El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-04

choice of hosteleries, however, for their
lack of nourishment on arrival was due
wholly to the fact that all that was left
in the kitchen when they hit town was
q little soup and some coffee. When
ball players order roast beef and can't
get it there is big holler- 1t is diff
cult to obtain expert and unprejudiced
advice from the more or less interested
denizens of the west
One feature of the days bath was the
umpiring of Mackey. who handed out
the squarest deal seen since the trip
faction on balls and strikes than Sutor
gave the local fans on bases.
Thursday's Game.
March and the White Sox went out of
Ell Paso like lambs tonight. the Sox
averting defeat by a last inning rally
and tying the Wild Cats, to 5, I'm seven
innings, says Fullerton in the Examiner,
reporting the second days play. They
ought to have had the verdict, to 3,
but umpire Mackay evened up for
Blocks bungling work by calling
Blackburne out at the plate as he scored
the winning rum
The Sox were helpless all the way
before the speed and curves of Hardin.
a local amateur, but with the score 8
to l against them pounded their way
out in the seventh
The game was another expose of the
foolishnesS Of transforming on rough,
stony fields, and it was another body
blow to the hopes of the Sox. In the
first inning while trying TO go from
first to third on an infield out, Rollie
Zelder smashed his good ankle and had
to be carried off the field, Collins re-
placing him. Zelder's bad ankle escaped
damage and now he has two bad ones.
which may keep him out of the infield
Of
for q week.
Small Crowd Sees Game.
The Sox were making haste while
the sun was shining. The baseball en-
thusiasts of Ell Paso seemed to filter
only a small congregation came to bid
farewell to the Sox- Besides in the
haste TO catch the train, the game was
called half an hour earlier and the Soy
neglected the fine points in order to
finish 1t up quickly, so there was not
much baseball TO it.
Ell Paso did not trail long, but evened
up in the third. Messenger played too
closely for Hardin and after stumbling
all around. muffed the ball. Mccarthy
hunted and Kruger heaved the ball in
to right field. letting Hardin score and
Mccarthy reached third. Collins, who
succeeded Zelder. cut off the runner al
the plate by a clever throw, but that
did not hold Ell Paso long.
Earthnan led the fourth with a triple
and Chayka doubled over Parents head
Merritt hunted and Olmstead threw to
third to cut off Chayka and lost both
men. Umpire Block kindly tried "a
hasten proceedings by calling Merritt
out at first. but mis- effort did not help
as Olmstead threw wild TO third and
gave Ell PaSo another run.
A beautiful one handed running catch
of line drive by Messenger kept the
| Wild Cats from scoring again in the
| fifth Olmstead was making Ell Paso
| hit and not pitching much, while the
| Sox were banging away at Harbin's
| first ball and hurrying the proceedings
| Four Hits Give SOx Tie.
Just at the start of the seventh. um-
! pire Mackay announced he would cal
! the game at the end of that round and
| the SoX started bonbarding Hardin
| just as the Japs did the city of the
same name. Four slashing hits in sue
cession tied the score, and the SoX
! would have won had not Mackay called
Blackburne out at the plate when he
slid safe under Merritt.
The Sox leaped into autos and ratified
away, satisfied to have escaped defeat
From Chicago Tribune.
The White Sox closed their stay in E
Paso with seven inning draw game
the count being to 5 when the contest
was stopped to permit the visitors tC
make an early getaway northward, says
Sanborn in his second day story.