Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-03
|. D, U. BALL
TEAM WINS SOUL.
STIRRING GAME
Score Only Twenty-Five to Twen.
ty.four in Favor OF the
Professionals.
Cnt.EdSsd Work Of Twlrlsr Twi'ehe'l.
hsydon..s Wonderful Catch. Elabora.
ton Of the Mansuven Of ths Most Bril-.
liant Bunch Of Diamond Artists Ever
Aggregated.

The crowd which took advantage Of
fine day and closed business houses
to see sensational ball game yester-
day afternoon was not In the least dis
appointed, The l.. d. U.-Optic game
was fast and furious, From start to
finish there was something doing
every minute and the horsehide
sphere received pounding that was
surprising.
The game started with Optics In the
field and the first professional man
(not professional player) up landed
a fly into left field which gave the
Optic fielder a chance to amuse the
populace, who shouted in derision
when he dropped the ball. But he was
not alone In his misery for in the lat.
ter half Of the inning when the Optics
came TO the bat the l.. d. us made
wells Of their hands, which apparently
had no bottom to them for the ball
went right through, while the Optics
ambled around the diamond In man.
ner which surprised even themselves.
Hommond used his wing to propel
the sphere for the l.. D. us and Nor
ton followed suit for the Optics dur.
ing the first three innings, when they
We're perfectly willing to be retired
with the benediction of "well done,
good and faithful servant" and Nor
ton on second showed that he was
not out of the game by making one
of the star plays of the game in a
double play at first and second
But then double plays are not so
Unusual as some other things that
happened and the only wonder is
that there were not more of them
from such a distinguished aggregation
as composed the two teams. But not
SO with double catches. They are
rare birds and one such as was made
by Attorney Hayden Is as much as
scal4l be expected In one short life
'fline. When the BAH sailed through
the ether and landed In the legal mitt
there must have been rubber som.
where, for it rose again to the height
OF at least ten feet, but the fatal mitt
was under II again when it descended
and the Optic man went down, while
hats and gloves went up to mix with
the yells of the crowd.
At the end OF the third inning the
cries of the fans were for Twitchell
in the box, and into the box the
colonel went. Now there may be
some who imagine that because the
colonefs hair is tinged with gray that
he is becoming antiquated, but hav-
ing inside information on the subject
let us give you tip that there's moth.
ing in 1t. Why, the way he spit on
his hands and rolled the ball among
his digits would do credit to high
school boy, and when he sent that
same saliva sphere down the groove
sometimes the groove was on the
wrong side OF the batter, but what Of
that the Eye Balls famed the air as
| If they were fighting bees.
1t would take all our space to tell
the many wonderful deeds of all the
players, but those who were fortunate
enough and had public spirit enough
to he there will tell You that every
one did his little stunt and added to
the fun. The Optics kept the lead un-
til the fifth inning. when the l.. D. U. IS
took a sprint and sent the score to 25
against the Optics 10. In spite of the
fact that Molina shut the L. D. US
ont without a run In the last two in
nings the printers were not able to
make up the lead and had to retire
with blank "optic" to the tune OF 25
to "a.
The game was entirely free from
wrangling, except In one case when
the lawyers tried to retire a mar
on the supposition that they could
get him new trial.
But the Optic captain was lawyer
enough himself to know that 1t was
contrary to justice and equity for such
a case to be dismissed and a new tria
granted later.
The catchers. Lyons for the l.. D
us, and Brown for the Optics, KEEP
the boys in line on both sides, and are
entitled to the thanks Of the teams.
The game resulted in an addition o
about 500 to the Golfers OF the Blues
but the best way to help them out Il
to go and see their games at the park
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