Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-08-06
THE GRAYS Win ONE
BUTTE Miners HAND GRAYS FOlJR
GOOSE EGGS.
Local Team Played Good Ball Last
week, But Were In Hard Luck.
H0quiam Fans Disposed to Knock
Home Team. Grays Win Yester.
days Game 6 tO2.

Ii we did fail to m AXE run in fou,
games, the lovers Of the National Game
have nothing to complain of, for they
had the best article of ball thew eve,
saw. The Grays played gilt.edged ball
in the field but failed to hit when a hit
meant run and tied score. They had q
slump in batting, that's all.
The series with Butte opened Wednes
day, with Brinker and Goodwin on the
slab for the home team, and loren per.
forming ike stunt for the visitors. At
the end OF that game the score was 5 to @
in favor of the Miners.
Thursday, Tonneson was on the firing
line for the locals, and Hoon for the
visitors. The score at the end of that
game was to 0 in favor of the Miners
mat game was fast one, bu. 80 were
the others, and any enthusiastic fan who
did not enjoy such a game, no matter
which side won, ought not to be permit.
ted to sit among the loyal.
Friday, Brinker shot them over US.
and Bandelin for the husky bunch from
Butte; the score was to 0 for the lads
from Coppertown.
Saturday, Happy Goodwin tried his
best to win, but the same old Miss Luck
stayed with her admirers from the hills
and gave them her blessing, when they
got two runs to our none.
1t began to look as though the heart
was taken out of each of the Grays, and
many were the predictions that we would
not win game, and one fan offered 10
bet that we would not get score Sun.
day.
Ford, first up for Butte, wentout on a
foul fly to Boeltiger |; Helwig hit a>fly to
Hurley and then sat on the bench Bax.
ter hit to Dad Brown, and of course was
out at first. FoI the Grays, Hurley hit
one to loren and died at first; Campbell
hit for two bags, Nehring hit for two the
same and Bill crossed the plate, Mahop
endeared himself by landing the ball
over the fence for homer, and Nehring
trotted over the plate just ahead OF him.
DICK B3ettiger hit safe, Nagle knocked
one up in the air which Mcintyre got,
Brown famed, and for the fl rst time in
ioity.six innings we could look at the
score board without a sigh, for the boy
had chalked up three runs for our side.
Butte got one hit and one run in the
second, the ball from McIntyre's bat
striking Campbell on his broken finger.
badly injuring it, and then going out to
Happy Goodwin in left field, but Nc.
died at second, Swindells hit to Camp.
bell, but Bill missed it, trying to favor
his lame finger, Bare flew out to Hurley,
and loren hit to Tonneson and was out
at first. Butte won one more in the
sixth on BaxteI's hit, Irby's out at first,
and McIntyre's safety.
In the second inning, Goodwin hit
safe but was forced out at second by
Tonneson's hit to loren, Hurley, Just to
keep even with Mahon, hit one over the
fence and both Tonneson and himself
crossed the home plate, Nehrng made
his second two bagger but got no farther.
In the fifth canto, Mahon hit safe, stole
second, and scored on Pinch. Hitting. Kid
Browns two bagger. This ended the
run getting, but we had enough, to 2
being the story the score board told.
No one can deny that our team played
good ball during the week in the field.
S~indells got three home runs during
the series, and the fans got so they ad.
yised the pitchers to walk him whenever
he came to the plate.
Bill Hurley took Campbell's place at
short yesterday in the third and never
made mis.cue, much to the disgust of
a certain contingent from a neighboring
city, who only wanted some bad play to
give them chance to knock.
Spokane comes Wednesday for five
games, and we just have to have them.
The bunch from the city by the big falls,
have been strengthened by several new
additions, among the number being
Dunn, formerly of the Grays.