The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-05-11

Out-ht. out-fielded, out-generalled,
every stage of the game. the Topper
ish Indians played rings around Col.
Payne Tigers in the second game
of the meason and the opening melee
at the west side lot. Sunday after
noon, and romped of with the heavy
end OF ii { to score.
Notwithstanding tho fact that the
Tigers collected total of six bingles
off the Indians sidewheeler. Metcalf
was going easy all the way and in
variable frightened up when it looked
stormy. forcing the Tigers batters
to pop easy flies to the infield just
about the time the fans were ex-
pecting a flock of runs TO come
streaming across the plate.
Young Bedford was on the mound
for the Tigers and pitched the kind
of bah that will win five games out of
six, butS-this happened to. be the
sixth game. Things broke bad for the
new recruit and although he showed
no real signs of weakening. some
Toppenish big chief would invar-
liable come through with the needed
hingle when an Indian was lowering
near the plate.
Story of the Game.
Toppenish started off like a winner
in the first spasm when Bolin, first
up, LANDED the ball to the left field
fence for clean two-bagger After
in J, Il
dams crack little short stop. picked
out one of Belford's offerings and
when the Tigers right fielder had
finished chasing the ball, Bolin had
crossed the plate with the first blood
and Wood had drawn up at second
for breathing spell. Murray was an
easy out Rochan to Kohls and the
best that Price could do was to lift
a. feeble pop fly to Rochan.
In the second inning after Wilg;is
had taken three husky swings at the
ball and sat down, Gallager took his
fingers out of the air long enough to
get on through the courtesy of
Growers at short. The red-headed
catcher Immediately pilfered second
and went to third on Struble's sacri-
flee. With Gallager lowering at the
edge of the plate. Metcalf poked out
Il clean single into right field scoring
the second hun.
The bloodthirsty Indians annexed
another mark in the third frame
when Woods long drive into right
field hid itself behind a lumbe pile
and went for three bases. Murray
leaned against Il fast ball which car
omed off Pitcher Bedford into Ro-
chan's hands Wood beating the throw
to the plate and Murray being safe at
first
This run was enough to win but
Still the good work went on. In the
fifth with two men down, Wood got
his third hit of the day, went to SEQ
ono on Murray's intield hit took
third when the ball got away from
Rochan in Relford's attempt to catch
the Indians short stop off second
and scored on Growers bum heave to
kohe
Hts Gy MetcaIf, Minor and Murray
coupled with errors nv Growers and
Runlstrom sent over three runs for
the Indians in the seventh
Local stock Bo0nis-tor Minute.
y
told. In the second inning Kohls'
easy fly into right field went for
two bases Clark's sacrifice put the
captain on third from where he
scored on Woods bobble Of Rund-
strolns ground ball. 1t was in the
fifth inning that the Tigers stock took
a boom. Rochan first up. hit into
leSt field Hemmingway forced
Rochan at second. Belford poked a
not one at Wood. who fielded the ball
perfectly only to have Price drop
the throw. Hemingway going to sec
ond Little Growers leaned against
the first ball over for clean two
bagger in left field scoring Hemming
way. Bedford beat the throw to third
by mile but oversld the base and
was tagged out Mitchell struck out
ending the agony.
The score by innings:
II 4 6 s s
Toppenish Il 0 o 3 0 OF
North Yakima % Q 0 0 0 0 %
ummarN-Earned runs. Topper
ish, A. North Yakima, 1; threebase
hits: Kohls and Wood; first on balls
off Belford, >; two-base hits, by Bo-
lin, Wood. Murray, Growers; struck
out. by Metcalf, s; by Belford,7 Z;
double plays, Clark to Kohls; hit by
pitched ball. Hemmenway and Kohls
by Metcaf.
Notes of the Game.
This fellow Wood, the Indians
crack little short stop, is one of the
fastest little infielders in this section.