Arizona republican., 1908-08-03
CLASSY GAME
WON BY TUCSON
A Pitchers Battle, With
Fine Support
Phoenix Came Near Goal
Twice--WyncOOp Oficia-
ted Very Satisfactorily.


camp yesterday but they weres not
disgraced, though beaten. What
proved to be .he peachiest game seen
on the home soil fast developed into
a pitchers battle with the honors
about even between Ernie Williams
and Myran, both strong at the finish.
1t was sad to say the least that
something could not have happened.
by which our home boys could have
acquired a lonesome tally to tie the
affair. 1t might then at the pace it
was travelling have gone several
rounds overtime up to the steenth
inning. But it didn't and the AL
Stars were served with a goose egg
on silver platter.
The game was full of features
The attendance was one to be noted.
Funny how people, who live in a
dry country when they see a cloud
as big as Barnum's tent, all stay in
the shelter for fear they will get a
bath, or the game may not be so
fancy or something awful may be
pulled off That's the way it was
yesterday afternoon and many fans
missed the best contest of the sea-
son. Drat the luck. Considering the
distance, Tucson turned out better
than Phoenix and the local roofing
band made only a dismal wheeze
now and then, as some one did a
feat or two. The locals made money
though they lost. but the crowd was
not what it should have been.
To get back to the subject Myran
kept our lads breaking their backs
after that straight drop ball and
shifting the air vainly after his
swift high one. That combination
worked to a fraZzle and even Scotty
slit the ozone three successive times.
Ernie had a variety of angles in store
and his spit ball which he is learning
to handle was the proper dope and
they could not hit it worth a cent.
AS a matter of record williams al
lowed less bingles, the ratio being
--teesM ,-raa's i've. but tine latter
went him one better on the srfkeouts.
having eight to his credit Myran
only walked one man. Ernie was
more liberal and issued two comps to
first and hit one man in the bar
gain. But none of these tendencies
to philanthropy helped the other side
to the score column and Ernie was
entitled to win or at least to a
nothing to nothing game up to its
close.
Tucson's run came in the opening.
Williams started the first session by
striking out Pacheco first up. That
looked encouraging. Then Savage
who is not as bad as his name, clout-
ed the ball toward second and Gri-
jalva after a nimble sprint let the
ball pass through his hands and
feet. If he had only sat on it or. set
his hoof in the pathway, well it
might have precluded that tally. No
censure need apply, it will happen.
Savage was safe on this error. Red
ford who used to have the name Of
"HomeTun" Redford in bygone days
had been debited with two strikes,
but the next one, say it was a pippin,
right over the pan, and he nearly
knocked the cover off. 1t sailed to
right field and Mitchell was slow i'm
fielding the ball back to the diamond
and Savage ran clear home from
first on that two-base swat The
next two were easy outs on ground
ers
Our athletes were not discouraged,
believing in the old adage that one
run doesn't win a game, that is, pro-
vided someone else gets two. In
the Phoenix half of this session War
ner fouled out to first and Tebben
famed. \ cheer arose from the
grandstand as Scott saUntered up.
He responded with a single to right
and wild hcave from
htat quarter gave him sec
ond. Magoffin was up and
hope ran high. Scott proceeded to
third on a steal and things bright
ened. Two strikes land three balls
were charged up to the batter and
Scott as the ball was being delivered
made a last and desperate effort to
get home He had stolen clean but
here's where the rub comes in. 1t
was the third strike, the ball was
spinning merrily towards the center
of the plate about waist high and
Scott was less than a yard from the
goal. There was nothing left for
Magoffin to do but to swing at it
and he did, but the ball careened into
the third fielder's clutches and the
run COuluH COuDl. just " Illus
trate how close that was to the need
ed score, had it been ball instead
of the fatal strike, Magoffin would
have walked down to first and
Scott would have been safe at the
plate or had it been only the second
strike and Magoffin took it-but
what is the use of summarizing the
ifs for they bobbed up all the~way
along through that pretty exhibition.
Lopez raped smartly to right in the
second round but Morris flew to
right and Bedford gathered in Gri-
jalvas fly after a natty run. Tucson
was easy meat for several rounds.
They hadn't a ghost of a show of
any more runs. In the third Morris
cut off Pacheco stealing second with
a perfect throw to Warner who COW
cred the bag. Warner singled in the
third and Morris in the fifth but
nothing came of it. There were
enough hits but they never came in
punches, and Tucson threw in no
bobbles to help what We're made.
In the fourth when Tucson was at
bat, Williams assisted himself into