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Show OAKS LOSE GAME TO POKIUIERS "Dutch" Kawitter and Oakland Oak-land Team Defeated in Close Game. Portland, July 4 Fred Carisch and Irve Higglnbotham, a relief battery for Portland here today, together receive the honor of defeating "Dutch" Kla-wltter Kla-wltter and the Oakland team, 7 to 6, in eleven Innings of tho most exciting baseball seen on the local lot this year. In the final frame Carisch singled sin-gled and went to second on Lober's sacrifice "Old Reliable" Higginbotham then came to the plate. He made one mighty swing, good for a single, which brought in the run that not only won the game, but also shifted the Beavers Bea-vers Into second place In the race for the Pacific Coast league ponnant. The defeat charged to Klawitter Is the third game that the locals have annexed an-nexed this series at the expense of the Dutchman With the score tied at five-all In the eighth inning, the squads battled through the ninth without a run being be-ing scored, but each came through with a point In the tenth spasm, due to errors by Stumpf and Reed. Jack Ness made it thirty-two consecutive con-secutive games of getting at least one hit by banging out a double and a homer Bates registered the first run for the Portlanders by putting the ball in the left field bleachers for a home run in the second Inning. |