The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1922-08-17
BASEBALL

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Co.'S. baseball tossers, who have been play
ing amateur baseball all season in the
Mercantile Division League in St. Paul,
was the locals opponents in Saturdays
fracas for the honors of the day. The
visitors by getting all the breaks in the
game, enabled them to pull out victory
in count of to 8. Their having a
percentage of .636 and holding down
fourth place in their respective league
standing on July 30th, gave them am
pie grounds to make the boast before COM
ing here that they were going to "burn up"
the local tribe, and to celebrate the massa-
ere, they brought along large number of
visiting fans only too eager to apply the
"torch." However, they were given one
of their hardest tussles in their baseball
career to defeat the locals and it was only
accomplished by some loose defensive work
in the opening chapters of the game.
The game furnished mixed variety of
baseball for the fans when looked at from
the locals point of view. Some good,
some bad and some Indifferent, and had it
not been for the first and second innings
it could be said that the game was a
creditable one. Pr was on the mound for
the locals and he did real we'll considering
the kind of cooperation he received in
these rounds. Hen at first was off his
stride and muffed a thrown ball that
proved to be costly error. Eos at second
gummed up possible double play by
dropping thrown ball and Sher let
grounder 60 through him that advanced
two runners one peg each. 1t was this
quartette of misplays, coupled with five
singles in the two first rounds, that melted
the visitors a four run lead, which the
locals were never able to overcome. Never
theless, the game was thriller, filled
with many features and it was anybody's
game until the last man was out in the
final frame. 1t was case of men on the
runways all the time for both teams but
they lacked the punch to drive out the
necessary hits when hits meant runs. The
two three-baggers the locals clouted out,
did not produce single run, neither did
they develop into anything that looked like
run, all because the remaining batters
could not produce little measly single to
bring them home for counter.
In the opening of the game, Steil, the
visitors main pitching artist had not ar
rived upon the scene of action. His delay
caused a temporary shift in their regular
lineup. Buttner, their third baseman,
went into the box, Sudor, their right
fielder was put on third and the vacancy
in right field was filled with local talent.
Buttner was obliged to pitch only one
inning but during that time he got away
very nicely by allowing no hits and
striking out one man. Steil took the helm
in the second round, Buttner going to
third and Sudor to right. This gave them
their complete lineup as listed in the box
scores of the Amatuer League of the Mer
camille Division of St. Paul. The visitors
then settled down to the work of the after
noon but it was case of unlocked for OPP
position. Several times they were in con-
slant terror that the hit was going to be
produced that would win or tie up the
game and this was especially noticeable
in the eight and ninth frames. With the
creditable work Steil was performing in
the box and the excellent support he was
getting from his teammates, he was able
to hold the locals scoreless until the last
half of the fourth round. Shu led off in
that frame by getting free ticket when
he was hit with pitched ball. Then on
an attempted steal and Dts sacrifice, Shu
took third and scored on Voges' wild
throw to that corner. Eos was issued