El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-16
Hit Fest Followed Removal
Of Gates, Douglas Twirler.
Score, z to 4.


Douglas ..--.---.-.-.-- ....4
Time, Sunday afternoon: place, Wash
ington park; scene, Ell Paso at bat in
the lucky seventh. Hewitt up; score.
Douglas 4, Ell Paso 2, Gates pitching
From that moment until the entire
team had batted around and Hewitt
flew out on foul to LeBrand, for the
side out, things were III a whirl of hit
and run baseball with FL Paso doing the
hitting and likewise the running.
In cold type the hot INNING listened
something like this:
Hewitt, first up, singled down the
third base line and was safe on first
Jackson got a single to center, advanc-
ing Hewitt TO second. -Earthman sacri-
feed the two runners to third and sec
ond respectively, and Ketchum drew a
base on balls. CX) marks where the big
excitement started.
Kane Succeeds Gates.
LeBrand, thinking like a cream separ-
stor, pulled out Gates and sent in Kane
20 finish the game Gates bucked-nOt
on going out, but on allowing a left
handler TO replace him, for left handlers
are FL Paso's bread and meat when they
have a batting bee on Gates protested
but nothing doing Finally big KEEP
linger. the policeman fan, gave the
Cactus league pitcher the sign and
Gates retired in favor of Harry Kane.
The Beginning of the End
McCarty was first up He had struck
out twice in the previous sessions, but
as a dark horse he was there" Harry's
horseshoe, plus Ell Paso luck in the
lucky seventh, was working. for he hit
down the third base way to deep left,
scoring Hewitt and Jackson The score
was tied. Tex Merritt followed. He hit
a single where Bill Harper wasn't. This
sent McCarty down to second Bodies
was UP next and won his bloody bloom
in game by slashing out q high drive to
short center, scoring Ketchum from
third and McCarty from second, but still
they hit the bali. Gowan got a clean
double to right field, sending Bodies TO
third. Flick laid on the leather for an
other brand of a single. scoring Bodies !
from third. Gowan went to third in the
meantime when Hewitt hit the high
foul fly which ended the agony with
three runs to the good and the game
won for all time to come.
DecOrum 70 the Wind.
The crowd went wild when the bat |
ting rally started. Once in the sixth, |
FL Paso got two men on bases and /
looked to be due, when Duck Gowan got /
caught at second when he should have /
been on third and spoiled the chance for /
more than one run.
But the seventh more than made UP
for this and other bad breaks the local I
Mavericks made in the previous innings
The crowd was up on its feet for the /
entire inning yelling like mad and little
was given an informal silver
shower by his adniring friends. The
entire team batted around Seven hits
were made off of the two Douglas
three off of Kane and four
off Of Gates, who smiled the smile Of !
Il told you so" when he saw his team
mate getting his in the seventh.
Ell PasO Began Well.
Ell Paso scored the first run in the
first inning Gowan got on with two
base hit through Denny Ford's territory
at first, and scored on Jackson's long
drive TO left for three bases after Flick
had advanced the little duck to third
With an infield hit Ell Paso scored
again in the sixth when McCarty got on
with base on balls, went to second on
Merritts single and scored on Gowan's
single.
Douglas Scored in Third
Douglas scored three in the second
when FL Paso took a temporary aero
plane flight over Mt. Franklin. Harper
rev a free pass to first. Ford hit to
8ooles who threw wild to second to catch
Harper The overthrow was recovered
~ GoWan in center who threw to third | 7
o cut off Harper at that base The
brow was true, but too true. 1t hit Har-
'er on the head and caromed off against |
he fence, Harper scoring and Ford go ]
ng TO third Mathewson made good on
lis batting reputation by hitting to
Leep center for three bases and scoring /
FORD He was scored in turn by Gates I
Tho hit down first base way, the ball ]
aking bad hop and going over Jack e
on's head. Douglas annexed the final
IN in the third when LeBrand hit for I
hree bases to left and could east S
Y have scored had he been properly l
cached. Harper's single did the work a s
ew minutes later and Douglass tale :
Tas told.
Pitching HonOrs to Bodies :
With a deceptive, awkward delivery
Ike woman throwing at a cat-Cates {
'ot away with the first six innings of /
is game, but in the seventh the Ell q
'aso hitters were getting him too /
trong, when he was pulled out. Kane {