Prairie Du Chien High School - Blackhawk Yearbook (Prairie Du Chien, WI)

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How Fate Played Ball with Prairie As the base ball team of Cassville entered the grounds, the I D. C. H. S. knew that this game, the game to decide the championship of the district. was going to be a hard one After a half hour the game was to start. The Prairie boys were out. The lirst ball thrown was hit by the first base man. He was a big fellow, and hit it. But like many big fellows he was clumsy, so clumsy that he was caught in running the bases. This was the only time the ball was hit in the first inning. After three outs, the Prairie boys came in and got two good slams at the ball, but they also went out in the field with no score to their credit. There were still some heavy batters for the Prairie pitcher to pitch against. The first man came up to the plate. He got the kind of ball he wanted With a loud smack the ball and bat met. Out sailed the ball, farther and farther. It came down in the centerfield’s hands. The third batter came up but like the second was put out in quick order. In came the Prairie hoys. They by good batting brought in two scores. Thus the second inning ended with a score of two to nothing in favor of the P. D. C. H. S. The Prairie boys went out. Bui where were the short stop, catcher,and third base man? Nowhere could they be found. Substitutes were taken to fill the vacancies. It seemed as though Prairie’s luck was changeing. with the disappearance of the three men. In the third inning Cassville got in one score. The Prairie boys came in but their poorer batters now at the bat. After three strikes they went out into the field. In the fourth inning, Cas ville’s good batters came up again. They in time went out in the Held, but when they did, they had two scores to their credit. The Prairie boys came in. The first two men were out.the third hatter walked to the plate and the pitcher put over two strikes in succession. The batter struck at the third one he threw, and strike he did. The ball went out like a Hash. Plink! into the third baseman’s hands it went. But he dropped it. The batter ran and made first base, but in the excitement he was tagged out between first and second bases. In the fifth inning, through good batting,Cassville got in another score. The Prairie boys came in. One man got to second base. But when they went out. they had not made another score. The Cassville men came to hat for the sixth time. The lirst man up fanned. The next man hit the ball to short stop who scooped it up and threw it to first base getting the man out. The next man hit the ball and reached second. This raised Cass-ville’s spirit. Two men got up and one after another got on bases. But still the man on third could not get in. The next man walked up to the plate. He tried to kill the ball, but soon had two strikes. Then followed three balls in succession. It was two out, two strikes, three halls,“and the bases full. The ball came down, the man struck and missed. The Prairie’s came in, but in five minutes walked out again

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 ki U; v First Row Win Allen. Bernard Brokaw. Fred Bruchman, Elmer Herold, Mr. Gunderson. Second Row: Don Kellar. Elmer Wachter. Mark Collins. Third Row: George Jones, Roland Bieloh, Clarence Herold.

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How Fate Played Ball with Prairie having made no score. The seventh inning began, but Cass ville brought in no score. Prairie had one man on third,but he could not get in. So both sides gained nothing. Eighth inning: Cassvile was in high glee. She’s ahead and the game nearly finished. Through carelessness on bases, two men were put out. The other was made by third baseman catching a high lly. Prairie came in determined to get a score. But they failed. Just as they were going out into the field, a shout was heard. In came the three missing players. They had gone into the basement for something and while down there, had been accidentally locked in. Prairie’s spirits revived in spite of the fact that Cassvile had three to their two, and that it was the beginning of the ninth inning. But now that the whole nine was there, they began to play. Cassville went out having brought in no score. The Prairie’s came in thinking it time to do something. And do something they certainly did. There were two out, two on bases, and the batter was to have two more strikes. The ball was pitched. Smack! Out went the ball to right field. The fielder got under the ball, got it in his hands— and dopped it. The score was now a tie. The tenth inning began. Cassville played hard but Prairie harder. The Prairie boys held Cassville down and then they came in. Soon there were two out and no man on bases. The ball came and so did the bat against the ball. The Prairie rooters got up and yelled, for they had reasons. It was the first and last home run of the game. The last Cassville heard as they left was “Prairie du Chien, Prairie du Chien, U—rah! rah! for Prairie. Praise to thee we sing. Praise to thee our Prairie High School. U—rah—rah! for P. I). C.” R. S.