Teamsters Take the Sound Amateur Baseball Championship
In a decisive 20-9 victory over the Fort Blakeleys, the Teamsters secure their title with a dominant pitching performance.
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Manager Belond's nine of Teamsters defeated the Fort Blakeleys for the amateur championship of the Sound yesterday by a score of 20 to 9. Powell did the twirling for the Teamsters and pitched in fine form, striking out twelve of the heavy hitters. Both teams put up a good fielding game, notwithstanding the large score.
“Powell did the twirling for the Teamsters and pitched in fine form, striking out twelve of the heavy hitters.”
Amateur baseball was a vital civic pillar in late 19th-century Seattle, serving as a primary weekend spectacle. Today, the site of these intense regional rivalries has shifted from municipal fields to a complex landscape of professional and recreational sports, yet the hunger for local championship glory remains unchanged.
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