The diamond drill., 1920-09-11
SPLIT EVEN WITH IRON RIVER
West Side Boys Took Crucial Game
Monday In HeartbreakIng Finish

INV SNHuoy oANcihOoh, WulCH was won
by the locals by score OF 13 to 2, the
Monday game being won by Iron Riv-
er by score OF to 1.
Sundays game was a farce. The
beirt, the regular Iron River pitcher.
was on the rubber for the west side
boys and what the locals did TO him
| was something awful. They batted
him at will while his team mates sim
ply went to pieces behind him.
Crystal Falls had man named Mix
elosik on the mound. He took the
place of pitcher and got away with
1t, much to the surprise OF every fan
In attendance and there were nearly
1000 OF them present II was not a
good game from any angle, although
the support that the locals gave their
man was brilliant and saved him from
rout. Just why Iron River didn't hit
his offering was as much mystery to
the west side boys as to the locals.
At any rate he got away with his
game.
Monday was heartbreaker from
start to finish. II terminated in r
victory for Iron River and in a dis
graceful assault upon the umpire,
which no one regretted more than the
young man responsible for IT,
Evans, the local star was on the
mound for Alpha-C Crystal Falls, while
YanDyke, a Green Bay twirler, to
whom a high price was paid by Iron
River, took the mound for our west
side friends. vanDyke earned his
money for he not only won the game
but made a real ball team out OF what
the day before was useless lot Of
would-be's. II was really surprising
to note what a difference one man
could make on team.
VanDyke twirled a fine game from
Start to finish. He was hit for a cou-
pie Of more safeties than was Evans
but he was never in really serious
trouble, excepting In the inning In
which the run was scored and in the
last half of the ninth, when a batting
rally with two men down brought on
the hair raising finish that sent I'm
pire Keefer down for the count.
d. Kenny came to bat in this In
ming with two down He singled
neatly. John Kenny followed. The
tension was terrific. The Iron River
team had played steady ball and was
due for crack and II came when j.
Kenny was safe on first on an inheld
hit and the ball went over the first
basemans head on the throw. d.
Kenny had stolen second and started
for third at the crack OF the bat, but
had not reached 1t when the ball went
over first. A ground rule had been
agreed upon, limiting a runner TO one
base on throw over first Kenny
kept on running and the Iron River
first baseman recovered the ball TO
field Il home just In time for a very
close play. The catcher got the ball
Just as Kenny slid in to the plate with
what would have been the tying run
had he been entitled TO the base. AS
II was he should have stopped at third
or have been sent back by the umpire
Keefer was at the plate and had been
called upon 10 make two very close
decisions before that, both of which
went In favor OF the opposing team.
Keefer at first called Kenny safe, then
Immediately reversed his decision and
called him out. He should not have
called him either safe or out, bu'
waved him back TO third where he be-
longed. The next thing anyone knew
Keefer was down with a right TO the
jaw that laid him cold and he was
carried from the field There was nc
among the fans for every !
one, visitors and home folks alike, re
gretted the unfortunate event.
Until that unfortunate happening
II was confined entirely TO the play
or and the umpire. the game had gone
along very smoothly-no kicking or
the part OF either, although there
were close decisions by both umpires.
Evans pitched his usual fine game.
but was a prime factor in its loss
when. in the third inning, the Iron
River team changed its tactics and
tried a bunting game. He fell down
on fielding bunt between the box and
FIRST that ripened into a run and really
meant the game.
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