The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-05-02
|ES, our boys went over
the top, but met with a
sudden repulse at the
hands of the Saltwater

Hgkg sudden repulse at the
Gg hands Of the Saltwater
Interstate League team at the
latter's home ground in the city
last Saturday afternoon. But
though the NJ. S. P.s went down
to defeat the game was not With
out retrieving features which in
cluded some stellar plays by our
opponents. The desired end was
accomplished and both teams have
the satisfaction of knowing that
the Washington County Red Cross
benefited substantially through
their efforts combined with those
who had the management of the
successful affair.
1t was the first time in the his
tory of this institution that it has
been represented abroad by body
of inmates in the capacity of eth
er baseball team or band. Though
many have Jared forth into the
outer world through the steel gates,
they have never before swung open
for such a large body of men at
one time without due process of
law. The young men composing
the ball team and band were fitly
chosen, for they comported them
selves like gentlemen on this
athletic occasion and fully de-
served the praise they received.
From this angle the innovation
was a huge success and we hope
nothing will now bar the way to
future excursions of the same kind.
The band. under the able direc-
tion of Professor Reichkitzer, ac-
quilted themselves nobly and never
have we heard a better rendered
program than they gave to urge
the ball team on to success. 1t
was martial music that had plenty
of Tilt and swing and every selec.
tion brought forth tumult of
applause. The musical director
and the band we're in right from
the moment they appeared on the
field.
1t surely was a great occasion
and we have no desire to minimize
it in the slightest. The institutions
various motor lorries and privately
owned autos we're requisitioned to
transport our finest to their des.
tination downtown and the pro-
cession got promptly under way at
two o'clock. Arriving at the
league park shortly thereafter and
with ''heads up the boys found
no small assemblage awaiting them.
The crowd was augmented consid-
erably by the time game was called
and numbered, we hope, some
where near the thousand mark.
The day was ideal for baseball and
our opponents we're, no doubt, on
edge from considerable practice.
The band got into action at once
and marched and countermarched
around the field and before the
grandstand, under the eminent
leadership of our doughty drum
major, rendering sweet music the
while. Just before play started,
with the silken folds of Old Glory
fluttering in the breeze at their
head, the band rendered the ma
tional anthem while the assemblage
stood uncovered. 1t was an aus
picious opening of the baseball
season in Saltwater.
It was scarcely to be expected
that our team would vanquish the
Interstate champions, but some
opinions had been expressed that
the score would be close. How
ever, the M. S. P.s were visibly
nervous in the first inning and be-
fore they recovered their equa-
nimity three runs had scored. The
Champs also had bad spell in the
third during which the M. S. P.s
evened things up. The fifth was
our Waterloo because we had no