The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-15
BhSE BILL,
Sundays Contest Resulted in
a Splendid Victory for
the Home Team
The 1udChuCd BOus H0din Whipped
bu the Fast and SkiIIfuI
GrduS

1t wouldn't be entirely fair to say
that the game at Carrillos Gardens
yesterday between the Grays and the
Huachucas, was totally devoid of in
terest. A foul ball found a crevica
in the wire netting which protects the
grand stand, and struck an unsuspect-
ing spectator on the head. The event
came as welcome relief to the tedium
of the cake walk in which the Grays
were indulging and Iivened things up
temporarily. 1t would not have been
sufficient, however. to keep the crowd
to the end. Had it not been for a
startling and wholly unexpected acci-
dent which occurred in the sixth, the
game would probably have been called
at the end of that inning on account
of lack of witnesses. 'Old Lacquer
Emanuel Drachman stole a base. 1t
has never occurred before on the local
ground, and the rooters could hardly
trust their senses. For fully minute
there was an intense stiffness, but
when the crowd came to a realization
of what had happened, pandemonium
reigned. The friends of the old reh-
able backstop, and their name is le-
gion, are arranging for the presenta-
tion of huge bouquet, which will
eclipse anything Of the character ever
before ATTEMPTED in the southwest.
Outside of these diversions, the
game was utterly devoid of interest.
The soldiers, who came reinforced,
and were expected to make things ex-
ira lively, had decidedly off-day.
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| the fGreat Rube' at every stage, and
what damage they didn't do by reason
of their inability to hit, they made up
for by rotten fielding, listless base
running and general stupidity IT
was one of those days which now and
then come to the best of teams, when
robody can do any thing right. To
make matters worse the Grays had
their eyes with them, and took advan-
tage of the opportunity to improve
their batting averages. Armstrong
lined a home-run into the tall weeds
far out into the center garden, and
Hogwood dropped one over the right
field fence. Triples came with regu-
lsrity. while doubles and singles were
as thick as the flowers that bloom in
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lads could garner was four singles, and
one of them came in the last inning,
when Rube didn't care.
Fair, the first man up for the SOL
diers, caught an inshoot in the stom-
ach, and the ambulance carried him
out of the engagement. If it had not
been for this disaster, the game would
have probably been better one, since
the substitute second baseman was re-
sponsible for many of the Tucson tai
lies. The accident netted a run, since
the man who took Fairs place stole
second, took third on passed ball and
when Drachman threw to catch him
mapping at third, the ball bounced of
the runners back was DETECTED into
left field and the soldier trotted home
1t was the last chance they had tx
Iscore until the last, when the locals
made them a gift of couple on errors
by Ford and McChesney and hits by
Dayhuff and Nelligan, on which My
matt and States scored.
Mynatt started off spectacularly fol
the visitors, tanning the first three mer
up-Courtney, McChesnew and Hog
wood. 1t looked as though there
be something doing, but in the second
after Captain "Chimmie' Guercic
singled safe over short, the lombard
ment began, and when the required
three were out. seven runs had beer
chalked up. Then the interest was a.
gone. The detailed score will show
when and in what sized chunks tbs
locals annexed the balance of theil
runs.
The Grays, despite the lack of inter
est or excitement, played careful
cool game. and showed that the team
is growing stronger with each game
Moore, the new man, played in center