The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-04-15
PLAYED MIGHTY GOOD BALL
New Ball Park Opened by Winning Game
Local Bunch Make Sound Like
Champions II to 2

downpour at any moment big crowd
attended the opening Of the baseball
season at Leavenworth's new park Sun
day. Quite a number OF enthusiastic
feminine fans also braved the elements
and with escorts and umbrellas perched
themselves on the top seats Of the un-
finished and roofess grandstand, where
they seemed TO enjoy the frequent
dodging Of foul balls. Luckily the
rain got ashamed of itself after the first
couple of innings and ceased for the
remainder Of the game.
Those who attended were well re-
paid for their fidelity to the national
game. In spite Of the chilly atmos-
phere and soft new diamond the Leav-
enworth aggregation put up classy ar
ticle of ball that justified the faith of
their local supporters. The work OF
Souder behind the bat and with the
stick was unusually strong. All at
tempts at base stealing were nipped in
the bud by cool, steady throws to sec
ond. Souder also carried off the bat
ting honors, being credited with a
single, double and triple for his three
times at bat, besides sacrifice. Lee
was a mighty good second with the
stick, however. He was three times at
bat also and clouted out good clean
single in each instance, bringing in one
man and scoring three times himself.
One of his singles could have been
easily stretched into a two-bagger if
Lee could have dropped his 1900 noun
tain climbing gait and picked up
a little 1400 passenger movement.
Kepler is a jewel at third and Ma
honey was also a shining light. In
fact, all the boys deserve praise for the
ball they put up. II they can keep up
the same speed throughout the season
they need not be afraid of any team
that can be scratched up between Sc
attic and Spokane.
The story of the game by innings:
The visitors were first to bat. The
first two up struck out, and the third
knocked dinky grounder to pitcher
and was felded out at first For Leav-
enworth, in spite of each man up find
ing the ball and two safe hits being
made, no score was made. Tholin,
first up, knocked a little grounder to
second and was thrown out at first.
Then Mahoney raped out single but
died in a rather foolish fashion trying to
reach second, for Souder followed with
two Dagger that would have brought
him home. Kepler out on grounder
to short to first.
In the second inning Skykomish went
out again in practically one, two, three
order. Watson struck out, Kelsey
faded on a grounder to Kepler, and
Bert, who reached first by being hit by
pitched ball, was caught trying to steal
second. In this inning, after being
passed to first, and aided by sacrifice
by R. Smith, a passed ball and field
er's choice of hit by Moore, and
which was too slowly handled, Coulson
brought in the first score for Leaven-
worth. Moore almost brought in
another, but after reaching second and
third on errors, was caught at the home
plate by fielder's choice of B. Smith S
hit. The latter stole second but was left
roosting there when Daily famed.
In third, after Dooley, for the visi-
tors, reached first on the first hit, tho
unsafe, made of DAILY, both Dooley and
Bishop were retired on the latter S
dinkey to DAILY in the only double play
Of the game. Loomis out on grounder
to first. Leavenworth came near scor-
ing after Souder, reaching first on a
single, was caught at second, and KEEP
Ter out on a fly to left. Coulson got
first on hit by pitched ball, second on
wild throw, third on passed ball, and
though he looked wistfully home and
crossed his heart seven times, the
needed hit did not materialize, R.
Smith going out on a weak little
grounder 10 pitcher.
In the fourth, only three visitors
tested Days assortment. A fly to left