The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-07-18
THAT OMAk WATERLOO.


There is woe in gobs in kickville, The
| fans are in doleful dumps
l'etause they can't pun off that bone
where you charge 1t TO the jumps.
Some wise old guinea in the past may his
| name be ever blessed
!Remarked that he who does his laughing
last stands in for laughing best.
There is not much poetry in those lines
taken from literary pointo of view, but
they cover the condition OF things at the
Icounty seat and also at Orovile follow
ling the bah game fSunday. Gloom in
Igreat clouds hung over The majestic bat
Elements of the court house. the crown
ing glory of our neighboring town, while
the sun of Australia shone brightly
Ialong the upper reaches OF the Okanogan,
Iwhere Orovllle nestles SO. cozily and pret-
tily in the valley between singing and
laughing rivers. singing the poems of Vie
tory AS the news was waited nOrthward
that the car drivers were stepping on the
Iacclerator whizzing homeward with the
bacon.
| And all this eruption owing to and be-
cause of ball victory snatched from the
| VERY jaws of defeat. Whereby the Okla
1nogan team, as tough a proposition as
| the locals have ever gone up against, is
igroveling in the dust humiliation that
Oroville escaped by the breadth of a hair.
| Baumgartner did it with good ash
Ibludgeon, allowing Daily to slip the need
ed run across the plate, making him re-
sponsble for a bunch of lnaniacs from
| Oreville. who few minutes before were
eating humble pie, praying for night,
Blucher or the rally that finally came.
But let us get down to "A narrative of
what at one time gave us feeling of
nausea at the pit of the stomach, and
/ then suddenly sent us all sky-rock ting.
/ On July 5th. the last day of the cele-
hration, Okanogan met the Oroville team
on the diamond. The manager and play
ers took exception to two decisions made
by the umpire, and there was much rag
chewing over the result as the game ter
minated to 7 in favor of Orovile. The
managers of the two teams agreed to
play another game. with the same per-
sonnet for $3.50 "A side the next day, but
OWING to the fact that Oroville had play
ed four games during the week. some of
the players insisted that the test game
should be postponed until later date.
Finally it was decided to play the game
| on neutral territory, Omak was selected
| and Sunday July Is, designated as the
| date.
At the time and place selected a large
crowd collected and the man or woman
present who did not feel that he or she
was well repaid for being present, no
matter how far he or she had to travel
| does not know the joys of bang up,
air tight, nerve racking base ball game.
The double umpire system was decided
on and two Omak players selected to fill
| the thankless positions. That those UNI
pres were conscientious and aimed to be
| fair i'm their decisions we 10 not ques-
| ton for moment. Considering the in
| tense feeling existing and the size Of the
pot at stake, including the numerous
| w9gers on the size. there was far less
| fault finding with their rulings than could
have been expected. They We're called up
on to make several very close decisions,
and unfortunately I'm every case those de-
| cisions We're against the Oroville team.
Then all the breaks were IN favor Of Okla
. hogan. Take the case of Graham in the
| ninth. He pushed high fly out in right
J field. Ninety nine times out of hundred
the hit would be either an out or good
| for only two bases yet the ball fell d.
rectiy into the only gopher hole on the
| south half of the reservation, was lost
and Graham ambled around the bases.
| Any player and every player will make
| errors, but the first run OkanOgan Sc
| cured was through an overthrow to first
| by Powell. II player who rarely makes
| such IA bluuder. But there is no intention
| to rob the county seat boys of the credit
| of that first, run. 1t was made by playing
| strictly according to the best authorities
on the game. That overthrow and out
put Stowell on third. Then Art Mitchell
| laiu down a perfect bunt on hit and
run signal and Stowell scored At that
| time the one run looked as big as dozen
| in an ordinary game.
| With two runs to the good, which to
all appearances. considering the way the
| Okanogan boys had been holding down
| their opponents, was lead pipe cinch
| on the game. the Okanoganites on the
side lines went nuts, and detection roost-
| ed conspicuously upon the countenances
of the Oroville fans. The din was shock
| ing to the nerve centers of the Oroville
crowd, and in the flush of victory our
neighbors down the river indulged in
acrid criticisms of Crovile and Oroville
players that would hardly pass in polite
| society. With the last of the NINTH and
| two scores that looked on the score book
as large as balloons. Baumgartner stepp-
Ell to the plate. Although Baum had al
| ready registered one safety his associates
feared the Strain of the situation was toe
| great for him to come across again. but
he fooled them once by getting a nice
| single through short. Oroville stock took
| a slightly upward tendency. and crep,
up another notch when Smith fumblet
Redheads hit, putting Baumgartner or
| third. Then the star of hope twinklet
| more brightly Baines soaked Hill ant
the bases were full with none out Ther
Hubbard dropped the throw in from
Naggy's hit and Baumgartner raced in
When Mallory hit a hot one toward first
and Redhead ambled in with the tieins
run pandemonium broke loose and If the
residents of Nesphelem had had theil
ears to the ground they would have
thought that a thunder storm had broker
loose somewhere out to the westward
Hill attempted to get in on the same
hit and was thrown out at the plate ant
it is possible that his zeal prevented tn,
| winning of the game at this time, bu
getting home was the proper effort a
that stage.
One could feel the very electricity o
anxiety and anticipation in the air will
the opening of the tenth. Mallory wht
had pitched a winning and consisten
game from the start off. was as cool al
though his comrades were a score o
runs to the good, and only four batsmei
faced him. Then Powell opened the fire
works with pretty single. Daily had tn
hard luck of forcing Powell at second
but made first He played off first unit
he induced Hubbard to throw down. Th
throw was wild and Daily. who Is alway
dangerous on the bases, galloped to third
| Then Baumgartner smashed a fly owe
ceifter field and the game was won. VIII
the Oroville bunch did not suffer fror
paralysis of the larnyx is beyond all un
derstanding. The fans certainly cruell
abused that part Of the anatomy, whil
on the other hand the earstwhile cock
| Okanogan crowd was as voceless as tn
occupants of a deaf and dumb asylum
Those fans did not take into considera
tion the fact that ball game is neve
, over until the last man is out. But. ther
they lad a lot of yelling that they &c
!, off their chests earlier in the proceeding
3 and they surely went 1t strong when tn
= going was good.
= The two teams are about as evenl
matched as two teams could be. TIL
l breaks which contribute toward maxim
g bas, Ian so uncertain might come int
o either team I'm a game. where the fau
would not be through any poor playin
or bad judgment of the individu Il T.aye
: and throw the game one way or II