SPORTLINES
....
(By Ed O'Meara)
Tllr’day Proved disastrous for
Hillsboro baseball championship
hopes Iii the aftern.'on the 1
Juniors were bumped out of fur
ther consideration for the corning
state junior cbaainionship plgy, .¡ id
In the evening the Merchant" uh
sogbr'd a 5 to 1 pasting t. .o-.-.p at
of he state semi-pro'tourm x How-
ever, the sun rose brigl t ...
Wqdnesdr.y morn
there's ilfe there s hop. The M
chants promise to take out i’-. ,r
pent up'am. tions and fl. . t r, ..
against Fur. t Ci te s
With p
■ best
teams. iu i>t bemh. ,d pt
outstanding pit< hi rs . /
t
kitten at the Silverton tourna
ment. one department in which
Hillsboro excelled seemed to be
overlooked by officials, but not
by fans. “Young Bert" Fleskes.
Uvc-and-ahalf year eld son ot
"hid Bert." who has done 100
per cent of Hillsboro's catching
this year, plugged a gap neatlv
by assuming the bat-boys job.
Dressed in a miniature gold
cloth uniform. 'Young Bert"
Mas in on every tournanieut
game, usually lugging a bun.li
cf bats weighing far more than
be did. dishing all over
field in pursuit of his duty.
He drev Ihe biggest hand of
the tournament w Ip n he gallop
ed down the first-base line in
Friday night's game with Hills
Creek to give Pitcher Roy Hel
ler his vs arm-up Jacket. And
in the last inning of the game,
uhen everyone eUe in the park
»'as either on the edge of the
Seat or standing cn tip-tee. yell-
ing like mad Manager Doc
Abrams glanced down the
bench and found "Young Bert"
put of commission. His head
pillcucd on one of his dad's big
Catching gloves, "Young Bert"
Mi« slumbering peacefully, tak-
mg it for granted that after all
his enthusiastic backing, his
t"am couldn’t lose over just one
snooze.
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Championship
Hope Blasted
By Woodburn
Woodhu rn
; Merchants Out of Tourney
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ind a 4 to I
Plainsmen, Nov
Meanuhll
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<1 it) right fjc|d .ill . tub
put III .1 bad Hight
< bpnei iiik I Bert
lothvr ml tike bv- duplicating the
bi igbt
Since two defeat» «HmUiu I cd a
HlllUrSfu
te.iin from fmtlici tournament pljy a
II
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the I. . reniuvi'd tournament w 11
in .mm the Mvicbunts. wU i would u
lii^e hud a tough row to liqe be
md V. r- li re getting any furthcl touai'd. »
ReedVille the title lt\ xinnmg fuui 'tialghl
Edwards Furniture .ipv.mi'i d .
chani0lom>hip tilt without
b cf nlajipg any ujdiimn 1
iu • The olber
of th.
night fmal giinc hpw'i'xi
I’Liy tbrougli »lx uunu'M h .
re Had Hllhboru wun Tm
c> would have hud to fuu '
reek a second time in a
Jay mxlit guine. then play 1
net of the Silverton Kinzuo
■n Thursday night before g..
the Friday contest.
T
battL
lead
in per <
H
I brough
Koi Bern
W
burn
Main topic of
itiön
Hillsboro this we
he M,
chant baseball te:
as memory—aide: ‘d by a brief
search—serves, is the best the c
has ever had.
Bvery play by the team in
state tournament went under
thprough-going d scussion by e:
.‘husiastic Jtome-t
fans, whe
have juft recently aw tened to the
cow r and power cf ;
r own club
Not until Portlard f
in scores over July F
: ourth f
express and sole purp se of
"real ball games." d:d many
local would-be and sh :ld-b.
porters realize what had b
ing on in the baseball w iv ■
boro.
Praise, not only from spec'
but from other teams and pl
was noticeable in large qus
at the Silverton ball park
the golden-draped M rchants
ed to win a hand-hold c
crowd's affections.
W 4
of the tournament iuclud
IH 1.1
there
Ki i UVII.I [:
(
ne back .-troua
uiUr being dropjxd
Hillsboro, and the |
ilwurd. Flirtin'
: took ihe title
H< liable bb . ban
supposed to be hit in
the Silverton park, so Bill
Kemper did something unortho
dox against Hills Creek Fri
day. Talking to the field's de
signer. we were infe-med the
outfield fences are all 4?0 feet
from home plate, uhieh re
quires a truly mammoth wal
lop. The designer's attitude
was: a ballgame is to be play
ed in the park so «hr let them
knock the ball out of the lot.
Lots
of
triples.
numerous
doubles—but seldom a homer.
No one as yet has cleared the
fence in a tame during its two
years of use.
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A 'lowed
Apportionments of
School Fund Made
Add tournament: flame runs
t the Hag
>un
140.40. which
H you have । o l!)t
aeil It through the
PER CENT
on AUTO INSURANCE
Wednesday bt
■ mermtendent
Fire, Theft, Collision, Liability.
□dent for the 10 11
county.
No business firm sh< 'd 1 send out
a letter without its being on a
printed letternead and in a printed Hr
It lends dignity to the
and gives it good advertis- H.-
Football is already in the air
Preparations are under way f ,r the
annual All-Star game in Chicago
>n about six weeks, and "hortlv
after that the whole bu- nc
v
bp in full swing. One of the cou
ty's current donations t > c li.
football, husky big Rav Vi
zanden of R y. who play- f
zaga. was discovered r
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tipg himself in shape via
strenuous summer farm labor, man
which there is no better condition
er. Meanwhile. Reece Hatthorn
n^w Hilhi head grid coach
scratches his head, wondering what
the future holds in store in the
na.ure of material, opp s.tion and
schedule.
Remember the mure you tell, the
>re you sell when lumg Argun
I hi
Chas. L. Walker
Phone 1731
Hillsboro,
■I your comm
by turning in
happenings. It is
'.'.e corn pendent to
An as-yet-untrackcd-down
or has it that several prom. . .
but anonymous bo. sters for Hills
boro baseball have begun mtinrur-
ing plans for a new field • ri-
place the unfer.ced rough and in
adequate present quarter
the
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Lil!
Wil
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For th
when
you
see
our
red
hot
values
in
men’s
wear
you’ll
dig
up
the
old
sock
and
invest
in
a
new
outfit
at
the
men’s
shop
journey, our Lank offers
numi. r of our
ion or a
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into
protection for travel funds
c°nvin
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sued in $10, $20,
afions, co/t only
■r cent, Thej' are
lytime—and car
lant feature of a
rom
refund if lost or stolen before
second signature i affixed.
.'i!1' '"‘fJ1« bank »od*!'! UI m explain
ihi> and the many other convenient “per
sonalized bank services available to
patrons.
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