Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-05-18
BASE BALL AT n rH.



The Las Vegas Team Meets IngIorious Defeat
ana An Unfortunate Accident Occurs.
The Las Vegas base ball club IL at homo
from a trip to Santa Fe, whero they met
defeat in two hotly contested games OF
base ball, Considering the fact that the
Santa Fe club has been doing team work for
gas boys hurriedly picked up a nine to do
battle, the score at the end of the games
wao not a difcredit to the Meadow City
team.
Ga Saturday the score stood II to .
10 favor OF Santa Fo, but when an analysis
is made Of the work, 1t shows that the Las
Vegas boys put up the best article of ball
and the result only came about by the
costly errors maze at four different times
by the out field Of the Las Vegas team.
Taylor pitched a splendid game, striking
out ten men to the Santa Re pitchers two.
At the end of the second inning, the score
stood 0 to 0 In favor of Las Vegas, but on
several occasions after this inning, costly
errors In the outdeld that an ordinary
fielder would not have allowed to happen,
let In from two to three runs each time.
The game, yesterday afternoon, was a
splendid exhibition, up until the last few
innings, when the Las Vegas boys became
disheartened over several rank decisions
that cut them out of a show to pull out
winners. These decisions are taken by
the boys as an error of the head instead OF
the heart, on the part of the umpire, who
gave good satisfaction as a general rule.
The score in yesterdays game was 10 to 2
in favor OF the Santa Fe club, but the de.
ing for the base ball enthusiasts of Las
Vegas.
A regretted accident occurred, yester-
day, that marred the pleasure of che after
noon game to a considerable extent. Dean
found the ball for an infield strike and
started to first. The ball was thrown to
Parsons, who fumbled 1t on the line near
first base. A collision occurred, in which
Parsons, of Santa Fe, is reported to have
sustained a broken leg, at any rate, he
was carried off the field in a helpless con-
Iition. These who saw the accident, do
not attach any blame upon Dean for it, but
the mother of the injured frst-baseman
went cunning for the wiry short stop in
the evening, who found it convenient to
take a carriage ride out near the penlten-
tiary, until the train pulled along that
way.
The boys here al feel we'll pleased with
their trip to "the ancient" and came out
really better han they expected with the
champions"
The.falr young ladies of Santa Fe made
the evenings so pleasant for the Las Ve-
cans that the defeat they sustained at base
ball did not hang heavily on their minds,
after the games were over.
Santa Fe is a base ball town through
and through. from the Mexican and In
dian boys who peek through the knot holes
in the fence, to the governor who casually
asks for the score in the evening. Base
ball is the topic of the day, over there, the
slang of the different favorites in the
team, the antics OF some would be
| Latham are all gone over in q manner that
would make the national league players
| turn green with envy. In a city OF
cathedrals and church institutions, such
as Santa Fe, one would scarcely expect to
find Sunday base ball, but the Santa Feans
when the good Brothers, of the Catholic
school for boys, clothed IN their priestly
robes, with white, and spotless bibs,
marched with r%everential tread from the
church buildings to the grand stand, keep
ing in line some 200 boys, who were given
comfortable seats in the amphitheater.
Much differently were the boys from
the Indian school greeted. They were given
che privilege of going to the grounds, but
the government had made no appropria.
ton for Sunday base ball for the students
and the young Loes were compelled to
climb the trees and telegraph poles, ada.
cent to the grounds, and drink in the
p Pleasures from this uncomfortable distance.
It was noticeable, too, that eastern Ameri
canism was fast being instilled into their
young red bodies, as when a wrangle took
place on the grounds and the eyes OF the
Ulcers and spectators were riveted upon
the actors, the trees outside the grounds
we're depopulated and a certain hole In the
fence admitted Indians free, about as fast
as they could be kicked from the outside
and pulled from the inside, through the
aforesaid hole. All this took place within
the shadow of the old San Miguel church,
the oldest in the United States, and the
cradle Of the Catholic religion Of this
country.