Arizona republican., 1910-03-13

game and they fought as only a
 cornered coyote can fight.
 The game did not really begin till
 the eighth inning. Before that time it
 was great ball and everybody sat up
 and took notice: but the real thrills
 began when Mesa tied the score in the
 eighth. From then on till the last of
 the twelfth. hit, an error. a miscal-
 ,ulation in base running of d part of
 a second. meant the game: and as far
 as the Coyotes are concerned, the cup
 Mesa got one run in the twelfth and
 in their half of the same inning the
 Coyotes came so close to duplicating
 t that a fraction of a second would
 have meant d run For the Coyotes
 the silver trophy tO be presented by
 this newspaper vanished into thin air
 u hen Williams tried to make home on
 d wild throw Of the Mesa pitcher over
 second base The ball had been field
 ed back tu second before Williams
 really got a good start for home from third The second haseman made a low throw and one of the Cleverest pick ups of the game was made by Morris. the Mesa catcher He scooped the ball out of the dirt just in time To prevent Williams from scoring IL w.s the last stand of the Coyotes.
 In a broad sense uh" victory was won bv Morris. the Mesa catcher That man. with the veteran pitcher. Will l.ams. were the two who Were chiefly responsible for the downfall nf the Coyotes Williams struck out ten bat terS tu Haln's seven. His head work and stability Wer. remarkable. conSid- cr!uS the vast ampuHt 1f Kidding tp which he was subjected. The td'. rpilhcts and GIti,i@ia- aud sarcasm of inc local rooters fell abnd his ears He continued (" pitch great ball in the face oi everything.
 IIam's work was steady and rcli- able He strained his arm in the first inning. bat few knew about it. He struck out men at critical moments and never overlooked a good bet. rolleson played an errorlesS game. Twice during the game he pat out a man at second by the long throw. SD that the Mesa men got cautious when t came to stealing bases. Reside gel ting two hits Orme at first demon ~trated that he is one pf the best men pn the nine All he asked was for the bah to come somewhere near him and he was sure to grab II. He k the best first biSeman on the league hines. h. right field Osborne distinguished him self by accepting six cl,lnces and mak- ing good on every one of them. Nick doesn't drop the ball at the critical moment and he had lots To do yester lay. Amber at short was strong on ! .hc grass clippers and the alfalfa top ,ers and simply gathered them in.
 Mesa led off by getting a run in the 1 first Then everything went on quietly | iN the third when Mesa repeated the ! lose This began to get monotonous | 10 the Coyotes. and in the last half ! ,f the fourth they started in. The | first hit of the game TOT the local nine l Vas made by Johnson and the grand i ,tand. which was fuil to it's utmost ca 1 ,acity. went wild with joy. Johnson | sent a pretty one out tO center garden | md then Jones came up to bat He ! vas little out of form yesterday and | lid not increase his batting average. | put he rapped out an infield hit The | pitcher threw to second to catch John | son but did not do it. Then the catcher i made d wild throw to second and | .very body got d base. Orme got to | irst on an error of the first baseman