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CHILKOOT BARRACKS WINS THE S.E*ALASKAN CHAMPIONSHIP:
By defeating the pick of Juneau,-the Juneau Fire Depart
ment representatives,-on the Glorious Fourth,in the Capital City,-the
Chilkooties marched solidly into the position of the leading ball team
of the Southeastern Alaska districtfDouglas, Skagway,Whitehorse, and Jun
eau all having fallen before the mighty bludgeons of the Soldiers.
The Arny copped the Juneau gone by the score of 5-4.
From a spectator’s viewpoint,the gane coulin’t have been better,-espec
ially if he was a Juneau fan. For six innings Juneau led by a score of
1 to 0, but in the11 lucky seventh” the Kooties found their batting eyes,
and hammered four runs across the plate. In the 8th,however, the Capitol
ists,with the aid of Gene HcCloskey’s honor,tied the score,by pusing over
three counters,and the gane locked good for extra innings* But in the
Soldier’s half of the 8th,Clarke,who had been playing a whale of a game
for the Army, cane thru with a long fly after Bruce 'i/ilson had singled
and stolen* 'Voodard, centerfielder for the Juneauites, canned under the
ball,reached laaily for it,-AND LOST IT. And on the muff,Bruce streaks
for third base and the plate,-and the winning run*Woodard*s muff cost
Juneau exactly one hundred and fifty bucks,-for Frank Rogers,with fire
in his eye,walked to the mound for the final stanza,and proceeded calmly
to strike out Brownlpinching for Koskey),Henning, and Frye,-all reputed
sluggers. And the game,the 4 150.00,and the S.E.Alaskan championship
went to the Soldiers# It was a glorious finish#
Clarke,Cole,Burch,Porter,and the battery were the heroes
of the game for the Kooties< Myron G« helped hammer over the 4 runs in
the 7th, saved the day by grabbing a long dangerous fly for the 3rd out
in Juneau’s 8th,and wallpped the lifter that scored th$ winning run in
the Army’s final stanza# George Cole turned in two circus catches that
got a great hand from the big crowd, Freddy Burch hammered out a triple
that shoved the Soldiers into the money in the 7th,and Jesse Porter,as
usual,by spectacular fielding and brilliant headwork,shone exceedingly
bright# Rogers and Grant,as always,worked like a dollar watch,-and kept
the Juneau sluggers from doing their stuff* Outside of giving the dumbest
exhibition of baserunning seen since Adan was in short pants,-five men
being caught off the bags,-the Soldiers played bang up ball.
For Juneau, Gene and Jinny McCloskey,with our old pal '‘Andy’1
provided the fireworks. Gene’s homer in the 8th was a wonderful smash,
and made things £ook dubious for a while.Jinny,with two hits,led the
Juneau attack,while Andy was the whole works in the field,grabbing 3
flies that would have spelled disaster had he missed ’em* Frye,in the
box,worked well,as did his catcher,Gonara,but when the pinch cane,it
was the Soldiers who had the stuff* It was some ball ganelll
# The box score:
CHILKQOT BARRACKSi_
Player; ~_A3. II. K. PO. A, E*
4 0 2 4 “
Cole.2d ....
Rogers, p» •«
Wilson, 3rd.•
Grant* c* • •
Jones, 1st •
Clarke, cf*
Porter,ss. .
Burch,rt9 • ♦
Bruhn, If* *
Beitinger ...
4
4
4
2
4
4
3
3
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
2
1
10
8
1
1
0
0
0
3
3
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
32
5 7 27 84
_JT1EAU: ,
Player: AeT.
Henning,ss.• 5
Henry,1st «««• 4
Gamara,c. 2
E .McCisky, 3d#» 4
J.McClsky, If. • 4
Andrews(rf«* - • 3
Woodard,cf • 4
Koskey,2d <«»• 3
Frye, p. 4
Brown #•«»««« 1
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R. H. PO. A* E.
2 T 0 2 2
11 8 2 0
0 0 5 1 0
11 110
0 2 0 0 0
0 0 3 0 0
0 1 10 1
0 0 5 2 2
0 1 16 0
0 0 OOP
4 7 24 14 5