White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-05-11
LOCALS TAKE KENNEWICK
INTO CAMP SCORE Il TO 5

Some folks seem to think this old
White Bluffs bail club is not SO much
after all; that the team probably has
been overestimated and tnat we really
will not have to get ''the Yankees to
head them off, maybe so. Maybe SO.
But in the light or what happened on
the local grounds last Sunday when
White Butts took the heretofore un-
beaten kennewick team into camp Dy
score of II to 8, one might be
forgiven tor wondering just a little
If, possibly. these some folks are not
the ones who have mace the bad
guess.
Wiz, Swede Cords, fast heldnll
and hard hitting first baseman, in
capacirated because of illness and
Jack Blair, the regular thirc baseman,
also good fielder and the possessor
Li a wonderful arm and better than
the average sticker, absent tempor-
arily in California, White Bluffs pre-
sented the weakest lineup it has had
in any OF the league games. And as II
those casualties were not enough, Al
Anderson, p-ppery carcner, was hit
on the kneecap with hard thrown
ball early in the game, causing another
shift in the lineup. This last shift,
however, brought Chuck Englictl,
home for the day from w. S. c., ..,to
the picture and Chuck, old boy, de-
monstrated he had not forgotten his
early training when he was regular
en- the team here few years ago, by
getting on as often as any OF his
team mates, making some fine catches
in the outfield and an almost perfect
peg from deep left to the plate to
catch a Kennewick runaler who was
racing in from third.
Altnough the rsmade infield cid
its best and was out there trying all
the time, it was charged with several
errors which, while they made tine
game nore exciting, kept the final
issue Is, doubt.
kennewick scored one in the first
inning when a tall fly that should
have been caught, fell safe. After
the first three White Bluffs men had
hit safely the o.art-1g pitcher tor
Kelinew:ck suddenly remembered he
was first baseman and young Hud-
rail- took up the pitching burden tor
The down river team. The locals put
the coL.,t at two to one in their fav-
or before being retired. Kennewick
kept adding one at time until IN
the fifth the, score stood S to in
their favor. White Bluffs was unable
to break through again ua,til the
fifth when safe hits began to pop off
the bats with more regularity and
aidsLI by some loose fielding ON the
cart of Kennewick infield they grad
ual1y pulled up even and then stepped
out in front and steadily increased
their lead. During thhe batting rallies
there were two blows worth mention
,:lg. One was a lusty three bagger by
Ptzy Montgomery. IfJay was safleet
OF foot as some Of his mates, he could
possibly have made the circuit. The
other was timely two Dagger by
Williams that scored two.
When the min, tn opened the score
stood IL to in White Bluffs favor
when Williams, who had been pitch
ing a .,ice game, eased up little,
allowing Kennewick to run its count
to eight.
Kennewick had strengthened by the
additic.l of new first baseman as
we'll as shortstop from Pasco and
fought hard al the way for the game,
contesting every close oncision.
White Bluffs plays in Kcnnewick
next Sunday. They expect to contest
team of Ke3newick players but may
have to go against the best of south
eastern Washington. They would like
to have a good crowd of local rootera
there to cheer them on in their effort
make it two straight and to con-
tinue their unbroken string of victor
les. Jack Blair wired from California
Tuesday that he WOULD be back here
in time for the game Sunday and
Swede Cords also expects to be in
the lineup.