The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-06-09
TWOHATTON ERRORS
IN THRILLING ninth
| BRING WINNING RUN
Visitors Make Noble Effort, but
Collision Between Out.
FieIders Is Fatal
MORE THAN 600 SEE GAMES
Giants Will Not Play Here Until
Bismarck Fair; In Canada
This Week

Gilkerson's Union Giants won both
ends Of a baseball double-header with
the strong Hatton club at the city
athletic field yesterday afternoon
but not until Hatton had committed
two errors in the ninth inning did
they exc out a winning margin in the
second contest.
The Giants had little trouble win
ming the first engagement IL to 2.
The score in the second was 6 to S.
With Hatton having scored two
runs in the first half of the ninth to
die the score at 5 all in the second
contest, the Giants went to bat with
resolution.
Morris, who had relieved Pitcher
"Smoky Joe" johnson for the Giants
with one out in the ninth, struck out.
But Fernandez, batting for Coleman.
reached first on an error by Short
stop Lee, former Concordia athlete.
Then Dwight singled and the Giants
had men on first and second. Catch
er Melquist made a gallant catch of
Akers' pop foul and two were out.
Then Haley poled a high ball to CEN
ter field. Either Jenny or j. Teie
might have caught it, but both made
the mistake of trying to get it. It
was Teie's territory by Jenny appar-
entity did not hear his call as the
strong wind was blowing away from
him. They collided. the ball eluded
both, and Fernandez scampered over
with the winning run in the great
contest which thrilled more than 600
fans.
Simle Comes Home
Smiley" Simle pitched a fine game
for Hatton, in the second and kept
the II Giants hit well scattered. His
teammates three errors proved cost
ly, however. Simle next fall will
move toBismarck to becomea teacher
in win junior high school.
Smaulding, alternating slow and
fast balls with great control and an
occasional curve after the first in
ming, limited the Hatton sluggers to
-four hits in the first contest, which
carried but few thrills but lots Of
good baseball.
The first contest "a marked by
the failure of Lefty Teie, Hattor
hurfE, to get going properly and hi
asked for relief in the seventh inning
He was replaced by another south
paw, Bob Smith. a Hawaiian, WHIT
was a bic wild.
The colored team scored IL hits of
the two southpaws, scoring periodic.
ally. They counted five times in the
seventh. Haley got his ninth home
run OF the season in the first contest
Giants In Early Lead
In the second game the Giants tool
a 3 to 0 lead at the end of the fourth
but the visitors tied the count at thu
end of the seventh when they
touched Smoky Joe's" Offering with
success. The colored boys scoree
twice in the eighth to take a leae
which looked sufficient but Hattor
counted two more in the ninth. Their
came the fatal last half of the ninth
for Hatton.
Ellingson. former University o
North Dakota athlete. knocked !.
homer in the sixth inning of the sec
Ond game.
The Giants clowned often. particu'
1arly Akers, sure hitting shortstop
and gave Bismarck a fine opening
program.
The Giants have no definite games
arranged here until June %, whel
the 'colored boys meet Jamestown
Manager Gilkerson, however, hopes t,
play two games here during the Bis
marck fair, probably with the stronl
Abereen, S. D., club. This week the,
play several games In Manitoba, in
Guiding engagements in Brandon an,
winning. Next Sunday they pla,
Hatton at Grafton.
The box scores and summaries 70
yesterdays games: