Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-16
Both Ball Games
Excellent Contests
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Tso hall gsiles II five innings
each wsfs pulled cff a Galiiaas park
yesterday afternoon between four
amateur BAN teams of This city, and
e0nsiderlng that they we're the first
games of the season between teams
which had had iittIe pr2ciice. they
sers excellent exhibitions Of The great
Americas sport The West side
Wholesalers defeated the siesrns
grocery team ~ score IL 5 10 ! and
the Optics went down 10 defeat In
their maiden came ~ the close score
ef 20 5. AZ least i hundred specta,
tors witnessed the contest.
wholesalers ssssrne.
The first game was L wsik-avay Tor
the Wholesalers. a. they had their
batting eve and the .'Krocers. were
poor with the stick. There Il good
material in the latter team. and n the
season advances they WIN undoubtedly
give the other teams In the league
= merry chase. The lineups were a.
follows:
Wholesalers: l. shupp. b: NJ.
Booth, 4: Y. ANGEL. q: F.R. VII
liams. { Z: v. Wolf. q: =. sena. b.
II. z. shupp. | b; R. sanches, . b;
u. Harmon. 4: Theodore Chacor and
|C, wertx. substitutes.
Stearns: Brown. Z: Barnes. b: or.
teeo. 2: Peterson. ! b; Devine, 2 b;
Miller. : b: Marquex. 4: Romero.
9 Z: Baca, r I. /. +
The game was devoid of any very
startling incidents. although some
long hits were made Ortero and
Marauez each scored for the rrocers
and Angel. Williams. Sena. vi. n.
shnpp and Sanchez brought in the
runs for the Wholesalers.
Santa Fe-optic.
The Santa Fa-Ontic rame was ono
Of The warmest attractions that was
ever pulled Off I'M las Vegas. Tho
Santa Fe team made fonr 81 their
fiye rms IN the first inning ana the
Optics had just reached the top of
fhe Hill and were starting down
Grade with i fun head DC steam when
the game was over. Had n iasfrd
another inning the n. RS couldn't
have been seen for dust. The rail-
road sirnals used BY the office boys
in the first inning put the optic In
the air, and as the Al. Il. a 8. F.'s
made shoo.flys around the sacks the
optic hasemen couidnf have put them
ont with poles. The Santa Fe's'were
also aided greativ fv their rooters.
Special officer Ben Williams Of Al.
hurueroue and Colonel Twitchell.
solicitor for the Santa Fe. chas. A.
Peterson. the umpire. was on the
square. He used 1907 rules. the most
marked departure from the old rules
being that a fly over first base Is a
foul.
Bailey for the Santa Fe's PLAYED a
sensational game and the star t') on
the Optic team was undoubtedly
Chas. s. Peterson. who made some
of the prettiest psct-ups ever seen
on The local diamcnd.
The line.nps were as follows:
Santa Fe's. Brown, G: Witten. p:
Long. | b: Trimble. b: McDaniels.
3 b: Trehey. ] I: Love, +; Tamme,
e Z: BAILEY. d i.
Optics: Bennett. G: Ulibarri. p:
Tudor 4. Molina. 8. Monsimer.
I: Beltran. [: Roybal. / b: Peter
son. b: Sharn. 3 b.
II was anply demonstrated from the
turn ont Of plavers yesterday that
plenty OF material for the organixa-
tion OF a strong league exists In Las
Vegas. and it is to be hoped that the
tnvs will waste no time IN getting
down to business and make the
thing a certainty.