Sporting Gossip
Edited by E. L BEDELL.
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Six hundred people saw the opening
game at Athletic Park yesterday aft
ernoon in which the City beat Turn
again Arm by the score of 4 to 2. The
game was called promptly at 3 o’clock
and taking yesterday’s play as a cri
terion the fans of Anchorage will be
treated to a high class of baseball this
season.
The two teams marched from Ro
bart’s to the grounds and the boys
from the Arm took the field for first
practice. Walter De Long, president
and Dr. J. T. Westermann, vice, were
in the points, temporarily, and retired
without a battery error.
W'elch and Van Devere were the op
posing pitchers and were evenly
matched, in fact the two teams were
very evenly matched and considering
it was the first game of the season
and lack of practice the game through
out was exceptionally well played.
Turnagain Arm got 7 hits to the City’s
4 and 6 errors to 4 for the City. Not
a hit was made for extra bases and
only one man walked. Welch had 8
strike out, Brown 4 and Van Devere 9.
The outfielders had a busy day wuth
9 put out.s
Managers Hansen and Robarts
were on their respective benches and
Thompson and Nicholls captained the
teams. There were no sensational
plays and the new men all showed up
well. Tommie Thompson got the first
hit of the game, a single; there was
not a hit made for extra bases.
Brownie made the first score in the
last of the fifth when the City counted
three times. Jimmie Sheets started
the play that really won the game ma
terially aided and abeted by two wild
throws by the oppositon. The City
won the game in their half of the 5th
when Brownie got a clean hit through
Van Devere; Ober missed the third
strike on Storm and Sheets layed
down a perfect bunt scoring Brownie.
Wild throws and fast base running
scored the other two. T. A. scored
in the sixth on hits by Loudemilch and
Worth, the only earned run of the
game.
Jack Henry counted again for the
City on errors by Van Devere and
Worth. T. A. scored in the 9th on
a hit by Casad, error by Storm and
Kline’s passed ball.
Flores gave good satisfaction as
umpire and the game was particular
ly free from wrangling.
Game in Detail.
Ober first up for Turnagain Arm
struck out. Loudermilch flew out to
Nofskar and Worth struck out. No
runs, no hits, no errors.
City—Nofskar batting first for City
struck out. Powrie flew out to Rob
inson and Nicholls struck out. No runs,
no hits, no errors.
Second Inning.
Nofskar gathered in Casad’s short
fly. Tommie Thompson got the first
hit of the game, a fast grounder be
tween 1st and 2nd. Van Devere pop
ped to Powrie. Haines batting, Thomp
son advanced to second on wild pitch;
Haines struck out. No runs, 1 hit, no
errors.
Henry got a hit. Kline struck out.
Brown hit a hot one to Cullen and
forced Henry at second—Cullen to
Worth. Storm forced Brown at sec
ond, Loudermilch to Cullen. No runs,
1 hit, no errors.
Third Inning.
Cullen flew out to Henry. Robinson
struck out and Kline picked Ober’s
foul fly off the netting. No runs, no
hits, no errors.
Sheets walked. Welch out infield
fly. Nofskar sacrificed Sheets to sec
ond and Casad took care of Powrie’s
pop fly. No runs, no hits, no errors.
Fourth Inning.
Loudermilch beat out a slow one and
reached second on Worth’s bunt. Both
runners advanced when Powrie missed
Welch’s peg to first. With two men on
bases and no one out Welch settled
down to old time form while the root
ers from the Arm howled for a hit.
Nofskar made a great catch of Cas
ad’s line drive and Loudy at third.
Thompson struck out and Van Devere
ended the inning by flying out to
Sheets. No runs, 2 hits, no errors.
Robinson took care of Nick’s high
fly to left. Henry flew out to Worth
and Kline out, Casad unassisted. No
runs, no hits, no errors.
Fifth Inning.
Haines breezed. Brownie neatly
smothered Cullen’s hard drive to cen
ter and Robinson went out, Welch to
Powrie. No runs, no hits, no errors.
Brotfnie clouted the first ball pitch
ed for a clean hit through Van and
advanced to second when Ober missed
the third strike on Storm. Jimmie
Sheets laved down a perfect bunt
down the third base line; Loudy heav
ed wild to Casad who in turn made a
bum peg to Ober; in the meanwhile
Brownie, Storm and Sheets dented the
rubber and the game was won. Welch
flew out to Casad and Van fanned
Nofskar and Powrie. Three runs, 2
hits, 3 errors.
Sixth Inning.
Ober fanned. With the 3 and 2
Loudy hit a Texas Leaguer between
first and second and scored on Worth’s
line drive through the pitcher’s box.
Welch and Nick caught Worth nap
ping at second and Casad got life on
Welch’s error. Thompson out Welch
to Powrie. One run, 2 hits, 1 error.
Nick safe at first on Loudy’s error.
Henry’s bunt caught Van off balance
and Nick advanced to third on the
wild heave. Kline hit an easy one to
Van who threw to Ober who tagged
Nick. Henry scored on Worth’s error
of Brownie’s fast grounder and Van
forced Storm and Sheets to strike out.
One run, no hits, 3 errors.
Seventh Inning.
Van out at first, Welch to Powrie.
Haines whiffed and Cullen out Henry
to Powrie. No runs, no hits, no errors.
Robinson made a bad muff of
Welch’s fly. Nofskar sacrificed Welch
to second. Powrie struck out and Nick
went out at first, Worth to Casad. No
runs, no hits, I error.
