Arizona republican., 1910-01-30
The Only Score of the Game Was Made By Mesa in the Last Half of the Ninth Inning Mesa Now Moves Up


 U. S. Indian School ...1 800 Mesa High School ....1 500 Tempe High School. ...1 2 .333 Phoenix High School..1 3 .250
 Few baseball games have ever been played in the Salt river valley-or else where for that matter-that were bet ter played than the game yesterday be- tween the Phoenix high school and the Mesa school. In nine innings there was but one error. and but one run, which was made by Pomeroy of Mesa It was in the last half of the ninth inning. Four hits were made by the Mesa men and two by the Coyotes.
 It was the most fiercely fought of for The Republican cup. The Coyotes went over to Mesa with the distinct understanding before hand that they were going to win and carry off a chunk of percentage for their column score. They had started off on the wrong side in the series and lost two games before winning one; but they were determined to change the com plexion of the percentage column and annex the Mesa game. It gan be said. without fear of contradiction. that the Coyotes played better than they have in any of their previous games. Their form was better in every way and the team played more as a unit than in some of the other games. Halm pitched beautiful game, for he knew he was pitching against a man who has had a wide experience in some of hn was lost is due to no fault of any of the Coyote players.
 By the winning of this game Mesa takes it's rank with the Indian school for second place. Mesa is a new factor in valley baseball and it is generally predicted that the other hines will soon sit up and take notice: for with such men as Williams and Morris on the team it is bound to become a formidable rival for The Republican trophy. By the defeat yesterday of the Tempe high school by thc Tempe normal the latter aggregation of play CTS retain their lead at the head of the column. The normal is the only team in the list that has not lost a game. With three won and none lost
 
 grip of death to the 1000 per cent it started out with.
 The game was played in Mesa be- fore a very fair crowd. Few of those present expected anything like such an exhibition of baseball. As inning after inning was played and no score was placed on the blackboard the enthusi- asm increased, till at the beginning of the ninth the grandstand rang with cheers. which was succeeded by utter silence as the batters took their places. Then the cheers rang out again as one after another went down before the delivery of Williams and Hahn.
 The first inning started off with Phoenix at bat and Williams in the box for Mesa. It was almost terrify- ing for the Coyotes for the first three men were struck out with dazzling rapidity. All through the game Will Hams pitched variety of swift curves which puzzled the Coyotes ex- tremely at the start. but later in the game they began to find out some thing about the orbits of the curves and touched up Williams for two hits.
 The single error of the game was &C., credited to Jones. but there were no serious consequences. It Was in the third inning. Davis was at bat for Mesa and he sent a swift one to Jones at second base. Jones played with it for a second or two and Davis got to first. But it did not do Davis any good to get there, because Hahn famed out the next man and the third went out on an assist.
 In the last of the fifth it looked very much as though Mesa would score. It was really the only good chance the Mesa boys had till the ninth. Pome- roy got to first on balls. Riggs famed the air Davis was hit by the ball. There were now two men on bases and Pomeroy had managed to get as far IS third Then Morris came mp to bat He is well known. as the strongest hit ter of the Mesa aggregation, and everybody looked Cor a score.
 The Coyotes rose manfully to the occasion. That is to say Hahn did. for ne got up on his hind legs and gave Norris the best he had in his roper .oire of curves. Morris famed out md again the Coyotes took long breath.
 In the seventh Jones made one of the wo hits the Coyotes got during the Dame. He was first to bat and sent me out to center. osborn then made | classy bunt down toward third base md tried to beat it but failed. Jones ed off too far from second and was ,aught by d quick throw. Williams lew out It was the nearest the Coyotes got to a score. In the last half of the ninth Pome- 'oy hit to center. Four seconds later ,e stole second. Then one of those strange freaks of the game occurred. Riggs for Mesa picked up the hickory