Concordia College - White and Blue Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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THE VARSITY Baseball I651

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The Athletic Board WM T. Fruendt ............. Chairman L. Thalacker ...... Tennis Bus. Mgr. L. Krueckenberg Baseball Bus. Mgr. W. Grothe. . .Gymnasium Inspector H. Imelmann. .Basketball Bus. Mgr. R. WoliT ........ Grounds Inspector CHEERLEADERS Frederic Stieghorst William Uttech SPORTS REPORTER Elmer Volkman

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Resume of The Season Our season was officially opened on May 21, when Prof. Hattstaedt, Jr., delivered the ball with commendable accuracy to Director Barth behind the plate. uShorty Freiburger then stepped into the box and began to limber. The hard-hitting Concordia Teachers College of River Forest, 111., formed the opposition. Our boys were determined to leave the ttTeachers in the dust, but what a disappointment it really turned out to be! The Illinoisans started the fireworks in the first inning when they solved ltShortyls offer- ing for two singles and a double. These hits, coupled with a base on balls, netted the opponents two runs. They went out in order in the second and third frames. Mueller opened the fourth with a single and stole second. Levenhagen sent him scooting across the plate with a single to left. Fisher was hit by a pitched ball. Boelter's perfect peg caught Levenhagen going to third. The next two men grounded out. The ttForesters added another tally in the fifth on Nickel's two-bagger, Gemeinhart's sacrifice, and Jaegerls double. The sixth inning spelled defeat for us. The HTeachers began pounding Shortyls twisters all over the lot. Levenhagen doubled and went to third on Fisher's single. Staiger reached first on Wians' error. With the bases loaded, Zehender slammed a. home run over the centeriield fence. That was enough for Freiburger, HTarzanH Wuerifel going in to relieve him. Meeger grounded out. Nickel looked at the third strike. Gemeinhart singled and went to third on Jaegerls one-base hit. On a double steal, the former scored while Jaeger took second. Mueller ended the disastrous frame as far as we were concerned by flying out to short. The ttRegs came back with two runs in their half of the sixth but this helped very little since River Forest added five more tallies in the last three innings. When the smoke of the battle finally lifted, the score-board showed a 14 to 3 victory for River F orest. The following week our warriors packed their grips and journeyed to Watertown, there to take on the strong and reputed Northwestern College. Determined to make good the loss sustained in the last encounter, our team took the field in high spirits. It seemed as if nothing could hinder them from bringing home the bacon. But alas! Inability to do the right thing at the right time proved to be our undoing. In the opening frame neither team did much of anything. HTarzanH Wuerffel connected for a. two-bagger in the second, after two men were out, but died on second. For Northwestern, Kasischke and Kneiske singled and when Boelter threw wild to third, Kasi- schke scored. In the third, we had a chance to even up matters, but our boys could not hit when a hit meant a run. The Goslings'l' hung up two runs in the third on two hits and an error and two more in the fourth on two hits and three walks. We put our only run across in the fifth, on Boelter's single, Bergls sacrifice, and Keiperls one base hit. Our offensive was woefully weak throughout the entire game, and consequently we received the short end of a 5 to 1 score.