Eighth Inning.
With the game salted L. Brown re
lieved Welch. Robinson struck out on
the first three balls. Ober got a hit
and stole the only base during the
game and advanced to third on passed
ball by Kline. Loudy struck out and
Worth flew out to Brownie in center.
No runs, 1 hit, and 1 error.
Worth took care of Henry’s high
fly back of third. Cullen to Casad re
tired Kline and Brownie- swung at
three and missed. No runs, no hits, no
errors.
Ninth Inning.
Casad drove a hard grounder over
first for a hit. Storm's error gave
Thompson life and Casad scored on
passed ball by Kline who threw wild
to third; Sheets recovered and threw
Thompson out at third; Storm getting
the put out. Brownie settled all ar
guments ’ by striking out Van and
Haines. One run, 1 hit and 2 errors.
Game ended—City 4, Turagain Arm
2.
Summary—Base on balls: off
Brown, 1; Struck out by Welch, 8; by!
Brown 4; by Van Dever 9. Passed;
balls Ober, 1; Kline 1. Wild pitch
Brown, 1. Left on bases, City 5-; Turn
again Arm 6. Umpire—Flores. Scor
er Koch and Minns. Time of game—
1 hour, 35 minutes. Attendance 600.
Paddy Welch has won a Lome in
Anchorage.
Mr. Solly courteously handled the
ticket box.
The real fans gathered early in or
der to get a line on the players.
Jack Henry, Casad and Worth were
the only players to get more than one
hit.
It seemed strange not to see Fred
Tracey on the players’ bench direct
ing the team's play. Like Campbell,
Byrne, Shonbeck and others, Fred did
his part last season and will be an in
terested spectator this year.
Captain Nicholls is the same old
favorite and got a hand the first time
up.
Tommie Thompson got the first hit
of the game and Brownie the first
score.
Van Devere wore his old Texas uni
form and went the entire distance in
great shape.
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The day was just fair for baseball
and the diamond and grounds in excel
lent shape.
Two hundred and eleven tickets
were sold within 30 minutes of open
ing the gates.
Jas. E. O’Reilly and F. B. Standi
ford were the first fans to enter the
grandstand.
Jimmie Hill was financial manager
for the T. A. sports before the game
and led the rooting.
About 150 rooters followed their
team in from the Arm and came by
foot, Anne F. and excursion train.
Nofskar played a star game in right
field and his catch of Casad’s line
drive in the fourth bordered on the
sensational.
There was all kinds of Tumagain
Arm money floating around before the
game and some of it found lodgment
with city sports.
There would be no game without
Bill Spencer, who was on hand bright
and early. Bill also played the game
over several times with the crowd at
Robarts’ last night.
Ober, Worth and Casad have all
the earmark of real ball players;
Haipes and Robinson did not show so
well yesterday but will no doubt de
liver with more practice.
The game yesterday went off with
out a hitch and Secretary Fleischmann
deserves all credit for the orderly
manner the game was conducted. He
was abfy assisted by Barney Watson,
who spent most of his lime in shag
ging foal balls over the grandstand.
A large crowd of rooters took the
trip to Matanuska yesterday and saw
the game between the Commission and
the Farmers, which resulted in the
score of 2 to 1 in favor of the latter.
The game, however, has been protest
ed and the A. E. C. boys are united in
backing up the protest, which will be
settled by the directors of the league.
Both pitchers worked good, with Cos
tello! having a shade the best of it. A
detailed account of the game will ap
pear in tomorrow’s isue of The Times,
together with the box score.
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National League.
Won Lost Pet.
Chicago .. 20 9 .690
New York. 14 7 .667
Philadelphia. 13 9 .591
St. Louis...12 12 .500
Cincinnati . 13 16 .448
Brooklyn . 11 16 .407
Boston . 10 17 .370
Pittsburg . 7 19 .267
American League.
Won Lost Pet.
New York.lb 9 .625
Chicago.19 12 .613
Boston . 15 10 .600
Cleveland. 16 14 .533
St. Louis . 14 14 .500
Detroit. 11 15 .423
Washington. 10 16 .385
Philadelphia . 7 18 .280
Northwestern League.
Won Lost Pet.
Tacoma . 16 6 .727
Great Falls. 10 9 .526
Spokane . 11 10 .524
Seattle . 9 12 .429
Vancouver. 8 11 .421
Butte. 7 14 .333
Cook Inlet League.
Won Lost Pet.
City. 1 0 1.000
Farmers. 1 0 1.000
A. E. C. 0 1 .000
T. A. 0 1 .000
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National League.
Philadelphia 9, Chicago 1.
Brooklyn 4, St. Louis 1.
New York 8, Pittsburg 1.
Boston 1, Cincinnati 4.
American League.
Detroit 3, Now York 7.
St. Louis 2, Washington 8.
Chicago 8, Boston 2.
Cleveland-Philadelphia; rain.
Northwestern League.
Seattle 0, Butte 5.
Spokane 7, Tacoma 6.
Vancouver 2, Great Falls 1.
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YESTERDAY’S GAMES.
Northwestern League.
Seattle 1, Butte 10.
Spokane 1, Tacoma 2.
American League.
St. Louis 4, Washington 3.
Chicago 1, Boston 2.
Cleveland 3, Philadelphia 1.
Second game—Cleveland 5, Phila
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Detroit 1, New York 0.
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