Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-09-01
THE BEST GAME
OF THE SEASON
Santa Fs CsntraIs Pull Twitchs|I's Las Vegas
Tigers Bloody Claws. Eighteen Hun
dred People Witness Victory.
8 TO / FAVOR CENTRAL s
Meadow City Sports Bet Heavily on Home Team-Re-
turned Wlssr.Sadder. er.-Santa Fe Hard Proposition
to Tackle, Whether Baseball OR Politics
1900 Visitors Among Spectators.

A finer game of baseball was neve
Las Vegas and Santa Fe yesterda!
and never larger, more enthusiast
and better humored crowd shouted
'rooted," guyed' or otherwise deport
ed themselves according to the feve
which burned in them. Las Vegas sen
605 eXcursionists and Albuquerque SO:
All of these We're on the grounds wit
about 600 local fans, and it is safe t
say that all of them at some part O
the game suffered from nervous chill
From the first inning, When Las We
gas scored it's first and last run of tn
game, the result could not be guessed
Fettis, the Santa Fe pitcher, wa
mostly central of the sphere, and thu
Las Vegas boys were completely at hi
sway. But two safe hits We're made of
his delivery; and Rhodes, the Vegas
twirler held the locals down to thu
same number. However, he was no
the puzzle to the Santa Fe Central:
that he is to others, for his shoots were
pounded and hammered in every direc
tion almost, however, in long, higl
flies to the outfield where they were
invariably trapped by the impregnablt
outfield of the visitors.
Upton and Taylor especially distin.
| guished themselves respectively in lef
| and center field for 'Twitchell's Tig.
ers" by the capture of long drives
| which seemed beyond reach. The in.
field had no work at all to do Of any
| consequence. The ambition of the
Santa Fe batters consisted in the ap.
parent effort to knock home run. II
| the ball had been put by them less in
the air, the Santa Fe score would have
been higher
Fettis was not Flaherty, and that a
sure thing. He was unfathomable as a
rule and when hit, which was seldom
the ball rolled lazily infield or languid-
ly rose in the air and fell asleep in the
hands of Will Parsons, Charlie Par
sons or Bert Voorhees,. In the last in
ming, but for two unimportant errors
at the second stopping place, Lynn
Shirk did marvellous work, catching
first a high fly in center fields terri
tory, after a run face forward, with
the ball, and in the seventh inning, af-
ter chase from his station to the foul
line far back Of first. gathering to his
bosom an almost impossible half-line
drive. Charlie Parsons did some clev-
er capturing. The infield of Santa Fe
is not entitled to any particular COM
mendation, with the exceptions men,
toned for every one Of them "foozled"
once or twice, without however causing
any particular harm.
With the exceptions of errors by
Snapper" Hale, at second, the infleld
of the Meadow City boys, was flawless,
because, it might be said, they had
nothing to do.
One of the most exciting Incidents Of
the game occurred in the sixth inning
when three of the visitors held bases at
the same time, with no one out, and
died In their footsteps, on account Of
wonderfully heavy and skillful pitching
by Fettis. The score, three to one,
gives an idea of the closeness of the
game, but it gives but very little idea
Of the thrill and excitement Of the con-
test from beginning to end.
There was a good deal of money in
circulation. In the beginning of the
game the betting stood three to one in
favor of Las Vegas, and there was a
great number of takers. Those who
stood by Santa Fe feel quite opulent
today, although their hearts bleed for
Las Vegas and the Albuquerqueans
who stood with the visitors.
The hotels were taxed to their fullest
capacity, but managed to feed the
crowd nicely. The visitors all seemed
to enjoy the day and were loud in
their praises Of the treatment accorded
them.
Colonel Twitchell, the genial and ag-
gressive manager of the visiting "Tig-
ers" deserves all honor for the excel
lent work in getting together such an
immense crowd to help root for his
boys, and also for the good, strong
team he puts on the diamond. The
colonel does not believe in doing things
by half. Credit where credit is due.
Colonel Twitchell was certainly the
main factor in successfully getting up
the big excursions from the Meadow
and Duke Cities.
A. L. Morrison, Jr., Of this city, and
Hartman Wynkoop Of Albuquerque,
were the umpires; their decisions and
points were fair and there was not
kick made nor the least dissatisfaction
expressed or shown.
''Somethin' doin' in the Ancient?" Twitchell
And smile upon his facelet lay and baslxed.
The ball began to buss; somethin' doin' sure
Somethin' doin', somethin' done to the "Ti-
gers"-three to one.
We're from Vegas, you must show u.s." SO
And he mumbled in the night time from his
We're from Vegas. did they show us? Is 1t
"Yis." ssid Flaherty, ''they did IT. thray to
one"
what . fool" said Twitshell in his dream,
" forgot to make donation to the team
OF pitcher Of my choice; then the sun
Would not have seen us beaten three to one"
The followinp n the acore NV IN nninoa.