Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-09-29
SOLDIERS TAKE
,D0UBLEPR0CRAM
Fort Smelling Defeats Willmar In
Both Clashes. Ragged Play
ing. Free Hitting


local baseball outfit last Saturday and
Sunday. Fort Smelling apparently
| came down here with the intention to
| wipe the grounds with Willmar and
despite the efforts of the locals sue
ceeded in punching their hits and
| tallying sufficient runs in one inning
alone to win several games. The SOL
der squad brought along their veter-
an hurler, Last, who did the mound
| work on Saturday and threw a good
brand of ball. When hits meant runs
the boy Last, lasted and weathered
the dangerous inning and altho he
allowed hits was able to keep them
scattered 1t was in the fatal third
that the visitors chalked up six group
ed runs in their frame of the inning
| Seven hits, two errors, several pill
fers and a base on balls netted the
Smelling team their six runs which
clinched the victory. In the fifth inn
ing Willmar came back with what-ap-
peared as a strong rally but only 2
runs crossed the plate. Last struck
out II men and Christian seven. The
score at the close of the game stood
7 to 8 in favor of Fort Snelling.- AL
tho the weather was threatening thru
out the afternoon the game was fin
| ished before the shower came. A
large crowd was present despite the
bad climatic outlook. Zalusky and
Carlisle for Willmar, who arrived to
assist the locals showed up we'll. The
| box score:
Visitors 0 O 0 0 0 0 0-7
| Willmar 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Q-3
Batteries-Christian and Zalusky
for Willmar and Last and Roggy for
Fort Smelling; Hits off Last, 9; off
Christian IL; Base on balls, Last 3;
Christian 4. Struck out by Christian
s; By Last II. Two base hits, LeDuc
/, and Johnson for Willmar.
Sundays game was duplicate Of
Saturdays performance only with a
little more accent on it. Plenty of
fumbies, wild throws, free connect
ions at the stick and host of other
base ball faults contributed to the
lack of interest or pleasure on the
part of the crowd which was one OF
the largest during the season. The
weather was ideal, the crowd in the
mood for good sample of base ball
and every indication of a battle roy,
al Gunder, the huMer who was sla
ted to do the throwing for Willmar
failed to appear on the grounds and
"Lefty'' Hawkland entered the box
Hawkland went along nicely for four
innings when the Willmar manage
ment decided to allow Christian a
turn at it, In that inning s runs were
added up for the visitors. Five hits
some Of several sacks, a number OF
errors, some steals, we'll placed sac
rifices and q base on balls were res
ponsible for the heavy base running
and scoring. Errors and bonehead
plays were common on both sides and
all pitchers were touched freely
Schwab at times suffered from strong
swatting, especially in the fourth inn
ing when four runs crossed the plate
due to several clear hits and errors or
the infield. Kielty struck out in this
frame but the catcher let it drop
threw wild to first and by successive
bad throws and fumbles on the par
of the First and second baseman made
the circuit and annexed run. Fou1
bases on a dropped strike. In this
inning Bob Anderson hoisted q walloI
to deep left field and passed three
sacks on it. The crowd anticipated
g circuit drive but the outer maj
fielded it in too quickly. Zalusky be
hind the bat for Willmar caught {
visiting soldier neatly at third by {
good exhibition Of baseball, alertnes'
and speedy ball. The box score:
Visitors 90 % 0 0 2 II:
Willmar 0 0 "
Batteries-Zalusky and Christian
and Hawkland; Roggy and Schwab
Hits, off Schwab, 8; off Hawkland, 2
off Christian, 10. Base on balls, Chris
] tan 2, Schwab 1. Two base hits
| Carlisle, LIE Due of Willmar; Mont
! gomery and larson for FIT. Smelling
| Three base hits, Anderson Of Willma1