The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-03
Additional Sports
PENITENTIARY
BALLTEAM HAS
AFINE RECORD
Won II Games and Lost
Last Year-Team Bait
Average Ia 1926 y}.

Baseball teams which come to Bis.
marck to play its star baseball team
should bring plenty Of pitchers tina,
Is 1T statistics and hatting averages
coun: for anything. a re t.,
The team always has the advantage
OF playing Non the home grounds, ir
fact it has never played anywiherc
else. for the simple reason that it is
THE team of the state pen;tenti ~
every member of which is a convict.
lt~ris managed by Clarence Or-ton
q Infer. who trains his men Just us
faithfully as any big league manager
Every summer afternoon when the
weather permits they get in two hours
OF practice after the long routine
workday Of the prison is over.
Effective Training
That this training is effective is
shown by the stati s'tcs (which orion
keeps on his clubs performances
Last year it won II games and los,
five. The year before that it won
- and lost three. To date thi.
year, 1t has won three and lost none
and every victory was by an impress
sivc score. Jamestown was beaten
IA to Z, Solen % to 2 and Washburn
26 to 10.
Last year the team scored geo runs
to its opponents "a. stole l4O bases
to the opponents 80. had a fielding
percentage Of 800 and smacked the
pill for the impressive team batting
average of .l25. This year, Manage
Orion said. he has better club than
last year.
Jimmie Riley. third baseman and
lead-off man. hits at a 500 clip. fields
967 and has throwing arm which
makes outs of chances which many
third sackers would fail to get to
first base in time. He is % wears
old.
jackson. at s'hOrtstop. ia 20 wears
lold and has played with various
Eastern scmi-pro clubs. He bats
.498 and fields 1886.
Peoples. at second base, is 81 years;
old but the fastest man on the club
and the hub of "a nea. double play
combination which has checked off
many a threatening rally.
j. c. Kelly. 20 years old. has had
less experience than most of the
other players but has the height and
reach necessary to good first base
man and takes mean cut at the
ball hitting we'll up with the leaders.
The Outfield
In the Outfield the club has Loncre,
Carver and Tommy Merrill. Longre.
in center, is 80 years old hut still
going stronger. Carver. in left. is
% and enjoys the distinction of being
The team's cleanup hitter.
McGnll, a pitcher, has been con-
verified. into an outfielder because Of
his speed and hitting ability. He
'ieads the team in stolen bases and
has been playing baseball since he
was Is. Now he's 20.
Snyder. former scmi-pro star,
does the catching and substantial
amount Of heavy hitting. Men who
steal bases on him mus: have lots
of speed. Orion said.
Good Pitching Staff
For pitchers Orton has Roy Casink,
a southpaw who has played semi
pro ball in North Dakota and Southern
Minnesota. In his games to date he
has looked good. Orion said, anil
ranks as the first string hurler.
Robinson, another left handler, is
the relief man. Other substitutes
'uCIuuc DpcIIv, OHc CtHIc payer nlAT-
ager and good utility man. and
Fairbanks, a. speedy outer gardener.
And the team batting average is .425.
The season, which opened April IL.
will continue into September. Nine
games have been scheduled. two more
are practically certain and others
are in sight. Teams already sched-
uled to meet the Penitentiary club.
which plays under the name of the
Grove All Stars, are Mercer. Harvey.
Bismarck White Sox, Turtle Lake,
Robinson. Drake. jamestown. Wash
burn and the st. Paul Northern
Pacific railroad team. Games sched-
uled with Neville and Willis:on arc
tentative.