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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1951)
T humb Roseburg Chiefs Drop Pelicans 12 to 7, Sunday, In Bizarre Exhibition Of Ball Ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, baseball • was displayed Sunday between Roseburg, current sec' ond-place holders in Southwest Oregon League, and the Brookings Pelicans, at the local field. Plenty of rhubarb, 'Such as umpire-baiting, entered in the fray to give fans everything but a triple play and a no-hitter. For a couple of innings, Bob .2 2 1 7 2 Astin and Bus Sporer were locked' Linde, 1 Ayers, 1 0 0 1 0 in as neat a pitching duel as a Carey, .1 0 0 1 1 rf fan could desire with all bats- ' 3 0 1 1 2 men parading to the plate and : Sporer, P Johnson, If .... 1 1 1 0 0 away—just like that. In the third Winders, rf-3-c 1 2 1 3 0 a homerun broke the ice with Curran, rf ...... 1 0 0 0 0 Roseburg going ahead. Cade, p ............ 1 0 0 0 0 Astin found himself in trouble after two were out in the fourth Totals ... 35 12 12 27 11 when he had the bases loaded Brookings — 7 ab r h po a and a foul fly ball was allowed Kimura, cf ... 4 1 0 1 0 by the umpire and four run hit McLean, rf . 5 0 0 1 0 the plate for the viistors. Nier DeAutremont, 2 ....5 0 5 3 man, reliefer, held the visitors Nierman, 1-p .4 1 1 4 4 in check for the next two innings Selsor, ss .... 4 1 2 3 3 when a home run again figured Polando, If .. 3 0 1 0 in the scoring. Johnson, 3 .... 1 0 0 0 1 Brookings looked weak until Matson, 3 .... 2 1 1 0 1 the sixth when Nierman hit a Peterson, c 4 0 6 1 four-ply smash to deep left center Astin, p ........ 1 0 o 0 4 field. This angered Roseburg, ap Westbrook, 1 1 o 6 0 parently, for they got to Nier man for tw’o in the seventh, to Totals 34 7 6 27 17 apparently stow away the game Summary: Errors: Richey, De in a freezer. Autremont 2, Sporer. RBI Baker, Came the eighth, and every Kirsch 2, G. Sanders, D. Johnson, thing—including umpire baiting V. Sanders 3, Linde 3. Carey, and expelled players, near fist Nierman, Selsor, Matson, Peter- icuffs, and everything to whet son 2. 3-base hits, Kirsch 2; HR the delight of fans, partisan or V. Sanders, Linde Winders, Nier otherwise. man; Stolen bases, Kimura, Sel Sporer, who had been almost sor; Sacrifices: V. Sanders, Carey, untouchable up to that point, Double playes, Selsor to DeAu- suddenly found his control not Jremont to Westbrook; Left on the best, and had two men on bases, Roseburg 3; Brookings 5. base via the bases on balls. A Bases on balls: off Astin 1; off shift in the batting order for Nierman 4; off Sporer 4; off the Pelicans, saw- Westbrook in Cade 1; Strike-outs: Astin 1 from third on a close play. The Nierman 4; Sporer 6; Cade 3 Roseburg catcher claimed push Hits: off Astin 6 for 5 in 3 1/3 ing on the part of Westbrook, ofl* Nierman 6 for 7 in 5 2/3; when he was called safe. In the| off Sporer 3 for 4 in 7 in 7 1/3; . immediate blow-up on the part off Cane 3 for 3 in 1 2/3. Earned of Roseburg, when Sporer and Runs: Astin 5; Nierman 5; Spor- Richey were chased to the show er; C ade 4. Winner, Cade; loser ers, Brookings tied up the game Nierman. Umpires: Eickhoff and with a six-run splurge. Putnam. Time e:40. However, the Pelican’s joy was short-lived for the next inning Roseburg got to Nierman for five runs, including a grand-slam hit by Winder, who wound up be- hind the plate. Brookings Where the Service Is Feit er— Tk /V _ Where the Money Goes Farther— KT Where the Produce Is Fresher— Where the Variety Is Larger— THURS., FRI., And SAT., JULY 5th, 6th & 7th KRAFT'S 2-lb. Brick VELVEETA CHEESE SPERRY OR GOLD MEDAL FLOUR 10 lb. 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