The copper era., 1908-05-28
CLIFTON s.-.MORENCI @.
Clifton EiHS Another Victory From the
 MOrenci InVincibIes.


 last Sunday afternoon when the regular Clifton team aeeeated the Morenci boys by the safe margin of , to nothing. Just one continuous string of large ''goose efEsH was all the Morenci sluEScrs and profession als copld Set off the delivery of Dr. Smith, the Clifton wonder who had not pitched a game for a number of years. Sundays victory was greatly enjoyed by these closely connected with the Clifton ball club, %K6 We're aware of the fact that Morenci exer- cised influence Co secure Harmon after he was on his way to Clifton. MT. Harmon is somewhat of a pitch- CT and good all-round ball player and would have been a valuable man for lost the boys made Up their mind that they could give M9renei liar mon and half de&en more like him, and still beat them, so they picked up Dr, Smith, who had not handled a ball for years, and p4t him in the box just to show Morenci that they were not in it when it comes to play ing ball. Eight scattered hits, three of which were bunts, and some very poor base running gave Morenei what she deserves when she goes up against a team like the Clifton bunch.
 The Morenci ball players are a lot of good fellows, but few donated victories at the beginning of the sea son placed them under the impression that they were inyincible and they began to wear longer caps. Now, however, the tide has changed and Clifton is simply demonstrating how pleasant it is to laugh last. The two last games have been the cause of reyiving local interest. The same old story of the "white feather" has been evident on the Morenci side in the last two games, and the visitors could not keep their nerve at opportune moments. They made kicks about decisions and otherwise de- monstrated that they were hard losers. The game Sunday was thoroughly en- joyed by those who attended, ,as neither team scored until the eighth inning, when Clifton took batting rally and earned three runs. Quilting led of with a clean single, Brock drew a base on balls and Dr. Smith sacri- feed, advancing the runners to sec md fhir1 IWiIia,,,., up and met one of Harmon's cork screws squarely on the nose and the two runners crossed the plate. Long well followed with a "pop," after which Evans lined one out a clean two-bagger, scoring Williams, which ended the run-getting. The rest of the game was played in one, two, three order.
 Timely hitting and beautiful field work was the record made by the Clifton boys. Both Williams and Evans succeeded in mak- ing brilliant throws from the field, Williams cutting off a runner at third and Evans getting one at third and one at second. Not an error was chalked up against the Clifton side and the Morenci boys had but one It was difficult to pick out the siars on the Clifton side, as all of the boys deserve complimentary notice. Ward, the new third base man, made good and was a valuable addition to the team. Brock behind the bat, came near being the whole che ese Sunday with a record of walk and | two hits out ot three times q t bat, one run, four put-outs, three assists and no errors. Last but not least | was the wonderful pitching and head 1 work of Dr. Smith, Clifton's new twirler, who will prove himself the | best pitcher in the territory if he | will devote little time to practice. | It was feared that he would not be | good for full game, but he was just | as fresh at the end of the ninth in- | ming as at the beginning of the first. l On the otherside he was opposed by | Harmon. who is no slouch either | when it comes to pitching ball. He | is d hard worker and will win out | against any team in the territory ex- cept Clifton.
 It is all over now until the next time and it is understood that the Morenci players are telling what they will do the next time. Their easy victories are a thing of the past when they meet Clifton in the future md they will have to play ball all the time to have chance. The fol- owing is the score: |, Ilifton a. b. r. b.h. D. O. a. c. U;r