The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1921-05-14

victory Tor ColVllle are given mere.
Several hundred ardent fans went
home from the Sunday game between
Valley and Colville in the Stevens
County League, hoarse but happy,
after watching Colville take the long
end of to 8 battle in one of the
closest and most exciting games
seen here in years.
In the early frames, Valley piled
up a lead of three runs and until
the seventh inning, the Colville root
ers had but little encouragement. In
this frame the Valley hurler, follow
ing the custom of left handed pitch
ers, had bad inning, and walks fol-
lowed by ringing three base single
by Wernli, and a solid smash by L.
Wyatt, counted three for Colville, and
the game went into extra innings.
In the eleventh after two were out,
Wyatt hit, Trem. poked single over
the infeld and Wyatt stole third
while the catcher was arguing
strike with the umpire, and Page
found hole in the infield and Wyatt
scored the winning run.
Captain Richardson shook up the
team several times and finally evolv-
ed a winning combination. Rogers
fielded in his usual steady manner
and hit the ball often and hard.
Wernli found his batting eye and
in addition to his three-base single,
delivered safety.
The real credit for winning the
game, however, must go to Hydorn.
In Hydorn it would seem that Col
vile has the best pitcher seen here
for years. Not only has he the usual
assortment of slants and curves, but
he has a very deceptive change of
pace and shows a thorough know
ledge of the game. Carl Hard was
the sensation of the day when he
dropped a pop fly in center field.
When interviewed Jim Petty admit
ed that he is Colville's oldest ball
fan, and said he came here when Carl
was playing his fourth season with
Colville, and never before had he
known such a thing to happen.
In an exciting game on the Col
vile grounds last Sunday, the local
boys succeeded in grading victory
from the strong team representing
Valley. The game was full of
thrills and excitement from begin
ming to end and the fans got their
moneys worth with interest. In
the first inning Hydorn struck out
three of Valleys batters in row
and retired the side. The first score
came in the fifth inning after Jovig,
playing first base for Valley, had
made a two-base hit, Smith, play
ing short for Colville, failed to field
two grounders, with the result that
two men were allowed to score be-
fore the inning was finished VAL
ley again scored in the 9th inning on
an overthrow to second by Graham,
and Hard, playing center, failed to
recover the ball in time. Colville
seemed to have the "jinks" and it
looked impossible to win, although
the boys were getting plenty of hits
and were playing ball. In the 4th
inning, Colville secured three clean
hits and yet was unable to score,
Richardson being thrown out at the
home plate on account of poor coach
ing at third. In the last half OF
the 9Th, with two men out and two
men on bases, Lew Wernli restored
10Y to the fans by knocking 3-base
hit over right field and two runs
came in. Wyatt then knocked an
other safe hit between first and
second, and the score was tied. Col
vile was robbed of victory in the
9th inning, with two men on bases
and two men out, when Richardson
knocked a line drive over second,
and Kulzer playing on that position
made a spectacular catch with one
hand, which robbed Colville of al
most certain victory. An extra in
ming had to be played. Wyatt and
Tremblay got on bases and Page
brought final victory by securing A
safe hit between first and second,
making score of to 3 in favor OF
Colville.
Valley has one of the strongest
teams in the league and it is a mans
Job to win from them. However,
the Colville boys deserved the victory,
and played good ball and the batting
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