The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-08-31
TWIN DEFEATS
SEND INVADERS
To P0CATELL0
Gate City Legion Team
Drops Two Baseball
Games to Caldwell Az
gregation.


For once an inviding baseball team
from southeastern Idaho has been
turned back by defeat. Pocateilo's
Wanted aggregation having a string
of victoctires that would almost cinch
a position in the first division of the
big leagues, added two games to their
small string Of defeats here Saturday
and Sunday. %
Inability to hit cost the visitors
both games. Berg and Malloy proved
more than master Of the visiting swat
smiths, each local twirler yielding only
four hits. Pocatello's team was !
clean, fast fielding aggregation and
the series resulted in the best base
ball that has been played, on the local
lot this year.. The first game ended
in 90 victory for Caldwell and the
second terminated with the locals on
the long end of Al score. 81
Had No Pitchers
Pocatello was handicapped by lack
of a battery. Neither Of the two
pitchers who had been groomed for
the series were able to make the trip.
In Saturdays game Keeland an out
fielder occupied the box and in the
Sunday matinee. Alldred, regular Sec
'ond baseman, decorated the mound.
Neither was a puzzle to Cafdwelrs
heavy stickers. Keeland being touched
up for nine safeties while Alldred
yielded, seven safe blows.
Until the fourth inning the first
game might have gone to anybody.
Pocatello led off in the initial frame
with two runs when Petit connected
with clean double over third base
after Kortz had lead off with scratch
single and Berg had given O'Schaus-
seney free transportation to the first
sack. 1t was practically the only in
ming in which Pocatello even threaten
ed to score, although Keeland man.
aged to work his way around to the
third sack in the eighth inning.
Benny" Gets Homer ,llo
Caldwell annexed one in the firss
inning added another, counter in the
second and then sewed the game up
in the fourth. In this frame, Rein
hart came within inches of getting
home run when he denied the fence in
left field. He rested on second and
then Benedict clouted one over the
center field fence for the longest
drive of the season. Coffey had not
a life when O'Shausseney booted one
and had scored on Reinhart's double,
giving the locals three runs. Remnant
counted again for the last run of the
game in the seventh inning after he
had been hit by Keeland. He went to
third when Mckay mussed Nelson's
single. Gill lifted short fly to right
and Mckay threw to third on the
play permitting Reinhart to score.
Caldwell easily walked off with the
second game putting the matinee on
ice in the second inning Gill clouted
one on the nose that lacked only
inches of clearing the left field fence.
He reached the second on the blow.
Buttner dumped one down the first
base line and beat it out. He prompt
ly pilfersd the second sack. Malloy
hit one into right field that would have
been clean double but for his in
jured leg and both runners ahead of
him scored. t.....
In the fifth inning Reinhart singled
and stole second. Dick Nelson got
hold of one that cleared the left field
fence by IS feet and both trotted
home. This clout ended the scoring
for the locals. ....-#.
| Pocatello's single run came in the
fifth inning when Aldred hit long
drive into right field. Coffey let it
go through him to the fence and then
lost the ball in the weeds. He might
even then have prevented the score
but he threw the ball away again after
recovering it and Aldred easily scored
But for these boobies Malloy would
have got shut out game.
Youmans was the bright light Of the
afternoon. In practice before the
game, he sprained his thumb and was
sent to left field, Buttner taking the
short stop position. In the outer gar
den, Youmans proved himself whizz.
} making three hard catches for the
most spectacular fielding plays seen
on the local ground this year. In
spite OF the hard chances and an in
jured thumb he managed to hang onto