The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-05-22
Trim Puget Sound Visitors 6 to A,
Batting Excelsior Pitcher
for IL Hits
ERRORS CONTRIBUTE TO .
VISITORS FOUR RUNS
Scoring Started in First Inning,
and Finished in Ninth, With
Occasional Spells Of Alright
Playing

In spite of frequent Interruptions
by a boisterOus rainstOrm, Payne,s
Tigers batted Mr. Molloy, Of the Ex-
celsior team OF Seattle, for a total of
six runs in Sundays game at Sumach
Park, while Nelson held the visitors
to five hits and four runs. Even the
four were contributed to by fielding
errors more than the ability of the
Piper & Taft men to slug Nelson's
deliveries.
A crowd Of about 500 watched the
game, taking occasional slant at the
clouds. Along in the fifth inning J..
Pluvius came to bat, and spattered
all over the diamond and grandstand
at an average OF about 654 for nearly
half an hour. When the sprinkles
first started to irrigate the flower
hats Manager Payne told the bleacher
crowd to grab seats In the grandstand,
which they did with alacrity. The
score was in favor of the home team,
but the rooters wanted to sec more
of the same thing.
Score in First Inning
The Excelsiors started the scoring.
z Graham, the first man up, took first
on balls. Anderson sacrificed. Then
Taylor drove long one into left
field, scoring Graham and taking two
bases. Rose walked out but Grover
felded Thompson's grounder and cut
off Rose at second, Saunders COM
pleting the inning by doubling
Thompson at first.
The Tigers found Mr.. Molloy's COM
bination right away. R. Grover went
out on grounder to third. Saund-
ers singled, then ]. Grover hit for
two bases. When Taylor fumbled
Nissen's grounder, Saunders and
and Grover scored, and Nissen took
two bases Cromer singled. Nissen
scored. Martin Sacrificed, and Rus
sell went out on grounder to short
stop.
The visitors made their second run
in the second, after Mofstger had
gone out on foul fly to first, and
Rucker famed. Holt singled. Mouoy
came up and drove hot one to
Cromer in right field. Cromer whip
ped the ball in the general direction
of first base. but it went on to the
fence, and Holt galloped around for
a score. Molloy was on second, Ora
ham walked, and it looked like more
tallying, but Nelson frightened UP and
Anderson famed, closing the Inning.
Yakima failed to score in the Sec
ond Getchell got started when Ora
ham at second: dropped his little
grounder, and Nelson was hit. The
next three went out as fast as they
came up 2. Grover on fly to left
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J. Grover on a single to shortstop.
Russell Brings in Two
But in the third Nissen singled. fol-
lowed by Cromer. Martin hit to the
pitcher and was thrown out. Then
Russell came up and landed a fly way
out near the fence between left and
center, and before Rucker got through
chasing 1t Nissen and Cromer had
both scored. Getchell and Nelson
went out
Nothing that looked like score
came again until the fifth, when the
rapidly approaching rain reminded
the visitors of their Puget sound eli
mate. Anderson was out on a
erounder to short Taylor singled,
then Rose hit fly to center and
<.etchell dropped it, Taylor took
third on passed ball and scored on
wild pitch.
The Tigers scored again in the
eighth. Getchell singled to center
field, and stole second. Nelson hit
to the fence for two bases, scoring
Getchell. Saunders went out on a fly
to center, and j. Grover hit to short
stop. .cqsse ;
The Excelsiers took brace in the
first of the ninth, with one man out,
Molloy walked took second on Nell
sons throw to Russell stole third, and
scored on Martins wild throw,
A feature of the game was the ex-
cellcnt work Of Nelson for Yakima,
who held the visitors to six hits, and
struck out an equal number. The
Tigers took II off Molloy, who is cred
tied with only one strike out.