Arizona republican., 1895-09-21
DEFEATED.
Phoenix Loses the Third and
 Last Ball Game.
The Game Was Very Close, the Score Standing 1 5 to 13 in Fa-
 vor of Fort Thomas.

The attendance at the park yester- day was very large, for it was the final game of ball between the Athletics from Fort Thomas and the Phoenix nine and on the game the superiority of either team depended. Betting was heavy, with odds on Phoenix, but Thomas betters were not scarce by any means.
 The game opened at 2:15 o'clock with the Athletics at the bat. The game was for blood and was most in teresting throughout The game was ended about 5 o'clock with the score standing 15 to 13 in favor of the Ath- 1etics.
 Although Phoenix was beaten, they were not whitewashed, and made it very interesting for their opponents. The home team took their defeat good Athletics on the diamond at some time in the near future to recover what they have lost
 The game opened with the home team in the field. Jordan, of the vis- itors, retired on a fly to center field; Booth was more fortunate and reached second, where he died, Mosey and Alexander retiring on strikes.
 Phoenix came up smiling. Coleman tapped the first ball tossed for a home run. Lowell died at first and Smith brought in another run Cochran and Graf retired the side.
 In the second inning May scored one for the visitors and our boys never reached first base.
 In the third six runs were piled up by the visitors and goose egg for Phoenix.
 This had a depressing effect, but the boys rallied somewhat in the fourth and held the visitors down to one run, though they could not find the ball themselves and retired without a score.
 In the fifth an unfortunate run of hard luck struck our boys and three costly errors brought five men over the plate. In this inning the visitors scored six times and another gose egg fell to the lot of Phoenix The score now stood 14 to 2 in favor of Fort Thomas and the game lost all interest. many enthusiasts returning to the city.
 Notwithstanding the great odds. the boys took their places in the field for the sixth with determination to play ball. In this and the seventh the home plate was not crossed by either team, and it seemed as though the score would remain unchanged to the end of the game
 In the eighth May scored for the vis- 1tors, and the home team came in with three runs added to their side of the tally sheet This made the score stand 15 to in favor of Fort Thomas. with one inning to play.
 The visitors were formed out in one, two, three order, and the home team came up for the final struggle-as one of the boys remarked: We only want eleven runs to beat them'-and they started in to get them. The odds were great, but the boys were on their | metal and when the last man was finally put out, Phoenix had added | eight of those eleven runs, making the score 15 to 13 in favor of the visitors. |
 The excitement was intense in the | last inning and it is doubtful if a sin gle man remaining kept his seat. The home boys seemed to gather them selves and the way they hammered the ball over the fence and. about the field was delightful to those who hoped for victory.
 There were many neat plays. and but for a very unfortunate punching of errors in the third and fifth innings. Phoenix would no doubt have earned the game.
 The score by innings was as follows: Ft. Thomas. 0 1 6 6 0 O-15 Ph9nix. ........... 2 0 0 0 8 S-l3 Struck out-by Tomlin, g; by Cochran, G.
 Errors-Ft Thomas 13; Phenix,7. -,