La Salle Institute Dominates Fort Walla Walla
Local schoolboys from La Salle Institute soundly defeat the Thirtieth Battery in an exciting game at the Fort Walla Walla grounds.
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Sunday afternoon at the Fort Walla Walla grounds quite a large collection of fans witnessed the severe drubbing of the Thirtieth battery ball nine by the schoolboys of La Salle Institute. The score in the 7th stood 12 to 0 in favor the Institutes and for a brief period it looked as if the Battery would be whitewashed. A few errors and costly wild throws on the part of their opponents enabled the soldiers to roll up a total of 7 runs. The team work of the Institute up the 7th was most excellent and throughout the game the boys fattened their batting averages with the greatest of ease. Parkes, Lankard, Miller and McAllister each scored a two-base hit. The pitching of young Parks was up to his usual standard; four hits were made by the wearers of the blue. The Institute team is anxious to cross bats with the Squadron, the crack amateur nine of the Inland Empire, and negotiations are on for the opportunity.
“The team work of the Institute up the 7th was most excellent and throughout the game the boys fattened their batting averages with the greatest of ease.”
Fort Walla Walla, once a site of active military presence and baseball rivalry, is now a public park. The spirit of local competitive sports persists as a way to build community identity and foster inter-group relations.
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