Arizona republican., 1910-02-23
By the Score of 2 to 1 the > Coyotes Snatch Victory From Their Old Time Rivals, the Jackrabbits of Tempe

The boys from Tempe met their Gettysburg and their Waterloo when they came to Phoenix yesterday tc play the Coyotes.
 Like those historic battles the re- suit was in doubt up to the yer, last: but when victory came it was decisive. The Tempe Normal team was defeated by the score of two tc one. The day was saved for the Phoenix high school and that nine still has a chance. though it may be but a slight chance. to all but the most sanguine, at The Republican cup.
 over in Mesa. the Mesa High School added to its long list of victories by defeating the Indians, to , Mesa is now at the top. having won every game they have played but one It is one of the eccentricities of the national game that the. only nine that has had the distinction of beat ing Mesa is the Tempe High School, the only team that is out of the contest for the trophy. Tempe high will still play ball, but cannot hope to win the cup this year. The In- dians and Phoenix high are tied and neither nine can afford to lose a single game These two hines will come together next Saturday at the Indian School grounds and then will be determined which of the two will take a back seat.
 Yesterdays game was a hummer. It almost rivaled in interest that historic game which the Coyotes played with the Mesa high January 29, and lost by the score of 1 to Q.
 To the impartial observer yesterday it seemed as though the gods of base ball-if there are any-were on the side of the local nine. Many times during the game the Tempe men were on the brink of scoring. yet something always happened to prevent it except in one inning. the eighth. when they succeeded in getting one man over the home plate. More men died on the bases than in any other game of the series. There were many times when a single would have won the game for the Jackrabbits, or an error would have lost it for the Coy otes. but the single didn't come. dHu Llt ntlt tohtiiiNo tO tiN innings where they did not count
 The tabulated score will show that Halbert was hit nearly twice as of ten as Hahn. Both pitchers struck out the same number of men. The Coyotes made the most errors but there was no inning in which either side showed signs of going to pieces. It was magnificent ball all through with some plays that sparkled scat tered over the innings. Hahn gained control as the game progressed. and was always present when the emer- gency presented itself. as it did in every other inning. He refused to get rattled even with three men on bases. Halbert pitched good ball for the visitors and stayed in the box through the game.
 For the Coyotes Tolleson caught an errorless game. Orme at first did splendid work. though he has one small error against him. osborn caught two high ones that were hard to handle and Amber distinguished himself by getting two hits. Jones got three, one of, which was beau tiful drive good for two bases.
 The game was enlivened by the three Leake brothers of Greeley. Colo, who sat in the grand stand and sang songs about Phoenix and baseball When they sang every body stopped roofing and listened. for the boys certainly can produce the melody
 For the first five innings there were no scores. The notable play in the third was fine hit by Jones that looked like a two-bagger. Hahn was on second and started for home as fast as he could sprint. There were two men out and no time to be wasted. A quick field of the ball from center home caught Hahn just as he was sliding for it and the chance to score was lost.
 In the fourth Aver. for the Normals. hit to center. Critchley flew out to Williams who made a fine catch and then threw it too hard to first. Haby flew out to Osborn. Aver was now on third and the visitors rooted hard for a score. The girls from Tempe in the front row of the grandstand went wild with excitement. but mo- ment later Halbert struck out and left Aver stranded.