The Arizona sentinel., 1900-02-28
LAURELS REGAINED.
4 Hard Fought Battle OF the Diamond
 Sunday.

Invincibles were all smiles Sunday night, having met the Somerton base ball nine and vanquished tn m in the tenth inning by score of 16 to 9.
 The day was an ideal for baseball. A purse of $50 had been raised for the winning team, chairs and benches placed on the hill and levee overlook ing the grounds and everytwing done to make the assemblage comfortable and the contest interesting. The game was one of the closest and most stubbornly contested games that has been played in Yuma this year.
 The following is the personnel of the teams:
 Yuma - Martin, catcher; Balsz, pitcher; Coons, 1st base; Ramirez, 2d base; Riley, Sd base; Shannahan, short stop; Shuckman, right field c. Meeden, center field, B. Meeden, left field.
 Somerton-Harris, catcher; Mar shall, pitcher; J. Liberger, 1st base Flood, 2d base; Shorey, 3d base; R Liberger, short stop; Huckaby, right field, c. Liberger, center field; Brinley, left field.
 Yuma went to the bat first and Ramirez went around the diamond like a whirlwind scoring q run. Som er.on, amid the din of tin horns and the yells of the bleachers, scored a couple of tsllies. The second inning was not fruitful of run for either nine. In the third inning Ramirt z again added a tally to the InvincIble4 score, and Flood, the "yellow kid" also scored for he Somerton's It was in the third inning that the Yuma boys made grand stand play. Three men were on bases, no outs, and at bat; the man at bat sent the ball to short stop and in the excitement that prevailed, Flood, on third, got home, but the three men died dead on bases. At this juncture Riley took the pitchers box and Balsz took third. In the fOurtL inning the Somerton's became rattled, and the Yuma boys scored seven runs. The next two innings the Somertons caught up with the Yumas and the score stood nine to nine until the tenth inning. Good | playing was done, but when Yuma look the bat in the first half of the tenth inning, the Som srton's weaken ed and let them run up score of seven, making the score 16 to g, which the farmer boys could not break.
 Some excellent playing was done on both sides, and some very poor playing was also done. Martin had his bat ting eye with him and never failed to make a good hit. Briuley in the left field was death on flies and never made an error. Ramirez, while whirlwind at the bat, made several errors at sec ond base, which detracted from the reputation he gained Tn playing short stop. Barney Meeden had lost his batting eye, and failed several times to live up to his reputation as the best batter in tho nine. It is safe to say. however, that Louie and Barney's of day will not occur very often and that they will continue to be the best bat ters, base runners and the most relia- ole of players. Riley is star pitcher. He has full control over the ball. He Is not 8 very swift thrower but he can put the sphere in several different kinds of curves. His most famous throw is a drop If which the batter seldom ever fails to bite a and seldom if ever hits.
 Marshall, the human catapult, lost some of his prestige and the Yuma hOys found him much easier than at the previous game.
 Harris behind the bat is a stone wall and Flood at second base is sure poison.
 The remainder of the players held up their parts of the game last Sun day in an admirable manner, and the umpire, Mullord Winsor, escaped without serious injur
 Next Sunday vlll ba the third of the series of games between the two games a d an equally interesting con- test IS promised.
 A shade will be erected on the grounds and seats placed thereunder, and other >teps ken to make things comfortable.
 Disarmed the Police.