The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-21
TWICE
DEFENSIVE
TRICK
FLIVVERS

Twice Friday. Byron Hcuck on the
hin for the Vernon Tigers. tried the
Intentional pass In an &effort 10
stay the attack of the Seattle club
and twice the plan OF defense failed.
Seattle finally won the bah game by
. <.to-s count. scoring the winning
run In the ninth frame. IL was a
real he ball game.
The new rule prohibiting the
catcher from deliberately standing
outside OF hts .box" In an effort to
stop the intentional pass Is the
bunk as was illustrated Friday.
With the score tied In the last
half Of the ninth and one away,
Bohnc tripled TO left Right here
Houck started throwing wide ones
10 Murphy and Lord" Byron. who
was umpiring behind the plate. mark
"a off the catcher's box and made
the Vernon receiver stay inside OF
the lines. until Houck started his de
livery TO the plate. But Houek
walked Murphy without any trouble
and then walked Eldred In the same
fashion. This filled the bases and
made a sctup for double play.
CUNNINGHAM
HITS 1T
Kenworthy tried 10 squeeze Bohne
over with bunt. but Mueller
grabbed the apple In time TO force
Hohne at the plate. Then Cunning
ham busted thru with pretty hit TO
right and the war was over when
Murphy spiked the home plate.
Earlier In the game Houck tried
the same defensive stunt With Yer
non leading : to l In the seventh
and one away. Middleton singled and
Hohne moved him up with an infield
out. Murphy singled and Middleton
went TO third. Rod promptly stole
second. Then Houck walked Eldrcd
Intentionally. but Kenwcrthy kicked
thru with double. scoring Middle
ton and Murphy. and put the locals
In the lead
This angle Of the game IL present
"a to show what fixrie the rule
trying to bar the Intentional pass
really II. Lots OF times II Is good
defensive plan. bu, II was the rasp-
berry yesterday.
BOTH SCORE
IN FIRST
Vernon started the scoring early.
grabbing . run In the first frnne.
Chadbourne beat out hit to Ken
worthy with one away and ELLINGTON
old the same stunt after Fisher had
moved up Chester with an infieid
out. Then Chad and Ellington start
I'd . double steal and Baldwin hand
"a the enemy a run when he heaved
The bail over second base.
seattle evened IL up in their half
AZ the inning when Willie Mitchell.
6eAttle's usual jinx. and Vernon's
crack southpaw. couldn't find the
plate. and Sammy Bohne eventually
stole home.
Mitchell walked Bohne and Eldrcd
beat out an fnfieid bit down third
base. With two down Mitchell lost
control entirely and walked Ken
worthy. filling the bases. Then the
trio engineered triple steal and
Bohne waitxed over sthe plate.
Mitchell walked Cunningham and
then Houck went to the hill. He
stopped scoring until the seventh.
VISITORS BREAK
THRU AGAIN
In the meantime long Harry
Gardner. who was on the hill for the
homo crew. was pitching great ball.
making the Vernon siuggers easy TO
handle In the seventh the visitors
broke thru again for one run
Ellington drove n single thru
short after Fisher had been retired
and Mueller followed with bingie to
right on the hit and run. Then
Stumpf started what looked like n
perfect double play by tossing Mueller
out at second on a pretty pickup OF
Highs grounder. but ksnworthy
heaved the ball against the grand
stand in an effort to complete the
double play at first base and Eding.
ton scored. Smith ended the frame
BY striking out
Then Seattle came back with a
pair Of markers on punched hits and
led . TO 2. Ellington. the Vernon
ouffieIder, who has been playing
bang.up bah all week. smashed the
apple over the right field fence in
the first half Of the ninth with two
down and the count three and three.
How Seattle copped the struggle has
afveadv been foid