White Bluffs Edges Out Hanford in Baseball Opener
A record-breaking crowd witnessed a nail-biting 2-1 victory at the White Bluffs diamond, marking the start of a competitive league season.
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Before one of the largest crowds that ever attended a baseball game in the history of the town, White Bluffs made an auspicious entrance into league ball last Sunday by beating Hanford on the local ground 2 to 1. The game was close all the way, with the result in doubt until the final out. Hanford made a desperate effort in their last turn at bat by filling the bases with no one out, but the local defense held firm. Adolph Swanson for White Bluffs and Julius Ross for Hanford pitched well, though the fielding showed the expected lack of early-season practice. With new players from the soldier settler community expected to join the line-up, the upcoming race in the league promises to be close.
“The game was close all the way with the result in doubt until the last out.”
Local baseball leagues were the primary social glue for rural Washington towns in the 1920s. Today, these rivalries have largely vanished along with the towns of White Bluffs and Hanford, both of which were cleared for the Manhattan Project in the 1940s.
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