Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-13

n $#E hltsil q Ftla hllstt ttlEs eftiii1 'lHla
mot have henn played Yesterday was
| the general lament e lie few peo
Iple who saw the thrilling exhibition
OF the 1aJioaI sport at the fair
grounds ses.e. iiy. Tho Gan bo.
tween the Blues ana The a.owns waa
the most spectacular and Interesting
that has Seen seen or a New Mexico
diamond this ysars. II lasted for
eleven inninss and aithousn he
Browns .inaily pulled II aheai, the
Blues have 10 reason u be despona.
ent and speedy little Rhcics n the
box covered himself with glory. The
n final score was six h. four.
i Las Vegas won the game in The
n first inning when a couple of hits aud
a brace of errora brought In three
n runs. She lost II again In the fifth
when little ortega at third sprained
4 his arm and made three errors In sue
cossiun, each error counting one run,
Tanning was sent 10 third and not an
other Brown got to second until the
Hateful ninth when Rhodes lost Just
d trifle Of steam. 'fhe Browns man
aged 10 bunch three bits and brought
In two runs. Las Vegas failed to
score In her half and the best game
OF the year was over.
The feature of the game was
Rhodes pitching. Though his sup.
! port failed him at critical times he
, let down not trifle TN tho eleventh,
e and not ono OF the runs OF Albuquer.
Z lque until the final inning was earned.
$ Until the elevnth tho kid allowed only
] four hits and they were widely scat.
tered He famed nine men,. The
, fact that the Blues made nine errors
8 !shows that Rhodes was pitching some
q Gallegos pitched fairly effective ball
i He famed five men and gave three
! presents and allowed nine hits, the
only punching being In the first. Al
buqnerqu6 made SIX errors. Tho haS
tile wns with the pitchers throughout
and las Vegas ought TO haye been
the victor The team Was handicap.
ped by the absence of Jackson. the
fast third baseman and heavy hitter.
The boys all did their best, and the
game was snappy and spectacdiHf,
such game as delights the heart Of
a fan. Had the game been played
the day before, the grand stand would
I. have gone Wild. and there would have
been much bigger crowd yesterday
I. Score by innings:
B. Las Vcgas---3 0 0 o CO. 0 o o 0--s
J. Albuquerque 0 0 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 2--G
d Today'a promises to be fine one
d and a big crowd should be there,
/ The Races
n In the races yesterday, Sbecam
!. made ii two straight In the free for
| alI, although Mozello made an excel
J. lent showing and wasn't half a length
J. behind al the finish OF the second
flheni. Tho best time was 2:25.
Mckinley, Goes fast runner won
! from Little Brooklct III the quarter
4 mile. In the half mile Little Brook.
Il lei came first. Mcclure second and
!. Henry II. third.
n sham Battle.
Ont at the camping grounds the
4 military manenyers were interesting
= Captain s. r. vestal, Of the fifth u. 8.
!. cavalry md Major Il. q. Rankin Of
troop A, led the cavalry 10 n position
In the hills that was from frontal at
tack well nigh impregnible. To tae
infantry under Colonel Borradaile was
given the task or finding tho posi-.
tion and capturing u. The position
was soon located BY scouts and the
piekets OF the cavalry were driven
back before the infantry advance. Two
! companies advanced To make from.
!, tai attack, one company being held
{ IN reserve. Another company was
/. sent through tho woods and succeed.
ed In making surprise attack from
|. tho rear. The cavalry fought desper.
!. ately and according to the statements
Of the officers killed every man sey.
. cral times before he could reach the
]. camp