The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-07-02
MOONLIGHT LEAGUE
PLAYS FIRST GAME
OF THE SEASON
WILD, TEMPESTUOUS AND EX.
CITING GAME ENDS WEN
ATCHEE 10. LEAVENWORTH
SEVEN.

The Wenatchee World Of June 21
gives the following report of the
Wenatchee-Leavenworth game, June
%:
Western Canada has twilight
league, but the Wenatchee valley or
ganized the Moonlight league vester-
day, playing the first game of base
ball in the history of the sport that
was illuminated by the rays of the
silvery orb of night.
Atmospheric conditions were the
worst that Hatfield could produce
without having flood. A high wind
swept the ball out of the PLAYERS
reach the the dust filled everyone's
eyes. The temperature was sinking
rapidly toward the bottom of the
tube so that good playing was i'm
possible. Under such circumstances
everything that happened will be for
given.
True-Blue Life, started out to UNI
pire the game. but had to cancel the
order in the fifth inning. Life gave
excellent satisfaction until Brown.
first up for Leavenworth, hit a home
run in the fifth round. Brown mis-
sed first base by several feet, and
the umpire called him out after he
had completed the circuit
Leavenworth was ahead Z to 3 at
the time, but the fans and players al
set up a shrek that could be heard
above the tempest and refused to
proceed with the game unless a new
umpire was selected. Sargent
Schubert of the L. S. army recruit
ing staff here volunteered to finish
the game, and not one of his decis-
ions was questioned. There was a
dangerous looking hump on the Ser
geant's hip pocket, but after the
game was over the players learned
that this was caused by package of
cigarettes, and not by an army re-
volver, as they suspected
With the wind whisking a batted
ball in the most unexpected direc-
tions, base hits were plentiful in yes
terday's game.
Gillespie of Brewster, Odessa and
Ephrata, started to pitch for Wenat-
chee. Four singles, with two bases
on balls sandwiched in between them,
yielded the visitors three runs in the
first. The home team drew one
count.
Three singles netted the local crew
another score in the second while the
visitors were blanked, In the third
George Ames came to bat for the
second time, having singled cleanly
on his first trip. His many admirinp
friends implored him to knock the
ball over the fence, and George
strovc to grant their request He
pasted the pill to center field and
made the circuit while Collector G. r
Tribble passed the hat.
Leavenworth scored run in tho
third, making the count stand to 3
at the end of that INNING. But Ku-
crea. the first hand up for the visit
ors in the fourth, knocked the ball
down the third base line for homer
and Leavenworth took up a collcc-
ton. Gillespie was lifted out of tlrn
box at this stage OF the game and
Garrison substituted Two more runs
were pushed across the plate before
the epidemic of base hits could be
checked
In the fifth inning came the sink
ing of the umpire, but no runs were
scored as Browns four base clout did
not count and the side was retired
Nenatchee started to work on VII
BIZ Smiths curves in the sixth
Ames started the inning with HI
third safe hit. Daniels and Lester
each drew a free ride to first, an
then followed two unusual plays
Duffy and Leavers each flied to ce7.
ter field and a run was scored o"
both outs. That made the score 7 T.
in favor of Leavenworth.
The seventh proved disastrous to
the visitors. Coen walked. Pluff sa-
crificed him TO second, he stole thi-1
and Leonard scored him with a clean
single. Wescott dropped Ames' fly
and Daniels single scored both Leon
ard and Ames, aided by some ragged
fielding. Lester followed with a
double which sent Daniels homo
with the fourth run of the inning.
score Q to :.
Leavenworth was unable to con-
meet with Garrison's delivery after
the fourth. but the home crowd an
nexed one more tally in the eighth