THE CHILKOOT POST
An unofficial periodical published without expense to the U. S*
Volume 4
Ilay 30,
1924
22
CHILKOOT WINS INTERNATIONAL SERIES OF ALASKA AND YUKON TERRITORY:
Before a crowd of bearded trainers and prospectors, of red-coat
ed Mounted Police, of nickerbockered tourists and of soldiers ifi olive
drab of Uncle Sari, with the flag of the British Empire fljxjzig over the
grand stand, Chilkoot Barracks \?on the great international baseball
series of Alaska and Yukon Territory on the Queen’s Birthday when
Corporal Ted Grant stole home in the last half of the last inning.
The Kooties won their first game against Douglas easily enough*,,
16-2, after swatting Douglas’ native pitcher, Jimmy Manning, for a home
run, five three baggers, two half-way tickets and six singles.
A hotly contested game between Skagway and V/hitehorse ensued.
Whitehorse tied the score, four to four, in the first half of the sev
enth and last inning; but "Andy" won his own game by making a home run,
after two of his team had been put out, in the final session. As "Andy"
had pitched one game already and Skagway had no other pitcher, ?he
Skagway-Chilkoot game, to decide the series and the >100 piize, was
delayed until seven o’clock.
The first three inningsof the Skagway-Chilkoot game were almost
of the air-tight variety, with errors, hits and runs few and far between,
all of the first mentioned being made by Skagway.
1st Inning: Prie3 out, Wilson to Morris; Selmer’s infield fly
caught by V/ilson, and Maxwell fanned. Porter fanned; Wilson got first on
Cole’s error. Shumacher hit the first ball pitched for a two-bagger,
bringing Wilson in. Emerson talked. 3oth Shumacher and Emerson advanced
a base on a wild pitch, but Grant fanned and Morris went out, Cole to
Phelps. Score 1-0.
2nd Innirg : Cole out, Wilson ta Morris; Andy struck out; grant
dropped the ball on Blanchard’s third strike, but pegged to 1st in time
to stop hin. Clarke got 1st on Cole’s error, and stole second and 3rd;
but both Bruhn and ©urch struck out, and Porter out on a fly to left-field*
3rd Inning: McAlaster struck out, Mark Phelps hit a triple, but
died on third when Clakke struck out both Walkley and *Yies. Wilson fan**
ned; Cole caught Shumacher* s fly; Emerson made first on Cole's error and
got to third when Grant beaned the pill for two bases. Morris swung at
one and missed it, but Walkley dropped the ball and Emerson got in to
the plate. Phelps fielded Morris drive and put him Out unassisted. 2-0
4th Inning: Selmer made 1st on Wilson’s error. Maxwell made a per
fectly placed bunt, and got to first, advancing Selmer. Colo went out,
Emerson to Morris, but Wilson let Andy's drive slide through his fingers
so that Selmer and Maxwell got in and Andy arrived safely at second.
Grant pegged to third as Andy stole that base, and threw so wild that
the lanky pitcher was able to get in a third run. Blanchard and MaAiaster
struck out, petiring Skagway with a lead of one run. Clarke got a hit,
and T went second on a wild pitch. He stole third, while
Chamberlain (who had replaced Bruhn in left field at the end of the 3rd)
struck out. 3urch was hit by a pitched ball and stole secondf but both
Porter and. ^Ison struck out. Score: 2-3 in favor of Skagway.
5th *Sining: Phelps got a single. • WMfeley walked, advancing Phelps
to second. Phelps tried to steal third, but was caught by grant's peg.
Prie3 again struck out. Selmer was hit by a pitched ball. Maxwell got a
two-gagger, braising in Walkley and a^ancing Seiner to third. Cole fanned.