The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-07-24
LOCALS WIN AGAIN
Good Playing on Both Sides, But Rush
City Goes Down to Defeat in
Score of Four to Five.

Real League fldylng IN the NlntH
Was Only Thing That Saved
Home Teams Bacon.
In heart-breaking, nerve-racking,
sensational ball game the locals
finally triumphed over their opponents
from Rush City by score Of 5 to 4.
It was one of those games you read
about in the old five-centers we conned
over in the days of our youth, when
Frank Merriwell was busting them
on the nose in, the ninth, with three
men on, two out, and dear old Yale
4. three runs to the bad. It left us feel
Tng like the man who had gone to the
mat with old man "Flu," in the winter
just past, and still found ourselves
alive and unhurt, but totally unable to
explain how and why we survived the
ordeal. Princeton won the game in the
first round, lost it in the eighth, and
rewon it in the ninth by so close a
margin that the large local following
got all the thrills and pangs of victory
and defeat so interviewer and inter-
mixed that it left them in the condi-
ton of the "flu" victim above de-
scribed. Verify, it was a game that
will live long in the memory of Prince
ton fans and will be favorite theme
of discussion in the box stove league
this coming winter.
Big Bill Beckett was on the firing
line for Hoff's crew and he started out
strong in the first round by striking
out three of the opposing batsmen and
without giving the visitors lookin at
sAthe registering station. Doane opened
Up the Princeton offensive by clean
single and a moment later purloined
second. Nutshell failed to kick in with
anything substantial, but Galley got to
first safely when the Rush City catcher
let the ball get away from him. An
derson flew out of left field and both
Princeton runners were held to their
mornings. Captain Bob came up and
slugged the ball high and far into the
sun-kissed ozone above the left field
er's head. This young athlete lost
track of the ball in the vast sunspace
and, when it finally came back to
earth and was relayed into the dia-
mond, Doane and Galley had counted
and Berg was safe at second. Lean
der retired the side on an infeld
grounder to short Nothing further
developed on either side until the first
half of the third, when the Rush City
gang stepped out in front and tied the
score. With two out and nobody on,
A. Nyline lined out a single. This
seemed to encourage the visitors and
the next three men up hit singles that
Melted them two runs Peeved at this
untimely display of fireworks, Big
Bill frightened up and with two of the
R. C. boys still cluttering the bases,
struck out the next one for the third
tat.
With the score two all the game
drifted along to the last half of the
fifth. Princeton again took the lead
when, with two down, Galley worked
the opposing hurler for free transpor-
tation to first and then stole second.
Andy Anderson dropped hot shot in
to the inner defenses of the gang
from the St. Croix country and hot
footed it for first. The play got
messed up at this station and the ball
rolled to the fence and Galley rolled
home with what looked like the win
ming run. This made the count to 2
in favor of Princeton, and it began to
look like this was going to be the
final count. Again the game slipped
along smoothly to the eighth without
further mishap on either side. Then
came some more thrills and surprises.
With one out Rush City succeeded in
getting two men on bases by virtue
of an error and single. Peterson,
the R. c.. pitcher, was up, and as he
Nj struck out three times in success
sion on his former trips to the plate,
it looked like pie for the big Beckett
boy. Pete fooled him, however, when
he caught one Of Bills groove balls
and drove it far to the football goal
in center field. Pete's co-conspirators
beat it home with two more runs, Civ
ing them the lead, 8 to 4. Princeton
stock went up 20 points at this juno
ture of the game and, with victory
in sight, the Chisago county outfit
tore into it and tried to deliver the
final K. O. Leander made desperate
effort to tie the score in the last half
of the eighth when, with two out, he
spsted the ball to left field for a
! double and then stole third on the
next ball pitched. His comrades failed
to help out and he died at third with