Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1913-05-08
THE LEAGUE OPENING GAME AT corroNwoon
THIS AFTERNOON
|CRAND BATTING RALLY IN SIXTH AND SEVENTH WON II
I'm Mighty by the we.a.r. .u 49,
and Seventh When Grand Changed Defeat
INTO Victory County seaters

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nome. AT that is was close enough.
harr missed three in row and Fox ex.
pred on ground ball, Rusty to George
Lange. Bell, right fielder for Cotton
wood, hit to Tiggleback, but JAYNE
dropped the latter's throw and Bell was
safe at first. Rusty singled to left.
f'unke lifted fly to Fox in right field
and White hit to Suze who threw to
second in an unsuccessful effort to
stop Rusty. Tiggleback took care of
pop fly from Hayes and with two down
and the bases populated Moen let a
fast one get away and Bell rang up
Cottonwood's s first score. Rusty and
white counted a few seconds later
when Karr mussed ground ball from
Chlesman s club. George Lange ended
the inning when he hit to Jayne to In
gram who covered first while JAYNE
fielded the pill.
In the fourth frame Harris slid on
to strikeout and Newton sent up a
a fly which fell in Fred Lange' s lunch
hooks. Tiggle hit to right for two
bases and succumbed on the second
sack when Jayne was out at first.
Rusty to George Lange. Cotton went
down in one, two, three order when
SCHROEDER hoisted fly to Jayne, Bell
famed and Funke sent up foul which
Suze glommed at third.
Branscombe and Ingram were out
in the beginning of. the fifth on infield
bingles and Moen famed. White
opened for Cottonwood and landed safe
on first. Hayes was out niftily, Harris
to Jayne, but White scored when drop
ball burned pass Moen. Chiesman
walked and George Lange and SCHROEDER
got ON with infield hits. Chiesman
died, Karr to Harris, on SCHROEDER 3
grounder. Karr hit Fred Lange, fill.
ing the bases. Dole was substituted
for Bell in the batting at this juncture.
1t was doleful change for Grangeville,
for Dole drew four balls from Karr and
forced the fifth run over the plate.
ingram and Harris caught Dole be-
tween third and second for the last out
after SCHROEDER had scored on Rusty IS
hit.
Karr broke open the sixth with a
single to right and was sacrificed to
second by Fox. Suze hit hot one
which Rusty bungled and Karr scored.
Harris was safe at first and went to
the next station on Newton sacrifice.
Tiggle singled to right and Jayne fol-
lowed with similar bingle while
Tiggle and Suze both crossed over the
pan. Branscombe brougt Jayne around
the circuit with cracking single to
center and then stole second. Eli hit
a fast one into George Lang'e glove at
first. Funke came up for Cottonwood
and fell victim to strikeout. Hayes
hit one over first which Jayne garnered
after sensational run. Chiesman hit
a two bagger and threatened to COM
plete the round when George Lange
drove the ball into deep left field. But
the ball fell in well when Brans-
combe by spectacular run gathered it
in and cut off possible batting rally.
The fruitful seventh saw Moen walk
and die at second on Karr's grounder to
White, at shortfield. Fox also drew
walk and with two on Sue Harris hit
to right and scored Karr. Fox trotted
in when Newton hit to Fred Lange
Lange's stop of this hard-hit was one
of the fielding features of the day but
his brother ON first dropped his'perfect
throw and Newton was safe. Tiggle-
back ripped double into the left gar
den and both Newton and Suze came in.
Rusty yielded under the fire of hits and
Chiesman took the mound. Jayne and
Branscombe went out on measley in
field hits. SCHROEDER, Fred Lange and
Dole went the same way.
The infield drew everything during
Grangeville s reign at bat in the eight
and when Cottonwood came up fast
double play, Jayne to Ingram to Jayne,
put the gloom sign out for the hosts.
The ninth was without events and
ended when Fred Lange lifted a fly to
Newton.
The second game Of the league will be
played here Sunday when Cottonwood
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