiche, who made his
debut in the Princeton lineup, then
proceeded to carve his initials in the
local base ball armament by lacing
out a grounder that was not felded
properly. Raiche was safe at first,
and while the bewildered Ogilvie play
ers blinked their eyes and wondered
what was happening, Smith and
Wilkes romped home. The ball was
in the infeld all this time, and had
the visitors devoted their attention to
the game, Princeton would have un-
doubtedly been blanked again. The
side was retired when Card went down
on strikes. During the seventh and
eighth innings both sides battled
gamely on even terms, but no scores
were Forthcoming. The visitors were
blanked in the first nalf of the ninth,
and then Princeton slowed the game
away in its half. hewitt was first
up, and he evidently did not propose
to pitch another inning. He caught
the horsehide right on the nose with
his hickory club and lifted out siz-
cling drive to deep center that car
ried him to third. Doane then ended
it by hammering hot one at the short
stop. hewitt counted, Doane was safe
at first and the game was won.
NOTES.
Skahen was missed hehind tho hot