The Redwood gazette., 1933-06-22
SLEEPY EYE WINS
8-3 HERE TO HOLD
DEPRESSION LEAD
Gales, Whiting Hit Homeruns;
Redwood Plays New Ulm
There Sunday

Depression league teams close the
first half of the season this week lex
cept for rained out games) in con-
tests which have little bearing on the
title, except that Morgan has an out
side chance Of stepping into a first
place tie. This chance hinges on its
winning at Franklin and-what is
more doubtful Fairfax win at
Sleepy Eye.
Home runs by Rex Gales and Wal
ly Whiting helped but the Redwood
Falls ball team failed to tumble
Sleepy Eye from its first place posi-
tion in the Depression league stand
ings Sunday afternoon at the fair
grounds diamond. The Indians won
8 to 3.
This week Redwood tackles New
Ulm with hopes of obtaining 500
per cent rating. The game will be
played at the Brown county seat.
Leavenworth will play at Evan.
Connecting for regular hits and
scoring timely counters behind the
superb ball pitching of Reuben Zie-
genhagen, the Morgan baseball team
grasped firmer hold on second place
in the Depression league by their ga
victory over New Ulm at the Morgan
ball diamond.
In other games Leavenworth enter
tanned Franklin by running up %
to 2 score and Fairfax nosed out
Evan, at Fairfax, to 8.
Playing in intense heat, Redwood
jumped into 1 to lead in the third
frame after working errorlessly be-
hind the stalwart pitching of Don
Peterson for three innings. Harold
Kickul started the third inning by
banging out a single to right-center
field and advanced to second on Whit
ing's sacrifice. He scored on the next
play when Bunny Westerman slapped
out a single. Clare Hauck flied out
to left field and Gales flied out to
the pitcher.
Two hits and a base on balls in
Sleepy Eyes half of the fourth in
ming brought in two scores which set
the league leaders ahead. Hauser,
Indian second baseman, started the
rally with hit to short center field;
Felix Seial went down via strikeout
route; his brother, Fred Seial, was
out Hauck to Bernard Worsech, first
baseman, Hauser scoring on the play;
w. Seial spanked a single into left
field; Geschwind received a pass and
Seial brought in the second tally on
a wild pitch. The side was retired
when Peterson whitfield Schlogl.
Several Sleepy Eye hits escaped in
the sixth frame and the side was not
retired until six players had dug their
spiked shoes in home plate. Felix
Seial started the treacherous sixth
with a bingle and advanced to second
when Kruger was safe at first on a
fielder's choice. He scored when w.
Seial hit long fly which Whiting
muffed in right field. Kruger advanc-
ed to third on the play and w. Seial
| went to second. Geschwind struck
out and Schlogl was put out by Pet
erson who picked up his slow roller
| on the first base line.
Hoffman doubled into right-centel
field scoring Kruger and Seial and
scored when Pearl Henning, former
Redwood Falls boy, sent long fly
into the same spot. Offerman crack.
ed out triple and brought in Hoff.
man. Hauser famed to end the in
ming.
| Peterson struck out IL of the
Sleepy Eye batters and allowed nine
hits, more than he gave in two othe1
games in which he pitched. W. Seial
Indian twirler, gathered nine strike
outs and gave out seven hits.
Gales, first Redwood man up il
the sixth inning, smacked out Ions
drive into right-center field for
home run. Schmid flied out to third
: Peterson rolled one down to the frs
baseman and Cuff was out, short tt
first.
/ Whiting stepped to the plate in th'
seventh with two down and the bases
empty and sent one still deeper int
right-center for second home run
Worsech and Kickul had struck ou
before him and Westerman ended th'
inning with strikeout. In the eigh
tn inning Hauck, Gales and Schmi'
struck out in one-two-three order.
Peterson led off in the last inning
with a single into left field and ad
vanced as far as third on Cuffs in
field out, Worsech's fly and Kickul'
| IL