The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-09-05
HE M. S. P. ball team won
Saturdays contest from
the Wilcox Trux baseball

IN9lIAD OaCufday contest from
| lHgMkSH the Wilcox Trux baseball
la&GI team, considered one of
the strongest semi professional ag
gregations in the Twin Cities, and
thereby added another triumph to
their growing list of victories.
1t was hard game for the visit
ors to lose, for they seemed to
have it tucked away safely from
the opening chapter. In the first
frame they scored once on an er-
ror and they were able to hold the
locals scoreless till the last half of
the sixth; then by giving base on
balls and allowing two stolen bases
the runner scored on passed ball.
tieing the score. In the eighth
the visitors came back strong. By
getting a single and one two-base
hit one run came home. Again
they were in the lead 2 to 1. But
the locals in their half of this
frame, after two men were out,
came from behind and pulled the
game from the fire, by getting two
singles and three two-baggers,
which netted them four we'll earned
runs. This gave them a lead of
three runs which the visitors were
unable to overcome in their half of
the ninth inning.
The contest was by far the best
exhibition of the national sport
that has ever been staged in Recre-
alton Park. The locals. after the
first inning, frightened up and
played air-tight ball the remainder
of the game. Each and every
player had several hard chances
come their way which were handled
in professional style. Their field
ing and batting was remarkable
and worthy of considerable praise.
.Chell, who pitched the first six in
nings for the visitors, held the To-
calls to two hits, but in the fifth
and sixth he lost his control and
was superseded by Wines. In the
last half of the eighth the locals
found Wines for two singles and
three two-base hits, which resulted
in four runs.
| Wells. who did the twirling for
the locals. was in excellent form
and he pitched stellar ball through
out the entire game. He seemed
to be just as strong at the end of
the game as he was in the opening.
He allowed six hits, passed two on
balls and struck out five. This
was a splendid showing considering
the strong and heavy batsman
that faced him.
Brad's batting and base stealing
record was one of the main features
of the day. Out ofthree times at
bat he got one single, one two-bag-
ger and one three-base hit. He
passed once on balls, stole five
bases and figured twice in the score
column.
Bran's fielding was great and he
received considerable applause for
the fast work he accomplished.
Mr.. Kolliner, our official um-
pire," always seems to know when
there is going to be good game
played in Recreation Park, for he
is invariably present. His pres
ence was SO we'll appreciated last
Saturday that he was called upon
by the locals manager to oficiate
for the day and his services were
rendered most cordially.
While our baseball season is we'll
advanced we are in hopes that the
weather will make it possible to
continue our Saturday games from
at least six weeks to two months
more. The same, however, can
not be said of the National and
American leagues, as they closed
their seasons early this year, Mon
day September Q. The Worlds
Series. between Chicago and Bos-
ton, opened at Chicago Wednesday.