Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-08-13
WINFOUROUTOFFIVE
GRAY OUTPLAY SPOKANE INDIANS
AL LAST Home Series.
Local Team Escapes From HOOdOO
Placed on Them by Nike Lynch,
and Defeats Spokane Indians four
Games Out of Five. They Open
Wednesday at Tacoma,

The base ball season has closed so far
as games at home are concerned, and it
closed in blaze of glory for the Lum.
bermen.
-Four out OF five games against Spo.
kane. On Thursday, with "Happy"
Goodwin in the box, the score was 8 to 5
in favor OF the Grays. Friday: with Ton.
neson in the box we lost, 5 to 4. That
game we should have won, but luck
and little bad Judgment in base run
ning-was against us. Saturday, with
Brinker up, in most exciting game, we
we scored 5 to the Indians 5.
Yesterday we had another extra.inning
affair, full Of "pep," see saw work, a few
errors and a heap OF excitement. CLAP
py" Goodwin started the game for us.
but things did not break good for him
and he was sent to the bench and Law
put in. In the first inning Blexrud hit
safe, was sacrificed to second by Ferris,
scoring on McKune's hit, Suess was safe
Nagle in right field, Nagle fielded the ball
quickly to Boettiger at the plate to catch
McKune, but too late, Dick instantly
made a perfect peg to Hurley on second
and caught Gmin. Swain hit to Mahon
and died at first. In the second the first
man up, Altman, got a pass to first,
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three sacker and both Altman and Bruy.
cite crossed the plate, BleXrud hit one in
the air and Campbell nailed it before it
hit the ground, Ferris walked, stole some
bases and scored on Mckune's hit, Suess
flew out to Campbell, and Gimlin hit to
Brown and went out at first. This ended
the run getting for Spokane until the
eighth, when Spokane got the last one,
making total of seven. The Grays got
neither hit or run in the first, the first
three men going out in quick succession.
Boettiger and Nagle both hit safe in the
second but nothing else Was doing, ana
it began to look dark for the boys in
gray. But the third opened better for
us, Brinker hitting safe, going to second
when Law Was passed to first, scoring on
Hurley's safety, Hurley went out at
second Campbell's hit to Ferris, Law
going to third, Nehring walked; with
bases full, Mahon hit to the infeld, but
Suess had his foot off the base when he
got the ball, Nehring scored, Mahon was
forced at second by Boettiger, who scored
on Nagle's two Dagger, Nagle later com.
ing in with the teing run. Six runs in
one inning was too much for Mr.. Rush,
so he was sent to the bench and Dunn
sent to the firing line. We got one more
in the sixth on Browns hit, Brinker's
sacrifice, and Laws hit. We have seen
that Spokane got one in the eighth, tie
ing the scoro; we failed to make any.
thing in our half OF that inning; neither
side scored in the ninth, and Spokane
failed to connect in the tenth. For the
Grays, Nagle, first up in that inning,
famed, SO did Brown. Then it began to
look as though another inning would
have to be played, but the old reliable
Brnker swatted the ball for a safety,
went to second when Law bit to Ferris,
who fumbled the ball long enough for
Law to make first; then Mr.. Brinker
stole third, then Papa Hurley hit line
drive over second base, GimIln made a
splendid run for it, but it was too low,
and "Dode" crossed the plate with the
winning run.