The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-05-31
CRAYS FIGHT
UPHILL GAME
AFTER THIRD
Timely Hitting and Ability ia
Take Advantage of Breaks
Wins Game
BOARDMAN IMPRESSIVE
Churchill Changes Lineup in
Wholesale Fashion; Strike
outs Are Few
BOARDMAN IMPRESSIVE

The Bismarck Grays won the sec.
ond game of the season from the
Mandan-Stat Training school out.
fit yesterday afternoon on the Fair
grounds diamond at Mandan. The
score was 8 to Z.
Trailing the Mandan club by q
count of to 6 after the third in
ming, Churchill's gang came back
to score one run in the fifth, four
in the sixth, and three runs in the
seventh, holding the gang across the
river to one run during the last six
innings. Hitting in the pinches and
taking advantage Of Mandan errors
and the breaks Of the game was re-.
sponsible for the Bismarck win.
Sagehorn Best Hitter
Sagchorn did the best sticking
for the Bismarck club, sharing two
hits in three trips to the plate, but
Mohn, Lenaburg, Boardman, Simon
son, and Mcleod were abe to pole
out hits when hits were needed to
win the game. Mandan outhit the
local aggregation nine to seven, but
the Bismarck hitting came more
timely. Geston, with two hits one
of which was a home run which
scored Newcomer in the second, and
Mcmahon, also with two hits one of
which was three-bagger which
brought johnson and Heidi in ahead
of it in the third frame, were the
smuggling stars of the Mandan outfit.
Things looked bad for Bismarck at
the beginning Of the game with Nc
Leod in the box. In three innings
the Mandanites garnered six runs,
while the best Bismarck had done
was score once in the first inning.
Beginning the fourth inning, Charlie
Boardman, veteran known through
out the state for his good pitching
and his heavy sticking, replaced the
high school coach in the box. This
change in the Gray lineup meant
the end of Mandan's scoring, except
for a scratch run in the seventh.
Charles soupbone was stiff, and
needed nursing, but he managed to
get the ball across the plate enough
times to hold his opponents at bay.
His single in the sixth, scoring two
runners, aided Bismarck materially
in winning and was really the be-
ginning of a four-run rally. Heidi
did we'll in the box for the Morton
county crew, but he allowed one man
a base on balls and three hits in
succession in the sixth, permitting
the Grays to rally in four counters.
kempf did we'll in the box after he
replaced Heidi at the beginning of
the ninth, allowing one hit which
failed to result in score.
Comeback Ability Helped
Bismarck's ability to come from
behind and to score in pinches un-
nerved the Mandan team, which ex-
perienced a similar setback at the
hands of the Grays earlier in the
season. Churchill's nine proved it.
self especially adapt at taking ad-
vantage Of the breaks of the game,
while Mandan blew up after q break
had gone against them.
Boardman with his relief pitching
and his rally-starting single was
undoubtedly the most impressive
figure on the diamond yesterday,
although Geston, in spite Of his two
errors, Nagel, Heidi, and Mcmahon
performed quite creditably.
Simonson, who won the game for
his team against Mercer last week.
end, was disappointing with the bat,
the lanky catcher getting only one
hit in five trips to the plate. Kelly
worked exceptionally we'll behind
the bat, however, before being re-
placed by Mcleod. Lenaburg, Mohn,
and Sagehorn did their bit for the
big drive by scoring two ruhs each.
Mcleod, catching, made q perfect
throw from home to second in the
last of the ninth to catch Mcmahon
for the last out Of the game as the
Mandan man was attempting to
steal. Eddie Sailer was slightly
hurt when Mcmahon slid into him
on this play and was unable to get
to his feet and leave the field until
most of the spectators had left the
grandstand.
Churchill Changed Team
Manager Churchill's psychology
in changing his lineup was probably
partly responsible for winning the
game, six Of his nine men playing
more than one position during the
game. Mcleod stole all honors by
playing three positions, pitcher,
right field, and finally catcher.
Tobin, Lenaburg, Boardman, Simon
son, and Sagehorn all played two
positions.
Batters on both teams were stingy
in giving pitchers credit for strike
outs, only seven men on the two
teams being struck out during the
nine innings, an unusual circum-
stance in North Dakota baseball.
The box score:
Bismarck ABB r H Pc E
Tobin, ID, ss....... 3 1 Oil
=. Sailer, 2b. 800. 4 0 o 8 ]
Mohn, Ct ........ 4 2 / 1