Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-05-22
THE SEASON
OPENS WITH
GREAT GAME
SALEM WINS FIRST BLOOD OF
THE SEASON IN A TEN.INNING
GAME THAT WAS FINE BALL
FROM START TO FINISH.

In hard fought, 10-inning contest
between evenly matched teams, the
Salem team OF the Willamette Valley
league won the opening game of the
season by defeating the Dillworth
Derbies of Portland by a score of 5
to 4, before a crowd of 500 enthusi-
astic spectators, at the new grounds,
Twenty-fifth and State streets, yes
terday afternoon
Both pitchers were in fine form and
at the end of the ninth inning neither
team had anything on the other, the
score standing to 4.
The day was an ideal one for base
ball and the grounds were in good
shape. The Salem Military band rem
dered excellent music for an hour
preceding the game.
At $40 Umpire Meehan stepped up
before the grandstand and announced
the batteries for the opening game.
They were: Allegaert and Nose for
Salem, and Moreland and Gaines for
Portland Preliminary practice was
stopped, the field was cleared and
Umpire Meehan, in even tones sang
out "Play Ball" Salem's baseball
season for 1911 had opened, and un-
der exceptional favorable circum-
stances.
The first man to the bat was Taus-
cher for the Derbies. He sent good
luck liner to center and safely made
first base. Keys followed with long
one to right field and Tauscher went
to second.
In sliding to second within two
minutes after the game opened, Tau
scher sprained his right ankle, but
remained in the game. Mckinley and
McKeen struck out. Yates flew to
right, and Yeti sent a mild one to
short and was out at first. Tauscher,
Keys, Gaines and Schockner made the
four runs for the Derbies in the first
inning and the Portland boys did not
score again during the remainder of
the game.
First inning for Salem: Goliath
flew to right and was out at first;
Porterfield and McRay struck out.
Second for Portland Moreland
sent drive to right and was caught
at first; Tauscher struck out; Keys
sent a drive to center, made first, but
was put out at second.
Second for Salem Jones sent
two-bagger to right; West followed
with another to left This brought
the grandstand to their feet. Hum
phreys sent two-bagger to Center;
Jones and West scoring; Cernik and
Nose struck out; Allegaert put
short one to left field and was caught
at first.
Third for Portland: Schockner and
Gaines struck out; Mckinley flew to
center, out at first. In this inning
Tauscher proved speedy of foot and
made beautiful catch of fast drive
to left, bringing the crowd again to
its feet. Neither team scored in the
third inning. Umpire Meehan's de-
cision in this inning in calling Por-
terfield out at first brought some
complaint from the crowd.
No score for Portland in the fourth.
Fourth for Salem: Allegaert sent a
hard drive to left field, Goliath fol-
lowed with another to left, bringing
Allegaert home and causing the
crowd to go wild, Porterfield to first
and Goliath scored.
No scoring on either side until the
last half Of the 10th when West sent
hard one to left field and Moray
came home, scoring the winning run
for the Salem team
| Ahlc oA Bdhu0' -Oue MUIR anu OU
minutes. Umpire, Meehan.
The general opinion was that Um-
pire Meehan umpired a square and
impartial game and proved himself
to be wide awake and right on the
Job at all times.
Manager Arch Jerman of the local
team, deserves credit for the good
work he accomplished Saturday, af-
ter spending all day on the grounds,
in getting them into fine shape for
the opening game.
The street car company came
through in good shape with two big
double-deck trailers and an engine"
to handle the crowd. This combina-
ton handled the bulk of the crowd
in one TRIP when the game was ended.
Calef Bros. team OF Portland will
play the Salem boys on the new
grounds here next Sunday afternoon
at o'clock The attendance yester-
day, the enthusiasm and interest
shown and tho nllalitv of baseball are