Valdez daily prospector., 1917-05-31
VALDEZ Wins
FROM L|SCUM
RAIN BRINGS CONTEST
TO CLOSE At SEVENTH
ment Over First Game-BOth
another Game Next Week.

In a drilling rain and extremely
chilly weather the Valdez team de-
feated the ball tossers from Fort Lis
cum yesterday by score of to
in a fast, well-played game. Both
teams showed marked improvement
in batting. fielding and base running.
Valdez having shade the best OF
it due to the practice of the past few
days.
Fisher. Lains and Allen occupied
the mound for the visitors at various
stages OF the game, while Charles and
Blackburn did the twirling for the
home team. The Valdez boys had
their batting eye and clouted the ball
for eleven safe hits.
Liscum went to bat first, and the
first men up hit the first ball to
first for the first out. Number two
went out to first on grOunder
to center field, and number three hit
a pop-up fly to pitcher for the third
out.
In the second half Mitchell hit to
pitcher. out at first; Blackburn drove
a long fly to left field for two bases;
Scarce went to first on short drive
and Blackburn went out at third;
Scarce stole second and Scarce
scored on Fields hit. Charles poked
out two-bagger. scoring Field. Pet
erson struck out. 2 runs.
Second Inning-Lains made short
hit to first, out. The next man up
hit to left field for base, stole second
and caught off base, out. The third up
hit an infield fly for an out.
Botway, Tom and Harry Selby fam
ned in 1-2-3 order.
Third Inning first man up for
Liscum hit safe for one bag. the sec
ond got first on fumbled hit. ana
number 3 knocked a fly to second
for a double play by Mitchell, and
to first.
Mitchell struck out: Blackburn
placed a hit over second for one base;
Scarce swiped two-bagger, adj
vancing Blackburn to third; Field hit
safe. scoring Blackburn and Scarce.
Charles singled; Peterson walked;
Botway hit safe, scoring Field; Tom
Selby ont on fly to third and Harry
Selby struck out. Three runs.
Fourth Inning-The first man up
for Liscum drove liner between
third and short for a base. No went
out on grounder to third. Brown got
first on a dropped third strike. stole
second: Clifford struck out. The next
man up drove a grounder to second.
which was fumbled permitting two
scores. The next man walked and
Fisher struck out Two runs
Lains relieved Fisher in box for
Liscum. Mitchell walked: Blackburn
hit safe, but went out a second.
Scarce out. Field out.
Fifth Inning-First man up for
Liscum singled, the second walked
and the third singled. but went out
at second while the first two scored.
Blackburn replaced Charles in box
for Valdez. Lains struck out. Brown
went out on a long fly to left field.
Two runs. 81
Allen replaced Lains in the box
for Liscum. Charles singled, stole
second and died at third. Peterson
went out on hit to short and Botway
retired on a pop fly to first.
Sixth Inning-Gifford famed; the
next up went cut on hit to pitcher:
The third was hit by pitched ball and
walked, stole second; Allen got first
on fumbled hit to second and the
next man up went out on a fly to
pitcher.
T. Selby got first on short ground
er and pitchers tumble; Harry Selby
out on hit to pitcher. Tom Selby stole
second, made third on passed ball
and scored on muffed throw to home.
Blackburn hit safe, stole second;
Scarce drove one between third and
short, Blackburn out at third; Scarce
scored on overthrow to second;
Barnes out. Three runs.
At this point the rain, which had
been falling lightly Tor some time.
commenced in earnest, driving the
spectators home, and the game was
called.