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Lose at Plrst, but Cap* I ^ tore Laurels oil Succeed- oflf Games. [£*fcblt;fchtFINE RECORDS I w)beh!l)efeat Sioux Oity League, andtheha1Sioux Falls'and Will wbBo OelwekbceiAt the ball park on Thursday I Ob the Sioux Falls team had an easy thlt; victory over our colored organization, | Oil the Score being 4 to 1 against Algona. There are several reasons for the defeat, the first being that our oppo-1 . *j befits played a stiff game and they WiFr;were well organized. Second, it was , 'the first time that the full Brownie wi team had met on the field together and were not accustomed to the tac-1 E€ •;tics Of each other. Third, it was Hol-Foland’s first game here as pifccher andhe had not fully got warmed up to thewhsituation till the opponents got in four ascou 100witnotma1runs which virtually decided the . game. After that Holland pitched a great game. [ UPThe game here on Friday was a victory for the Brownies to the tune of 6 to l. It was won because the. boys •had become better organized and be-cause they seemed to excel in batting; ma Davis pitched and did superior work poi by holding down the good natured hc but earnest foe to four scattering hits. ^'dl Tony as short stop proved to be in the right position. .Robinson also showed) ac himself to be a great player at bat arid on the first base.All the good playing, however, was not on our side, for one of the most sensational events of the game was theWeArefiBoccatching with one hand of a line drive. wn ball by Centerfielder Hoy. 1 waialwnalAt Sioux City on Saturday theL. Brownies defeated the league team J ' at that place by a score of 11 to 4, and..on the day following by a score of 6 to'0. The Sioux City papers say the : batting was -well directed and terrific.Bert Jones pitched the first game and Horn the second. I ^Monday the boys went over to Sioux bro Falls and pounded the conceit out of jng the big team there and emerged from j£a the battle with a score of 4 to 2 in and their favor.. • L0ALGONA GAMES NEXT WEEK. tOWMuch interest is manifested in the|p°s' two games to be played here next Tuesday and Wednesday. The champion team of eastern Iowa, known as the Oelwein Tigers, will try to wrest from the Brownies the laurels they have recently won; To show that the ■Tigers are a strong organization it heed only be stated that a few days ago they defeated Waterloo 4 to 3, immediately follow!ng^a victory of two games by Waterloo over Siofix Falls, and on Tuesday played a 1 to 0 ten inning game with the same team.MaibeeFrilt;pupborftercig£the
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Algona Advance
Algona, Iowa, US
Thu, May 21, 1903
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