The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-15
First Battle
To Pip Outfit
Then Locals Come
Back Like Champs
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL

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SUNDAYS RESULTS
Tacoms sis. Yakima pa.
Salem S. Wenatchee 1.
Spokane-Vancouver. idle.
The Town Tigers are still suck
ers for one-run defeats but no
stranger would believe it if he saw
the Bengals pummel the high
Yakima Pippins in the Sec
ond game of Sundays twin bill at
Athletic park.
Sixteen runs were blasted home
in the seven inning nightoap and
Is Of these tallies came In two big
innings. But what waste was the
1874 victory when the Tigers
couldn't beg. borrow or steal run
last Friday for Mel Marlows.
The big triumph brought the
Bengals an even split in the four
game series with the Pippins.
Wenatchee Chiefs open a three
game series here this Monday
night.
Yakima staggered through 10
9-s victory in the Sunday opener
after losing Ga on Saturday night.
HAD To GET BETTER
Dismal was the start for the
Tigers. In fact, it was so bad 1t
couldn't do anything else but get
better, which it did, much to
few frantic moments for Goldie
Holt, Pipp!n man Of strategy.
The Pippins had scored three
each in the first two frames on
a combination of five hits, two
errors and two walks. had added
another on Sally Madrids home
run in the fourth. But that was
about the end of the happy days
for the Appleknockers.
The Perry Cole-koehler- Stoeber
began 10 click. Two
runs came for the Tigers In the
fourth and two more in the sixth.
all through some potent willow
work by this quartet.
In the seventh with John Linde
hurting for Earl Porter, who had
been lifted for a pinch hitter.
Yakima pushed over the runs that
eventually won the game. Linde.
walked three of the first four bat
ters to face him. then gave up two
hits but managed to escape with
only two runs scoring, partially
through some doing by Bill Reese
on third base. In fact, no runs
would have scored had q throw TO
the plate been 90 per cent good.
MALLORY FINDS RANGE
MAJ Mallory found the range in
the seventh. blasted a single, later
scored on an error. But in the
eighth, Mallory made il ball
game by walloping a home run
over the barrier with two men
aboard. That made the score. 9 to
8, where it stayed TO the finish.
In the nighteap, the Tigers
scored once in the first frame on
a walk, stolen base and Perry's
hit. Then came the second inning.
Fourteen Tiger batters went TO
the plate before the slaughter was
over. With one out, Al Steele broke
his batting slump with a triple
against the scOreboard. Linde fol-
lowed with a triple to right field.
Then Del Holmes doubled TO put
the Tigers ahead 70 stay, Yakima
having scored twice In the first
Of the second.
Mallory singled. later worked a
double steal with Holmes scoring
just before Starr whitfield. Came
the deluge.
EN- UP
Seven successive hits ratified off
the Tiger bats before the third out.
The crowd had a grand time count
ing out the nine runs.
In the sixth, the cyclone struck
again with Perry's homer with
two on Digging the foremost blast
Of the six-run outburst.
All in all, Perry had a big day.
six hits, scoring four
runs, driving in five. Another
bright spot was steeIe's return to
hitting form, with three hits, a
triple, single and double In that
order In the nightosp.
Still fighting injuries stephens
has 2 sore arm, Abbott Is out with
4 broken nh, Starr has sore
srn,l. the Tigers are nevertheless
continuing To play 500 ball against
The lesgue-lesders.
But they still are losing the one
run games. the record now standing
IL losses IN 1s games decided by
4 lone tally. Just think where wins
in half those "A games would put