Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1913 — BASEBALL GAMES IN ALASKA [ARTICLE]

BASEBALL GAMES IN ALASKA

Inhabitants of Ketchikan Wait Until Tldo la Out Before Cry is Mads; "Batter Up.” Baseball la making its way toward the arctic- circle. F. Ogden Norwood, a trader and enthusiastic “fan” from Ketchikan, Alaska, who Is visiting his home at East Orange, N. J., says the 2,000 inhabitants of that isolated place cry “batter up!” every time the tide goes out Shops close up, offices are forsaken, and even the 18 saloons for get all about business while the proprietors chase down to the beach to see the great American game. Norwood organised the\.two nines among the whites and the Indians. The settlement is so closely fitted in between the mountains and the sea, with the tide rising normally to the height of 20 feet, that it is built on piles. It is only -when the tide ebbs jthat there is a place to play, and Us return marks the finish of the gams, threatening, as it does, to wash away players, backstop, bases and all.