The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-05-03
DECIDED GOODNESS of
the atmosphere Saturday
made it seem more adapt
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NSS4E| made it seem more adapt
uG@gy ed to football than base
ball. Nevertheless a goodly crowd
of visitors and admirers of the Wis.,
iting team braved the weather aud
made the journey from St. Paul.
1t was welcome surprise to the
local fans as no advance informa-
tion had been given out concern
ing the identity of our opponents.
After the columns, headed by
the M. S. P. band, had marched to
the park, the crowd lined up to
witness the preliminary practice
and were entertained by a number
of visiting singers who rendered
several selections in a most pleasing
manner. Mayor Kolliner of Still
water was prevailed upon to
officiate as umpire and the choice
was happy one.
The Crane-Ordway team is one
of the best teams that have been
seen in action here. 1t is a we'll
balanced team and one that is good
on offense or defense. The players
put up a clean and snappy article
of ball which made the work of
the locals puerile in comparison.
The local lineup was the weak
est as yet put forward and was
something of an experiment. It
is quite certain that Mr.. G. w.
Rutherford, the genial foreman,
who has been made manager of the
team, will institute a wholesale
shake~up and present stronger
lineup for the next game. Out of
some twenty-five or thirty players,
we feel confident that good team
will be selected-one which will
give our institution a place high in
prison baseball.
The M. S. P.s were woefully
weak on offense in this game and
seven scattered hits we're made
four players making all of them.
But for R. Lew s lusty home-run
wallop delivered in the seventh
inning with two on, our athletes
would have been turned back score
less. In five innings the locals had
two runners on waiting to score,
only to have the side retired by
weak pop. flies or strike outs. Prob
ably the most lurid baseball ever
displayed here was shown in the
visitors half of the eighth at bat
when the bases were filled princi-
pally by infeld fumbles and three
successive runs scored when the
next three batters hit easy ground
ers to short and through sheer
stupidity in handling the ball the
runners were safe each time.
AS sample of the visitors bat
ting powers, the score credits them
with having made ten singles,
three doubles, two triples and
three home-runs- total of "a
bases. McElligot, third baseman,
hit for the largest total even if be
did miss the home-run class. In
six times at the plate he raped
out two triples, a double and a
single-a pretty fair afternoon we
should call it. Conroy, Shimon
and McGough made our fielders
scamper in all directions with their
home-runs. Conroy was afterward
deprived of his by Umpire Kolli-
ner for failure to touch second.
The M. S. P.s could do very lit
tie with O'Leary's slants and it
was not until after he had given
way to Shimon in the sixth that
they we're able to score. Dela., be-
sides getting on the bases oftener
than the other players, made two
pretty catches Of hard hit liners to
left field. East. backstopped in good
fashion, but the pitching was off
color.
There was no lack of roofing
over back of the third base line.
I'VE do not recall when we've heard