The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-08-16
Paint Squad
Tops County
Softballers
Defects Roilroud
Outfit in Finols
On Sumner Field

III 0IAAAAACA 1Clo
johnson Paint successfully de-
Tended its Pierce county softban
! championship Wednesday night
before LOO fans at Sumner high
field. defeating Northern Pacific
Railway Shops. TO 4. in nine
innings.
Tacoma Tigerettes won the
Western Washington won ems
championship from the defending
state champs. Manette Lumber.
in the preliminary game. IS to IA.
In sharp contrast to the other
tourney games. the title affair
was somewhat a Suggest, pitchers
getting none the better of things.
Scoring began in the second.
Frank Ruffo doubled over the left
field fence on the first ball pitched
by ''Trev' McLain of the Rail-
readers. Nash followed suit to
score Ruffo. Nash went to third
on olson's infield out and scored
on Artoe's wild throw.
The Shops came right back
In the fourth inning TO take
the lead. With one down.
Jerry Cecchi singled. Artoe
was out, pitcher To first.
Cecchi went 20 second. He
moved 10 third on a wild pitch
by Bus Anderson. Al Thoren
scored him with single.
Mimi Georgette doubled to
right field, sending Thoren to
third. Ed CoIbo bobbled the
bali In right field and Thoren
scored, Georgette going To
third. Gordon Fielder singled
Georgette home with the third
run.
In the last of the fifth the
Painters tied the score when Ruffo
homered over the centerfield
fence.
In the sixth inning the Shops
pushed Thoren across the plate
on a single, walk, infield hit and
a wild pitch. 1t gave them
one-run lead that looked good until
the fatal eighth.
PAINTERS GET BUSY
Then the Painters got busy.
Jack Nash was out trying to
stretch a triple into four Dagger.
Clyde Olson walked and George
Rocket was safe on an infield hit.
Manager Al Steinauer sacrificed
them along and Bus Anderson
scored both runners with a hot
single to center. Bob Huegel
scored Anderson with a double to
left.
The victory puts the Painters
into the state tourney in Seattle,
Aug. 23-24-25. They captured
third place last year in state play.
In the women's play
Manette opened with four
runs In the first inning, but
Tacoma's Tigerettes came
right back with eight In their
half OF the frame. The
Manettes, state crown wear
ers, then frightened up de-
fensiyely and went ahead with
one run In the second and six
In the fourth. The Tacoma
girls were not out of the rum
ming, however. Five runs were
the result of their efforts In
the last of the fifth inning.
Manette moved to within two
runs of the Tigerettes with two
runs in the sixth with the aid of
two Tacoma errors. The local
girls got one run when Gertrude
Willhelmsen tripled to right field
and scored on Betty Briggs infield
out to go two scores ahead.
1t was Just a tough break that
the Manette club did not tie the
score in the seventh. WEIGH was
safe on Olson's error. Dorman
moved her to second on an out.
Stitt singled into short field. and
WEIGH scored as Willhelmsen Jug
gled the ball. Avery put Stitt
on third with the tying run with
a single to right but was out for
leading off and the game was over.
WoMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
Manette Lumber .....14 IL IL
Tacoma Tigerettes ...15 IA 10
Barrious and Dorman; T. Davis
and NJ. Sarrazen.