Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-08-01

What gave promise of being an in
teresting and spicy game Of baseball
at the league grounds yesterday
afternoon resulted in somewhat of o
fiasco or burlesque of the real Grti-
Gle and when "Jingling" Johnson
had famed the first two up and
Lavier put an end to the misery by
pulling down foul fly from the
ether in the first half of the ninth
the big white figures on the ominous
black background on the right field
fence read to in favor of Salem.
Rankin, "his jumps" was the same
old "rankun."
The most of the worst, of what
otherwise might have been a game
which may have at least kept the
crowd awake, happened in the first
inning. The Fulton team, basking
under the title of the Tri City PENN
sulas, got the first score by timely
hitting and good base-running. Then
Salem came to bat. Johnson hit.
Fay bunted and the first baseman, in
fielding the ball, became entangled
in his own legs and fell but not be-
fore he tossed the ball which went
merrily bounding far afield to the
right and when the smoke cleared
away Johnson had scored and Fay
sat serenely on the third sack.
White came up and lifted a high
one to the left field fence, scoring
Fay, and took three bases on 1t FOR
good measure. Lavier hit to center
scoring White, stole second and was
put out trying to make third on
Hunts grounder. Hunt stole second
and third and died there, Shorey
having famed; Hamilton walked and
stole second, and Humphreys was
thrown out at first by the second
baseman, retiring the team and sill
encing the heavy artillery.
The visitors secured two more
runs, tying the score, in the sixth be-
cause Johnson developed such a
fondness for the horsehide sphere
that he stood caressing it in center
field while two frisky Fultonites
came galloping merrily home. Salem
took another spurt at pounding the
ball in the eighth, which it appears
they could have done at will and run
in two more scores and, if the UNI
pire had not called Fay out arbitrar-
lily at second the Salem bunch would
have been rounding the bases yet,
no doubt.
The Fulton team, while game to
the core and composed of some very
good baseball material, did not ap-
pear an equal match for the Senators
and seemed to be playing against q
bunch of hard luck but this was no
excuse for Salem's playing a listless
game of ball and many of the errors
both on the infield and out might |
have lost the game for them and |
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faster company. Jerman, who pitched |
the first part of the game for Salem |
seemed weak and ineffective with
put much control, having walked
four men and hit one, and he re-
tired at the end of the seventh and
was relieved by Johnson who made
4 very classy finish. Thompson, for
he visitors was wild and hit two or
.hree men but he did not lose his
read and stayed with it to the finish,
Salem stole seven bases on the
oeninsulas in yesterdays game,
a very creditable improve
nent in this line and pulled off
ome very good plays. Next Sunday
he Sellwood team will play against
he Senators on the local grounds
md they are a strong team and
hould draw a big crowd. Salem,
however, should get a good pitcher
lnless they want to play to empty
eats the balance of the season.