The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1908-07-02
THREE GOOD BALL GAMES.
Clifton Won Last Game in the Fourteenth
Inning and Got an Even Break
With Visitors.

Tie base bail fans Of Clifton and
Morenci wcrc treated to ole Of the
best and longest ball games in the
history of ehis section last Sunday
afternoon, when the Clifton team de-
I feated the Dawson professionals by
the score of 2-1 in a fourteen inning
game. 1t was beyond doubt the most
exciting game ever witnessed in the
southwest and both teams were so
evenly matched that the fate de-
pended on which team earned the
first run. The fielding was perfect
on both sides, there being very few
errors on either side, and the pitch
ers were on hand with the goods at
every stage of the game. The Daw-
son sluggers we're lost when they
went up against Baroldy, the crack
Clifton pitcher, who made the hest
New Mexico batters lay it down and
held them down to seven hits in the
fourteen innings.
Outside of few lonesome rooters,
Clifton had the hacking of the grand
plauded for their good plays. The
most exciting moment of the game
was the thirteenth inning, when
Dawson had two men on bases and
no out and Ward, O'Mally and Pique
pulled of double, destroying the
possibility of score. This play,
which was d piece of fast work,
saved the day for the Clifton boys.
The game was started promptly at
9 o'clock and the Clifton boys gave
the visitors a great big goose egg.
Williams led off with a single. Long
well struck out and Williams stole
second. Then Evans banged safe
one to right field and Williams
crossed the plate, which gave our
boys an earned run. 1t looked like
one run was going to win the game
until the first half of the eighth
inning, when Quilting made d wild
throw to first with two out, allowing
Kunz to score and tieiug the score.
This little mishap caused the Wis
itOrs to brush up, but Baroldy made !
certain of the next man, who was an
easy out. From the eighth inning on |
it was a pitchers battle, with honorS
greatly in favor of Baroldv, who !
managed to prevent any safe hits |
On the other side Donovan pitched /
steady game, although Clifton got
runners to second and third several
times, but could not score. In the |
last half of the fourteenth the
closing scene took place when Quill
ing led off with a single. O'Mally |
followed with another clean hit and
Ward laid one down, advancing the
runners to third and second. Pique.
the new first -baseman, attempted to
pull off the squeeze play but failed to
and Quilting was caught be-
tween third and home as he tried to
make the winning run. This changed
things around and left O'Mally on
second with two out and two strikes
on the batter. Donovan dished up
his ''spit" ball. but Pique droye it
safe between right and center and
O'Mally sprinted across the plate.
And thus closed the hardest game the
Dawson boys ever run up against.
BarOldy appeared to be the leading
feature of the game, as it had been
that ne would be put out
Df the box by the Dawson sluggers,
who failed to get better than a
mrasly average of one-half hit per
inning. The fielding on the Clifton
side was beautiful and the boys sup
ported Baroldy we'll, although the
score should have been 10 in favor
Of Clifton. and nine innings instead
of fourteen. The winning of this
game made it d tie, Dawson winning
one and Clifton one. The last game
is "A record that Clifton can feel
proud of and should give the boys
some standing on the outside.
The following is the score.