The copper era., 1905-08-31

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The Clifton base ball team arrived home last Monday night, after hay ing played a series of nine games on their trip. The boys all looked a little worn out from the trip, but said that they had fine time and should have brought home a bunch Of scalps. But the weather at Las Vegas seemed a little too cool for them and they could not get warmed up until the fourth or fifth inning, when the game was generally lost.
 The first five games were mentioned in last weeks issue of this paper, in which the scores and batteries were given. Thursdays game, which re- suited in victory for Vegas by the close score of 5-4, was pitched by It was one of the best games of the series and the only way the boys could have lost it was by having a bad inning. This inning came in the first, when Vegas batted out three three-base hits and piled up four scores. This was because WeisbeCker had not warmed up enough. After the first inning Vegas was allowed but one score, which gave them the game by the above result. The Las Vegas paper complimented the boys very highly, as they had but one error.
 Fridays game was pitched by Jesus and caught by Meyers. It was a peach and the final result was 3-1 in favor of Clifton, the only game the Clifton boys took from Vegas. It is said that they could not do anything with Jesus. They could hit but not safe. The boys gave him excellent of R inning, when Vegas made their only score. The game should have been a shut-out.
 The boys were so well pleased with thelr record Friday that they be- came over-confident and on Saturday they got skinned to the tune of 6-3. Weisbecker and Meyers was Cliff tons battery and it is said that they played their part of the game to perfection, but ragged playing on short stop lost the game. This short stop racket has been a Jonah to the | Clifton team the entire season. | Sundays game went the same way | by a score of S-4 in favor in Ve- gas. Merckle and Meyers did the heavy stunt for the Clifton bunch | boys guessing all the time. but his fate was doomed by unfortunate er- TOTS when they counted runs. He had good control and Vegas tipped
 the ball much to the detriment of Chief Meyers, as he came home with crippled fingers and sore ankles, all of which he received in the last game.
 With a series of nine games the
 best average hitters on the team can
 be picked out. Quigley, the new sec ond baseman, got twenty hits in the
 nine games, leading the team. Charley Daniels came out second
 with sixteen. Ellis Williams hit well enhauer's place in left field.
 It is said that Daniels was the star fielder in the series. not losing a fly ball on the entire trip, which is a pretty good record, considering that he had a number of difficult chances. Chief Meyers played good ball be- hind the bat, but his batting fell off considerably.
 Weisbecker, Merckle and Jesus all made good against the New Mexico
 boys and each won a game on the trip, quitting with even honors. They hit well with the exception of Jesus, who was just q little below his usual standard on hitting.
 Quilting on third was the wonder of the entire series in his field work. He accepted many chances that looked impossible and with a man like Sears on first he always got his man. For reaching Sears has them all skinned and when it comes to holding the ball he is there with the goods.
 Weidman on short did not prove equal to the emergency, but of course he was out of his position and did his best He was off on his throwing Nevertheless, the Clifton team is un- der obligations to the Fl Paso Browns for the use of their player.
 Billy Doran, who accompanied the team as manager and also caught whenever it became necessary, re- ports that the team had fine outing and received the best kind of treat ment both at Fl Paso and Las Vegas. But he stated that he would like to advise the Colts to have a representa- tive, at least, at the train to meet a visiting ball team, as it is very em- barrassing for strangers to look up base ball managers. It is common courtesy due one team to another to at least meet them. Otherwise the manager had no kick coming except that he did not win as many games as expected. Billy says when a team goes up against fast players, an umpire, and worst of all, that deadly horseshoe, it is awfully hard to win. However, the boys can con- sole themselves with the close scores and good games. It is very seldom indeed that you see a series of six games between amateur teams that the score does not run up. As it was, the S-4 game was the poorest one played. The Vegas papers said many fattering things about the Clifton team, giving them credit of being the best team that ever played on the Vegas diamond and also the most gentlemanly bunch of ball players that ever visited Las Vegas. Clifton now has team that she can we'll feel proud of and respect.
 The base ball game Sunday be- tween the Clifton and Morenci second hines was not what was expected by the players. On account of the game not being advertised to any great extent, the crowd was very small indeed and naturally the boys felt as though they had been turned down and as result did not feel like putting up much of q game. It was a five-dollar crowd and d score of 16-6 plainly indicates that it was a
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