La Junta tribune., 1909-07-17
BASE GALL AsaoAo.
L. Junta Takes Three Out Of Five
Games This Week.

Our star aggregation OF ball play
ers arrived home Thursday morning
from q trip to Trinidad and a jaunt
down into New Mexico, where they
played the teams OF Ration and Daw-
son. The team did not do very well
At Trinidad; In fact. II never does.
ahd up to the present date has not
won game on the grounds Of that
city There is reason. evidently.
~ II appears that an umpire who per-
mits visiting team 10 win In Trim
idad is doomed for the rock pile.
La Junta lost the first game last
Saturday by the close score Of 3 to
2. The manager OF the local team
says that La Junta ought to have
won. and would have won this game
bad !, not been for some costly er.
rors made by the local aggregation.
At this game there was a total at
tendance Of 1863.
In the Sunday game La Junta did
not have a chance to win. When
ever there Was a close decision IL
was always in favor Of Trinidad
and our boys always got the
worst OF IL on balls and strikes.
The Trinidad rooters simply buffaloed
the umpire whenever a decision OF
this kind came up by simply yelling.
Remember the rock pile Is s,ill
working" The umpire remembered
the fate OF Sisler, and that was all
that was necessary. Trinidad won
the Sunday game BY a score of to
;. Even with the high-class to 2
score OF the day previous, the attend
ance at the Sunday game was only
53?.
On Monday the La Junta ball
tossers went to Ration. The Santa
Fe train service was on the bum on
Ing nearly all day for n train 10
show up. the team finally made the
journey to Ration in an electric carry
all. This vehicle had never made the
trip over the mountains before. but
the owner signified his willingness to
try the experiment The team landed
afternoon. and the game was called
about o'clock. Dunlap and Lehr Of
ficiated as the battery for la Junta
In the initial game. and Errington
and Brown for Ration. Dunlap is the
youngstcr who twirled the game for
the Ali.Colorado's against La Junta
hits were made off Of him. and he
struck out six men. Bradley. who
formerly played second base for La
Junta, covered the third sack for
Ration. La Junta won the game by a
score Of to 0.
In the second game with Ration
Dcnniston and Lehr were In the
points for La Junta. and Barr and
Brown for Ration. Each team made
seven hits and two errors. but La
Junta won the game by a score Of
: to o.
On Wednesday the La Junta team
made q trip over the mountains. by
the automobile route. TO Dawson.
which Is thir,y-fiye miles away. Ow-
Ing TO q hard rain which preceded
the game, the attendance Was rather
light The Dawson boys had appar'
entity heard OF the La Junta xgEre-
cation. and throughout the game ap-
pcarcd to be suffering from \ severe
case OF stage fright Dunlap and Leh
Vas the battery for Ia Junta. and
the local boys won the game by .
score Of 20 to l. Dr. Hubbeli. who &C.
compAnicd the team on the trip.
says II vas . mere accident that the
Dawson boys slipped one over the
home plate. AS the la Junta team
had everything their own way and
most Of them batted left banded dur.
Ing the game. whether they we're
built that way or not
Every member Of the team u loud
In his praise OF the reception &C
corded the them both In Ration and at
Dawson. aud say that II Vas one OF
the most enjoyable trips they ever
made.
Rstsn's Opinion u Ia Jvnts Team.