White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-07-06
cONNELL WINS THE BIG
FOURTH OF JULY GAME

won that ball gamesat Pasco on the
Fourth, it would certainly be some
game. Well. Connell won all
right but it took them l3 innings
to do it and every fan who saw it
will tell you that it was the best
game played in this part of the
state in years.
The Tietou battery of Soden and
Soden was all that was claimed for
it and it was no fault of theirs that
White Bluffs lost, Sky Soden,
+; the pitcher, who, by the way, is to
Join the Seattle Coast League team
next spring, is not q sturdy looking
chap but he is just about the sweet
est pitcher that has performed in
this country since Art Henning
used to NOV them. down, twenty
years ago. The score book shows
! him to be credited with II strike
outs and ne allowed but four clean
hits, so it can easily be seen that
I he did his part to win the old ball
game. And he did not have any
time to loaf, either5 for every one
of the Connell players was hitter
the best that could be scraped up
in the wheat country, from Connell
to Spokane.
The Spokane pitcher for whose
performance the Connell club ad-
mitted they had dug up $50, lasted
just three innings before the bonn
bardment got too strong for him
and he retired to second base. Kir-
by, who used to be some pitcher,
coming in from center field to take
over the job. Kirby did not have
much besides his head, and control,
and nice drop, but he held the
White Bluffs hitters pretty we'll in
check and was particularly strong
in the pinches.
Sized up on their Wednesdays
| performance, White Bluffs out
pitched and outhit Connell but the
latter club, as a whole, played a
steadier and header game in the
field, particularly in the outfield.
Five of Councils scores can be di-
rectly attributed to, misjudged or
dropped flys in the outer garden
This is no criticism of the White
Bluffs boys who played left and
center field for theYhad beer play
ling infiead positions and had had
no practise in chasing fly balls.
They were stuck out there so they
could be kept in the lineup on
account of their hitting.
White Bluffs scored one in the
first and Connell three in the sec
ond. The locals tied it in the
third and forged ahead in the
fourth, holding the lead until the
eighth when Connell tied the count
at six all. The two clubs battled
then on about even terms un-
til the break came in the thirteenth,
although White Bluffs had more op-
portunities to score but did not
seem to be able to produce the
winning punch. Connell scored
one earned run in the last inning
and then two more scampered in
when fly ball was dropped in left
field. With two down, White
Bluffs got two on in its last turn
at bat, but the last batter struck
out and the party was over, with
the score to 6.
1t was tough game for White
Bluffs to lose for as whole they
looked like the better club and
Connell had about abandoned hope
of winning as early as the fourth
inning. But the wheat growers
got the breaks and were tickled
pink when the last White Bluffs
batter had been retired.
Soden and Soden would like to
try it again and another game be-
tween the two clubs may be arrang-
ed if Connell is willing and the fans
show enough interest. A second
contest would draw tremendous
crowd.