The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1920-06-17
Nth Norman Moss in Box for
Locals, First Inning Lead
Overcome
now THE CLUBS STAND:
lBy 0. A. Fitzgerald)

With the visitors piling up three
|lns on them in the first game and
having stellar defensive ball Ed Alb
Dmsor's local baseball club SHIN
kied themselves out of what appear
to be tight hole and romped off
tith the bacon from Mister Sclild-
/necht's visiting Nez Perce club at a
baseball matinee held Sunday after
|oon at the High School Ball park
the score of 5 to 3.
4 It was an excellent exhibition of the
Rreat national pastime and the large
&rowd Of enthusiastic fans who wit
Iessed the contest received their so
Eent baseball game in nine nifty
purses SO thrilling was the game
hat not until Moss sent the last visi-
pr, q pinch hitter who failed to pinch
It down the long long trail. would
be fans agree that Grangeville had
nnexed the laurels.
Everybody, or some OF them at least
bought it was going to be a pitchers
attle but their expectations failed
materialize Norman Moss, the 10
ais new acquisition on the mound
erformed in big league style, tight
nlng IN every pinch, and hurling prac-
cally shutout ball from the second
fame on.
ID the sixth canto little jangle
rose over the promiscous use of the
plthall so In order to conform with
lsIng regulations and rulings that
Ofm OF delivery. was barred so dur
|ns Ihe rest of the battle spitballs
stfe about as scarce as bottles of s
~ GENT beer have been since the 18th
Nez Perez Opens Strong.
sz Perce opened the game with a
alee little slugfest, sending three men
s0and the sacks before they could be
aaaM OH, lslt the blood stayed in
,.flr eyes throughout the entire game.
sunilg extraordinary happened until
second frame when Hartnetr boot
ue Old "appul'' dowE the third
~ lne for nifty three bagger, be-
y scored a few minutes later. In the
~ frame Grangeville tailed their
',wrssary w,'y TWO runs and tied the score
"na the scores even the game dur
~ me flfth ami sixth innings took
A. 'e aspect of one of those tight af.
.als and remained so until the sixth
~ ssA narlnett again came to tho res
anu llmbered up his anatomy by
~ A. uaFelllng the sacks. This gave
sl ~ aUaiis one point lead, which was
N 1'a' was necessary TO give vent tC
g pent-up enthusiasm. Someone
NE sue front ranks realizing the sig
,Sance of the occasion started tC
M ss.lIng ~, There'li be Hot Time ii
II M ou Town Tonight and Aloysiui
hian,gg Grangeville's leading roote
4'Alg It the national athenl, st0ot
n. anu removed his hat. Outside O
! this ;asig ;hvsillng exciting happened DURING
4, sraigeville's last run was made /,
Nj At inning when Gillett slame,
ana spnefeold out in the wilderness
shase sasofted around to the third. sac
| lIraa,o ne remained until Hollen, dc
hs,''s ~ drop which came nigh OF
II a,g p,owihg hole through the chick
trn,.''re' gave him an excellent oppol
ny n % gallop home.
rom here on home the game wa
N thSeViile's, M hands down, but som
IL ~ a .lSitors were about as optimi,
k,,a,us = the fellow who still carries
would opeher ON his key ring an
loes,eu hot accede the. laurels to til
ped ~ : until Mister Norman Moss fal
hitter ''i FIRST American" pine
hrs ule last three frames the Wis
seIso. aVnantly tried to extract then
defaas from the throes of inevitabl
there put to no avail. The only tin
Inc was any danger of them SEQ
tle.,'w,as M was in the third when Moss di
likes ksulsned ~ himself-It goes somethir
saeon4s ns4islis-There was Nez Percer {
Iaapna I'd and another ON third. Mo,
Nez pa at each one separately, anotIh.
smilaae ercer stalked up to home plat
bna'su b,,su family at his supporter
field ldea together on "yon" side of Il
i Stripped his bat where a slugg
ban pposed to and missed the fir
the ., ,,ouied the second and repeat,
so,a,lt INST operation ON the third; Il
10 vneeper r,'per putting down the mo hi
book nis In his little leather cover,