Fort Seward Wins At Whitehorse(Cont.from Page 2)
was a massacre,but with the exception of the playing of An
dmskiewiczvMaxwell,and Nimitz,the soldier fielding was noth
ing to rave about* For Skagway,Cole,at 1st Base,contributed
the circus catch of che day,-a stab of a sizzling liner from
"Andy's" bat,and Pries,in leftPcovered his position in fine
style* One outstanding feature of all the games was the ex
cel lent umpiring of "Shorty" Lepple,officiating on the bases*
Ke was on top of every play,and usually called them right.
But ne had to hump himself to keep up with the Fort baserunners.
The end of the agony saw Fort Seward with 22 runs to Skagway*s
9,-so that the big honors of the day,and the purse of $ 100.00
went to the Soldiers,while Skag had to be content with $ 50.00
and second place.
The Fort Seward line-up for both games was:
C* e .Nimitz. ?• • <* .Lt «Sebree,L. Jones, C.R. Jones •
1st B.«.Andruskiewicz^ 2d B..*Brewick. SS.• .Tompkins.
3d B...Mock. Lf*. .Maxwell. Cf...Sheldon.
Rf..* Jordan,Petitti.
Some of the excursionists returned on the 8.00 P.M.
train Saturday night,but the larger number remained over for
the big dance,and had a fine time.The Whitehorse people treat
ed all their guests royally,and proved ideal hosts.The large
dance hall was crowded,and the music,by the "Mountie" Band,and
by a cornet,drum,and piano trio,was excellent.The dance lasted
until the wee small hours,and was an hilarious party#
The visitors tore themselves out of bed to get the
8.00 A .Me train Sunday morning, and arrived in Skagway about 2.30
P.M.,after many exciting adventures,-much disturbance prevail
ing in the vicinity of the Skagway Car Shops, particularly .But
there were only a couple of casualties,though many ^air-breadth
escapes are reported.
We note with great surprise that "The Skagway Daily
Alaskan",in its ^ssue of Tuesday,May 30th,by some
serious omission, (of course,we know that it was never inten
tional) ,f ailed to mention the fact that Fort Seward had taught
the Skagway team, a little about the national pastime,in White
horse.The soldiers received various other recognitions in the
same columns,-but we* 11 let them pass. For the information of
the Sporting Editor of the "Daily Alaskan",how ever,we append
the summary of the Whitehorse series:
1st Game ... Skagway - 8, •• Whitehorse - 5.
2nd " ... Fort Seward - 4, •• Douglas - 3#
3rd " Fort Sjv/ard - 22, •• Skagway - 9.
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FORT SEWARD ALL-STARS - 8*
HAINES INDIANS - 5.
The redoubtable All-Stars of basketball fame came
back into the limelight on Decoration Day,when their newly
organized baseball team took the scajbps of the Haines Natives
by a score of 8 to 5# Ward,pitching for the All-Stars,kept
the shhere well out of reach of the Indians,while Johnny Mark,
hurling for the Aborigines,was touched up freely by the All
Star artillery/’Whitey" McKinzie featuring with a circuit-clout*
The fielding of Farr,at 3d for the All-Stars,shone brightly*
The All-Star line-up:
C. .Walkley. P..Ward. 1st..Hood. 2nd..Stidham.
ss..McKinzie. 3rd..Parr. Lf..Strong. Cf*.Connley.
Rf..Morris# ( Umpire - Petitti.)