Arizona republican., 1909-05-03
GOOD GAME
TUCSON WON
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But The Phoenix Nine Made
a Good Showing
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SETTLED IN THE NINTH
The Fatal Excitment of Nor
ris Who Soughtto Accomp-
lish too Much---The Con-
test Witnessed By Largest
Crowd Ever Seen There.

Tucson. May 2.-(Special)-The
Tucson team defeated the team from
the Salt River valley here today in
one of the best games ever seen in
Tucson. The final score was to 6,
but the game was of the seesaw
variety, one side and then the other
leading, so that the intense interest in
the contest never waned The game
was witnessed by the largest crowd
which ever attended a ball game in
this city. 1t is estimated that the
attendance was considerably in excess
of one thousand. which is a phe-
nomenal crowd of fans for this city.
The game started off with the visi-
tors. taking the lead in the first inn
ing with one run and then seemingly
clinching the game in the second by
knocking BoltZ out of the box and
taking three more runs. Hatcher, the
star pitcher of the university, went
on the slab in the third and his curves
were conundrums to the valley team,
their hits from that time on being
scattered, although they succeeded in
getting two more runs.
Cuber, the twirler for the visitors,
was practically unhittable in the ear
lier part of the contest, but in the
latter innings he weakened somewhat
and allowed several hits which re-
suited in runs.
The game was played strenuously
until the very last inning, it being
in the last round that Tucson won
the victory after what would in many
cases have been serious discourage
ment in the first half of the ninth.
BY securing two runs Tucson tied
the score in the seventh. Neither team
scored in the eighth. In the first of
the ninth Phoenix succeeded in get
ting the bases full with only one out.
The outlook for the local team was
most discouraging but owing to fast
fielding and the clever work of Hatch
er only one run was secured. In the
last half of the ninth Fellinger reach
ed first, Godfrey landed on Cuber's
delivery for a three-bagger which
brought Fellinger in and tied the
score. The next man up reached first
with Godfrey still marooned on the
third sack. At this fatal time Nor
ris became excited and threw the ball
to second, thinking perhaps that it
could be returned in time to prevent
Godfrey from coming home. How
ever, the calculation was in error and
Godfrey reached home with several
feet to spare.
The star of the game was Spalding,
second baseman for the visitors, who
accepted several difficult chances
without a wobble.
The game by innings:
2 3 4 s 9-R. II. E.
Phoenix IL 3 o 0 0 0 0 1-6
Tucson 80 1 0 2-7 10
Batteries-Morris and Cuber;
Woods, Hatcher and Boltz.
The great crowd which was present
at the game shows the fan spirit
which exists in Tucson and augurs
well for the success of the league
which is now being agitated for this
territory and which is designed to
include teams from Prescott, Tucson.
Phoenix, Douglas, Bisbee, Cananea and
probably Yuma.
About one hundred and fifty peo-
pie from Phoenix took advantage of
the excursion TO this city. A return
game will probably be played in
Phoenix on Sunday. May 16, and
large crowd of people from this city
will visit the Salt River valley and
will lend their support to the team.