The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-07-07
MIN0T TAKES
ANOTHER HARD
FOUGHT GAME.
Nose Out Locals, Z to 6, III
Holly Contested Battle at
Local Park
CROWD RIDES UMPIRE

fought TWO hours ana twenty MIN
utes at the local ball park last night,
and mt the end of the nine innings
Minot stood on the long end OF the
score, 7 to 6. Players on both teams
were grabbing on the umpire, the
crowd was hot on Safro's trail, the
Min0t base runners were tired out
from stealing bases and lot OF
fans nearly had heart failure at the
finish. With three men on and two
out in the last of the ninth Bismarck
did.>t get the run needed to tie the
score.
1t was a hard tussel throughout.
Indian Joe Day walked blithely out
to the pitchers box. Minot then be-
gan just as blithely to hit him and
Joe walked a couple. lie was pulled
out at the end of the third inning
and AL Rcrnicr came into the box.
He held Mnot in check throughout
and had the Minot base runners not
stolen about everything in sight he
would have pulled the game out of
the fire by his pitching and hitting.
The crowd charged the loss to UNI
pirc Labe Safro. They rode him
heartily and declared his close de-
cisions robbed Bismarck of some
runs. At the finish Hester of Minot
grabbed on decision on first base,
yelling at Safro that "you let the
wolves get your goat" 1t was
tough day for Labe, for the fans
TO finish, both on balls and strikes
and in the field. He also angered
them by changing decisions.
Damber, recruit intlelder, jumped
in to catch for Dougan, recalled from
Bismarck by the st. Paul American
Association club. His pegging was
bad and Minot base runners stole
eight bases. They literally stole the
game away. Bambers regular posi-
ton is shortstop. He halls from
Chicago.
Minot started as if to slaughter.
Spranger spanked out single, but
fast double play, Stanley to Nord
to Rcider cut two down. Coleman
got hit and Walters smashed one
to center which Fart misjudged and
Coleman scored and Walters pulled
up on third. Walters scored on a
passed ball.
Bismarck also scored in the first
Newt Randall opened with hit but
Bambor's attempted sacrifice put
Newt out at second and let him on
first. Stanley singled and Bernier
did the same, scoring Bamber.
Minot scored two more in the Sec
ond. Hester walked and stole. Wor-
ner and Liefer flied out but Spran-
ger hit for two bases, scoring Hes
ter, and Gunther singled, scoring
Spranger.
Bismarck drew next blood in the
third. Randall and Bamber flied out
but Stanley produced bingle. Ber
nier walked. Reider singled ant
scored Stanley, Bernier reaching
third. Throckmorton ran for Reider
On Il double steal, Bernier scored.
Bismarck scored two in the sixth
Rcider walked and Fart forcet
Throckmorton, running for him. Moro
sacrificed but on the throw to secont
both were safe. Condor dumped on,
in the infieid and try for thirt
failed and the bases were loaded
Throckmorton and Fart were throw
out at the plate, but Randall pro
duced hit which Walters. presume
bly,, lost in the sun, and Nord an,
Condor scored.
Minot scored two more in the sew
enth. Gunther flied out. Coleman
beat out a slow one which Nor
didn't handle. He stole second an
third, and scored on Meningitis sin
gle. Bamber threw wild at secon
to trap Walters and he scored
Bismarck evened the same innIn
on Bernier's three-bagger and a viii
pitch.
Minot put the winning run in tn
eighth. Worner walked and Denise
ran for him. Liefer went out t
first. Spranger forced Denisor
Spranger stole and Gunther drOppe
fly near the left-field foul line TO
bases, scoring Spranger.
Johnny Reider, Bismarck center
fielder, VINO was injured at James
town, was back in the game. He wa
limping but replaced Felix Fly,
worse cripple, on first. Reider mad
one sensational catch of short bun
fly, rolling over after he got it, han
died himself we'll on first and mad
two hits.
Nord continued his fine work o
shortstop. He held nine chances. II
bobbled one but on bad chance, an
Coleman had the slow rolling ba
beaten anyway.
Al Bernier continues to be Bi:
marcks' demon slugger. He pre-
duced two hard hits last evening, on
a three-bagger, and walked twice j
five trips to the plate. He also pitch
ed wen.
Oliver hurt an ankle in left field
A doctor was called but he resume
play. Later he went out, Colema
went to left and Denison went
right.
!. The, teams play It e:16 tonight.
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