The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1910-08-12
|Ef BALL TOURNAMENT
lpovss To Be A Most Ex-
citing and Successful
Sporting Event.
|lN|LLE LEADS COMPETITORS
INV Three Gibbs Enter, Bot the
Games Were the Best Ever
Seen in the County.

Seen in the County.
The baseball tournament advertised
pM held in Oroville on the 7th. Sth
md 9Th was pulled OIL according to
sedule, and if it did not prove to be
me Of the most successful public
ssuts in point of attendance that has
ug taken place in the county, it
ured out to be one of the best and
most exciting series of ball games that
lS ever been witnessed in this upper
Untry. The number of teams entered
rs confined to three. and only two of
hem regular organizations, but that
id not prevent the games from being
tlse and well played, nor detracted
pthing from the interest taken by
hose fortunate enough to be present.
The lack of competing clubs was no
built Of the local management, for the
als we're not printed until promises
nd been obtained from clubs at Grand
Forks, Princeton, Conconully, Omak
nd Okanogan to be present. For vari-
uB reasons none of the clubs adver-
lied could be present, except that
| ION Republic. With a made up nine
hpm visiting ball players third club
rs organized, two games were played
nch Of the three days, and the fan
resent certainly got his moneys
vorth in good, clean sport. From the
haracter of the games, from start to
fnish, there should have been a thou
md visitors in town during the tour
nuent. There was good many here
fum the outside, but nothing to COM
pare with the number the town had
every reason to expect. The weather
uas ideal for ball playing, warm and
At times cloudy, and strange to say
there was no wind blowing to inter-
isre with sharp fielding, something
very unusual for three days at a stretch
in this locality.
The first game of the series was
called at 1915 Sunday morning be-
tween the regular home team and a
picked nine that was entered from
Prnceton, although no member of the
nine was from that place. 1t was en-
tered in the score book as the All
Sars Among the players were Stark,
nom Okanogan; Hunt, from Malott:
Wy, from Chopaca: DAILY and Arm
strong, from Keremeos: Britain, from
havillah. This aggregation was
cnanged from day to day, and notwith-
sanding the members had never played
'ogether, and were most cases strang-
ers, the club put up wonderful strong
game. 1t is true they were defeated
lnree times, but the winning side had
% play ball all the time, and pulled
'ut twice by very small margins, and
'hrough errors that the same players
night not make again in dozen
'ears The showing of this picked-up
ilne was owing largely to the superb
'ltching of Tom DAILY and the back
'opping of Harry Stark. Had the
'ltcher been properly supported it is
'robable that the picked nine would
ave won at least two of the three
'ames played. The center fielder
d the picked nine muffed four easy
lles, letting in three runs. Had he
leid the ball, the regulars would have
'one down to defeat by the score OF
10 T. But errors are a feature that
ENDS zest to the game and makes 1t
uncertain. The regulars had to
nay ball a Il the time to win, and they
'ere in prime condition to do the
'ant Emil Mcdaniel pitched strong
ame, and he was backed up by sharp
eldlng. The following is the score by
innings,
,,iovllle. 90 | | o , %
iitS .............0 90 | o = l %
licked Nine ....O 90 0 200 %
'lts s............0 | | , o | 1T
!. Three base hits-Daly. Two base
tsDFrank Bartell Struck out--BV
lcnDaniels !; by DAILY s. Bases on
McDaniels =: of DAILY !.
'!ruck by pitched ball McDaniels |;
'aly l. Left on bases-Oroville y;
,,icked nine s. Time 1:45. Umpire
lr. Merrill.
The afternoon game drew out large
'owd, and the game was one that
orked the spectators up to a hlgh
llch of excitement, as Oroville MADE
great rally in the ninth and came
ear pulling ont of what looked ike a