The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1912-07-12

i" 'ie quarter OF Il mile horse race
start bareback, run quarter of =
hliie' saddle and return, VIM. Kruge,
pulied the purse, amounting to SIS
owing to the great amount of time
consumed by the base ball games q
number of the minor races and con.
tests were declared off. Here are the
winners in such of the sports as any
record was kept:
Inc 100 yard foot race was won by
A. McGilvery, d. Mclean coming in
second. The purses were $40 and So so
In the 80 yard dash for boys Bev-
erly Powell took first money, 81, and
Fremont Mcdaniel second, $l.5O.
The scramble for the creased pig
attracted a host of competitors. and
the hog had little show to escape. or
even have long run for his bacon
frank Wilson managed to hang on to
the slippery swine and claim the
prize, which was the hog itself.
A Mr.. Crissman won the fat Mans
| race, AL. Rainburg coming in second.
Quite a squad entered for the race,
some of whom would hardly be count
ed in the fat man class.
There were four entries in the mo-
tor boat race, and it was pretty
contest The river bank was lined
with interested spectators, attracted
by the boat racing and swimming con-
tests AL. Fox. Dan England. A. p.
Murray. in Harry Bowerman's boat.
and r. w. Henderson. in w. r. Buz-
Yards boat, lined up for the race The
course was from the bath house to a
buoy in the lake. fully a mile from the
starting point. The boats had to
round the buoy and return. Dan Eng
land came in first and A. p Murray
second. The prizes were 500 and S.
In the swimming contest p u. Davis
took first prize money and Beverly
Powell second, the prizes being S. and
$3.50.
The diving contest was won by
Frank Mitchell. Stephen Mills coming
in for second money. Purses s. and
$3.50.
In the sack race Lawrence Bartell,
the smallest lad to enter. took first
prize. Jesse Pulls second and Elliott
Hancock third.
After the ball game on the after
noon of the 4th, a tug-of-war contest
was ribbed up for $50 side, Can
adian team being pitted against an
American team. The side designated
as Americans was too heavy for their
opponents. The boys dug their toes
in the ground, and with heavy weight
r. Butler as anchor they got the Can
adams going. and at last walked away
trailing their competitors in the dust.
The contest was not on the program,
but proved to be one of the most en-
tertaining sports that took place dur
ing the day.
The ball games were the drawing
feature of the celebration. and no one
can doubt the popularity of the nation
al sport after having seen the crowded
grand stand on the 4th and 5th, and
the mass of people crOwding and surg
ing along the side lines during the
three games played. The other sports
drew crowds. and were watched with
much interest, but at the ball games
everybody was keyed up to the highest
tension and the valley echoed to the
continuous roar of the rOOters urging
on their favOrites, or trying to dis
tract the attention and rattle Oppon-
ents, while every play of merit set
the crowd wild. Unfortunately, owing
to the fact that the town put off de-
Gliding on a celebration until late in
the season, all the ball clubs in the
SuITOuIulHe COtiItlS Hdi iiiduc al
rangements for the 1th before the OrO-
vile celebration was announced. and
hence it was impossible to secure a
full outside team to take part in the
base ball contests. However, there
has existed some rivalry in local base
ball circles, and a team was made up
among home players, with the addi-
ton of such men as Tom DAILY. the
IoI, nj itnhnr n Kprn-
meOs, his brother Mart. who is de-
veloping into a first-class first base
man, and Lester Knauff, of Night
hawk, a strong all around player. The
club was entered as the KeremeOs,
but in reality it was case of Oro-
vile VS. OrOville. SO far as the char
acter of the games are concerned they
could not have been better played,
there could not have been a more
skillful exemplificatiOn of the game,
had the team opposing the regulars
come from long distance with
record for being invincible. All three
games were intensely exciting. and
well played.
The most heart breaking game of
the series was that of Thursday after
noon, and it was not only the most eX-
citing, but the best played game ever
seen on the local diamond. 1t was
pitchers battle, with the playing
wholly confined to the infleld. Tom
DAILY, who is considered to be one OF
the best amateur pitchers in the state
and Jesse Davis. who Is in the pro
fessional class, were pitted against
each other. The support was almost
air tight, every player on his toes
playing ball every moment. DAVIS
held the KeremeOs crowd to three sale
hits, and Laly kept the few nlts on
the other side so scattered tnat no
two came in single inning. Ihe OUT
field had nothing to do Geo. Barteil
showed up in his old time form De.
hind the bat, and O'Brien's support OF
Davis was gilt edged. Van Zant ana
Frank Bartell covered a big territory
at second, scooping grounders WIN
ease and firing the ball to hrst VIII,
craftsmanship accuracy. Nj. Daiv anu
saunders covered first like profession
ois and Powell made two or three
dazzling plays at third. The otner
fielders had TO chance TO snow ,nu'
mettle. Mcdaniel having but TWO n. oIi.'
COS at third, and Starrett one at sno,,'
with nothing doing in the out "e'"'