The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-02
Clash Again
Wednesday

The Tacoma French Bakery
team kept coming from behind Tor
nine innings. but finally lost 70
johnson Paint. 6 to 5, in the lOtn
inning Of the first game OF
est-two-out- of-three series for the
1889 Pierce County Softball as
ISOLATION tournament crown on the
Sumner field Monday night.
The Eagles won, IA to II, from
Zion Lutheran in the opener TO
nail down third place.
The Painters and Bakers play
again Wednesday night on the
Sumner high school field at $50
O'Clock. and if necessary they VIII
play the rubber game on Friday
night at the same place.
The preliminary contest We'd
nesday will be Valley softban
league game between Sumner and
Kent.
The Painters put together
an error and a double In the
second inning and walk,
wild pitch and another double
10 score in the sixth frame.
They went into the last of the
seventh inning with a to 0
lead, but two successive err
rors by Dick Leslie caused
trouble for the defense as the
frame opened and the Bakers
knotted the count on a sacra-
flee hit and fielder's choice.
In the ninth the Painters
counted three times. George
Rocket doubled, Hal Holcumo
singled and stole second, putting
men on second and third. Then
Clyde Olson hit a sacrifice fly to
center field and Rocket scored.
Leslie went to third and scored
when the throw-in got away from
the catcher. AL Steinauer singled
back Of second and went into
second when the ball got away
from the shortfielder. Jimmy
O'Brien singled him home.
BAKERS COME BACK
] In the last of the ninth the
Bakers came back with infield
hits to tie the count. Frank
Marone hit to pitcher Bus Ander-
son. Ernie Ruffo was safe on an
error following an attempted
bunt and Bob Huegle scored Mar
one on hit to short field. Jack
Nash struck out and Vic Bens
cleaned the bases with a single
to right.
In the 10th, Paul Scott
opened for the johnson club
with a double and moved to
third on Wally Wright's sac
rifice. then scored on the same
play by stealing home as the
Baker infield was talking to
relief pitcher NIarone.
The Eagles counted a pair of
runs in each of the first, second,
third and fifth inning before salt
ing the game away with six in the
sixth inning. The Zion club made
it a ball game until Len Thomas
relieved Joe Bendzak. With the
score tied at Sail and bases loaded
in the sixth frame. he struck out
the side and repeated in the
seventh after errors permitted two
runs to score.
PIERCE cot MY CHAMPIONSHIPS
tfirst Place Camel
90 innings
Johnson Paint ..,..6 10 7
French Bakery .... , 5 &
Anderson and steinauer; McKino
nell, Marone and Jensen
(for Third PlaceD
E Eion Lutheran ..'........iI 2 7
Fyalka Buettner and O Ell,nso
Omber.
Post-season softbsll league games
Wednesday. 6:15;
B Diyision-white Eagle Tavern VS..
musicians Union. Mckinley No. L:
umpire, Kaperick Garage EMPLOYEES
vs.. Woodmen Of World, jefferson No.
= umpire. Cruver. Wartenbe Service
vs. Gee Street Club Harmon umpire,
Division. Thursday: Cammaran,
Bros; VS. Buffelen Lumber. Mckinley
No 2: umpire, Walsh. Zion Lutheran
vs.. Elks Club jefferson No. p nm
pire. Kaperick Tacoma French
Bakery vs.. Eagles Lodge, Mckinley
No. /; umpire, Madison
Two Million T.o,,t