final count stood 8 to 3. Sather was the outstanding distance hitter of the game with two home runs, one in the second canto and another in the fifth.
Idaho grabbed one of the last two games of the 1931 season against the University 01 Washington, 7 to 6, but dropped the second 6 to 5. The home team was held scoreless until the filth in the first game, when Jack Hayden started a rally with a home run. The score was knotted in the eighth at 6-all. Johnson pulled the game out 01 the fire in true big-league style when he sent a long single to right field. went to second on a fly-out, to third on an error by the Vvashington second baseman, and streaked home when Raidy bunted for a perfect squeeze play. The final game of the season found the Seattle club putting up a grim battle with the title at stake. The Huskies took the game and the accompanying title after a hardfought affair which ended 6 to 5. Sather's homer, followed by Johnson's with one on, put the Vandals out in front with three runs early in the game. However, after one bad inning, Pittman, the Husky twirler, was complete master.
The close of the 1931 baseball season left coach "Rich" Fox with a splendid nucleus of good men for the following year.
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