Arizona republican., 1910-05-08
LAUREL WREATH .fOR =.
 CAPITAL BALL lEln
Snatched Its Maiden Victory From the $ Valley Bank

1 The ball game at Eastlake park yes ! terday afternoon was d decided i'm I provement over the previous eXhibi-
 tlons of the Phoenix. League and re- | suited in a victory for the Capitol i team by a score of A to 10. The score ! though. hardly indicates how good a 1 game it vas for it is in its final rec I ord almost as bad as the preceding games. It happened though that the 1 bad spots occurred mostly in the last ! two innings so that for six or seven ! innings the teams put mp pretty good l quality of ball. The improvement all I around was decidedly flattering for ! though the Valley came out way to
 the bad. for several innings it kept the Capitol team more than half scared. l The result Of the three games played 1 to date is as follows: ! Phoenix National. won ? Capitol ................ won ?. lost Valley ....... ..........lo lost 2 The Phoenix National is to date the undefeated champion but it will have to look to it's laurels henceforth for the opposing teams showed yesterday
 that they. are out for business. Herrett. the Valley pitcher yesterday struck out seven men two in excess of
 the record of Ames of the Capitol
 team. even though the latter won the victory. Hull the Valley shortstOp made two base hit, as did Civile the Valley catcher. The star plays for the Capitol team were q three base hit by Craig the third baseman and q two base hit by Luhrs the second base
 man. Tracy was on the bench for the ICapitols and Lin Thomas for the Val leys ---.
 In the game yesterday each team scored twice in the first inning. which vas a brave start for real contest. hey kept mp the good flight by q one. two. three, procession on both sides during the second inning. no scores re- suiting. The Capitol team picked up a fine bunch of five runs in the third inning and three. in the fourth, which put them very much in the lead. but not enough for an amateur team to' feel sure about. so they kept plugging along. There was always q fear that something would happen afId when the firth inning developed q blank there was an indication that it had happen ed; that the Valleys had stopped them and might get busy themselves.
 This hope faded howeevr when the Valleys went clear through c. the sixth without adding to it's record of two runs in the first inning. Tn the sixth each team scOre! once and it booked like t might he a neck and neck race rom that time on. even though the Capitols had accumulated eight surplus runs in the third and fourth. The seventh brought another run for the Valleys but their oppo- nents goI thf.-- which was most dis heartenins ana from that time on the contest was bound to be uneven.
 Then in the eighth the Valleys went into the air and the CapitolS scored ten runs. an awful slaughter of in nocent bankers The latter though de vcloped more steam in the face of danger than ever before and drew in four good taifies. making q total or eight. to which they added two more in the ninth. The Capitol called it q lob as it did not need the ninth inning.
 IL was demonstrated though that the two teams have the qualifica atiOns ana all they need is more practice and the fact that they held out so well, is an  earnest that in subsequent games they can go clear through and keep up the steam. in which event the contests should become close and exciting,
 There was a very fair attendance both as to numbers and to kind for the grand stand held fully as much dry goods as it did gents furnishing goods and without perjudice against the haberdashers it may be said that the drygoods were the most fascinating and served as a great stimulant to the players.
 The Capitol team in the batting or der was. as follows Hankinson. If: Hasse, ef: Fitch. c; Luhrs. 2b; Ames D.: Peatross. ss; lnsalls. If: Craig. 3b: Cleaveland h. 's ef, r.
 Valley Bank-Huil. ss:- Ainsworth of: Pagan. 3b; Civille. c; Burch. If: Herrett, D: Battins lb: Brooks. 2b: Roundtree. If.
 Score: by ihnings: 4
 Capitol ....s@,s. o5is Q l 5; iarr-2i Valley Bank .t.2 % l lsi4i-10
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