Bisbee daily review., 1911-07-18
COLTS vICTORS
 IN HARDEST OF
 SEASON 'SGAMES
Slightly Superior Playing OH Paf of CallahaAS Pran- CerS Keep Them Still
 Without Peer
BANKERS PUT UP
 BEAUTIFUL GAME
Decided in Last Half of Ninth When Two Were Down With Two Strikes
 Called

Yes, those Colts won again Sunday, but only at the very last of the best and hardest fought game that has been seen on the local diamond this year. The final count was 2 to 6, anI the winning run was made in the Ia:t half of the ninth inning. after two were out and two strikes had been called on Gill, the last man up. Gill proved the old proverb that 'ft only takes one to hit it" and knocked out clean hit over second that SCOT . ed Critchley with the winning run. A Fast Game.
 The game as a whole was fast and | interesting enough to satisfy the most particular fan and was watched by the largest crowd that has seen any ' of the league games at Warren park this summer. Although the Colts took lead at the start and looked like sure winners through the first half Of the contest, the playing of both teams was of g high order and when the Bankers really started in the fifth the | game became tight and kept the crowd on it's feet until the finish.
 Colts Start Things.
 The Colts started things in their half of the trst inning by bringing home two runs, and added two more to their count in the third, holding the Money Changers safe until the fifth. In that session the boys with the dollar marks on their shirts land cd on Champion for three safe hits and. helped along by two errors on the part of Kelly, scored three runs. Each side was shut out in the sixth, but the Bankers went to the front by counting two in the first half of the seventh. Their lead was short-!ived however, for the Colts also made two in their half of the seventh and again took the lead by margin of one run.
 Tailed in Ninth.
 The eighth brought blank for each side, and then the Bankers tight ened the game up and made it look as though it would develop into an oy- ertime contest by scoring one in the opening half of the ninth. Callahan came up first in the last of the ninth and drew a pass to first, but died soon after when trying to steal second, Critchley followed with a single and went to second on an error. Cham pion sacrificed him to third and then Gill. like Casey of old, came to bat. Gill proved better with the stick than did the historic Casey and after two strikes had been called on him, land ed on one of Blair's twisters for a clean hit over the second bag that brought Critchley home with the win ming run.
 Spectacular Plays. .t
 Two double-plays, which were on the spectacular order, and several other fast plays enlivened the game and brought cheers from the fans. There was enough stick work to make it interesting to watch, but the errors on each side were almost without ex- ception responsible for runs. The catcher on each team was the worst offender in this respect, and their mis- plays were costly, but evened up as each gave his opponents two runs by failing 10 handle the ball properly. In fact, the game was filled with ifs and had any one of several costly misplays on either side been omitted the outcome of the game might have been different. It was replete with close decisions, but the rulings of Umpire Solomon proved almost with out exception satisfactory to the players as well as to the fans.
 Advantage With Champion. i'
 Both the twirlers played good ball, but the advantage was with Cham pion, the little box artist of the Colts. !. who famed 12 of his opponents, is- sued only three passes to first and was touched for only eight hits. Ex- { cept for a few minutes in the fifth he kept the hits well scattered, but in { that session thrqe of the Bankers found him for safe ones. Blair, al- though playing a heady game most of the time. issued at least one pass that was costly, if not being directly responsible for the loss of the game. That was a gift to Callahan. the first man up, in the seventh. who scored a few minutes later on a hit by F. Champion.
 Fersuson's Hard Luck.
 Ferguson, who played third for the Bankers, missed a chance to win the bat offered for the first home run. when he knocked out long drive in the third inning that should have giv- en him a round trip if he lad been properly coached Instead Of stretch ing the Init for all fl was worth he stopped on third and then was called out for not touching either second or first.
 Solomon's Good Work.
 The game was played in good time. and was free from the delays and