Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-07-30
CAN'T BEAT TIGERS
TACOMA CUBS take four GAMES
OUT OF FIVE.
Friday was the Only Game Reallv
Enjoyed by the Local Fans. The
Diners Sent Them Home Sorrow.
ful. Butte Opens Here Wedne sdav
FOR Five Games,

The Tacoma Cnbs have come and gone.
leaving behind them record.lof four
games won and one lost. They are Ger.
tainly lucky bunch Of ball players, be.
sides having an excellent team. Thurs.
days game was another batting bee for
them. securing l6 hits off Tonneson.
No runs were made by them until the
fourth inning, when Shaw reached first
on Campbel's error at short and scoring
on Lynch's two bagger.
In the fifth inning Tacoma started the
fireworks for fair; Hutchinson, first up,
got two Dagger, CIynes hit safe, Collins
sacrificed, Shea bert out bunt, Higgin-
botham hit for three bases, Shaw hit
safe, Downie did likewise, Lynch knocked
fly to Mahon, and Burnett flew out to
Nag!e. After the dust had settled it was
found that Tacoma had made four runs.
There was nothing doing in the sixth.
In the seventh Hurley distinguished
himself by making quick double play.
1t came about in this way: Shea got 10
first on an error and went to third on a
wild pitch and Iligginbotham's fly, Shaw
hit for single, Downie hit hard to Ton
neson and Shea started for the plate, but
Tonneson threw to Hurley who run Shea
down before he could get back to third,
Shaw, in the meantime had crept up
close to third so as to be there when
Shea reached home or was put out; Hur.
ley tagged Shea near the third sack and
before MIR. Shaw had time to think,
Hurley darted across the field and put
the ball on him. In the ninth inning
Tacoma got four more runs on walk,
four singles and two bagger, making a
total Of for their side They Grays got
two runs in the fifth and one in tie
eighth.
Friday was the only lucky day we had.
& oodwn pitched. and pitched good ball.
Pinch.Hitting. Kid Brown covered him.
self with glory by batting in the winning
run in the last half of the ninth inning
when one man was down.
Saturday, Dunn was on the firing line
for the Grays and pitched swell ball, but
two long hits, with men on bases, was a
death blow to our hopes.
Sunday large crowd went to see Hig.
ginbotham and Goodwin fight it out.
Tacoma got nine hits and five runs,
while the Grays got seven hits and two
runs. This tells the story, without de.
tails, of the series.
The fans all wonder why Umpire Turn
er fines man in gray for only little
talk, and yet will permit Mike Lynch or
any of his Cubs to make offensive ges.
lures, expressive of dissatisfaction, and
talk back to him without fine. Lynch
will yell in from the field at him and
escape fine, but if a Grays Harbor
player, manager or captain makes the
slightest objection to a decision, its
give 70; you."
1t seems that he must have had in.
structions, from the powers that be, not
to interfere with the Tacoma bunch, but
to let them have their own way.
1t is reported that Higginbotham has
been sold by Tacoma to St. Louis, and
will leave for the Mound City next
Thursday. He is speedy pitcher, and
here's hoping he makes good.
Butte comes here Wednesday for five
games, and with the rest our boys will
get between now and that time, We will
take about five games from them.