Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-09-10
COLFAX TEAM WINS
BASEBALL HOKORS
County Seat Diamond Men Defeat
Cotton, 8 to 3, in Eleven Inning
Contest-Moss Star of Game

In game of baseball that was
worth anybody's money Colfax nosed
out 5 to victory over Cotton on
Rogers field Monday afternoon and
incidentally annexed the champion
ship of southeastern Washington.
Eleven innings were required to de-
eide the game, which was full of
thrilling plays and exciting situa
tions. To the neutral fan it appeared
that Cotton had all the best of the
argument so far as playing ability
was concerned, with Colfax benefit
ing through all the breaks of the
game and getting the best of the
close decisions in the pinches. Nor
man Moss, pitching for Cotton,
played a remarkable game and was
unquestionably the star of the ex-
citing fracas. Except in the fifth
inning, when Colfax hit him for a
couple of healthy safeties, he held
his opponents almost at his mercy,
and in the first four innings only 13
men faced him. He appeared to have
his game won all the way and the
two TALES registered by Colfax in
the ninth, VIII h tied the score and
sent the game into extra innings,
were the result of close decisions and
bad breaks of luck rather than poor
pitching on his part.
Cotton scored two runs in the Sec
ond inning on punched hits and a
base on balls, and Colfax came back
with a tally in the fifth on two safe
ties, the first hits secured off the
delivery of Moss during the game.
Cotton made it three to one in the
seventh on brace of safe hits, and
neither team scored in the eighth
The excitement started in the
ninth inning, when, with one out, and
a man on first, a Colfax batter
grounded to second base. A double
play was attempted, the man going
to second being declared out while
the batter was declared safe at fl
on close decision. Many fans con-
tend that the double was completed
and that the game should have end
ed. The Cotton players started tC
leave the field, believing that the
double play would be allowed, but
were called back by the umpire. Faus,
the next man up for Colfax, hit
high fly to right field. The fielder
misjudged the ball, running iowa,
the diamond while the ball sailed
over him, and both runners scored,
the batter being credited with a
home run. The game was tied at
three all.
Moss retired the Colfax batters in
short order in the tenth. Petit,
first man up for Cotton, was safe
when Pace, Colfax shortstop, mis-
judged his grounder, and took third
on Roy Hanley's sacrifice. Curley
Skadan, batting for Dick Hanley,
struck out.
Pace opened the eleventh for Col
fax with grounder to shortstop, be-
ing safe on first when the shortstop
erred. Stewart Stapleton singled,
Pace being held at second. Magee
was out on fly to center field and
Thiel doubled, scoring Pace and Sta
pleton, but going out at third him
self when he attempted to stretch the
double to a triple. Faus was out,
and the score was to for Colfax.
In Colton's half of the final inn
ing Howe led off with a single. Har-
old Hanley was safe on bad throw,
short to first, Howe taking third.
Hanley stole second. With men on
second and third and none out My
ron Hanley struck out Moss per-
formed likewise and Gray grounded
out, ending the game.
Jimmie Condor, pitching for
Colfax, finished in big league style
after mediocre start. He pulled
himself out of many bad holes and
SNOhANA 0b hiS OCoC III IuS pIUCu6S.
The gate receipts were close to
$500, many fans coming from the
two contending towns. The result of
the game gives Colfax the undisputed
championship of southeastern Wash
ington, the county seat players hav-
ing won two of the three games of
the championship series. Sweeney,
of Uniontown, umpired a good game.
although a couple of his decisions on
close plays were questionable
Batteries-Colfax, Condor and S.
Stapleton. Cotton, Moss and Howe
Hits, Colfax 7, Cotton s. Errors,
Colfax 4, Cotton 2.
Score by innings:
Colfax 0 0 / % 2 0 2-b
Cotton 2 0 90 1OO O-3