The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-04-19
Clifton 5. MOrenci 3.

The base Dali season was opened
last Sunday on the Clifton diamond
by an interesting match between the
crack teams of Clifton and MorenCi.
Many of the old faces of last season
were present and the new blood
proved to be the best kind, there
fore making both teams a little
stronger than at the close of last
season. Shortly before the game was
called terrible dust storm took place
and it was thought by many that there
would be no game, but after a light
shower, which put the grounds in good
condition and settled the dust, Um-
pire Lackey called the game and the
boys were off. Morenci took the bat
and retired in one, two, three order,
fans. Clifton followed suit and
the last half of the sixth inning,
when Ellis Williams led off with a
clean two-bagger and Riley, the
milwaukee Dutchman," followed
with a liner for four sacks, netting
Clifton two earned runs. Up to
this time the grand stand had been
quiet, but when Riley sprinted safely
across home plate the war whoop
went up from the fans and con-
tinued during the rema inder of the
game. In the fourth inning Morenci
landed three men on the sacks with
no out and it was due to the good
work of Pitcher Marquee that no
damage was done. The first out was
made by Bosquet, who was caught at
home, the second man laid the stick at
the plate and the third one popped
out, retiring the side with a blank
Morenci scored one in the seventh
when Ashley connected for the
longest hit ever made on the local
dimond. 1t scared in the clouds and
of the railroad track. Clifton
dumped in two more runs in the
seventh and one in the eighth giving
total of five, while Morenci scored
two in the eighth making a total
of three runs.
Honors were even for Ashley and
Marquee in the strike-out line, both
pitchers getting eight marks to
their credit. Clifton secured but six
hits, while Morenci got eight. Fast
fielding, especially on the Clifton
side, proved the features of the
game, and considering the condition
of the outfield it would make profess
SIGNALS move to beat it. Dunn picked
off four flies, two of them being very
difficult, and but for his work in the
ninth Morenci might have gained
a look-in for the victory. At the
same time Riley was the right man
at bat at the right time and his
hitting was responsible for four of
-Clifton's runs. Crittenden on short
for Morenci was the star infielder,
accepting four fast ones with d
clean sweep to first.
What was anticipated to be one
of the features of the afternoon s
amusement did not materialize for
the reason that the Clifton Brass
Brand and the baseball management
had a misunderstanding as to how
the band players would get to the
grounds. 1t was arranged that
the band would .congregate at the
Clifton Hotel, where a hack would
meet them, but the hack never
showed up and when the shower
came up the most of the band boys
went home. That is the reason
there was no music on the grounds.
However, the game proved to be
an interesting one and all who
attended felt that they had received
their moneys worth and went home
rejoicing. 1t is likely that this
mistake will not occur again.
For the benefit of those who
failed to witness the game the fol-
lowing ia bulated score is printed: