Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-07-10
PRESCOTT WINNER OF THE BASE
BALL goUBNAMENT.
(From Ssturday's Dstly.)

SWS0ruoy D1iyJ
BY a batting rally in the sixth, which
inning has become mascot for the
Grays, Prescott took first place in the
base ball tournament by defeating
Humboldt, yesterday, in the final game,
by a score Of s to Z.
Up until that inning Humboldt look.
cd like all the money, with "Dutch"
Burgett pitching gilt.edged ball. The
boys from the Smelter City, strength.
ened by a couple Of players from Los
Angeles, who recently joined the team,
found Rcinhardt, Prescott's pitcher,
with great regularity, in the first in
ming, hammering out enough hits TO
score four runs. In Prescott's half she
was unable TO touch Burgett's curves,
and retired without a score. In the
second inning Humboldt got two more,
making IL o to o in their favor.
Tho local fans were in the dumps, ms
the game was apparently lost For the
next four innings there was nothing
to IL but Humboldt, as PRESCOTT was re-
tired with great samenesS humboldt,
however, not bc!?g able to do anything
either.
In the lucky sixth, Prescott's slug.
gers, who have won more than one
game by n timely batting streak, woke
up, and the fireworks began. One nj.
ter another they touched up Bdrgett's
curves until three runs had been chalk.
ed up, and things began TO look bet.
ter TO the Prescott fans.
In the seventh Humboldt got an.
other run, but Prescott came back with
! two, and In the cigth, after shutting
out the Humboldt team, made three
more runs, making a total Of eight.
Humboldt was unable TO score again
and the game ended with the locals one
run to the good.
} There was plenty Of excitement for
everyone present, many sensational
plays being pulled off, and much fast
base running done.
. After Reinhardt, who pitched his us'
uai consistent game, had made IL around
to third, he pulled off quick run-in
. which made him solid with the grand
. stand. A high foul was hit, and Muell
or, Humboldt's catcher, went after ths
. ball, catching II and retiring tine bat
. ter, but Reinhardt, noticing home
a plate was unguarded, seized the moment
! to tear home, scoring amid great ap
: plause from the spectators.
Every man on the local team playet
;, n fast game, and after the first tw'
innings, steadicd down TO hard work
u shutting out the Greens successfully
!, until the seventh, when they got II
r. their other run. After the frcwork
% began Burgett was taken out Of tn
u box by the Humboldt manager, an
/, wimp substituted, the change occur
q ring in the middle Of the seventh In
"a ming. wimp had been on the benci
T. and went in without warming up, hi
% pitching demonstrating that his arr
10 was stiff, as he walked several men, an
n. was touched up for several hits.
ne The belief was expressed by SON
a, that Burgett should nave twirled n
entire game rather than substitu'
ms wimp when the latter was not expec
es ing to pitch, and was unpreparcd, the
IN declaring that in this event Humbol'
n would have had better chance
vt win.
N lie that ms IL may, there Is no den
ing the fact that Humboldt has a bS
,ai team, and one that will give Prcseo
us a nard tusslc for the money whenev
ke the two teams meet. Humboldt play
I'D fast game, and hit the ball like IN
'' during the first two innings, but aft
m. Reinhardt had stcadied down they we
IRE not 80 strong, and this, coupled with
nd little hard luck, prevented them fro
running up the score. But for Pr
20 colts tenacity, Humboldt might ha
OF won, but the locals never gave up
"A moment.
The ease with which tae Humbo
am team put the much touted Tucson tc'
ith out Of the running defeating them
nm score Of i2 10 2, demonstrated n
" they were ball players. Tucson prov
itb great disappointment to the fans, "
ncr had expected much from this aggrei
ere ton, and their poor showing agsi
.no Humboldt weakened the former op
ion held that Tucson was ball phi
ful crs' town.
'eo' Burgctt pitched fine game agai
aP, Tucson, and II may have been that
~ work In this game made him weak
ar. his second game with Prescott.
,ro. The Attendance az the tournam