Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1919-09-24
(By L. D. M

y
On the way down town this morn
ing fellow stopped me to say, well
that old hard luck story is just about
worn out as an alibi; what are you
going to blame 1t on today?"
That started me thinking. When
a general loses battle or a grocery
store loses package in delivery or
a ball team loses ball game as Ash
land did to Weed by a score of 2 to
l at Yreka Sunday, there has to
be an alibi.
| can only find one break in that
game Sunday that will serve the
purpose. And whether or not the
hard luck line Is worn out, whether
or not runs are scored or hits or err
rors, it is sure HARD LUCK when
"a fellow sprinting in home from sec
ond, stubs his toe and falls down
at third base. The first assistant
adviser who is leaning over my
typewriter, says, Hard luck, your
foot; that was awkwardness." Well,
you may blame it onto either you
please, but il the proposed game for
next Sunday which the boys are fig
uring on today, comes off, am 60
ing to take my trusty twenty-five,
HE myself across Bear creek, shoot
me size jackrabbit, and carry his
left hind foot in my right hind pock-
ct to that game. And believe me
folks, when you have as good ball
team as we have, and a jack-rabbit's
foot, no bunch of Californians can
put it over ON you.
II was go-getter OF game Sun
day. Some nine-hundred fans, over
15O of whom were from Ashland, will
talk about it for weeks to come. 1t
was a pitchers battle from start to
finish. Hub Pernoll showed up in
the form WHICH took him up to
the big leagues while Bill James
was there in the pinches with world
series form.
Pernoll got little the better OF
it. Weed got but three hits and
Ashland four. Seven hits for
game in the bushes Is about as rare
as dodo bird in refrigerator. Per-
noll whitfield twelve Weed batsmen
while James took the measure of
ten Ashland hopefuls.
Ashland's lineup included Hill be-
hind the bat, Pernoll pitching, King
of Cottage Grove on first, McIntire
second, Frye third, Cedarstrom of
Roseburg shortstop. Baker of Cot
tage Grove, Williams and Bentley,
fields.
Cedarstrom played snappy game
and got two hits, winning high hon
ors for the day.. Williams covered
a lot of ground in center and got a
double. Daddy Hill had an off day
with the bat but caught his usual re-
liable game. Baker is a pitcher and
was too slow on the bases and in
the field.
Ashland got six men on bases.
Weed got the same number on. May
be that isn't air-tight ball. Such
pitching would get by In any league.
Cremer got on for Weed in the
first but was caught stealing Weed
got no more on until the fifth when
Cedarstrom booted one giving Buell.
ma life but first was as far as the
little Indian got. The unlucky sew
enth was Ashlands undoing. Gre
mer doubled to the fence. Touli |
struck out. Rowe plasctered one
which Williams almost reached and |
which a fast left fielder would have
nabbed. scoring Cremer. Harper
grounded out and the rally should |
have ended when Buelna flied to
but that young man dropped |
Il letting in another score. Weed
earned but one of the two runs. Per-
noll struck out James ending the
scoring and although French
scratched a single in the eighth and