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BASEBALL LAST SATURDAY BETWEEN GHILKOOT BARRACKS AND SKAGVVAY.
A record crowd of rooters from the Post went with the ball
team to skagway last Saturday to witness the first game of the
season.
The weather was beautiful, balmy and sunshiny, just the kind
to appeal to the baseball fans and the game was snappy and full
of pep from start to finish.
Chilkoot Barracks has the best ball team in Alaska and of course
we expected them to win, but had no idea they would run up as big
a score as they did. The score when the game was over stood 13 to
7 in favor of the ’’Kocties”, and but for the fact that Sergeant
Morris wanted all his team to get some practice, would have stood
13 to 3.
The team showed fine team work and only need a few more practice
games to bring it up to a high state of efficiency.
Sergeant Morris, the pitcher, is putting forth every effort to
make his team the best in all Alaska, and confidently expects to
win the series at Whitehorse, Saturday, May 23rd.
The line up for the "Kooties" was as follows: Morris , Marshall
and McKensie, pitchers; Marshall and Forgey, catchers; Kirwin,
Burch and Wiseman, 1st. base; Emerson and Barrick, 2nd.base;
Wilson, 3rd.base; Schumacher, right field; Barry, center field;
Marshall and Burch, left field and Bill Beittenger, umpire, Hall,ss.
Captain Walter Andrews, of the Skagway team, put over some star
pithhing but his support was not as good as that of Sergeant Morris
and naturally his efforts were in vain, but he says he hopes to
have better luck next Sunday, when he will try his pitching skill
again on the "Kooties".
SKAGWAY TO PLAY THE "ROOTIES" AGAIN SUNDAY, MAY 17th.
Skagway will come down Sunday, Lay 17th., and play Chilkoot
Barracks on the Post hall park. Skagway seems to want revenge
for the high score we run up against them last Saturday and we are
more than willing to accommodate them as we of course feel sure of
the result. The Skagway team are a fine hunch of fellows and nat
urally they want to try their luck against our team again before
going up against it at Whitehorse, during the Queen's Birth Day
Series. Pitcher Walter Andrews, of the Skagway team, deserves
great credit for the efficient training of his team, which is a
strong aggregation and works our beautifully on the diamond, and
•in the future may he able to hold the Barracks team down to only
a few runs.
The Skagwayites deservedly proud of their team and give it line
moral and financial support and we predict it will win second
place in the Whitehorse Series, if it plays according to form.
The U.S.H.B. Fornance will go to Skagway Sunday and bring the
players and rooters down to Chilkoot Barracks and return with them
after the game. Quite a crowd is expected from Skagway and we
promise to give them a good time.'/
ALL ABOARD BOR WHITEHORSE, SATURDAY, KAY 23RD.
The U.S.H.B. JAKES EORUAUCE will leave Chilkoot Barracks Satur
day, Kay 23rd., at 4 A.K. in time to connect with the special train
on the White Pass-Yukon Railway, which leaves Skagway for White
horse at 7 A.M. The special train will arrive at Whitehorse about
12 M. and one train will leave for Skagway at 8 P.M. same date and
a second train will the next morning at 8 A.K. for those remaining
overnight. The train fare for the round trip will be $5.00.