Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-07-02

The baseball tournament held at Nez
perce last week resulted in baseball o
very high order and the ertswhil
disgruntled fan got his moneys wortl
and more, according to reports of thos,
in attendance. Three games were play
ed, the teams participating being Cot
tonwood, Kamiah, Nezperce and Grange
vile. Cottonwood carried off thu
laureis Of the meet.
In the first game, which was pulled
off Friday, Nezperce defeated Grange
vile by margin Of one score in ten
inning contest, the local boys having
put up game of the big league class
In Saturdays game Cottonwood put the
crimp into Kamiah in the regulation
nine innings. On Sunday the winning
teams of the previous games waged a
bitter war for eleven innings, when a
landslide in the last round gave Cot
tonwood the championship honors of
the tournament by big margin.
How and Why Grangsvile Lost.
The story of the Grangeville-Ne
perez game in detail will be of interest
to local fans who were unable to witness
the contest and the following interest
ing statistical data is furnished by Don
c. Fisher, the official score keeper:
Ingram the first man up hit fly to
Stellmon the Nezperce first sacker and
was out. Abramson famed and the
best Billy Strong could do this inning
was to hit to the pitcher and was
thrown out at first. In the Nezperce
half j. Wade was presented with base
on balls. L. Wade hit to center field
for a single. Stellmon was hit by q
pitched ball, filling the bases, and ].
Wade was out at the plate when he
tried to score on the next play. Mosier
went to first on fielder's choice, the
rest moving up base. Then when an
error was made on Medved's little hit,
L. Wade came home with the first score
of the game. A moment later Stellmon
scored on wild pitch. Tanning and
Fox famed.
In the first half of the second Brown
was hit by pitched ball and went to
second on the catcher's error. Spencer
famed, but Janasco hit to left for
single, scoring Brown, and later scoring
on an error. Branscombe got to first on
the catcher's error, stole second, but
Jarvis missed three good ones and
vly0o l.
Nezperce the next three men failed to
reach the first sack.
Ingram and Abramson were out but
Strong got first on fielder's choice,
stole second and scored when Brown hit
Tor two bases. Spencer was out on a
Fly to the second baseman. The first
Nezperce man famed but Stellmon hit,
took second on an error aud scored
after Moiser was out. Medved hit for
single but Tanning ended the inning
on an infield play.
For Grageville the next three men
were out while Nezperce got man as
far as third but failed to score.
In the first half of the fifth, with
two men down Abramson singled but
was unable to score, and in the Nez-
perez half only three men faced the
pitcher.
In the sixth it looked like a cinch |
mat Grangeville would score when with
one man gone two singles and stolen
oase put men on second but the next
TWO man famed. In their half of the
inning the opposing team never saw
first base.
In the seventh Harris singled but was
tnrown out at first and the next two
oatters were unable to get to the first
statlon, while in the other half the
Ilrst two Nezperce men famed, but L.
wade got base on balls, stole second,
out was thrown out at third.
only three men were at the bat in
urangeville's half of the eight but
'ney succeeded in getting a runner to
'nird base as the result of a hit, a stolen
oase and an error, but failed to score.
IN the first half of the 9th, Janasco
was called out at the plate when he
.iiea TO score on Harris hit to second
'ase. The decision was so close that
quite number of the fans on both
sues expected him to be called safe but
;, ,"e umpire say the play in different
.'gnt and waved him out. With still
-oreed run and only one man gone In
gram hit fly to second and Jarvis
was caught off the bag, retiring the
'"e without score. In the Nezperce
nal. OF this inning the first man up got
~ i'rst when the infield wobbled. The
ne next man struck out but Robertson was
~ oy bah and was out ut second on
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