The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-06-19
MEETING OF OLD RIVALS
Penticton Noes Not Do Thug to
OTUtiII on the Diamond

Jess Davis is the Oroville ball clubs
no run game against the locals at
Omak two years ago he has led the To-
Gals sad and dispiriting dance. True
they put the kibosh on him at Kere-
meos, but that was owing to Bryan's
pitching and ragged support on the
part of the Canadians. With Davis
tossing them over Penticton seems
able to hold Oroville helpless. Then
in the last two games between the
ancient enemies the Oroville boys
have been suffering not only from
atrophy of the brain cells, causing
them to run bases like locoed cayuses
but they have been afflicted with stra-
bismus and could not hit beer keg
with a fly swatter.
Thursday afternoon last the two
rival met again on the local grounds.
1t was the fifth seance of the season.
and with the defeat Thursday there
are chalked up four victories out of
the five games to the credit of the
canadians. 1t was a good raw skin
ming that the home gang took Thurs
day, but it has come so regularly
that the lads seem to like it. The
game was advertised for Friday. The
Penticton club could not fill that date,
so came down the day before. 1t was
only case of fastening the newt
able.
If Davis does not break an arm it is
almost hopeless to anticipate any
thing but the humiliation of knock
out, for he has the home team hoo
dooed and whether he feeds them fast
ones or slow ones they cannot con-
meet with any degree of certainty.
The boys go to the plate with little
expectation of hitting the ball and
they are rarely disappointed.
/ There was no special featuring in
the game IharhGaJ t9 give ihFgtss sJait
interest, other than that all the play
ers had something to do, even If they
did not always do that something we'll.
Davis struck out only four batters
and Bryan one. 1t was not a pitchers
game. Hence the contest was some
what different from the usual. Bats
men were touching the ball in every
inning, putting it up to the fielders
to play their positions. Oroville
could find Davis for only three hits.
| Penticton garnered seven off Bryan,
who seemed an easy mark, and Hart,
a new experiment, was touched for
three in row. A new catcher in the
person of one Elder was tried out.
He was somewhat of a disappoint-
ment. There was no chance to size
him up at bat, as Davis passed him
three times and soaked him once
Davis may have been suspicious-for
Davis is a slick guy in the box-or it
may have been just baseball freak.
Anyhow, Elder had little opportunity
to give an exhibition with the club
Some day the locals will pull them
selves together and get back into old
form, and then it will be merry poems
of victory we will be singing instead
of tunning our Tyre to dirges for de-
feat.
To give the reader an idea of how
Penticton did it to us the game is here
reeled off by innilgs:
First-Penticton-M smotc
a mighty smote far out in left, but
old reliable Blackler was again cover
ing that territory and the sailing
sphere was cleverly gobbled up. Syer
hooked on to one of Bryan's floaters,
which Wilson had to run his legs off
to get, and the batter rested at sec
ond. Davis shot a red hot grounder
that Sailing failed to handle Syer
scoring and Davis taking first. Davis
at once swiped second. c.. De Beck
flew out to Bartell. Bisby put a neat
single over second, scoring Davis, but
was out from Elder to Bartell in an
attempt to steal. Two runs
Oroville-Bartell opened the session
with a single to left. Hart sacrificed
him to second Powell's high fly to
center was taken in by C. Johnson.
G. Johnson generously let Wilson's
hit dribble through his mitt, Bartell
scoring. Wilson stole second because
V. De Beck failed to hold the throw
to head the runner off. Elder was
given first on four bad ones, but Sal
ing could do no better than hit to
Davis and was coppered at first. One
run.
Second-Penticton - G. Johnson's
long fly was taken care of by Wilson.
V. De Beck popped out to Powell.
Rathvon lined out a single to right
and pilfered second. C. Johnson's
single over second scored Rathvon,
and the batter at once stole second.
McGregor's grounder slipped through
Hedger's hands, c. Johnson scoring.
Syer hit to Bartell and was out at
first. Two runs.
Oroville-Hedger flew out to Davis,
Blackler bumped up short fly to v.
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