Arizona republican., 1910-02-13
The Big Medicine" Men Almost Got Mesa Boys in Ninth But Williams Fan ned Out Three With All Bases Full

By winning the game in The Re publican Cup series yesterday from
 the Indian school. Mesa High school
 reached top notch in the percentage column and now ranks along with the Normal school. each nine having d50 per cent. which means three games
 won and but one lost. Mesa started out a few weeks ago with a row of cyphers, for the first game that team played was lost. Tempe High beat Mesa almost before the latter team had a fair start. Now it looks as though the cup. which has just been purchased and will be placed on cx- hibition this week. would be fought for most valiantly by the Normals. who won it last year, and the new Mesa team. which is coming to the
 front with rapid strides.
 Yesterdays game was about as
 close at 1t very well could be without being a tic. The final score was to 3. Up to the seventh the score was 1 to c in favor of the Redskins. Then
 in the first of the seventh the Mesa boys annexed four runs and the lead was too strong for the Indians. - In
 
 came up strongly and annexed two
 runs but they could not get the one
 more that meant tic game.
 Fast and snappy was the history of 1 the first four innings with not score 1 by either side. Kill, the Indian pitch I CT, and Williams. the veteran twirier for Mesa, did their best to strike out I tho men as thcyS came up. Each | pitcher had the same number of | strike-outs to his credit at the end of
 the game, but Kill gave three men bases on balls while Williams did not allow a single man to graft first base ! from him In this manner. On the other hand Williams hit five of the
 Indians while Kill hit none of them.
 In the fourth the, Mesa men came
 very close to scoring. Mesa went to bat first and NJ. Morris got to first l on an error of BoStic. Peterson fan ned: Pierce walked: Williams sent a
 liner down toward right garden and Smith. for the Indians, by quick play put him out. Then Bostic threw home and caught Morris before he could cross the plate.
 Pomeroy for Mesa was the first man VI. and quit. Riggs made first on an er-
 TOT out in left field. Davis went out.
 third 10 first. Myers walked and Nor
 ris fouled out to the catcher In the
 second half of this inning the Indians
 made tine first score of the game
 Russell hit a single to left. Smith got
 hit by the ball and was glad to get
 first any old way. Kill singled to left
 and then Patrick sent clover topper
 to third which enabled Russell to score. Harris bunted to pitcher and
 Smith was put out, third to home.
 Lewis flew out to third and Kill died
 on that base as the ball came down.
 Score. to 0 in favor of the Indians
 In the sixth M. Morris got to first on an error of Harris, Peterson fouled to first. and Pierce struck out Will Hams sent a safe ono down by center. The most brilliant play of the whole game happened right here. Norris had reached third and Williams was leading off first when Pomeroy sent sharp line hit to center. vaIenzuela was quite way off but he started for it and just reached out his left hand and caught the drive. It saved two runs. For the Indians Bostic went out second to first: Rcsboloso third to first. and Valenzuela famed.
 The disastrous inning for the 1n- dians was the classic seventh. Riggs went out for Mesa, third to first l Davis got first on balls, Myers got first on an error of the third Sbaseman. Morris then sent a single out to cen ter and scored Davis. NJ. Morris got l first on an error of left and Myers scored on it. Peterson singled to right, l scoring the two Morrises Pierce flew to center; Williams singled to left. and Pomeroy flew out to the pitcher. For the Indians. Russell went out pitcher l to first: Smith was hit by the pitcher: Kill hit to short, who put Smith out | on second and played to first. making l a double. Score to for Mesa.
 Neither scored in the eighth Tn the 1 last of the ninth 1t locked as though | the Indians would have q chance at | the score board. and they did; but 1t | was not enough to win by. Bostic | sent ball down the third base line | andthrough the fence, getting two | base hit by it. Resvoloso got to first | on an error of third: valenzuela was | hit by the pitcher. With three men on the bases Russell sent swift one to | short. which was muffed. Bostic 1 scored. Smith was hit by the ball and | Resvoloso made a forced run. There l were now three rien on bases with no- body out and the score was to 3 | against the Indians. The Redskins | thought they saw victory and sent a | heavy hitter and big medicine man to the bat to achieve victory and glory |