Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-09-25

the fastest time on record but it's
crawling up i'm big company. Little
! Supai may one of these days become
| Big Supai. According to the World
almanac the record for a quarter mile
| is y IA by Bob Wade at Butte. Mont.
And it is a fact of general knowledge
that the Albuquerque track is not a
fast one TO begin with it is only
half mile track and the horse mas the
curves to contend with. And those
who say they know. without wishing
in any way to detract from the AL
buquerque track say that in other re-
spects it might be faster.
And the Albuquerque papers that
came yesterday, bring one more credit
mark for the Clifton baseball team.
There is yet only one more game for
ler to win to be sure of first money
in the tournament and it Is confident
~ expected she made good on that day
before yesterday The following eX-
tract from the Journals story indicate
how the Clifton boys stand in the pro-
cession.
1.-The Albuquerque base ball team has
about as much show at the money in
the fair baseball tournament as a
hailstone i'm Yuma. The team is down
and out and as far as any one can
see. clear out with the bruises rubbed
dad started it; Las Vegas helped it along
and Clifton finished the job yesterday
afternoon by beating the home team
to the tune of to I. Just one solitary
run did the home team get, and Pettus
made that one when Quier hit a two
base flyer that was poorly fielded.
There is just one way to account for
the loss Of this game. TIE Clifton
team outplayed the Browns all along
the line. Their fielding was clean cut
and always there. The careful Mr.
Merkle pitched a somewhat better
game than Starr, wao did his best, and
the Clifton team hit the ball and hit it
hard. while the Clifton team used some
judgment in running the bases That
is enough of an advantage to give a
base ball game to most any team.
There were just two hitters in the
home team yesterday and they We're
both unlucky. Quier earned the one
run, and Ortiz did the rest. Tony
marked out a three base hit in the sec
ond that only fast fielding saved from
being a homerun, but poor coaching
got him caught at the plste when he
tried to run in on a little infield pop
by French, who doesn't seem To know
the art of connecting with the ball either
at bat or i'm the field. French traded
off with Neher yesterday. the little ca
Diet playing a fast clean game in mis-
new position. French was just a lit
tie worse at third than he has been at
first His leg seem to trouble him.
"Kunz played his old-time snappy
game Yesterday taking everything that
came his way. and Randall was in
better form, but this was more than
overbalahced by Pettus, who was out
of the running. He couldn't hold Starr
and ne couldn't throw to second. In
fact he was way off his usual speed.
His hitting was heavy. but it all got
felded. The home team just got four
hits off Merkle. of which Ortiz got
two. QEier one. and Neher the other.
The rest of the team famed out
methodically. or hit hiEn enough to-
allow the whole field TO get under"
There are two more Interesting
things in connection with the touTna-
ment. one is that the famous James J.
Jeffries, failing to get the job of re-
fereeinE the Britt-NelsOn fight has
found employment as an umpire at Al
buquerque But even that didn't suit
him for ne says the weather is too hot
for any man To work. He was looking
for a substitute but couldn't find one.
The other item is the report that the
Las Vegas team feeling sore its luck,
has decided to protest against Clifton
using alleged Morenci players. Trini-
dad using an outside man and FL PasO
using a few men from Fort Bliss.