Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-07-31
Crippled Condition Proves
Drawback
ATKINS DOES FINE WORK
First Game Played In Wind and Rain
storm.-Atklns Strikes Out Fifteen
OF Browns Heavy stIekers, but Al.
lows Ten Hits.

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home under cloud OF two more de-
feats at the hands of the AlbuQuer.
que Browns. It can be said that, under
the circumstances. they played two
good games. The team was In badly
crippled condition. With no regular
player for either third base or short
stop, the Blues went TO Albuquerque
with little hope OF taking either game.
Lamkin. who was released by the
local management two weeks ago for
Indifferent playing, was resigned and
placed at second base. He played a
most sensational game, and accepted
sixteen chances without an error In
the two games. The Albuquerque
Journal says OF the first game:
Yesterday afternoon at Traction
park there was fair sized Saturday
crowd out to witness the game Of ball
between the Browns OF this city and
the Las Vegas Blues.
The weather conditions, which were
anything but favorable. had much to
do with the score, which was Albu-
querque s, Las Vegas 6. Twice during
the game the players were forced to
quit on account Of the rain and wind,
but the "rooters" were all there and
interest in the game was not allowed
to wane.
Both teams did remarkably well un-
der the circumstances. Billy Taylor,
center field, made the sensational
play Of the game, He reached and
pulled down a hard drive by Randall
with one hand and thereby robbed
Randall Of a home run
Starr and Pettus were the battery
for the Browns and Atkins and Lyons
filled like position for the Blues.
Starr had eleven strikeouts to his
credit and Atkins fifteen. Las Vegas
made nine hits. and Albuquerque ten.
There were several two baggers
knocked and some clever playing by
| both teams
| The second game, played Sunday,
resulted In score OF 16 to S in favor
of the Browns. The score was d.
rect result Of the miserably crippled
condition oil. the team.
The Albuquerque Journal In speak
Ing Of Sundays game, says:
Up to the fifth inning Las Vegas
seemed to have remnant left of her
, old time vim and speed. but after that
the visitors developed a case of blues
that could be seen from the grand
stand. They grew despondent and
quietly quit. leaving It to the home
team to pile. up about any aggregation
Of scores desirable.
It may have been that the cause Of
the overwhelming defeat was Tanning.
Tanning Is Las Vegas star pitcher,
and from yesterdays exhibition he is
her only pitcher. Tanning played
third base Saturday. He smashed his
front finger on the hand he pitches
with and as result he tooks tickets at
the gate yesterday Atkins, who
started out to pitch the game, held on
until the seventh. when he had been
batted pretty much all over the lot.
when the old favorite, Bill Taylor, took
the position. Bill was something OF
a mark. The steady hitters Of the
Browns played with him and the less
reliable ones managed to find him
quite conveniently. 1t probably was
not the fault OF the Las Vegas team.
but the exhibition made by the visit.
ors was not very attractive. The
game the Browns put up was not par.
ticularly excellent.
The score by innings:
Las Vegas y. 0 40 0 o 0 o o. :
Albuquerque 20 3 20 1 3 2 s x--1f
Batteries - Albuquerque, Gallegos
and Pettns; Las Vegas. Atkins. Tay'
lor and Lyons.