Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-05-21
Three OUT OF four
GRAYS WALLOP SPOKANE INDIANS
ON Home GROUND.
GrayS HarbOr Fans Are Thoroughly
Pleased With Local Team, and
Show Appreciation by Good At.
tendance at Games. Pennant Lies
Between the GrayS and Tacoma.

Between the GrayS and Tacoma.
| As result OF the RAID of Matt Stan
ley's band OF Indians from the Spokane
Reservation upon the Lumbermen of
Sam Benn's .ltlement, three scalps are
dangling from the belt of the Boss Log
yer, Dad Brown, while only one sore
spot is left by the Indians. After win
ming the game last Wednesday every.
body went home happy and hopeful for
the morrow, but al! were doomed to dis
app irtment. The morning broke cloudy
and threatened to rain all day, but the
almost certainty of rain did not keep a
lig bunch OF fans from going to the park
to see what was doins. The game Thurs.
day started all right, but after three
innings had been played the weather
man pulled the bung out OF the rain bar
rel and it was all off for that day. Friday
the faithful went back for another seige
in the cold, not caring for discomforts if
the Lum ermen could only win We'll.
they won, covered themselves with
glory-and midland shut Out the In.
dians 3 to 0. The grounds were in awful
condition to start with, but before the
game was over the players had to almost
swim to and from the field. But rough
it all the Lumbermen played ball, and
erro'less ball at that; and just how nine
men could wade around in that sea OF
slnsh, run, stop suddenly, pick up wet :,
Shiny ball and throw it without making
a single miscue, seems marvellous, and
we think could not be done again under
such conditions.
The game was suspended after the first
half of the fifth inning on account OF
shower; at that time the Grays had one
run, the Spokane's none. When the
game was resumed the grounds we've in
no condition for good ball, but the Grays
played without wobble. After the first
halt of the sixth had been played the
game was again suspended on account of
another shower. Alter waiting for sew
eral minutes, the umpire seeing that the
players could not DO themselves Justice
on such muddy field, called the game.
The score then stood to in favor OF
the Grays. Manager Stanley protested
most vigorously on the part OF Spokane,
on the ground that the umpire could not
call the game until thirty minutes had
expired; by that time the RAIN had
ceased, but the grounds-well you should
have seen some OF the play ers after they
convinced you that the umpire was right.
Rush was in the lin light for spokane,
and the way he shot the fast ones over
was caution, but the Grays We're there
with the wallop at the right time and
when the bell rang for the final curtain,
three handsome runs were the result OF
the efforts of the Lnmbermen. Tonnesou
was the slab artist for the Grays, and,
with a look OF do or die upon lis face, he
went at the Indians; nothing could
phaze him, even the bold front of big,
jolly Ed Hutchin on could not scare
him, and three times he sent the big
first basemar back to the bench with a
strike out. But that was not all that
was done in that game; it was not all
strike out, for Spokane got four hits, but
they were so widely scattered that they
could not score They did hit the ball
frequently, but when they did there was
a Lumberman at the other end of the
ball and the bAtsman vas peacefully la d
away. Flies. gronnders and liners were
all alike to the Grays ami they ate them
up and called for more.
In one inning there was need for but
three men; the catcher, pitcher and
Hurley. The first man up in that inning
popped up fly that attempted to settle
somewhere between second base and
center; Hurley tore out after it yelling,
'Pve got it ;" all the others stopped out
OF difference to him, and he got it the
second man up popped up "a fly that
wanted to light back of the base line be-
tween first and second Baker started
after it and Hurley started out after it,
yelling his war cry; Baker stopped, and
Hurley squeezed the little thing to death;
the third man up popped a fly back of
first base; no one started after it but old
ave got it" Hurley. and the inning was
over. SO it went, inning after inning,
Spokane always in sight OF victory, the
Grays always IN the way and fighting
hard every man playing to win for his
team, no man trying to make an ind-
vidual record. but every man a star on
that day. That night when Matt tucked
his pets in their little beds he promised
them spanking if they did not do better
next time.
Saturday the grounds were in such
condition that it was deemed advisable
to give them rest, 80 no game was
played.
Sunday morning quite little crowd
went to the park to see turn OF tide.
Simon was the shooting end of the bat.
terry for Spokane and Law for the Lum.
bermen: Each allowed six hits, but Law
was wild and walked men at critical
times; two men were walked with the
bases full, thus making two runs without
an effo.t upon the part OF Spokane. 1t
was Laws off day. Besides, the Grays
made more errors in that game than they
had made for a long time; but 80 did
Spokane. In fact, both sides played bad
ball, careless, dopey ball. When the
game was over the Grays had met their
first defeat at home, the score being 5 to
2, and Matt was glad in his heart.
In the afternoon a tremendous crowd
went back to see the Grays get revenge.
Aberdeen was there, Hoquism was there,
Cosmopolis was there, and from the
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