Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-04-13
la the First Baseball
Game of Season
The Little Salem Tigers De
feat the Great Big
Farmers

school baseball team opened it's sea o
son today in a very favorable man
ner. To leave home expecting TO b,
defeated by a team much older in
Experience and greater in size, and
then come out with the large end of
a four to nothing score is enough to
put gladness and conceit into the
hearts of any aggregation. But the
Salem boys, while they are exceed
ingly proud of their achievement, are
not "swelled up in the least. The
Agrics had the advantage all around
home grounds, home crowd, more
experienced, or rather older players
and larger men, but their advantages
were OF no use when pitted against
the team work and alround fast
playing of the high school lads. Il
Is the opinion here that Salem has
the fastest high school team in the
state this year. They play with a
snap and vim that Is truly wonderful
| for a team Of their size. The men,
with the exception OF Keenes and
Jones, are all small, and handle them
selves I'm truly professional style,
The fact that they have good coach
ing is evident, and Curtis Coleman
surely has done well with his team
for so early in the season.
Keene's pitching was the real fea-
ture OF the game, although he was
backed up in n fine manner. After
the first ball was pitched, which Todd
turned into a two-bagger, he had the
farmers always on the guess. He was
only found for four hits after that,
all OF which were wSl scattered SIN
giles. lie only allowed one base on
balls. and struck out FIVE men. When
he was hit the ball hardly ever went
out of the inneld, and was quickly
taken care OF by the inhelders.
Keenes got Ave assists and one put
out TO HIS credit.
Jones also did excellent work. lie
gave Keonos fine support, which add
ed TO the confidence OF the whole
team. lie threw well to bases, and
nearly always got his man. The farm
ers are fast on bases. and were hard
to keep from pilfering, Roberts,
Farmer Kay aud Gabrielson all
played very fast game on the in
/ field, as Is shown In the tabulated
score. They all accepted large
number of difficult chances, and
made but one error. wide throw TO
FIRST, Kay hlled his position at the
difficult corner to perfection, and
nailed everything that came his way
aptain Roberts made some beautiful
stops.
The outheld was well cared for.
and r. Moores captured long ny af-
ter a race through mud marsh.
Harrlson's hitting was also a feature.
Carey had no chance In his left field.
For the Farmers.
Todd was their best man. His
good pitching was am that kept the
score as low as Il Is. lie has
wicked, quick out-drop that the Sa-
lem boys could not connect with,
aud rs went TO the bench Via the
ozone route as a consequence. WOLF.
OF football fame, caught a steady
, game Swami, the pole yaulter, is
fast man at second and runs bases
we'll Chas. L.. Moore. son OF eX-
State Treasurer &. s. Moore, played
a good same In center deld, and Is
credited with a base hlt. The rest
of the iaheld is fast. and nearly an
are heavy hitters. ana they say they
will return the lemons which they
borrowed today when they come to
Salem next Friday, o. a. c. plays
lChomawa Saturday.
How salem Scorvd.
rhoro was nothing doing until the
third inning, with the exception OF a
lhit hy Roberts and Moores. In tho
nrst halt of the third inning Carey
! struck ont. Farmer was passed 10
hrst ON balls, and Immediately stole
second. Keonss famed, Roberts was
ALSO presented with a pass. and he
and Farmer scored when Jones plant.
ed the sphere out over the right
helder's head. and before Patterson
could pry the ham out OF the mud
Jones was safely perched on second
Keenes went out on an easy one 10
first. and the side retired. In tn
sixth Jones was nrst up and waited
until Todd had le, slip four wide
oaes, when he took ais base. He vent
% second on an error BY Beatty. 20
third on passed hall, aud scored on
aArgison's sacrifice. The scoring