The White Sox Dominate the Nespelem Indians
Seventy-two baseball fans from Coulee City made the sixty-mile trek to Nespelem, braving limited food options to witness a lopsided victory.
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A party of 72 baseball fans motored to Nespelem last Sunday to witness a game of ball between the Coulee City White Sox and the Nespelem Indians. 14 automobiles carried the fans from this city to the reservation town, a distance of nearly sixty miles. A great portion of the crowd went for the trip rather than for the game and those who did felt well paid for their time and trouble as the scenery along the route is grand. Hotel accommodations being very limited the visitors had considerable trouble getting anything to eat. The game was called at 2:30 sharp and our boys, being first to the bat, ran in four scores in the first inning. The game all the way through was too one-sided to be interesting. The game ended eleven to one in our favor. These Indians have been playing exceptionally good ball this year and have beaten the Almira first team twice. We have a return game with them next Sunday.
“A great portion of the crowd went for the trip rather than for the game and those who did felt well paid for their time and trouble as the scenery along the route is grand.”
Travel between Coulee City and Nespelem still defines the regional connection across the Grand Coulee, though the sixty-mile trip is now a much more routine drive than the 14-automobile caravan that required a packed lunch in 1916.
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