Singleton's Mound Mastery at Robbins Park
Everett's local pitcher puts on a clinic, fanning 19 batters in a dominating performance against the visiting Port Blakely team.
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A certain gentleman by the name of Singleton monopolized the spotlight Sunday afternoon at Robbins Park. For three innings, only nine Blakely men were at the bat. The quality of Singleton's pitching may be shown by a glance at the fourth and fifth innings. In the fourth, Blakely filled the bases with one down, but Singleton fanned one and Krause made a lightning stop to blast their hopes. Out of 27 put-outs, 19 were whiffed by Singleton. Everett won the game 6-1.
“Out of 27 put-outs, 19 were whiffed by Singleton. Some pitching, what.”
Local baseball history serves as a window into the leisure and community pride of Everett in 1912. Robbins Park, once a hub for these amateur and semi-pro 'smokestack' leagues, reminds us how central neighborhood sports were to the civic identity of a growing industrial town.
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