Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-06-25
LOCALS SPLIT EVEN ]: ]
7oPENnIo GAME WITH MEIR0SE
III SUNDAY LOST AND MONDAY -.
s@1s'= GAME WON.

Use Little Falls broke even with Melrose
! in the two games Sunday and Monday
which marked the opening of baseball
/ a score of Z to 5 and Little Falls won
Monday evening by a score Of 9 to 8,
Melrose has fast team and the second
game was not won until the ninth in.
ming. - $500 =.
Taber and Berger were the battery
for Little Falls in Sundays game and
e"Pop" Harder and Berger Monday.
Both pitchers did good work on the
mound and showed up well at bat.
Berger proved one Of the best hitters
on the local team, featuring two
baggers.
= Sundays game was started with
Mayor Bergheim as pitcher and Clerk
of Court Stoll as catcher. The mayor
put one over the plate that was nicely
tucked away in the catcher's nit when
the batter swung for it.
H. In the Sunday game it looked for a
long time as though Little Falls had
the cinch on Melrose, the locals scor-
ing twice up to the sixth inning and
Melrose failing to produce single run
in that time. 49, =
The first score for Little Falls was
brought in in the second innip g. Brown
singled and stole second. Bessemer
flew out to the catcher. Schultz hit
a nice two-bagger, scoring Brown.
Berger struck out and Taber singled.
Schultz attempted to score but was put
out, Schooner to Gau. = !
Little Falls got its second score in
the third inning; Lennox, first up,
struck out. Williams got to first on
an error by Patterson, Armstrong
singled and Schroeder hit one which
passed the second -baseman and brought
in Williams. Armstrong was caught
going to third and Brown next up, was
retired, Schooner to Sommers. -:
I. In the sixth inning Melrose got its
first score. MCGEE struck out and Pat
terson was hit by pitched ball, going
to first. johnson got to first on an
error by Williams; Young singled;
Sommers hit fly and Williams, Taber
and Berger made for it. Taber got it
and they forgot that Patterson was on
third. While they were walking along
talking Patterson scored, almost un-
served to- the players.
.:.. Melrose got in two runs in the sew.
enth inning but Little Falls came back
in the same inning with two more,
making the score to 5. Kay, first up;
grounded out, Brown to Schroeder. N.
]. Schooner got to first on an error by
. Williams. and went to second on a
passed ball. eau hit a grounder to
Schultz, who fumbled it and Schooner
scored. MCGEE grounded out to Schroe-
der and Patterson hit one to left field.
Instead Of catching eau at the home
plate Bessemer threw to first and both
were safe. The side was retired when
=. johnson flew out to Lennox.
9 Little Falls got two two-baggers in
the seventh. Schultz, first up, doubled
and Berger followed with two-bagger.
Taber singled, scoring Schultz and
Berger. Taber tried to make second
but was caught there. Lennox made
first on an error by Patterson but was
put out when he tried to steal second,
Schooner to Young. Williams struck
out, retiring the side.
In the ninth inning Melrose came
back strong and brought in four runs.
Kay and Schooner singled, Kay scoring
on wild throw. Gau made first when
a grounder went through Schroeder's
hands. MCGEE flew out to Bessemer