The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-05
FLASHES taS* 4Ss DIAMOND

/ team composed. This had created
ment of cranks was glad when the
Grays lowered their colors
/ Two games having gone the wrong
way the old-timers, who had been
practicing hard and were in excellent
trim. demanded the privilege OF step
ping in and recovering some of the
! laurels their younger rivals had been
forced To part with. The honor was
granted them.
In the meantime the Grays. laboring
under the impression that the winning
of the first two games terminated the
Series. were preparing tn go home
Now. that don't mean they were pack
ing their trunks or anything of that
sort, for they hadn't many things to
pack They had night and part Of
the next day on their hands. and most
of them spent the time quietly cele-
brating. Hence il came that when
they learned the next morning that
they were booked for o game in the
afternoon, the news caught them In
poor condition.
Wei. they had won two games al
against them were a lot of old has
beens anyway. they figured. so they
didn't mind II they did lose the game.
II was more of farce. they thought.
than aught else. And the way tha
game started. this appeared to
be the truth of the matter
The Browns didn't play like has beens
They were In the game at all points
To cinch the victory they had a crack
battery from Albuquerque in the points
Syke Young was at the pitching end.
and the way he tossed them up made
them look like bullets to the Grays--
who. as lntimated before. didn't have
their batting eyes with them. anyway
Something was the matter with the
fielding of the Tucson boys. too. They
didn't seem to be able to get where the
ball was. And White who attempted
the twirIing act. couldn't locate the
plate. AS If this were not enough to
win. the game, the Ell Paso umpire In
dulged in the most fragrant partiaiity.
favoring the home team on every occa-
sion of doubt. and numerous times
when there was no doubt The UNI
pire's unfaitness was so raw il ma6s
'tNF ~ a. AifdH, anu Flll UtlOTe,
they now wanted to win the game. !
White retired, Armstrong went to
pitch, and HartwelI, who is twirling
ball for Los angeles. received him
Oh, but the mighty Rube did himself |
proud that day. = 1t was The fourth in /
ming when he went in, and the score
was to 0 in favor of Ell Paao. but they !
never looked like scoring after that. |
It was not until the seventh though !
hat the Grays got Syke sized up. He |
was shooting them over with cannon
ball speed, and the way they bent was |
mighty mystifying to the boys who !
had seen the sights OF El Paso the |
night before. But they were coming I
iround. and in the seventh when the
fireworks broke looose, there was pan
tomonium extreme Syke was poun1- +
ID all over the lot--singles, doubles |
md triples. The Tucsonites and Tue
'on sympathizers in the grand stand /
loWled and stamped and roared. The !.
trays forgot the rules concerning
'oarhing. and kept ten men on. the
Ines. The limpjre's commands went
lnheeded. A policeman who at
empted to restore order was put out. !.
The Grays won the game by score OF
. to .. and the town was theirs. They
ooll it, too
One of the ludicrous happenings of
he game terminated with a joke on
dose Kelly. With three men on bases.
he fast center fielder came to the bat
Cyclone" dished up waist-high In
hoot so fast that but for the crack
If the bal as 1t hit the catcher's mitt
here seemed no certainty that he had
'et delivered the ball. But Nose
witted, thought he saw a chance
o purloin first and push a run in. The
'all had come close to him and he
Iropped In his tracks, feigning insen-
ibility The crowd. PLAYERS and
pectators, rushed up to the PROSTATE
gladiator He was famed. his wrists
we're chafed. and excitement reigned
>ot so In "Cyclone's" breast With
'reat deliberation he walked up TO the
efreshment stand. picked np a pail full
II Ice water. and stalking to where the
fielder lay surrounded. he
eached over the shoulders of the
rowd and tossed the contents of the
ucket in kelly's face, remarking ~ /
'uess thatll bring him to- And It |
M Nose wanted to thrash "Cy- {
lone who stands six feet two in his ,
tocking feet and weighs 100 hut his :
riends restrained him !