El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29
PASO EASILY WON
THE MEXICO SERIES.
The Games Were Exciting in the EX-
IRENE, Although the Scores Did
Not Always Indicate it.

Not Always Indicate it.
Ell Paso Won the entire series from
Mexico in easy fashion. The follow
ing from the Mexican Herald tells of
the game played on Christmas day:
Inability to hit the ball at critical
points in the game. slowneSS in run
ming The bases, lack of nerve to take
chances, coupled with some splendid
fielding on the part of the Ell Pasos,
lost the third and last game to the
Mexicos yesterday afternoon by the
score of IA to T.. Though the score
seems to be lop sided the game was a
very exciting Ii n interest was
kept up to the very last moment. The
biggest crowd of the series was pres
ent and with yesterdays receipts Mex
icos have Just enough money on hand
to cover the expenses.
The game looked cas- for the Next
cos from the start when they jumped
in at the first inning and ran up four
runs giving them the lea by two.
Several times during the successive
innings the score was tied and it was
not until the very last part of the
game that the Ell Pasos succeeded in
making sufficient runs to insure them
the game.
The feature of the game yesterday
was a great catch a in the eighth
inning by Pliess. the left fielder for the
visitors. The Mexicos needed three
runs to tie the score. Tyler n Bran
iff were on the third and second respec-
lively. Atherton who had been doing
some great hitting came to the bat.
e waited his opportunity. got on to a
nice one and the ball sailed over in
left field safe by not more than ten
feet. Pliess went after it, covered fifty
yards in the mud, stuck out his hands
and scooped the ball in, making the
sort of work, and ball playing that
makes one realize What great oppor-
tunities there are. in it for a man who
has got the skill n head to be a sue
cess. The little fellow was greeted
with a great ovation when he came in
from the field and the entire audience
Joined in giving him hearty applause
although they realized that it was the
last opportunity the MeXicos had to
win the game.
Atherton, the big national Lacquer,
came in for hearty applause every
time he came to the bat. He played a
magnificent game of ball and his bat
ting was something fierce. He was up
four times, got a couple of two bag
gers and a nice single. Pliess cut him
out of a hit that would have been good
for two sacks.
Tyler started in the box but was re-
placed by Atherton in the seventh.
The latter was successful and when he
gets big Lackey as the other point Of
the battery they will make a hard pair
TO beat.
The Mexicos lost the game by their
inability to hit the ball more than any
thing else. Braniff. Frisbee, Muench
and Du Vinage have mo- batted in this
series like they can do and it certainly
canont besaid that they have got up
against any great pitchers. Ahorn
who pitched for h visitors yesterday
is nothing so remarkable but the boys
failed to connec with him. They all
seem to swing under the ball. This
can be accounted for as the team has
not had any practice and doesn't seem
to be able to get their eye on the
ball. On the other hand the Ell Pasos
have a husky lot of hitters and with
one or two exceptions they are all men
who can pound the ball over the field.
They had two or three nice placed hits
to their credit yesterday. Another
thing that wins them games is their
daring base-running. This is some
thing hat the Mexicos lack.
The games were kept very even
throughout. In thir half of the first
the Ell Pasos scored two runs. The
4hCAiSoS diI ~ thC paC LII oh IL
count of error made by Starkey and
Young and a nice hit by Atherton sue
ceeded in sending four men across the
plate. In the second inning both the
teams were shut out. In the third the
Ell Pasos tied the score in their half
and the Mexicos saw them n better
in the last part. making the score 5 to
4 The Ell PasoS tied it again in the
fourth and the Mexicos duplicated their
performance of the previous inning.
making the score 6 to 5. In the fifth
the Ell Pasos got in two runs giving
them n to the good. In the sixth
they got in three. while the Mexicos
could only send one man across the
plate in their half. In the eighth the
visitors were shut out and h Mexi-
cos likewise. In the ninth the Ell
Pasos touched up Atherton for four
runs. making their side IA run to
Mexico's Z.
Score By Innings.
Ell Paso 49,. 2 O 2 1 2 3 O IA
Summary.
Earned Runs: Mexico 1, Ell Paso 3.
2 Base Hits, Atherton 2, Chamber
lain 1; Young 2, Brown l.
ger to Young.
Base On alls. off Tyler 2, off Ather-
ton 2. off Ahorn 4.
Passed Balls by Gilber 5. Rogers 1.
Struck out by Ahorn. 5.
Wild Pitches, Atherton 1.
Time of game, 2 hours.
Umpire, Cahill.
Scorer, Parker.