Arizona republican., 1908-07-06
THE SUICIDAL BASE RUNNING
Of Orphans Responsible for Their Final Tumble
MarOOns WinChampionship In City League by Super for Playing.


 Orphans ......1 0O1O1 % 0-3
 Notwithstanding that it was the sad sweet day following the big celebra- tion when many people were repenting in sack cloth and ashes and also in jail, the usual attendance came out to witness the closing game of the city league series. Perched on the rooters roost, one felt like an invited guest at a hanging, to watch those tear off his collar and holler for more air. It was a choking affair and squeezed out the last drop of hope in the Orphan heart of a reprieve, or committing of the sentence so fitting ly rendered. Justice may be pictured as blind. but she can see like an owl on a stump, compared to the way the Orphans looked at things. By this failure, they lost every opportunity thrust upon them to beat the Maroons and save the pennant for the Frater- nals. It is 10 weep.
 Vinson was one of the number to shuffle off this mortal coil, in fact he shuffled twice and dealt himself bad hand each time. Both times it oc- cured at home plate when it appeared that the Orphans were going to stack up runs galore. Parish also made one bad bull in base running and he passed tO that nnVSfarinnG hnnrna dnu-p in the prime of life, just as he was about to reach glory. only lacking a half a city block of the base Whose was the fault for these suicidal feats? Perhaps 1t should be blamed on the cOacher who steered them to an un- timely end. But it seemed plain enough they had as little chance of scoring as a camel of going through needles eye after thirty days of prohibition and treatment for obesity
 Each team used two pitchers, the Maroons started off with Quiros who was a little unsteady; a fire alarm was turned in and Delgado answered the call and quickly applied the chemi- cal which put out the Orphans fire Hurley entered the lists with the homeless ones and did not have very good control though when he retired, the Orphans were in the lead. Gra- ham went to the knoll without warm ing up and the first inning the sixth, had the misfortune to walk one, hit one, and allow a couple of hits, which helped on with two Maroon tallies.
 Neither team rapped the ball very much, each securing six hits. In the field there were not many errors. both playing a decently clean game. Smart who used to pitch for Granite Reef, Twas in the Orphan lineup but was pried out of short because Of poor showing. Graham was shifted there from the second cushion and Heinze who had occupied the bench was established at second where he did good work. Later when Graham went on the slab, Lewis was placed at short and the outfield swung on it's pivot. with Hurley sent to right. Grijalva was seen in new position at third where he did very well in the opening rounds, the emissary of the fire department paced the beat be- tween second and first. Otherwise the aggregations were about as in former battles.
 The Maroons won the toss and took the outs. Vinson acquired first on a walk by Louie. Lewis singled to cen ter. There was no coach at third and Vinson kept on running till he was half way home. The ball was already in the diamond, and it was an easy matter to nail him from short to cat cher and third and back again. Far ish famed, but Pedro dropped the third one and he arrived safe. Teb- ben struck out, Magoffin walked and Graham scored Lewis with a drive to center; Parish trotted too far off third on this hit and his life and the side was snuffed out. There were no extenuating circumstances. Only one run out of all this sweat and thunder.
 Luna singled for the Maroons and Pedro hit to right, but quick assist ance from VinsOn put him out at first. Lyall whiffed. and Scott scored the tieing run with a single. Castro popped up to Hurley. The Orphans had no chance in the second and third The Maroons scored again in the sec Ond, after two were struck out and two strikes were against the third bat ter. l.. Quiros, who was then hit in the shank Undisguised astonishment fil- led the fans when next Delgado smote the ball sharply to left and Quiros running on high gear ran clear home from first
 The struggling Orphans were in deeper pit in the third, than the Bibli- cal ox,, and it being Sunday. Towers courteously took them by the nap of the neck and lifted them bodily to the surface. Towers the human elevator, forgot there were two out the bases were loaded to the brim and an in field fly was popped. up and fell un- touched and the batter was called out. on a rule which applies only when one or none are in the mOrgue. No. kick was registered though it deprived the Maroons of at least two tallieS. This inning Pedro was safe on an error at short. Lyall flied to Lewis and Scott went out, second to first; Then Hurley walked two men filling the bases. J. Quiros batted the ball in question and no one fielded it while two raced to the plate The out called nullified the erstwhile legitimate tallies. The Ma rooms took this medicine as meekly as lambkins. while the grandstand paup- erized the baseball lingo for fitting filings at the umps. It made as little impression on Jay Towers, who eats