The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-10

The cadets of the Military Institute
and the base ball team from Canyon
City played their second game in the
series of three at Amusement Park
Tuesday afternoon and, after losing
the first by a close margin, the Insti-
tute boys gave the visitors a trounc-
ing in their second battle winning by
a score of nine to two. 1t was a har-
vest of hits and scores for the Ros-
well team, many of the hits being
two baggers and the way the locals
fattened their batting averages made
them feel good all over.
Chinn, the new pitcher from the
Cotton States League, was il the box
for the cadets. His record was better
than the score indicates, for altho
he struck out only eleven men, "a
good strike out record for most pitch
ers but low for him) allowed eight
hits and passed two, the hits he al
lowed were well scattered with the
exception of one inning, and his work
was subject to much praise.
Mitchell was il the box for the Wis
itors. He struck out twelve, passed
two, hit one and allowed eleven hits,
and the result of the game can be
read there, with the help of the wild
pitches, passed balls and four costly
errors by the rest of the team. Chinn
ways put up by the Institute boys,
only one error being made by the en-
tire team.
The cadets scored twice in the first
inning with three consecutive hits.
In the fourth they again scored twice,
the first on a ait and Crowel's three
bagger, and again on an error. In the
seventh errors and a base on balls
netted the locals three more runs and
two two-baggers in quick succession
gave another in the eighth, making a
total of eight.
All this time the visitors had not
made mark on the score board. But
in the eighth, after two men had
struck out, Bell got a scratch hit
that was fielded without error but too
slow to catch him at first. Tnen
Mitchell received a pass and Strebel
brought them in with single. That
was all the runs the visitors made,
but they were earned.
In the ninth the locals got a run
when Hester got a two-bagger and ran
in on errors.
In the last nalf of the ninth the pret
test play of the game was made
Young and Snow, for the visitors, each |
got a hit, but could get no farther
than the first and second. Then Kin |
ningham struck out and when catch |
er Lohman dropped the ball. Young |
on second, evidently not knowing that
a batter is out on a third strike when |
men are on first and second, whether
the catcher holds the ball or not, |
tried to run to third and was caught |
by Lohman throwing to third after |
quickly picking up the ball. That |
made two outs and although the next |
man up, Hunnicut. got pretty hit |
to right field, Snow was put out and |
the game ended by Hester throwing |
from deep right field to home plate
and Lohman tagging the runner as he
tried to slide in.
There were several decisions on
"block ball'' rules and other rule
points, all of which went against the |
visiting team. The umpire Fred c.
Hunt, had to rule according to the |
book, although he regretted it for /
the reason that it looked to those
who do not know the rules that he
was giving the visitors the worst of
it, However, the visitors themselves
took the decisions gracefully, many /
of their players being leaguers who
know the game. The Institute had
four earned runs to their credit, and
the general result of the game could
not be credited to ground rules or any
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other condition than their mighty