The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-15
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Tigers Lose
More Thun 1000
Fans Enjoy Fun.
Regret Defect

+ ems ENJOY run
Regret Defect
A bumper crowd II more thar
1000 fans were amused at Ath
letic park last night by the pag
cant. "Cavalcade Of Baseball.
which was pretty funny. and ther
they watched the Tacoma-vancou
yer bah game. which wasn't funn,
az all.
Tacoma lost. ! 10 4.
While Spokane. league leader
and Yakima, in second place. were
winning their games with Wenat.
chez and Salem. respectively.
At the risk of being tabled un.
duly prejudiced. this writer makes
the bald statement that: Van
couver was lucky.
Tacoma collected plenty Of
hlts-l2 safe blows, In fact,
or the same number n
whaeked by the Capilanos-
hut the Tigers couldn't rap
them AZ the opportune mo-
ments. Quite aside from the
hits they did get. the Bengal
batters last night socked the
ball far and wide. but. as
luck would have IL, the balls
were raped right ut some
outfielder.
Not 30 with the Capilanos. They
got a few solid. honest baseknocks.
but most Of their dozen blows were
extremely flukey. Ray orteig. Cap
thlrd-sacker. for example. He des-
perately stuck out his bat in the
fifth inning and the ball curled
off into right field for a triple
That's the way II went the whole
game.
HOME RUNS
Two of the Tigers counters were
made via the home run system
soundest method yet devised for
tallies. Tony Firpo raped
one in the fourth inning and Don
cracked his initial homer
In Tacoma during the fifth frame.
Paul (who looks like an
Elmer) Smith hurled for the
Caps until the fifth inning,
when he wac replaced by Bob
Cole, who pitched for Tacoma
In 1887, 1888, 1899 and the
opening weeks Of this season.
Last night, however, he pitched
for Vancouver, which was too bad
because he held the Tigers at bay
keeping the hits he allowed well
spaced.
Young Milt Cadinha went the
route for Tacoma and, had the
Tacoma run department been oper-
ating efficiently, he would have
won the game.
Preceding the game was the
aforementioned baseball pageant
II opened with a swarm of mop
pets running and jumping about
on the field. ostenzbly playing
forerunner OF baseball
but looking surprisingly like q
swarm of moppets running anc
jumping about.
Then Abner b1eday
stepped In and, with much ado,
outlined = set Of rules he had
thought up. That was In
Cooperstown, n. Y, In 1889.
From there the pageant, touch
ing on the historical highlights Of
the national pastime, moved on te
the old knickeroockers of Gotham
(actually local kiwanis club mem
bers). first organized team; the
famed 1--WE guess Fashion Parl
ball club Junior and Senior Cham.
Der of Commerce members).
CASEY AT THE BAT
And then came Casey at tn,
Bat" Red" Clough Of the polics
department WAS Casey. VIII
Mayor Harry p. Cain reciting tn.
baseball epic, Clough WAS Case,
as he rubbed his hands with
dirt he wiped them on hi,
shirt defiance cleaned il
Casey's eyes. a sneer land how
clough can sneer) curled Casey'l
lip"
Coughs Casey" easily
stole the show "And now
the air Is shattered by the
force of Casey's blow
mighty Casey had struck out"
Next came a number OF Tacoms
policemen and courthouse hsbitue.
mineing out on the field as tn,
Boston Bloomer Girls. playing ar
exhibition against the old-time Ia,
coma Tigers.
While the various teams wer.
playing. all kinds of things hap
pened on the field Of play. Girls
sttired IN the flamboyant costumes