The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-06-19
SAINTS ARE D0WNED
By a Score of 8 to 2 the Princeton
Twirlers Defeat the Expert
Players of st. Cloud.
Game is a Big League Affair With
Alright Pitching and Sharp
Work in the Field.@


Work in the Field.@
The weather man sobered up from
his three weeks debauch long enough
last Sunday to allow the locals and
the Saints to pull off a full nine
inning ball game. He hated to do it
though, and kept the crowd down
somewhat by pulling off a right smart
shower just an hour before game time
and then leaving a big threatening
bank of clouds hanging just off the
edge of the fair grounds until the
fracas was over. Even during the
game several slight sprinkles of rain
fell, but not enough to bother the
play or to call the game. A good
sized crowd took chance on the un-
certain weather and stuck it out until
the game was over.
This brave band of weather defers
was well rewarded for the chances
they took because both teams seemed
to realize that the crowd wanted some
real baseball, and they sure got it.
Up to the eighth frame the game was
a big league affair, with alright pitch
ing and sharp work in the field on
both sides. Both teams failed to
score in the first three innings, but in
the last half of the fourth, after re-
firing the Saints scoreless, the locals
big marker. Nutshell, first man up in
this round, started it with a safe hit
just out of the shortstop's hands. An
b derson drove out hot infeld ground
err and the old Foley veteran was
forced at second with anderson safe
at first. Captain Bob was safe at the
first station when the St. Cloud Sec
ond baseman let hot ground ball get
by him. Smith kicked in with single
that filled the bases. Three on and
only one gone and the crowd yelling
madly for a score. Grow lobbed a
popup fly just back Of first and was
called out by the umpire under the
infeld fly rule, but in the mixup sur
rounding the play the big Anderson
boy stole home with Princeton's first
run. R. Angstman ended the excite
ment by flying out to right field.
After this little furry the game
settled down to steady going again
with nothing doing until the eighth
frame. With one out Prem drew a
base on balls. c. May was safe at
first on an infeld error and Prem
rambled to second on the play. Nor
ton filled the bases when he hit a
high fly back of second and Berg,
Nutshell and Doane gathered around in
convenient circle and let the ball hit
the ground. Seymour, heading the
visitors batting list, came up and
cracked out single that sent two of
, the bestriped Saints scurrying home
with what looked like the winning run.
Glass frightened up and forced the
next two batters to fly out. Princeton
came to bat in their half of the eighth
with one run to the bad, the Saints
leading them to 1, and it was bet
ter than even money that the old ball
game was gone so far as the locals
were concerned. Doane, first man up,
was hit with a pitched ball and mo-
nv7f lot En- %
hit and run play with G.. Angstman
playing the star role Nutshell came
through with safe hit and the bases
were full and nobody out. At this
juncture Moose Anderson, Hoff's high
priced imported catcher, walked up
with his war club at the ready. On
the second ball pitched him the big
fellow swung with all the strength of
descendant Of a hardy race. When
the smoke of the blowup had cleared
away and the ball had been relayed
=, back to the zone of civilization it was
j Dissolved by the jubilant crowd that
the bases had been cleaned up of their
three runners, and the big fellow was
safe at second. This proved to be
just the signal for a general on
slaught. But why prolong the agony
Siffice it to say that before the over.
the-top tactics of the locals could be
broken up by the desperate Saints
seven scores had come romping home
and the game was sewed up tight
to 2 in faver of the home crew. This
proved to be the final score.
NOTES.
Our old friend "Heinie" Plaas broke
away from his war garden and lawn
manicuring long enough to get out
and handle the indicator for the boys
He was right there with his old sang.