Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-28
STURGEON IS
ELIMINATED
OWatOnna Wins Close Game
From LakerS in Semi
final Contest.
st. Peter Wins Glass A State
Championship Saturday
by Shutout.

Sturgeon Lake, representative
of the Pine County Baseball
League In the state amateur
tournament in st. Paul, lost the
third or semi-final game to DIVA.
tOnna after winning from two
fast Glass A teams, COkatO and
Madelfa, in the first rounds of the
tourney. The score of 10 to 8 was
barely indicative of victory but
one point is a deciding margin in
baseball game.
The tournament ended at Lexing-
ton Park on Saturday after playing
for Is days and entertaining entries
from forty-two leagues. The class
AA championship was won by the
E. M. B. A. team of st. Paul. The
class A championship was won by
st. Peter and the B class was taken
by Harmony. The AA class covers the
Twin Cities only and consists of teams
on which most of the players are
hired.
The A class is the largest and rep
resents the strongest of amateur
teams throughout the state. That is
the class that the Pine County league
is playing and naturally takes the in
terest of the players in this area.
St. Peter was entered in this class
and presented a we'll balanced team;
good pitching, effective batting and
brilliant fielding. They defeated the
Owatonna club on Saturday, shut
ting them out by the score of Z to 0.
The building up of championship
team is not a process that can be ac-
complished in one season. The teams
that have won the titles in the past
have been to the tournament several
times and have gone through di-
verse selection of players before they
have been able to find the winning
combinations. The team that wins
must be we'll balanced. 1t must have
two or three good class A pitchers,
all good hitters, and must be able to
field we'll.
Sturgeon Has Good Batting.
Sturgeon Lake presented as good
hitting as there was in the tourna-
ment, getting an average of 800 in
the three games played. The team,
however, lacked sufficient class A
pitching and the fielding was slug
gish. They possessed logged deter
mination and carried through to vic
tory twice, overcoming lead in one
game.
In the game against Cokato the
team played errorless ball and dis
played aggressive hitting strength be-
! hind the effective pitching of Ted
Hoeffert of Greeley. They forged
ahead from the start and continually
kept good lead outhitting and out
fielding their opponents.
In the second game when they
played Madelia, the fielding had
cooled somewhat and the pitching
was less effective. But, again the
bats were the factors in bringing
about a victory. Ted Hoeffert was
called in again to stop the Madelia
batters and he held them we'll with
the exception of one inning when they
punched three doubles to produce
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scored off his pitching in the game.
| Sturgeon Loses.
Sturgeon Lake was eliminated by
Owatonna in a heart-breaker by the
score of 10 to 9 on Friday. They
again outhit the opponents but ragged
fielding contributed to their defeat.
The Lakers knocked Christensen
out of the box in the second inning.
They scored three runs in the first
inning on a walk, three hits and an
error. In the second inning Ernie
Nelson singled, Rutherford, next up,
poled long drive over the left field
fence for a home run. That was
enough for Mr.. Christensen and Dugan
was sent in and he worked during the
rest of the game but the locals scored
four more runs off his deliveries.
Kenneth Gay copied high hitting
honors for the locals in the game.
getting a single, a double and
triple in five times at bat.
Sturgeon Lake made desperate
attempt to tie the score in the eighth
inning. With the score standing 9
to 10 against them and two men
out Bobby Olson singled. Jack Cum
bingham singled advancing Bobby to
third base. Gay, next up. was slated
to be Intentionally passed. When the
first ball had been pitched to Gay.
Jack started for second, going slowly
to attract the play by the fielders.
AS soon as the ball was thrown to
the second baseman Bobby Olson
raced home and made brilliant slide.
The ball was quickly returned to the
catcher and he went down on Bobby
with the result that umpire Daugh-
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