El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-07-16

made a remarkable squirt, winning elev-
en- straight, and then came the slump.
If that team is to again win the pen
nant it is due for another such spirit
slipping back and soon the season will
have been too well advanced for the
lost ground to be recovered.
The Texas Race.
The pennant race in the Texas league
continues to be a close contest, but
there is a wider margin between the
leaders now than there was last week
when only a point or two separated
them.
The sensation of the league has been
the sprint that Dallas has made, win
ming IS out of 20 games on the home
grounds, during which time Houston
Galveston, Fort Worth and San Anto-
Mo were included in the list. This has
put Dallas well up among the leaders
and the team is now a virile pennant
claimant.
The team has been on the road this
week and while not doing as we'll as on
the home grounds the record made is
one which shows that the team is very
strong now that it is pulling together.
Fort Worth is still coming strong
while San Antonio has had a slump.
That team, which was the leader of the
league for a time, is now having hard
time keeping in the first division. This
is due to the fact that there has been
slump in batting, that team vying
with Galveston in producing hitless
wonders.
The second division teams, with the
exception of Waco. is well punched
and any of them may climb over the
two lowest ones in the first division
for place of honor now. From present
indications the pennant race will with
in a short time settle down to a hard
fight between Dallas and Houston,
with San Antonio and Fort Worth re-
mote possibilities.
Teams Wen Matched.
AS an indication how we'll the Texas
teams are matched the number of ex-
ira inning games played this season
is an excellent example. Forty-three
of these contests have been pulled off
and every one has been hard fought
contest. The longest of these was
the 23-inning contests of July 5, be-
tween San AnaoniO and Waco which
went for tie, this being within one
inning of the worlds record and a
worlds record in that it went that num-
Der of innings without a score by either
side.
The next longest extra inning game
was on June 25.when Galveston and
Oklahoma City went 10 innings, the
Oklahoma City team winning by a
score of 3 to 2
Galveston and San Antonio on July
participated in Thinning battle,
which San Antonio won by a score
to g.
Another game that was a long one
went for Is innings That was between
Oklahoma City and Shreveport, June
II, the former team winning by a score
of 4 to 2.
Many Close Games.
San Antonio has been in more extra
inning games during the season than
any other aggregation. In addition to
those very long games played the Bron-
chos, June IS. hung up with Dallas for
II innings, the San Antonio team win
ming by a score of ] to o.
During the season the extra inning
games have been played as follows:
Ten-inning games, p; thinning games,
6; 12-inning games. 5; 13-inning games,
3; Thinning games, 1; 15-inning games,
2; Thinning games. l: 19-innfng games,
!; 23-inning games, 1.
This record has probably not been
equaled in organized baseball for the
length of time the Texas league has
been playing this year.