Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-08
Aberdeen Black Cats Take
Two Out of Three Games
From Hoquiam Cougars
WRANCLING WITH UMPIRE
Teams Played Fine Ball Last
Week, and Deserved
Larger Attendance
Standing Of the Clubs


| Centralla .........lo Is .o0U
| Hoqu!am ........lb ~ 40 {
Aberdeen ........l6 Il .432
Aberdeen captured two out of
three contests from the Hoquiam
club last week, the exhibition game
Of July 3, which went 13 innings.
was also taken by the Elack Cats.
The Aberdeen club, however. still
occupies the cellar position because
victory perched on Hoquiam's ban
ner Saturday and allowed the lads
from the sister city to capture a
game early in the first inning
The battle resolved itself into a
pitchers exhibition. bat the lead
gained over Smith was too great to
overcome and when the smoke clear
ed away. the Hoquiam club was four
scores to the good, the final being
TO 2.
Il was grand same. the fielding
Of Turk and Reams being Of big
league order. The men We're at their
5es. and many apparently safe hits
were Cut Off hy these agile players
Time after tine. they came in fast
81 ground balls and threw the run
ners out by seant margin.
One disagTeeable thing about the
zane was the continUa! wranslng OF
he players aga;rst the decisions u!
Grover Boyle AID Jesse Iioea, catch
r for the Eio4u!am clah, The me,
lad been asked TO umpire the gam,
and decisions eiven by them wer
fair and as they were seen and th'
useless wrangllng vas disgusting. l.
did not Change the result and mad
it unpleasant for all concerned.
Only once during this game did
Aberdeen have an opportunity to win
and that was in the eighth inning,
when five hits netted the home team
two runs. Smith spoiled Aberdeen $
chances by falling asleep at second
and being touched out. Kane pitched
good game and had the players,
swinging their heads Off at his slow
curve ball The hits made in the
eighth We're not all clean, three being
bunts which We're not fielded.
Smith, after the first inning, pitch
ed consistent ball, allowing but three
hits the remainder of the game. The
score by innings:
HOquiam .......6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O-6
Aberdeen .....O 0 0 0 0 0 2 %
Aberdeen, 2; Hoquiam I.
BY the best of good luck, Aberdeen
defeated Hoquiam Friday in fast
game. taking the tassle from the sis
ter city aggregation by the score OF
2 to /. Hoquiam lost the game in
three different places, first when Hold
erman was caught off second twice;
when Troeh Went to sleep at first
overslding the bag and when Stark
Ell failed to slide into home plate al
ter Berger had hit the bah tor tNo
sacks. Any one Of these three play-
properly executed would have given
Hoquiam a fighting chance for the
game, but as it was, the opportunities
to make good in the percentage col
umn vanished
lloquiam bunohed hits off Arthu'
| Smith in the eighth inning and ml&n'
I have won bad not Kelly taken Smith
from the box and put in James, who
struck out the next three men who
faced him.
Reid's catch of long fly against
the fence was the feature of the bat
lie and he was a given a aood han,
for his star performance.
The score by innings:
Hoquiam .......0 o {. % Q 0 c.
Aberdeen ......0 o OF o 0 / D e.
Aberdeen. 5: ;loquam 0.
Aberdeen defeated the Hoquiar
team in the first game Of the serie.
on July Fourth by the score OF K
0, the game being Witnessed by
small crowd, owing to the threaten
14-1ERALD battlt's
ing weather. Giddings was the sta
performed of the day and his worl
was of the highest order.
The score by innings:
Hoquiam .......0 0 0 O.
Aberdeen ....1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Q
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