The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-14
CLOSE GAME
TIGERS LOSE
HITltSS IN the PlNCHtS
Errors Also Helps Ellcnsburg Colts
Win-Nelson Pitches Good Game
Chance to Win Two Times.
Team Standing.

The old time failing of the Tigers,
inability to hit the ball when a hit
meant runs, combined with some wOb-
bly, work on the part of the usually
steady infield proved the undoing of
the Tigers unday afternoon, and the
Ellensburg team walked off with the
long end of a to score. The white
wash brush was welded in an artis-
tic manner by Pitcher Metcaife of
the Colts, aided and abetted by eight
young men, only one of whom made
a bobble in the nine innings. The de-
feat put Col Payne's young men in
third place with Toppenish and FL
lensburg tied for the top.
Good Pitching.
The game was a pitchers battle
between Metcalfe and Nelson, with
the Scandinavian having the best of
the argument, though the under dog
throughout Nelson worked like a
pillow horse trying to pull the game
out of the fire, and had his support
been as good as his pitching he would
have landed winner. Lars also
poked out hit but with three others
died on the sacks. He also figured
in a double play, that cleared up the
atmosphere. The Tigers We're weak
.ened by the absence of Hemenway
whose father has drawn the line on
his son going so far away from home
to play ball. Memenway has a job
working in the city hall at Seattle, so
he can't afford to loaf in this town.
Chance to Win.
In the eighth inning the Tigers had
a sweet chance to win, but it went
fiimmering All the sacks were pop
uated, and one out, but the best Ben
Kohls and Flea" Grover could do
were to knock a high foul to Catcher
Page and a puny grounder to the
pitcher. Both the young men tried
to knock the horsehide into the next
county. When an infield hit would
have been as good. The Tigers had
a couple of other chances to score, but
the much needed poke was not forth
coming. At that, the young men had
a chance to win, but for an unnatural
catch of Captain Woods. who grabbed
a Texas leagurer rightfield.
Errors Lose Game.
The game was lost on the errors of
the infield. In the fourth inning
"Flea" Growers heaved the ball into
the third base bleachers, and a run
scored In the ninth inning Page led
off with a single advancing Goldie to
third. He scored for the second tally
on an error of Minors in fielding a
hard hit ball. In the last half of the
ninth the Tigers went out in order.
The errors of omission and commits
sion of Johnson in rightfield, also put
the Tigers in the hole.
Game Features.
The features of the game We're the
rejuvenation of Paddy Gains, and the
first appearance in this city of Wod-
lecki, a thin angular gentleman who
played left field for the visitors.
Paddy" caught the game, and tore
around as skittish as a three year old,
making a circus catch of high foul
after a hard run. Mr.. Wodlecki, a
meek young man, built on the lines of
a bed Stat, was the recipient of much
uncalled for criticism from the fans
because of his appearance and ner-
vousness at the bat. The young man
got revenge for all the unkind things
said about him by figuring in the
crash when the blow up came.
The statistics of the game are as
folloWS