Arizona republican., 1908-02-23
THE tlASC0 OF THE
 INDIAN ENCOUNTER
Florence Arrived Last Night and Will Play the Woodmen This Afternoon.
Woodmen, g: Indians, 4.

Woodmen, g: Indians, I.
 |; The Indian school nine played a dis appointing game in the field yesterday where it had been expected that they
 would show up brilliantly. Contrary
 to all the preliminary dope, they
 switched around and batted better than
 they fielded. But this was largely due
 to the fact that they did not have any
 thing to bat. Putnam proved to be ! less O. an china that bantam roos-
 ter. This was the second disappoint- ment of the game He had no control and it looked as if he had nothing which called for control. He started off badly and fizzled out like a bum firecracker with a wet fuse by the time i the sixth session was reached and the l fans were clamoring for anybody in the ! box
 | Spaulding. who does not claim to be | a pitcher. was induced to try the re- mainder of the struggle and did not do | so badly considering that the Indians never saw the home plate thereafter. { But Pierce, the Indian pitcher, who by the way is not an Indian. but the coach ! for the team and an employe of the school, was really the redeeming fea- ture of the combat, his heady work and | pitching relieving the game of the color of a total farce. Still it was not a bad game though there were spots that were mouldy and bordering on rottenness. But the punk pitcher on either side of the scrimmage will all
 ways throw the game to the dogs in short order The individual players
 can not therefore be blamed with the consequential circus.
 Sullivan of the Woodmen. who po- | liced the beat in left field. arrested everything that came his way. Congo also made one spectacular catch in center and Leach drew in one in right | that prevented the Indians scoring two runs. Cisney, new man at short, played a good game. No one of the
 Indian fielders exhibited anything like ! q consistent quality of ball. errors
 coming at inOpportune moments. though toward the latter part of the game they gingered up considerably. Florence arrived in the city last
 night and will play the WOodmen this afternoon, the game beginning at o'clock. Williams and Morris of Mesa 1 have been secured as the battery for the Florence nine, though 1t is said
 that they have a couple of pitchers
 from across the Gila who will try it 1 if Williams proves mistake. Williams
 has been showing up with some of his
 old time speed. holding the Woodmen down last Sunday till the last inning. ! The lineup of the Florence team is
 as follows: s. w. Daugherty, first: . T. C. Eagin, second s. Salazar, third;
 Gh TN 1 left E. Eagin, right; R. Brady. center; 1 Williams, Pitcher; Morris, catcher; R. P Sharpe, substitute and captain. l The Woodmen secured three runs in 1 the first inning. Leach struck out but 1 the third strike was wild and he
 reached first Spaulding hit an easy
 one to second and a double was on tap i but the Indian fumbled and when Con-
 go came up next he laced the ball for i three bases, sending home two scores. I Tebben followed with a single and I Congo tallied. The next three were ! easy outs. Two more were added in the third, on an error in center, two- bagger by Congo, and error at third
 base. The next score in the sixth was
 due to an error at short and a two
 bagger by Towers. The Woodmen were then shut out till the ninth, when
 an error at second. fielder's choice. and two-b -baggers b.' Tebben and Cis- ney drove three more across the rub Der.
 After Vaughn singled in the first in- ming Cisney executed a double on Ais
 line-drive and Pierce who followed
 with two- base hit could not score as Osif famed. The Indians ran three
 home in the third on base on balls to Pierce and Rice and Benedict and a
 two-base hit by Theenlia. Vaughn
 tallied the fourth and last for the In- dians ir the fifth on singles by Vaughn
 and Ais. They batted in hard luck
 during the rest of the game, landing
 two on bases in three innings but could
 not score.