Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-08-15
GR ANTS PASS vs. ASHLAND"
Monda ~ Game Best Ever Pla yed
In Southern Oregon. Grants
Pass Wins.

The best baseball game ever played In
southern Oregon Was contested Monday
afternoon at the baseball grounds
Each side played with the utmost vim
and stubbornness and every tally made
was fought for. Grants Pass, playing
against team composed largely Of pro-
lessional men and crack players fr,m
from California. again proved ito snperi'
ority and achieved q glorious victory
with score Of Q TO 8.
The game was to have been played
Sunday, but q disagreement between the
teams prevented the playing Of the game
ct that time.
Since the organization Of the Grants
Pass team, II has been invincible.
Previous 10 It's advent In the southern
Oregon arena, the Ashlandsrs had every
thing their own way and had all manner
Of sport with the other valley teams.
The fact that they have been compelled
to rsceds from first 10 second place
seems 10 rankls In their hearts and they
thirst for the Agurative gore Of Grants
Pass. Tsics previous 10 this time. they
have met the Grants Pass team and
on each occasion have gone down TO
bitter defeat. In the second game, they
picked four mon from Igerns, the strong
Get team In Northern California, for
their assistance, but IL availsd them
nothing and they we're defeated on their
own ground by Grants Pass.
For the last game, they secured the
services Of . league pitcher and catcher
from Caliiornis, and four Igsrna men.
They had one representative from Horn
brook and two Ashland men. This az
sregation they dubbed ASHLAND base
ball team" and sent II to Grants Pass
TO make mincemeat Of the local team.
When the teams lined up for the game
Sunday afternoon and the Grants Pass
boys perceived that . professional bat
tsrv had been runy In against them.
they were filed with Ire and refused
to play unless the ashland" team
would put On amateur In the box. This
the visitors refused 10 do. With their
professional pitcher, they considered
that Grants Pass scalps had gone below
par and that the game was mortgsged
In Ashland's favor. After psrley oi IN
hour or more the game Was finally Go
clared of. The heated atmosphere
ignited and the beholders were treated
10 the slsvatins spectacle OF one Of the
Ashland team and Grants Pass symps-
,hizer pummelling one another with
much vim and vigor. The crowd made
. solid wall around the combatants and
let them come TO . decision uuaided,
Ashland Was defeated % usual. A
series Of fights appeared imminent for .
short time, but the storm blew over
Az . Sunday occurrence, 1t is Of ehsrac-
TER TO merit the earnest disapproval oi
the people Of both towns.
In the evening . game was arranged
Tor the following day. Monday, and was
called at two O'Clock. The league inan
played in the boz but was not 30 terrific
after all. Martin is the better pitcher
OF the two. The Ashland" team soon
found out that they were up against II
and once more they were sent homo In
defeat Home; to Ashland, TO Horn
brook, 70 lgerna, to Sacramento, to San
Francisco.
The Ashland Hdings, having . publ
cation on Monday, before the news Of
the game reached IL, seised the oppor'
tunity with mad ayidity and crew Justify
before Il Was out OF the woods. Small
blame TO 1t; Il WAS the only chance.
The umpire, Pat Donegan Of Jackson
Vile. gained thelieserved appreciation
Of the players and the people OF this city
Tor his lair, accurate and clean decisions
throughout the game,