The copper era., 1906-09-20
Base Ball News

querque fair up to the present time:
Monday-Globe y, Clifton 0; Albu-
querque u, Santa Fe 6.
Tuesday-El Paso I, Trinidad 6:
Albuquerque +, Clifton 1; Globe I,
Las Vegas 4.
Wednesday-Trinidad I, Clifton 6;
Albuquerque ), Globe O: Santa Fe =,
Ell Paso l.
Thursday-Las Vegas 6, Santa Fe 0
Globe 10, FL Paso S.
The Clifton Colts and Morenci
Cubs pulled off double-headed ball
game last Sunday with the result
that the Colts walked away with
the honors by a decidedly safe mar
gin. In the morning game both
teams put UP d good article of ball,
the final result beinS-5-4. The score
was very close throughout the entire
contest and it was a mystery dis to
the result until the close of the ninth
inning The afternoon game, how
ever, was nothing extra on the Mo-
renci side, as the visitors appeared
to be sluggish, allowing the Colts to
score quite frequently. The Cubs
the ninth inning, when they were
allowed to score three, making the
result 1877 in favor of the Colts.
These two teams are destined to be
10 fe,f i've Of he fVVn = n ms
in the future, as the first team of
Morenci has disbanded. Consider
able practice will be grated into
the teams, after which the boys will
be in a position to put up first-class
games. With good batteries on
both sides the score will be much
lower. The boys were not favored
with large attendance Sunday be-
cause insufficient notice was given,
but in the future more attention will
be paid to this part of the game.
The. regular first team of Clifton
left Sunday morning en- route to the
Albuquerque fair, where they enter
ed the ball tournament. They stop
ped at Deming Sunday afternoon and
played the Deming team, the result
being one of the best games ever
witnessed on that diamond. The
final result was p in favor of Cliff
ton, after nine hot innings. The bat
terry for Clifton was Ashley and
Doran.
The Albuquerque fair tournament
opened on Monday with seven teams
in the contest-Clifton, Globe, Ell
Paso, Santa Fe, Trinidad, Las Vegas
and Albuquerque, and judging from
the games played the teams are
much stronger than last year, with
the exception of Clifton. Things
have been running against Clifton
since their arrival in New Mexico.
1t will be remembered that last year
the locals won three straights, while
this time they have lost three
stra1ghts up to today, and in order
to have look-in for prize they will
have to win the next three games,
OILlCI Wise IICJ Will
empty handed. In the first game
Globe defeated Clifton by score of
1910, which was sad disappointment
to Clifton fans, who hoped to see the
boys make a clean sweep. Ashley
and Doran for Clifton and Crandall
and Oswald for Globe composed the
batteries.
In the second game Clifton mixed
things with Albuquerque and for five
innings neither team scored. Mar
quez and Doran for Clifton and For
sythe and Mcdonald for Albuquerque
composed the batteries. In the sixth
inning Clifton scored one, while their
opponents scratched out three. Cliff
ton was held down to the one, while
Albuquerque made another in the
seventh. the final result being Al IN
favor of New Mexico.
In the third game Trinidad won
out against Clifton by score of rs.
Harvey and Doran composed the
battery for Clifton.