The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-04-30
Wd|a Wa||a Has Now Struck The
Winning Streak.
TAKES TWO GAMES FROM YELLOW KIDS
ARE NOW PLAYING GILT
EDGE BALL,

The Walla Walla Boosters have
struck the winning streak in earnest
and it is now hoped that they will
continue the good work and take into
their camp every ball team that they
meet on the diamond. The team won
the game at Athena Saturday by a
score of to and took the Yellow
Kids down the line Sunday afternoon
at Pendleton to the tune of to l.
Saturdays game was one of the best
that the Boosters played this season
and while the Yellow Kids also played
ball the Walla Walla team came out
of the contest with the figures on it's
side of the score board. Rummell
pitched for the Boosters and he held
his opponents down to four hits. Mar
quis was the initial point for the yell
low Kids and the Boosters found him
for eight safe ones.
Sundays Contest.
Enthused to a high pitch over the
victory of Saturday about $50 fans of
Walla Walla left this city Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock on the special o.
r. & N. train for Pendleton to boost
! for the team while it played the Kids
| in the metropolis of Umatilla county,
Along the line ball cranks were picked
up and when the special rolled into
Pendleton there were about 500 people
| on board
Sundays game proved to be of the
gilt-edge order on the part Of the
Boosters. Parkes was the twirler. He
| had his arm with him. With excellent
control and good support from his team
| mates he did the best work of the
| season. He struck out II men and
| only gave four hits, all Of which were
scattered. The Yellow Kids also did
fine work up to the eighth inning,
when the Boosters landed on Willard
for four hits we'll punched and the
| boys that wear the yellow clothes went
up in the ar, playing like school boys.
How Runs Were Made.
The game started off with Athena
at the bat. Knapp, the first man up
got a safe one over second base
Kreitz reached the first bag by being
hit by the ball. Willard sent a hot one
to fitzpatrick and went to first while
Gill tried to throw out Kreitz at Sec
ond. Davidson then put one to Nc
Allister who made good stop and put
Willard out as he was running from
first to second. While he was doing
this Knapp crossed the plate. This
was the only run scored by Athena
stood 1 to 0 in favor of the Yellow
Kids and many Of the Walla Walla
fans began to feel uneasy. When
Walla Walla came to bat however, in
this inning, Maloney was walked.
Crocker who had two strikes against
him then landed on one of Wizards
curves and when the ball was picked
UP in center field Croker had reached
the third station and Maloney was
across the plate and sitting on the
bench. McAllister then picked out a
nice one and sent it to short. Croker
started for home and while Davidson
was trying to throw him out at the
plate, McAlister reached first. Rum
NELL sent a high fly to right, which
Knapp dropped and McAllister went
to third. He then scored when Athe-
| mas first baseman fumbled grounder
I sent to him by Single. In the eighth
the fireworks began to pop again.
| Croker, the first man up, got two
sacker McAllister then went out
| from third to first. Yates then slammed
one out in the center garden for two
bags and Croker scored. Gilpatrick
got safe one, Rummell followed suit.
Il Tempany was presented with the first
bag by being hit in the back by Will
lard. Single then hit hot one to
first base. Nordean who has been
dubbed by the Walla Walla fans as
Circus Solly," fumbled the sphere and
when he recovered himself he lost his
head and threw the ball out in left
field, Fitzpatrick and Rummell crossing
the plate. Parkes then sent one to
Lieuallen who made a misplay and
Tempany came in.
Saturdays Score.
Walla Walla-AB. r. BIZ. Pc. A. +
Parkes. CT U