The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1912-06-14

There may be a division of opinion as
to whether Taft or Roosevelt will land
the nomination plum in Chicago next
week. The outcome of our election for
commissioners next Tuesday is no cinch
bet We may never know how old Ann
is nor which came first, the hen or the
egg. But one thing is settled beyond
peradventure, i. e., Everett fans are
crazy for Big League Ball. Sunday aft
ernoon answered the question: will the
fans turn out to see league teams in
action? They simply swarmed through
the gate. The bleachers resembled an
ant hill. The side lines We're crowded
until ground rules were necessary and
as for the grandstand, WELL the stand
overflowed into the sacred precincts of
the press box. Fifteen hundred was the
estimated attendance and that is some
crowd, friends and neighbors, for a
bush town
Bloomfield and Harris started the bat
terry end for Portland while Agnew and
Lewis took up the burden for the
Champs The first inning ended with
out scoring but the second saw dire
disaster for both sides. Two hits and
infield errors put four Portland runners
across the pan but the Beavers came
right back with two runs. Both runners
were forced in by Bloomfield with the
bases densely populated. The stable
yawned for Mr.. Bloomfield and Mr..
Veasy walked gracefully to the mouno,
retiring the side without further runs.
The third set Portland down in order
but the Champs got to Veasy with two
hits and three runs. Two more runs in
the fourth for the Beavers made the
game look like a cinch but those Port
land batters kept after Mr.. Agnew like
grim death and succeeded in tying the
score in the seventh. Nothing doing till
the tenth spasm when the octegenarian
Noresman, Emil Frisk, lined out for two
sacks and came home on Kippert's sacri-
flee fly with the winning run. Frisk
had famed twice but exhibited those
pinch hitting qualities that have made
him the terror of pitchers. He beat the
relay throw from left field by an eye
lash.
The game had variety enough to suit
the most fastidious, The first four
innings were decidedly "bushy" but from
then on to the finish the game was spec
tacular in the extreme Agnew was
touched up for seventeen hits but
breezed along with the aid of classy bits
of fielding. Both sides played brilliant
ball after getting the error microbes out
of their systems and time after time
some spectacular piece of fielding brought
the big crowd up standing
There is no question but that Everett
could and would support league ball if
played on the basis of two or three
games a week. If one of the two teams
had worn Everett uniforms one could
imagine the excitement that would have
prevailed after that seventh inning
which tied the score. Perhaps, next
year, we may enter the charmed circle.
While commenting Manager Healy for
giving us a taste of league hall it is well
to remember that our own Everett team
is as classy q combination of semi pros
as can be found in these diggings and
entitled to the same support we gave to
the exhibition of the leaguers. The
boys play good ball-you fans who have
been attending the games know that
and you can't hold fast team like that
together unless you patronize the game.
Next Sunday Marysville is the offer
ing. Healy's Smokestackers beat them
in ten-inning game by a hair raising
score of to 0. The entire population
of Msrysyille, barring the aged and the
infirm, will be in Robbins Park roofing
like mad for their diamond heroes. If
Marysville doesn't win it won't be for
lack of support of their home fans. Ev-
erett is going out for a repeat Let's
equal the gate receipts of last Sunday.
SPANISH WAR VETERANS IN
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