The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-09-01
SNATCH GAME
FROM FLAME
NELSON FILINGS MASTeRly BALL
Tigers Beat Toppenish i'm Hair Rails
ing Contest by Hcady BASEBALL
Overcome Two Run Lead.

The good right arm of Lars Nelson,
sweet pitcher, aided and abetted py
heady baseball, clever base running
and a couple of hits when they count
ed the most, brought home the pen
nant for the Tigers in the deciding
game of the post season series sun
day afternoon. The over eagerness of
Pitcher Mckinney, of Tommy Rob-
bins crew, to stem the tide of defeat
in the seventh also contributed to the
JOY of the occasion and placed Col.
Payne's hard working hired men on
the long end of 5 to 2 score. The
final result peeved the Toppenish folks
beyond words, particularly Pitcher
Mckinney, who said unkind things
about the press, the police, and things
in general in this community for seven
hours after all hope had fled. Incl
dentally with the proving of the I'll
gers title to the pennant, the missing
rag showed up from Ellensburg, the
baseball lights of that community fig
urng that if orneryness was liable to
cost money it was no use. The fruits
of the baseball season now adorns the
lemonade department of the Pastime
Cigar store.
Big Crowd Present.
Using the logic of the kid" report
er, who failed to write up fire that
wiped out half of his home town and
found just cause for failure in the fact
that Everybody was there, and talk
ed of nothing else there is little
use to chronicle the glorious victory of
the Tigers, and the snatching of the
hrn nd frnr 1N,ty, 81
the biggest crowds that ever witnessed
game in the Yakima valley packed
the grandstand and bleachers and
overfowed the field. For seven in
nings they found little cause for rejoic-
ing. Then Pitcher Mckinney, of the
| Indians, lost his tail hold and horse
shoe and victory perched on the ban
ner of the Tigers. The display of en-
| thusiasm in the grandstand when the
run that broke the tie was scored was
a fitting testim onial to the popularity
of the great American game here
abouts.
Dark Clouds Lower.
Dark clouds lowered over the Tigers
camp from the start. Bolin, first man
up for Toppenish, pecked the horse
hide on the nose for two sacks. Then
an epidemic of wild throwing and
bungles attacked Messrs. Kohls. Ma
guire and Hemenway in violent form
and two runs We're scored before the
storm cleared. Hemenway broke the
worlds record for a long distance
| throw by casting the ball from the
home plate to the center field fence
trying to catch man stealing second
hoe h; .l,,l
work the Tigers settled down and
played a game uphill battle behind the
mastery twirling of Nelson.
Win in Seventh.
The tide of the battle turned in the
seventh. Mcguire, first Tiger up walk
| ed, stole second and came home on
hit by Growers. Growers stole Sec
| ond and third and came home on a
squeeze play by Minor, putting the
| Tigers run to the good. In the next
inning with two men on bases, Nit
| chell laid down a perfect bunt that
, Wilgus and Mckinney played the AL
phonSe business on, and two more
| runs came across for the Tigers cinch-
| ing the game. In these two innings
the Tigers showed real class and SUI
periority over the visitors.
Nelson at Best.
Pitcher Nelson for the Tigers was
in rare form. He was complete mas
ter of the situation at all times al
lowing but two hits, one in the first
and one in the ninth, and whitfield
thirteen of the Indians. Contrary to
baseball legend of this section he did
not blow up in the pinches, and de-
served he victory he worked so hard
to win. Just to show his ability in all
lines he raped out couple of hits
In two innings Lars struck out the
side in order. His consistent work
kept the Tigers in the running
"Umps" Have Troubles.
Umpire Clarke, the Toppenish sell
ection had world of trouble in his
official position. The crowd was growl-
ing at him all afternoon but did not
bite. A couple of times it looked as
IL Mr.. Clarke was either blind or mad.
Umpire Behrens, the North Yakima
man, engaged in a wordy tilt with
Shortstop Jaegers of the visitors on
the coaching lines and war was i'm
minent. Jaegers was Kissed by the
grandstand upon his next appearance
at bat for his conduct. Bouquets
were handed to Third baseman Bolin,
and Pitcher Nelson for good work
Bolin is slated for faster company.
Minor fielded his position in brilliant
style. Nessen starred for Toppenish.
The scores:
North Yakima ABB. r. H. Pc. A. E.
Mullin, IF ........4 0 0
Maguise, 3b .......1 1 0 1 0
Growers, SIS .......4 0 0
Kohls, 1b .........4 l 0
Minor, 2b .......4 2 3 2