Arizona republican., 1910-04-03
In 8 Terrific Struggle on the Diamond Boys From Tempe Win the Big Sil- yer Cup Presented By The Republican
FINAL SCORES

l FnoCnlN tfl1h SCHOOL ---- .JDU | Indian School .... 3 , .375 l Tempe High School ..1 : .f25 Rarely indeed has there been such ! an exhibition of unrestrained enthusi- asm and general disorder as that which l prevailed vesterdav at EaStllke park
 as the ninth inning of the last and de- dicing game for The Republican cup l drew to d close The ar vlbrated with yelps of joy from the Tempe rooters 1 when Morris, the last man up for | Mesa. flew out To the normal second l baseman, and the game and champion ship of the valley was won by the vail ant men from Tempe The gandstand got up on it's hind legs and yelled till l there wasn't any yell left Then the crowd surged about Mayor Lloyd Christy. who stood on one of the play CTS benches holding the big silver cup. presented by this paper. in his hands. Captain Lynch of the normal team. was .arried to the bench and stood on it and the mayor presented him with the cup
 In behalf of The Arizona Republ- can" said Mayor Christv. T present to . N
 which you have won today Ly your magnificent playing This cup repre-
 sents not alone prowess in athletics.
 but 1t stands for something higher and
 that is true sportsmanshp I take
 great pleasure in presnting to you. Captain Lynch. as the repure sentative
 of the normal team. The Republican
 cup
 Captain Lynch took the huge cup
 in his arms looked as thought he were
 about O reply to the mayors speech.
 But just then the grandstand broke in
 to ahowl of 'rah. rahs" for Tempe. And
 when they were over the crowd start ed "rah. rah. rah, Republican" and that lasted for q minute and then Lynch and his cup was carried off his feet and the great Valley league series was over
 Before th- biggest crowd of rooters that has ever attended any game of the present series. the normal school defeated Mesa by the score If $ to 2 The game was an extra one in the series as the normal school tied up Mesa in the finals. and yesterdays game was to play off this tie. Mesa brought her veteran pitcher "Arkan
  who k recognized as the surest man behind the bat in any of the valley mines. To see that the game was properly umpired Tebben and Rudolph took their places behind the bat and on the line
 For the normal school little Halbert. who looked frail and wan in the box beside Williams. tossed the pills. While HaIbert struck out only six men IS against Williams twelve he made good by allowing but six hits while the normal nine touched Williams up for |, ten.
 The game began shortly before , | Q clock At this time the grdndstand | was full of young men and women. 2 large contingent coming over from Tempe. while lesser one rooted for ! Mesa Along the side of the diamond | were strung automobiles and carriages There has seldom been q game played in Phoenix in which the yelling was so prolonged and vehement The grand 1 stand kept it mp till everybody was loarse It began with yell and ended with screech without single lull turing the entire game
 ! | me Mesa had made one in the eighth. making the score to 3. and they came ID fresh and determined to tie up the core in the last They missed it by hair Riggs sent long foul down O left field After long run Mullen adhered it in and one man was out Peterson knocked a scTaggly one down . he infield. but it counted as a hit be- , ause he beat if out to first Maiers lew out to short J Morris came up O bat and sent one flying to left. With wo men on bases Davis drove a little 1 aby fly up into the air. Ii came l own in the infield but there were so many under it that nobody got there I hat meant three men on bases. A } hree-b base hit would have tied the core The gandstand poured out into he field NJ Morris was at bat H" racked q flN out toward second base -hen everybody vearned for hit just s , prolong . great game. It smacked b 1to the second basemsn's init and the t sme uas over
 By innings the game happened as h blows: t First-Mesa at bat. J. Morris went ut. pitcher to first Davis famed the O ir NJ Morris went out. short to first. Tormals at bat: II was in this inning c hat the men from Tempe took advant ge of williams. who did not seem to Q thoroughly warmed mp to the occa- ion Two errors and three hits were | in part for five runs. Mul- mt went out on foul Lynch knocked . second. where the ball was fumbled F nd he got to first on it. Aver got it to third. Critchley knocked to short nd the ball was fumbled. Eaby was