The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1921-07-22
Pierre Takes
Both Games
Capitol City Bunch Take Two Games
Straight From KadOka
Locals Crippled, Three Sick
RadOGa Team "BlOWs-Up" 10 Each OF
The Games

Fry b2rger'S colts from Kadoka
were taken to Pierre ON last Wed
resday night and the following
day met the fast all-saaried team
of the Capitol City on the base
/ all iii mond under the bright
come of the State House. The To-
cal boys driftcd into Pierre in the
darkest hours of the night-,ust
rs dawn was about to hreak-and
h" bignesS Of the city burst up
on them with one fell swoop, and
before becoming accustomed IL
the noise and hustle of the bic
place, and overawtd by the bright
shining dome Of the state hous,
they dropred both games to the
Pierre aggregation of ball tossers.
While the boys from Kadoka
Rube" town did not perhaps show
he Pierre folks as fast an article
Il ball as they may have witness
d on their grounds, 1t goes with
out chance of dispute that our
Ids did put on two of TIE pretti-
st balloon asccnSions ever gwen
NJ any me- or place.
The Thursday afternoon game
was a walkaway for Pierre. that
cam winning hy a score of l6 /,
;. Kirkpatrick was on the mound
or the lCcals and tn ew good
. me, bat was given poor support
At s'ageS in the game. Early in
he session three of ttc locals be
came i'll, Ted Gilchrist, Georga
re mole and BIN Norton being
n the hospital list. but each of
hem stayed in the game until
the sixth inn ng when Ted was re-
loved and placed under doctors
are
Pierre made their first three
cores in the first inning and ad-
dcd another pair in the third. and
n the fifth, some son-of-a-gun cut
oosc the guy ropes and tie Kad-
ka boys aScended into the azure
bluc and circ'ed around the Capi-
ol dome until the Pc re team
ad crossed tie home pan with
leven coun crs. Af'er that they
cttlcd down and b'aaled Their
pponents for the remainder Of
h Journey The two Kad ka
cores we @ Tailed up in tn fifth
n eighth innings.
The second game IN Fr.day was
4 much better cXh bit on of base
'all and would have been a hum
-er but for the first inning. Not
'onte t with III ir gaz ng at the
'tarS of the previous afternoon
our boys started the second fra
,aS clear up on the hill-tops and
before they got down to the ball
'iamond Pierre had crossed home
plate five times. After that the
game settled down and was a good
ore. Pierre added another run in
he second and from then until
the seventh they were banked.
In the seventh they scored two
and IN the eighth put another ac-
ross, bringing their total up to
nine. In the fourth kadoka's
three runs were earned. Scion
singled, and Vanderbilt did like
wise, and Haugcn was walked, FL
ling the bases, when Timms swat
ted the ball for two bases. scoring
the three runners.
Curtis was on the mound for
Kadoka in this second game and
threw his usual classy game Of
ball, and with air tight support
back Of him was entitled TO the
game by three 10 two score.
Earl Barndt, our new back stop
worked in both games and gave
the best Of satisfaction.
The kadoka boys were treated
fine while in the Capitol City and
were greeted with good crowds al
both games. They have nothing
but words of praise for the Pierre
Manager and players and the ttea-
tment they received from the Pr
ere peop'e. and are offering no
excuse for looSing the gnmc; cx-
cept just that they were Leaf.
Pierre comes to Kadoka for two
games on the. 2nd and 3rd Of Aug.
ust and these viii he fast exhibit
ions Of the national sport.