Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-04-28
HOME TEAM WINS THE PROH| TICKET
Portland Baseball Tossers Are
Easily Defeated.
HIGHS DEFEATED AT AMITY
University of Oregon Team Will Meet
Dallas Aggregation Here on
Friday,

Notwithstanding the. inclemenl
weather of Sunday afternoon, when
cold rains descended and bleak winds
blew, the Dallas baseball team, under
the captaincy of Walter Tooze, took
the Portland Transportation Co. Is
aggregation to cleaning by score
of 7 to g. The locals won on their
merits, outplaying the visitors from
an all-round point of veiw. Technl-
calities were injected into the per-
formance at more frequent intervals
than was really necessary for the
good of the sport, but it was baseball
law and it went AS an instance, IN
the sixth, Pitcher Myers OF the locals
became disabled while making the cir
cult, and when he arrived at goal
three, Captain Tooze relieved him and
sneaked one over the platter, which
substitution benched the Dallas twlrl-
er for the balance of the game. Prlt-
cher occupied the square in the sew
enth, but was touched up with such
frequency that he gave way to Nit
chell, an elongated visitor unknown
hereabouts, who served faithfully II
not remarkably well to the finish.
Mitchell has straight one with
whiskers and spit in its dotage.
The Observers sporting reporter
undertook to follow the play, but the
lead in the pencil CONCEALED and re-
fused to make the necessary hero
glyphics, so he just shivered and cut
his eve teeth. Portland started off
by drawing three successive blanks,
captured a prize in the fourth, two
more in the sixth, making total OF
three. Dallas scored in four of its
eight times up, getting two in the
first, three in the second, one in the
fourth and one in the sixth-a total
of seven. The lineup was:
Dalas-Myers, pitcher; Serr,
catcher; Woods, short; Boydston,
first; Balderee, second; Rice, third;
Cooper, right; Tooze, center; Barham,
third.
Portland-Monroe, pitch; McAlleig'
catch; Whitten, short; Tingley, first;
Driscoll, second; Manning, third;
Ross, right; McHale, center; Brace,
left.
Dust of the Diamond.
Modern baseball puts the kibosh on
is, the common ordinary,
everyday kind. When Mitchell first
insinuated his towering form in the
vicinity of the pitchers box last Sun
day for Dallas, the uppermost part
of his anatomy was concealed by the
regulation "duds'', but he wore only
trousers further south. "Tut-tut;
get uniform commanded the visit
ing umpire, and Mitchell was driven
back to his stall to don the full
rig. IL
The University Of Oregon team will
meet Dallas on the local field next
Friday afternoon, when an exception
ally interesting contest may be expect
ed. The college is credited with hav-
ing strong aggregating of sphere ma
but nevertheless local fans
predict a victory for Manager Sib-
ley's colts, who are now playing some
ball.
The Amity High School baseball
team defeated the Dallas High Satur-
day afternoon on the Amity grounds,
score, 4 to 2. The battery for Amity
was r. Brown and P. Brown; for Dal-
las, Reverence and Bennett.
There is still some question in the
minds of the fans as to whether Port
lands umpire was discharging that
or coaching for the metrop-
llis.
A feature of Sundays game was
Tooper's long run for fly, by swat
ing which he prevented score for
he visitors.
The baseball season has been a
distinct disappointment to the local
and fans, the weather
having been most unfavorable.