Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1923-06-14
||ONTAR|0 'MRs'
'PAYETTE' 'H|lBEENs'

Excitement waxed hfghaud furious
In the initial game Of IN season be-
tween the Payette "Hatbeens" and
the Ontario "Wasers" Hlayed here
Monday evening. The game was
scheduled to start at 5:3s p. N. and
got under way at sac which was
very creditable. Althop1f the game
caused several fans tazeo without
their dinner, they wereznwarded by
the opportunity to wttFeN the skill
of the home team in pr@cf1ce- Doc"
wells fade-away was working to
perfection in the early part of the
game. but later on he tgas touched
for several hits. The fielding on
both sires was unparei75led in the
history of baseball. Oaario tied
the score in about the 7tA inning and
was one run ahead IN about the
eighth. Payette had man on end.
and 3rd. base in the 9Th with nobody
down. and sad to relate, the next
three men famed in quick success
sion, Ontario winning the game by
score of about to 4, We are moi
sure as to this. as the scorekeeper
had to use the run column In addf-
ton to the regular column TO record
the errors.
Several rumors have been cir
culated relative to this game, one
that there is a possibilityof being
some truth to, to the effect that a.
long distance telephone conversation !
was had between certain party in Z
Payette and John J. McGraw OF New 1
York, about three days prior to the
game, and New York paper carried /
a dispatch the next day that McGraw !
left New York Immediately after re-
ceipt OF a telephone cali Tor parts
leaving no forwarding ad-
dress. A strange gentleman was
observed trying to induce one of
our players to accept ten 1900 bills
and sign a paper immediatdy after
the game, but he would not listen to
him. The reader is invited to form
his own conclusions. Anothee rumor
is to the effect that ones1f ar lead
ing bankers, who walr gi5en an
ovation equal TO that Gfcoued Babe
Ruth. when he appeared ON the
field deliberately aold sans.tts to- nn-l
tuIrU, Deuaun3 Who's - 0As put m !
as pinch hitter in the ninth, it took
just three strikes to send him back
to the bench. Personally we do not
believe there is any truth in thrs
rumor, as the character OF this gen.
ueman has heretofore been beyond !
reproach, however, again we leave
our readers to draw their own con-
clusions. The decisions of the UNI
pfre were sufficiently refreshing tol
keep interest in the game stimulated |
when it threatened TO become |
nonotonous. On one occasion it was
Noticed that he pushed the catcher |
out OF the way, took off his mask, |
md started after a fly ball him
self. The only comment we have
o offer on his umpiring is that we
ire glad he started his baseball |
,areer as a player instead of as an
official. Some doubt was enter
aimed by an Ontario fan as to the
of Kenneth Nash to play
N the team, he insisting that he had
cen Nash playing with the Boston
led Sox some ten years ago. After
heated discussion of about ten
he was finally convinced 1
I his error, and play was resumed.
A history OF this game would be
complete without mention being
nade of the spectacular run from!
bird base to the home plate by Glib.
'eterson. An idea of the intense
xcitement of the game may be
leaned when it is learned that the
and refused to play during the game
referring to run the risk of losing
heir Jobs rather than miss any of
he details of the game
The proceeds of the game went to
worthy cause, namely: building a
winning pool for the kids of Paw
tie, and we have no doubt that the
ext contest staged by the HAS
eens' viii prove even more of
lccess than this one was.