Arizona republican., 1909-03-14
The Contest For The Repub- lican Cup and the Valley Championship Now Lies Between Phoenix Coyotes ,and Normal Jackrabbits.

hesuR VT game yesterodJ' Normdi
 3; Indians 2.
 In one of the best played and
 hardest fought games of the Valley
 league series for The Republican cup
 and the championship the Normal
 nine defeated the U. s. Indian school
 nine at Tempe yesterday in the
 twelfth inning. Owing to a decision
 made by Umpire Stevenson in the
 ninth inning. this game, which put:
 the Indians out of the contest, has
 been protested by Captain Grinstead,
 manager of the Indians. A formal
 protest, asking that this game be not counted in the series, will be entered before the executive committee by f Captain Grinstead.
 As the score of games stand now, ! the Coyotes still have a chance at | the cup, though it would appear \ that the Jackrabbits have at least a | second mortgage on it. If the high | school boys win both of the games
 which remain for them on the sche- | dule, which means of course, that | the Normals lose their remaining
 game, the final percentage of the two teams will be tied at .666 and one or more games will have to be played to determine the winner
 However, this is looking a long way ahead.
 The game yesterday started out with an exhibition of the sharpest sort of straight ball playing up to the fourth inning. In that inning Peirce made a home run for the h. dians and the howls and whoops of joy could almost be heard by the high school boys who were playing the Evans school over at Eastlake park. In the sixth, the Indians had a chance to let out few more whOops for John sent a two-bagger to center, and the next two men up to bat cleverly sacrificed and let John score. No Normal Jackrabbit had yet lifted his hind legs across the home plate and all looked great for the Redskins. The seventh anG eighth went by and still the Indians held the Normals down. Then came the sensation of the day. In the ninth, with the score two to noth- ing in favor of the Redskins, the odds were at least five to one for the Redskins.
 Critehley started things going some by hitting a three-bagger. The ball was fielded to third and through an error, Critchley stretched out his three bagger into a home run. Blome then came up to bat and sent a sim gle to center, but was caught out trying to steal second. Lynch sent a hot grounder to second base and got to first with it. In a minute or two he stole second. Mullen then sent a single to right field and Lynch tore on toward home. The ball was fielded home and Steven son, who was umpiring the home | plate in that inning, called Lynch l safe, tying the score There was a | great deal of excitement and pro- test over this decision by the In- | dians, who said that Lynch was four feet from the plate when the ball got | there
 The tenth and eleventh innings | developed nothing. In the twelfth | the Indians were put out in one, two, l three order. Standage, for the Nor | mals, made his only hit of the game, 1 which was single. Dykes sent one | to pitcher, who threw to second, put ting out Standage. With Dykes on | first. Aver drove a two-bagger over | to the dressing rooms at one end of | the field, and Dykes made the win hing run.