The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-06-02
Big Crowd
Enjoys Game
FAST BASEBALL GAME BETWEEN
MOOSE AND ELKS WON BY THE
FORMER BY SMALL SCORE.

1t was some crowd, fellow citizens,
that gathered at Robbins park Decora-
tion Day to witness the battle royal be-
tween baseball teams representing the
Elks' and Moose lodges. And believe
muh it was some game. The good ma
tured rivalry existing between the two
popular fraternal orders was largely res
ponsible for the large crowd present.
Several seasons have passed since Ev-
erett fans have had an opportunity to
tear loose on our own grounds and they
were just bound to get the stored up
exuberance out of their system. That,
and the holiday, were other reasons that
helped to swell the crowd.
Honest, though, most of lis thought
the game was going to be joke. The
story of that awful drubbing admins
tered to the Elks by town lot team
last Sunday had been circulated pretty
thoroughly and none of us would have
bet nickel on the chance of the Best
People On Earth to even make show
for place. All of which goes to show the
hollowness of comparative scores in
either baseball or football in figuring
out the relative strength of team.
Maybe the Elks We're surprised at the
showing of their team but they weren't
half as surprised as the fans were. From
which you may gather that it was a
good game. You win. 1t was.
The Elks started out like winners and
BY combination of scratch hits and
errors showed one run over the pan in
the first session. The Elks boxman mad
the Indian sign on the Moose for four
innings, the batters backing away from
the plate or swinging feebly at the ball
which looked about as big as a pea. In
the last of the fourth hits by Godfrey
and Roberts for the Moose showed a
run over and it was what was needed to
brace up the team and give them the
| needed confidence. From then on the
| Elks' pitcher weakened while the port
side finger for the Moose frightened up.
Another lucky combination of hits and
errors gave the Moose two more runs
in the seventh and put the game away
in cold storage. Banzais from Moose
coterie of fans.
| Several times after the fourth inning
each side had men on bases and a
healthy swat would have changed the
whole situation but that hit didn't ma
terialize. Webb Hoover had a chance
to cover himself with glory when he
came with up with the bases full and
two men out but to his own disgust and
the delight of the bugs he ingloriously
struck out. The Elks started an incl
pient batting rally in the ninth with
two down and the departing fans linger-
ed on the way to the gate but cruel
fate intervened and the Elks mournful-
| ly acknowledged defeat.
| There were few errors made but
they were to be expected. On the whole
the contest was one that kept the fans
on edge till the finish. At no time was
the game lopsided though the Moose had
shade both in the field and at bat.
1t was corking good ball, remarkably
good ball when one considers that
neither team had had any practice to
speak of and many of the boys have not
played at all for years until this season.
Oh, yes. We're not done till We say
something about the vampire. Ed Hon.
nessey presided behind the pitcher 1t
was the unanimous decision of the
bleachers long before the first inning
was over that the vampire had been i'm
ported for the occasion from the state
home for the blind and the decision of
the bleachers stood throughout the
game. One sarcastic fan remarked that
the vampire used combination of the
Chinook jargon and the sign language
but that remark was unkind. Nobody
cared much anyway, neither side got
any the worst of it in the matter of
decision.
Tomorrow and Sunday at $500 the
Moose team and the Victor team of Sc
attic will clash at Robbins park. Tell
your friends you'll meet them at the
ball park tomorrow afternoon. Nobody
ought to work Saturday afternoon any
how. If the fans will show the proper
encouragement, Everett can be placed
upon the baseball map again.