The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-06-24
WON GAME
IN THE 9TH

Roswell played an up-afll game with
Clovis yesterday and won out in the
last half of the ninth. seven To six,
with every fan on his feet while the
locals put on a grand-stand finish by
batting the ball all over the lot. II
was the most sensational finish wit
messed on a local base ball field in
many a day, and If any fan dad not
get his moneys worth, il was because
h. is hard 10 please.
Clovis led the game all the way thru
until the very minute when tae win
ming scores were run in. And the
lead was always a good one, what
looked like enough to win. The way
tle locals turned what looked like in
eVitahle dc feat into victory is az.oth-
er exposition of the worth of the Old
saying that a team should never give
up until the last out is made. And
mat is just what the Roswell boys did
yesterday.
In the first inning there was nothing
doing In tae second Clovis zEade 2
ON errors end three hits, any one of
which might have been a put-Opt
Then Roswell made one on errors AMI
a walk in It's half of the second. In
the fourth Clovis scored one more on
a hit by pitcher and two safeties. and
again Roswell followed wita a score
made by an error. a cropped str,ke-out
and a hit In the sixth Clovis got
busy again and scored two more on
nit, a sto;en base and three errors
Then Roswell came up scoring one
who had gotten down on an error.
Eoth teams scored in the second, 4th
and Sixth. Then there was .notlinS
doing until the last of the ninth.
The locals started in on their last
chance with the score 6 to against
them. Lohman raped out a stingins
safety against the rig,lt field fence.
Wright followed with a close safety.
Virgins lined out a stiff single and
Lohman scored from second with the
assistance Of a dropped ball at homo.
Wright running to third, Virgins
thea stole second. Castledinfs hit safe
and Wright scored. Then Weeks came
np and hit e not grounder to right
held Virgins scored and while the
right fielder juggled the ball Castle
dine ran in the winning score, with
nobody ont and Weeks on first. All
during this batting rally the grand
stand was moving mass of excite
ment and snany of the fans were
crowded down against the netting.
Prichard pitched the game for Clo-
Wis. He is a seventeen wear old won
der. Up to the fatal ninth he had
struck out thirteen and allowed but
Two hits. lie passed but two and hit
one. But. in all seven hits were scor-
ed against him. Caldwell started tae
game for Roswell He pitched four
innings against his own desire. hay-
ing a sore arm :, and the fact that fcI-
runs were made Off of him was not
what caused him to be taken cut OF
tie box. The three in the second
inning were not his fanlt. Only one
score was earned against him. Weeks
went in after the fourth and altaoush
two more scores were made. they
were not eraned off of his delivery.
Howard Moore in the left field made
the pretty catches, pulling one right
Oft the back fence waile running
among scanpering spectators. Hal
Ware ran into deep short for two
lies. also. While Joe Ware had taree
errors, he accepted six other chances
without error, and some of them wei 2
hard ones. McCaslin took in a wild
throw at his full length with one toe
on the bag. barely reaching the ball
with one 2and- Lolman played his
usual steady, heady game. catching