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THE CHEM AWA AMERICAN
The CHEMAWA AMERICAN
fifth our batsmen sewed up the game when Dowd
Franklin led off with a single and Clifford Meachem
followed with another. Both came in when George
Meachem lined out a two-bagger to left field. Atkins
sent George home on his double to center field, who
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in turn came home on Fleury’s single. Solomon stole
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a couple of bases and came home on Orin Johnson’s
Ruthyn Turney, Manager.
single, giving us five runs in the seventh. Once out
of danger Fleury began to bear down and the Col
legians were held hitless through the fifth, sixth and
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seventh innings. In the eighth they crowded two
hits together and scored their final run.
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The game was fast and snappy and was attended by
a large May Day crowd, who applauded the many
sparkling and exciting plays. The three nicely-exe
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cuted double plays in which Jake Atkins, Eldred
Last Wednesday afternoon our ball-tossers got to George, Clifford and George Meachem and James
the Linfield College pitcher just in time to win over Spencer were the main actors, along with the home
run made by George Meachem in the third inning,
that hustling aggregation by the close score of 7 to 6. gave added zest and class to the game.
At the outset it looked like a walk away. In the
It looks a little like the juniors, who have reigned
second inning, Sol Fleury, our first man to the plate, supreme over the other classes athletically almost
drove a long fly deep into center field for a home run. since the day they became freshmen, will walk off
Then with a bunch of hits and a couple of errors by with the inter-class baseball championship just about
the same way they have gathered in the football and
the Wildcats our nine batted around, scoring five runs basketball honors.
In their first game they nosed
and leaving George Meachem to die on second. Such out the seniors in a very exciting and interesting
an inning would have taken the life out of an ordin contest Last week the freshmen, though conceded a
ary team, but the Wildcats sunk their claws in deeper very good chance to win, were trounced by an 11 to 4
to hold our batsmen to but a single hit during the score. It has been the cherished hope of each of the
other classes for a period of years now to topple over
fourth and fifth innings and no runs while they took the juniors in their first defeat, but none have thus
advantage of George Meachem’s and Isaac Curley’s' far succeeded. There is but one sport left in which
errors in the fourth and scored three runs, then two there is a possible chance to hand them the lemon,
and that is track. Yet, if you look over those juniors,
more in the fifth, to tie the score.
With the score tied in the sixth and our tossers be you’ll have to admit it is a pretty small chance. Can
they be beaten? If they are it will be because some
coming a little nervous with the first defeat of the folks have been getting up real early in the morn
season staring them in the face, a counsel of war was ing.
James Spencer appears to be rounding into a real
held and George and Clifford Meachem were walked
Against the Linfield Wildcats he
to first. Clifford scored by beating a throw to the third-sacker.
plate, and George came in on Fleury’s long fly to played errorless baseball, even though he had many
chances.
He has made big strides forward in the
center field, making the score 7 to 5 in our favor. way of covering ground around third base. He has
In the sixth and seventh the Wildcats were retired in had a little hard luck with the bat lately, but even
one-two-three order, as were our batsmen. In the that is improving.
It used to be a rare thing when a pitcher could be
ninth the Wildcats made another bid to win. Although
the first hitter was thrown out at first, the second con counted on to do much hitting, if any, but now and
then, if we watch close, we see where there is one
nected for a hit.
The third drove a long one for who tops the list of his teammates. Such is the case
three bases and a score. With the tying run on third, here. Sol Fleury, our southpaw pitcher, who swings
Sol Fleury saved us a whole hide by striking out the the bat from the lett side, is leading all our hitters
next two batters. That was the closest shave our boys with an average of .560. Solomon is followed by
George Meachem and Jake Atkins. Both have an
have had this season.
average of .440. Clifford Meachem follows with an
On Friday our boyshad another close call, although average of .360.
the score, 10 to 5 in our favor, does not indicate it,
George Meachem seems to have gotten back his
bitting
eye of a couple of years ago. He hammers out
when Albany College was defeated at Albany.
homers,
triples, and doubles quite often.
With the score three and three at the third inning,
Albany clouted in the leading run and held that ad
vantage until the sixth, when Jake Atkins led off with
Mr. Chas. E. Larsen motored out from Siletz agency
a single, went to second on Fleury’s sacrifice, and last Tuesday and returned home on the following
scored on a timely hit made by Eldred George. Orin day. Supt. Lipps accompanied Mr. Larsen to Siletz.
Johnson followed with his only hit of the game, and Mr. Lipps’ trip to Siletz was purely in the line of
Eldred crossed the plate with the leading run. In the business.