The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1903-09-02
GOOD BASEBALL.
The Third Game of the Angelo Anna
Series Proves to be a Peach.
Large Crowds Attend.

dOOd crowds nave ATTENDED, Jne /
games at Spencer Park and the
gate receipts have been sntisfac-
tory. San Angelo is good ball |
town. There are many enthus-
lasts here.
The Santa Anna team came
over Thursday afternoon on late
train and the first game was de- !
layed n bit on this account; but
it was well worth the wait, being
close and holly contested, making
it very interesting.
Thomson was in the box for the
visitors and Nichols for San An
CELLO The game was close, the
score being II to 10 with the
home team the winners. McDon-
aid umpired.
Fridays game was not 50 good.
Both teams experienced Il black
Friday. The lone boys had the
best OF It from the start and the
visitors didn't catch up. Strick-
land pitched for Santa Anna and
Bates for Angelo. Ed Harris um-
pired. The score WIS * to II
and the home team won again.
But when Saturday came they
were all in bal!-plaving humor.
Twas decidedly the best game
San Angelo has seen i'll many II
day. The crowd was large and
the interest was intense.
The main features Of the
game were lhe excellent plays
made by Nichols, Stevens and
Hunter for the home team and
by Bernay, Strickland and Crews
for the visitors. Everybody
played good ball, but these play
ers deserve particular mention for
he excellent work they did.
Twas one game in a hundred.
The lineup was as follows:
SAN ANGELO POSITION SANTA ANNA
Baker $3.50. Catcher. go. .Connor
Hunter. ..... Pitcher ...... Crews
Stevens lst Base Strickland
Rives .2nd Base. Franks
Nichols e. Bird Base -. Gressett
Bates ..... Shortstop 80. Bernay
WilliamsonRight field. Gardner
Robertson. Center field Thomson
Low. ...... Left field. -. Bailey
The story by innings:
lsJ. The home team came up
first confident and aggressive.
Bates hit to Crews and went out
at first; Nichols followed with IL
hot grounder to center and took
first; Stevens struck out; Nichols
stole second; Williamson
grounder to Strickland beat him
to first and the side went out,
leaving Nichols on third. Con-
nor, for Santa Anna, hit fly to
Nichols and took a seat; Bernay
hit liner to center and got first
and shortly afterwards stole sec
ond; Gardner hit to Rives and
didn't go; and Gressett hit fly
to Low and Santa Anna took the
field.
2nd. Hunter sent a grounder
to Gressett, but Bernay got it and
Hunter went out at first: Baker
failed to hit; Rives got base on
balls; and Low went out on a
high fly to Strickland. Franks
hit a single to left; Bailey went
out on fly to Stevens; Franks
stole second; Thomson hit IL
two-hagger to left and Franks
scored; Strickland hit to left and
took second, bringing Thomson
in; Crews went out ON fly to
Rives; Conner hit to Bates and
was out at first, and the score stood
two for Santa Anna while the
home boys had nike.
Bird. Robertson struck out ;
Bates hit to Bernay, but got to
first too late; and Nichols hit a
grounder to Gressett and was out
at first. Bernay failed to find
the sphere; Gardner hit Hunter
with n liner, but Nichols was
there with the goods and Gardner
sat down; and Gressett went out
on fly to Nichols.
4th. Stevens hit to Crews and
went out; Williamson struck out /;
Hunter hit to short, but Bernay
was late and Hunter was safe on
first; Baker came up with a fly
TO right, got first, stole second
and Hunter stopped at third !;
Rives hit safe to center, Hunter
and Baker coming IN; Low hit u
fly to Gardner, who canght it and
the sides changed. Franks struck
out; Stevens got Bailey's ground
err to right while Hunter played
first aud Bailey was out; and
Thomson struck out,
9th. Robertson hit n high. fly