Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-06
METHODISTS
DEFEATED BY
MULTNOMAH

In a general swatfest Multnomah
Athletic club won a ragged game Of
baseball from Willamette Saturday
afternoon by a big score of 10 to six.
From the spectators standpoint 1t
was a slow game, each side making
several errors and both Keck and
Drake being batted hard. The Will
lamette team was somewhat crippled
owing to the absence of Steelhammer
who is on the sick list and Hewitt,
the regular first baseman who has
quit the game for the season. On ac-
count Of the absence Of these men,
and the resulting necessary change in
the lineup, the team was not so strong
as 1t was when 1t met Multnomah in
Portland two or three weeks ago.
Multnomah has been playing very
fast ball this year and, so far has
not lost a game, having defeated Will
lamette twice, and won from 0. A.
C. and the Indians, Willamette has
been putting up fine speciman Of
ball and although they have won
only one Of the four games, they have
played, there has been no large
scores run up against them. Satur-
days game was marked by hard hit
ting on both sides; Multnomah hav-
ing the better Of it. Willamette
scored in the first frame. 0akes led
off for the Methodlsts and rolled
weak one to Campbell, an easy out,
Harrison spanked safe one to right
and went second on a wild throw,
Homan whitfield the ozone but Gleason
dropped 1t and Homan beat 1t down,
Welch muffed McRea's hot grounder
and Homan and Harrison crossed.
McRea went third on an overthrow
and crossed when Wsetley slipped
soft one to Keck. Drake and Gates
both famed retiring the side. In the
Portlanders' half of the first, Monsor
was hit by a pitched ball, Campbell
struck out, Monsor went second and
third on wild throws. Welch hit
TO left and Monsor crossed Barton
grounded to second and forced Welch
out at second. Williams doubled and
put Barton on third. Williams and
Barton crossed on Clark's single.
Morris was out 0akes to McRea The
Salem team got another in the sec
ond scedunza Ross flew safe to left,
0akes walked, Harrison sacrificed
and Ross crossed on a wild pitch.
In Multnomah half Of the second,
Drake hit two men by pitched balls,
Gleason and Monsor, being the Sec
ond time that Monsor was beefed out
Of two times up. Otherwise the Port
landers were unable to get on bases
In the first half Of the third, II
looked as though Willamette was go
ing TO get two or three hundred runs
but Keck pulled out Of the hole with
only two scores marked up against
him McRea led off with a hot one
TO Campbell and was safe on an err
ror Drake walked and Wesley
whitfield. McRea stole third and Gates
hit to right McRea registered and
Drake went to third. Gates stole sec
ond and Ersklne walked, filling the
bases. Ross hit to left and Drake
crossed, bases still full Oakes
forced Gates out at home, two down
and bases still full Then Harrison,
contrary to his ordinary performance
with the stick, struck out. Then
came the awful slaughter in the last
Of the third that decided the game.
One man walked, one hit by pitched
ball, three singles, double and n
triple, and when the smoke cleared
away enough to see, six runs had
crossed the pan This decided the
game and finished the scoring with
the exception of one run Multnomah
got in the sixth Although william
ette filled the bases in the eighth,
they were unable to get one over,
Keck tightening up at the right time.
The lineup of the teams:
Multnomah. Position. w. II.