Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-06-18
GRAYS LOSE Series
TACOMA TIGERS WIN Three OUT
OF FIVE GAMES.
Local Team Not DISCOURAGED, How.
ever. They Expect to ReCOup This
Week From the Butte Miners. The
TaCOma-GrayS Series Was ExCii.
ing Every Day.

Mike Lynch and his Tacoma Cubs
have come and gone and there is mourn.
ing in the House of Fans, not over his
departure, but for the thin q he and the
aforesaid Cubs did to our I.um bermen.
When we won Wednesday and Thursday
it began to look as though we would be
able to take a majority OF the games
from them during the series, but NAY"
said Nike; and Nay it was. Friday we
were almost shut out, and would have
been but for the nerve of little Lewis,
who was hit on the foot by pitched bali
while at bat. which said ball went to the
grand stand, Lewis remaining at the
plate, and the umpire thinking it was a
passed ball allowed Dick Boettiger to
score, thus saving us from the ignUmny
OF being goose. egged by the Cubs.
How many runs the others fellows got
makes no difference; we were beaten,
and that's enough.
Lewis was on the slab for the home
team, and big Higgenbotham for the
visitors. To look at the two pitchers
impressed one with the idea that it was
Pigmy against Giant, and the compari.
son does not end there, for it was so in
the work they did; Lewis was hit for
good many safe ones, while the big fel.
low allowed only three safe hits. We
just can't win with that sort of luck,
In SATURDAYS game Dunn Jared no bet
ter at the hands of Butler. The hits we're
more evenly divided, but still Tacoma
won. In this game Jack Burnett showed
up in great form at the bat, making the
longest hit ever made on the grounds in
a game, and which scored run besides
landing him on third base. In the very
next inning he slammed the ball over
the fence for homer, and it was lucky
for US that no one was on base at the
time.
Sunday morning we were scheduled to
plav off a postponed game but old Jupi
ter Pluvius ordained otherwise and put a
stop to the game by pouring water on the
grounds Saturday night and early in the
morning. Sunday afternoon we thought
we would surely win with Goodwin III
the box, but again disappointment WAS
our dose. Mr.. Higgenbotham was the
SLAB artist for Tacoma, and again walked
away with the candy. Gooowin was
toucned up for thirteen hits, besides
walking several men, and making wild
pitch which let in one run. The pitching
was not alone to blame for the loss of the
game. Baker dropped fly in right field,
with two rnen gone, and the result was
two runs over the plate, tieing the score,
and later in the game Sullivan let a
grounder get away from him, the result
being two more runs. We got four runs
during the matinee, just two short OF the
score made by the Cubs. We tried
awiully hard to tie things in the ninth
but old Miss Luck was against us.
Now, let us 90 back to Thursday 8
game. That game certainly took the
cOOkey for excitement and exciting mo-.
ments. We took the lead early in the
game by four runs and it began look as If
we had 1t all our own way, but IN the
fourth inning that bunch from Booster.
vile got their eyes on the ball and caused
Mr.. Brlnker to worry some by their
tienGish hitting and tied the score. Then
they made two more and fandom was
detected, but after little breathing spell
We made two, and the score board showed
u and u, and iandom began to look lit.
tie bit cheerful. Then Tacoma found
the ball for two more runs, maxi inc it s.
This was in their half OF the ninth inning
and some Of the fans started home, but
thought better OF it and concluded to
stay and see one of our bows die at the
plate, the victim of the curves and speed
of left-handed Finnev. Well, Nehring.
the first man up, did fade away to the
soft music of the balls as they went past
him and took his seat on the bench. 1t
then looked worse than bad for us. but
just then Jimmie Sullivan walked up to
the plate and smote that ball for two
sacks, and Sam Bowes nearly had fit.
it ticked him SO. Dunn came up next
and poked one out in safe territory and
Sullivan went to second, Oscar Boettiger
sent one to right field, Sullivan scored
and Dunn went to third on the throw in
and Oscar tried for second, bnt the ball
was returned 50 quickly he didn't make
it. The score then stood s to in favor
OF Tacoma. Here the fans were up in
the air. Only one run to tie, two men
gone and Dunn on third, Sam Bowes