Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-02
SENATORS TAKE TEN
INNING GAME FROM
TIGERS BY SO SCORE
Extra Inning Game Furnishes
Plenty Of Excitement For
Salem Fans

What looked like walkaway for
Salem for the first seven Innings turned
out to be good game after all and
the last three innings Of yesterdays 4
10 inning game brought the fans to
their feet aud caused more noise about
the old ball purk than has been uncork.
ed since the McMinnyillc game. The
last words Of the score board were ''D
10 : SALEM but this record fails 10
show the blue smoke that arose from
the diamond on several occasions and
neither does it mention Jones home run
which won the game for Salem Ia the
tenth.
Rexford started the game for the
Senators and pitched good bali until
Jones dropped an easy peg in the ninth
and then Rex heayed wild one into
the grand stand aud retired In favor Of
Keene. Five hits were made or Of
liexford's 5 delivery though one Of them
was home run which lot In three
scores, Smith, who started the game
for the Tigers allowed seven hits and
was ahOocd 10 the bench Ia the seventh
and Mclrwln aHcendco che mound.
The Senators chased one run across
40 the first when Humphries stopped
one with his ribs and scored on llaus
er's single, In the fourth Salem added
two more when Miller walked. Tnsto
hit through Smith and Haight dumped
one safc, Then Rexford bit to short
and Miller and rOsto scored. Neson,
for the Tigers, rang the boll in the fifth
aud the Senators saw them and raised
them one. In this inning Jones and
teinhart registered on three errors and
without d single hit being made.
with two down ia the sixth Rexford
ninglcd and scored on lIauscfs single
aud liauser scored on Jones single. The
Tigers bothered the boy at the score
board again In 'hc seventh but II was
IN the eighth that the fun began. with
Holmes aud Clarke on bases and one
down "Tubby" Standing smashed one
into the creek The next man went
out on Fly then Nelson doubled and
scored when Jones dropped a peg from
Rexlord But the Tigers were uot to
be stopped al this stage Of the game
and after hlanking the Scna,ort In this
frame came 10 bat In the ninth with
blood IN their eyta llornby singled aud
keNford heaved au untamed shoot over
che batter's head and Kepne went In.
Koene slammed one into Tarke's ribs
aud broke through with two fast ones
which llauser fniled 10 grasp Then
kcone threw one on tne wrong side uf
the batter and Horribly ttottcd home
with the first run and Clarke pcrchcd
on third Clarke scored minute later
on u passed bah by Hauscr with the
one run needed 10 make the score s to 7
10 Vaneouyer's favor,
The ninth began with lengthy argu.
ment at first when Woods the deputy
umpire, woke up from His couch an
the lumber pile and not knowing OK
hctly where he was said "Snfoty
first, AZ the same tune making mo.
tons with his hands This was iuicr
prcicd to meau that rasto wus ont Al
small crowd Of players gathered
around him and after chatting for a.
few minutes he agreed that Tasto was
safe Then ilumphfNs came through
with a neat single and rusto scored
with the score needed 20 ito up at to
all
In tho tenth the Vancouver players
aflerward stated that they heard
strange noises then a sharp business
like click aud they saw the bali dis
appear In the blue hare and later heard
a splash aud saw Jones ttottug around
the bases and here onicth tho most
unusual game ever played on the league
grounds