The mirror., 1922-06-22


The nine hundred fans who congregated
on the field Saturday afternoon will vouch
for the fact that the locals are far from
the "has been" class. They succeeded in
beating the sturdy Firemen by count of
IS to IL, in a six inning game.
When the doughty Thompson was slated
to toss the agate for the Firemen, things
looked rather gloomy, indeed, for Thomp-
son is reputed to be one of the best premier
amateur pitchers in the Twin Cities. But
zone can never tell, can they?" Twas
thus the leading obstacle that confronted
the locals Saturday, until they began
swinging their war clubs and then there
was different tune to sing. The locals
rang the bell five times in the initial chap
ter, which came by the way of four sin
giles, double and triple.
In the second round the locals got nine
more counters, developing from three sim
giles, a double, a triple, four passes on
balls and flock of errors. The locals
got their fifteenth and last counter in the
third round, which came from double
and single.
AT this stage of the game the score stood
IS to in the locals favor and one-half of
our allotted time for recreation had been
consumed. During these three rounds of
play, only eleven Firemen came to bat.
One hit safely and another was passed on
balls.
In the opening of the fourth frame, the
Firemen opened up their attack. Before
the side could be retired, six runs had
crossed the platter. Carney led off with
a single and went to second on a passed
ball. Lindley was passed on balls and
Menk hit grounder to short that should
have developed into double play. Lind
ley was forced out at second, but Tull
made wild throw to first, allowing
Menk to advance to second and Carney to
score. Menk went to third on Strawlow's
out at first and scored on Wolfrums's
single. Lentz smashed the apple for
home run, cleaning up the bases. Goss
was passed on balls and on Scotts hit to
right, made a dash for third and scored
when the peg to that corner went wild
among the fans and Scott came to roost
on the third peg, as per ground rules. A
moment later Scott scored on Scannell's
single. Carney who came to bat for the
second time in this frame, struck out, re-
firing the side. In the opening of the
fifth round, the Firemen got one more
counter. Lindley led off with a single
and went to second on a wild pitch.
Menk flew out to Shu and Strawlow was
thrown out Shu to Hen. Wolfrum got a
single that scored Lindley. Lentz struck
out In the sixth and last stanza, the Fire
men continued their attack and up until
the last out was made, it looked as though
they were going to overcome the locals
lead and win the game. Lindley led the
attack by landing short fly in center and
went to third on Scott's grounder to right.
While Lindley was on third, Scott went
to second with no opposition. Scannell hit
fly to right that dropped. Lindley scored
with ease from third and Scott went to
third on the error. Scott being on third,
Scannell went to second with no opposi-
ton. Carney got liner to right that
scored Scott and when Scannell undertook
to score from second on the hit, the ball
was pegged to the plate. The throw being
wide, allowed Scannell to score, but the
ball was retrieved in time to throw out
Carney at second. Goss went out on
grounder to Hen, unassisted. Menk got
two-bagger to left and scored on Straw
laws two-bagger out in the same territory.
Wolfrum got single that scored Straw