The diamond drill., 1920-09-25
IRON RIVER TEAMS WITH THREE
OUTSIDERS WAS BEATEN
LOST TO NIAGARA SUNDAY
Bowman of the Paper Mill Team
Pitched Remarkable Ball, Getting
19 Strikeouts With no Hits

The Iron River sports stacked up a
base ball game for the Alpha-Crystal
Falls team on Friday OF last week, the
last day OF the Iron County Fair
The west side fans wanted sure
thing so they hired a battery from
Green Bay and a right fielder with
walloD from Escanaba. 1t was a reg
ular David VS.. Goliath contest. The
locals went TO Iron River with moth
ing but sling and a stone" and the
way they hammered that man from
Green Bay was a sight to look at.
Two home runs, one by VIM. Johnson
in the fourth and another BY "Heine"
Johnson in the eighth took all the pep
there was in the Iron River fans and
they started TO go home.
Evans, the local pitcher, had
lame arm so Prof Kinder, athletic
instructor in the Crystal Falls schools
was pressed into service. Kinder
hadn't played in the team at all; just
went in TO plug up a hole and he
plugged II in fine shape.
1t was a very fine game to watch.
The Iron River team went into the
game with all the confidence in the
world and they put up a corking
good game Their hired men played
excellent ball. LeFleur went into the
crowd In the right field in the sixth
inning and pulled down a line drive
that brought him a hand from all
sides. Olson. the Green Bay catcher
put up as nice a game as we have
seen this year. He made some phe
nominal catches of foul flies and
brought in a run by one OF his long
drives LeFluer delivered two blows
but struck out twice when hit
would have meant the game
VanDyke. the man who pitched for
the Iron River team on Labor Day,
was in the box for the west side boys
He played an excellent game, heady |
all the time and added a world OF
strength TO his team. He was hit |
harder than on Labor Day. the locals
taking measure OF his ''teasers" in |
fine style.
During the first half the breaks
were with Iron River, two scores
coming across the plate on hits, three
OF them on the scratch order, but hits /
nevertheless.
Then the locals frightened. A beau
tiful return OF the ball by long hit |
by Olson who attempted to turn a
three base drive into homer, result
ed fatally, Annear making a remark
able recovery and peg to II. Johnson,
who shot the ball home in time TO !
catch Johnson by ten feet Another
beautiful throw was made by w.
Johnson on a fly catch in right, in
time to head of runner from third.
Kinder made very favorable i'm
preston. 1t was the first ball he had
pitched for FIVE weeks and he was nat
urally in no shape to stand such a
hard contest as the Iron River game
proved TO be. He has the pose and
the nerve and that goes long way
in base ball. He is left handler with !
good overland ball that was effect
i've all the time.
In the infeld there was little diff
erence in the work OF any. The To-
caIs are weak in one particular and
that Is in covering first on hit to be
fielded by the first baseman. Several
times men have reached first when
they should have been out easily be
cause the right corner of the diamond
has not been on It's toes. the pitcher
being a great transgressor. The out
fleld played remarkable ball ]. Ken
ney came up from nowhere and spear
ed line drive that drew him a hand.
while AL. Annear made several re-
markabie catches besides fielding the
hall so well in the instance mention
ed. VIM. Johnson's work In right
field was perfect.
The Alpha-Crystal Falls team was
better on the offensive than II had
been for several games. The boys
threw away no chances and, az sen.
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