Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-07-26

tain boys discovered they had q
game. Although Durango lost there
was not the usual dissatisfaction. as
the large audience realized the home
boys were up against a hard PROPOSE
uon. Silverton has been playing
steady ball for two months. The
boys play together. are used to bat.
Ting and been up against strong mines
In both Telluride and Oriray, while
this Is the first time the Durango
boys have played together and some
OF the new players have not become
acclimated. Notwithstanding all. this
the game rightfully belonged to Du.
range. Defeat is chargeable to one
Observation-Disclosures Thompson, who
missed an easy fly by misjudging the
| distance and running under and to
one side OF the ball. And judging by
his work at the bat he cannot tell any
tning about where a ball is going to
land as with four opportunities at the
bat he missed every one. striking out
each time In missing the fly two
men scored and the batter made third
base and later scored the winning
run. This was In the sixth inning.
There we're other errors but none so
costly. although the four times Jack
Cole was at the bat he made first on
errors. scoring two runs himself and
two men on bases by his three-bae.
ger.
The game was called at 2:3O with
} j. Wilson as umpire. Silverton
went to bat with Jack Cole first man
up. He smashed the first ball which
went well up into the air and looked
as though IL should have been taken
In By either second baseman or short
stop. Instead II went over their
heads and in tumble Cole made sec
ond base by close margin Shiny fol.
lowed, scoring Cole and making third
by poor throwing. Hurt, who was In
the box for five and half innings for
Silverton, followed with a two-base
hit, scoring Sliney. The next three
men at bat failed to make first. al
though Hurt was able to score, max
ing total OF three runs Stanley for
Durango made first on an error, max
''b 'h'iu os ny f1tT-
rick. Roberts scoring both men with
the prettiest hit of the entire game,
three-bagger with a little time to
spare. The situation looked good
like II has many time before with
Durango. Three good lhitters were to
tollow-Brierly. Harding and Vermil-
yea. but luck was against Durango as
none of the three made hrst and poor
Roberts had to die on third after his
noble threebagger. In the second in
ming Silverton scored again on error
on part of Durango. The first two
men up. Powers and Patterson, failed
to make first. Stanley then hit safe
second on bad error. Cole making
first, Sliney then scoring Stanley by
two-base hit, when Hurt struck out.
For Durango only one man, Smith,
reached first. In the third only three
men faced the pitcher on the part OF
Silverton. Then Roberts came to the
rescue and landed safely for two
bases, scoring on two-base hit by
Briefly, who made third by a single
by Harden. the latter making second.
Again Durango was In position to
gain strong lead-two men on bases
with no one out. Vermilyea then
landed stiff one that looked safe and
Briefly started for home plate. But
the pitcher stopped the ball and got
II in ahead of the runner Still II
looked good Harden was on third
and Vermilyea on first with only one
man out. Then Hill was retired on
a fly and Thompson struck out as
usual. In the next three innings Sill
verton failed to get men beyond sec
ond base. In the fourth Smith hit
5 lfe for first while Stanley and Her
lex went out on fly and foul, Roberts
striking out. In the fifth Durango
scored two runs, Briefly hitting. sale
for first, followed by another single
by Harding. the two scoring, when
slattery changed pitchers, putting
Baker in the box, who was in prime
condition. After that none Of the
Durango players reached first, al
| though they hit the ball frequently,
| the nimble Silyertonians getting 1t to
first always In advance of the run,
ners. At the end OF the fifth the
| score stood 5 to in favor OF Duran
go. Then 1t was Thompson lost the
game. The first two men were out.
Then the next two batters made first
and second when Cole landed in the
right field which Thompson run un-
der, enabling two men to score, slim
ey later scoring on three-bagger. In
the three succeeding innings none OF
the Sllverton players reached first,
Thus ended the first chapter under
the new schedule.
NOTES.