Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-18
ALBUQUERQUE WINS
BY TWO TO ONE
Beautiful Work of Batteries and
Rotten Decision of Gold
smith were Features
Of the Game.

Las Vegas and Albuquerque battled
for supremacy on the diamond yester-
day in the deciding game for first
place in the Territorial Fair tourna.
ment. After a brilliant struggle in
which every point was stubbornly
contested. the Albuquerque Browns
triumphed by the score of 2 to l. Al
though the final score was against
them, the Las Vegas boys have the
satisfaction Of knowing that they out
played their husky opponents in every
department of the game and that 1t
was only a combination of the hardest
kind of luck, an unfortunate over
throw and some poor umpiring that
cost them the game.
Tanning pitched beautiful game
for the Blues, was steady as clock
and extremely affective, especially
with men on bases. Yesterdays cru
cial test stamps him as first class
man who has the skill, strength and
nerve necessary to the high grade
pitcher.
Leason caught him in fine style and
outside of a bobble in the fourth
which cost run he handled himself
like an old Lacquer. The play in
question happened in this way:
Gallegos, the Browns sturdy pitcher
was on second with two men out. The
next batter tipped little pop fly
just back of the pitcher Tanning
went after the ball himself and on
turning to run back the necessary
distance bumped into the umpire, lost
his balance and the ball dropped
safe. Gallegos' tried to score on the
hit but Shultz shot the ball home
ahead of him and he was caught in
a run-up.
Then followed the usual exciting
lodging to and fro until, finally
Gallegos dashed toward home. Rath-
burn tossed the ball to Leason who
dropped the ball in his hurry to tag
Gallegos and the big pitcher scored
the first run for Albuquerque. Where
Leason made his mistake was not so
much in dropping the ball but rather
an error of judgment in not running
Gallegos back to third when he had
the opportunity, in which case a
dropped ball would merely have
resulted in the base runner re-
gaining third. However, Jimmy Lea
son is q hard working. conscientious
player and rattiing good catcher
and none OF the fans win bear the
slightest grudge against him because
OF his mistake
Albuauerque's second run came in
the ninth inning and was. like the
first, caused by an error. Flood, the
big first baseman was the guilty par.
ty in this instance and while the error
seemed almost inexcusable still. in .
heartbreaking game like that OF yes
terday something is liable to snap and
it may be that the strain was too
much for him and he lost his head.
Gallegos led off in the ninth for Al,
buquerque and smashed long hard
liner to right center Both Hartman
and Gross set sail for 1t and Gross
knocked II down, holding Gallegos at
second
The next batter laid bunt down to-
ward third which Tanning quickly
fielded to first, throwing the batter
out, Gallegos going to third on the
play. The big pitcher was standing
within three feet of third base when
suddenly Flood turned his arm loose,
and shot the ball across the diamond,
evidently with the intention OF catch.
ing Gallegos asleep. Unfortunately
the throw went wild and Gallegos
romped home with the winning run.
Had Flood not made this throw,
which was poor baseball even had the
baH gone true. Gallegos would not
have scored as the next batter struck
out and the third put up little popI
fly to the infield.
Las Vegas made their only run in
the sixth. Tanning was hit on the