The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-06-18

never made a tumble. 1t was xreat
piaylhs from start to finish and the
team can face any amateur club In
the country without fear of the re.
SUIT. In Moe the club has one Of the
most puzzling pitchers that has eve,
heaved the sphere for Oroville. He Is
o a fixture here, being employed A,
the DAM. He has everything in the
repertoire of a first-class slab artist
ana he had the visitors at his mercy.
we've OF those who faced him had
their muscles strained hammerip.
the air, while he fields his position
like a veteran.
While most of the game was fast
there were few sensational plays. The
greatest play of the game came up In
the third inning. cutting off two sure
runs for OrOville. Davis was ON third
Baumgartner on second. Bum
was stealing down we'll toward third
III an effort to attract a throw to Sec
ohd so That Davis might run in, when
Stapleton hit a short fly to right. IT
looked like a sure safe hit but Pau
raced in and took the ball at his shoe
tops, turning over and over but hang
ing on to that ball, making the third
out. 1t was n of the greatest catches
that has ever been seer on the local
ground for a long time and all hands
gave the fielder the glad hand.
IOnHSkat turnal o,t
masse to e on their boys, and they
made the welkin ring with their dis
cordant shouts and yaps of diamond
huinor, the customary unfayorable
personal reference to the opposition
players. and words of cheer to their
favorites, which never have any prac-
tical effect on the game, but merely
ADDS zest to the general proceedings.
ana Tor that matter Oroville was not
behind in roofing, and altogether the
crowd had a pretty noisy time of it.
The following is the story of how
things came about:
First inning-Tonasket-Pfau roll
ed a little one to Moe and was nailed
at first. Handlin could not locate the
ball. Herman lined out a neat single
to left. but died at first as Aslott
struck out. One hit, no run.-Oroville
Curtis hit to Leitritz and was
thrown out at first. Snyder put a neat
single to left, and celebrated the event
by stealing second. Powell hit to
pitcher. and Snyder attempting to
reach third on a hit was nipped, pitch
er to Handlin. Davis hit a hot groun-
der to Leitritz. and as that gentleman
grabbed up a handful of dust sthe ball
trickled blythly between his legs.
Davis then pilfered second. Bumgart-
ner left him there by saving out. One
hit, no run.
Second-Tonasket-BiTl Oberg set
the Tonasket roOters wild by shooting
a long double to center beyond the
reach of fielders. Leitritz hit to Pow
ell, and Powell and Snyder III off the
%blossoming hopes of a run for Tomas
ket by chasing Big Bill down, who
had attempted to reach third on the hit.
Leitritz was left roosting on first
when both OVERLY and Darwin failed
to see three good ones sail over the
plate. One hit, no runs. OrOville-
Stapleton failed to connect. Macy sen
up a short fly to second. Hicks poun-
ded atmosphere. No hits, no runs.
sThird-Tonasket-. Mayberry and
Pau could not find the ball, and
Handlin rolled a hit down first base
line that Curtis retreaved and beat the
runner to first. No hits, no ms OrO-
ville-Moe shot a single to right ami
followed up the hit by stealing second.
Curtis sent up a fly to first. Snyder hit.
to Leitritz and was out at first. Pow
ell hit safely to left, Moe scoring. Da-
Wis hit over to second for a single,
Powell going to third. Handlin fumb-
led Bumgartner's hit, and failed to
the runner at first. Powell start
ed home, and Darwin throwing low to
catch the runner was safe. Stapleton
hit a short fly to right that looked
perfectly safe, but Pau took the ball
off the top of the grass on a dead run
giving an exhibition of ground and
lofty tumbling but freezing to the
ball, cutting off two runs. Three hits,
two runs.
Fourth - Tonasket- Herman fell
down on three good ones. Aslott hit a
high fly to left which both Davis and
Macy ran for, the latter grabbing the