Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-07-22
GREAT GAME SATURDAY
Loose to Indians in
Holly Fought Contest for
Ten Innings.

Indians through ten last, snappy anC
exciting innings Saturday afternoon
before decision went to the visitors
There was not a dull moment in the
contest and large crowd thoroughly
enjoyed the fine work Of both teams
Rhodes and Mumford pitched great
ball and while the hits and strike-outs
were equal, the victory should have
gone to Mumford by score Of l tc
0. Alexandria earned the one run
made off Rhodes, while the three
made by the visitors were the result
of misplays. Two poor throws by An
derton in the sixth gave one run. The
runs scored in the tenth were the re"
suit of a misjudged fly OH the part of
Trenary. Many in the crowd severely
and unjustly criticized these men for
their errors but no one on the field
took these slips more to heart than
the unfortunate offenders.
They are amateurs and Alexandri-
ans and try all the time to win. When
they succeed the pleasure victory gives
the mis- their only reward. This IS a
poor brand of loyalty. If they slip up
they are hooted by a home crowd. A
costly error is apt to be made by any
ball player, amateur or professional,
and Saturday luck deserted Ander-
ton and Trenary. Luck was certainly
with the Indians in the eighth inning.
With two down and a runner on first
and third Miller drove a terrific
ground ball at Arkekta off first,
Duesty, the second baseman, ran ar
ound to cover first. As Duesty pass
ed behind Arkeketa the ball. rolled up
the latter's arm and over his shoulder
into hands of the second baseman who
beat Miller to first. 1t was a remark
able exhibition of speed and an equ-
ally remarkable hit Of luck for it de-
prived the home team or one run and
the game.
First inning, Huck was out, Ander-
ton to Astryke, Walker made great
running catch of Arkeketa's fly.
Deer walked but Walker was under
Tolson's high fly. No runs
Downey and Scrivener both hit to
short and were ort at frs--. Walker
singled over second. Miller singled to
right and allowed himself to be
caught between the bases. Walker
scored when Miller slipped into second.
Trcnary singled to second but both
were left when Astryke grounded to
first. One run.
Second inning, Astryke was out on
a fly to Scrivener Downey dropped
Otoe's Texas Lacquer after hard run.
Duesty famed. Erwin was passed
but Rhodes famed. No runs.
Patterson's fly was easy for Otoe.
Anderton grounded to first and Num-
ford famed. No runs.
Third inning, Mumford took Huck's
pop fly. Alberty and Deer famed. No
runs.
Downey was out at second to first.
Scrivener and Walker famed. No
runs.
Fourth inning, Tolson popped to
Miller Anderton threw Arkeketa out
at first and Otoe famed. No runs.
Miller grounded to first. Trenary
whitfield. Astryke singled over third,
but Patterson struck out. No runs.
Fifth inning, Duesty famed and En-
win was passed. Rhodes struck out,
but Huck doubled over the fence.
Mumford saved trouble by striking
Alberty out. No runs.
Anderton and Mumford famed.
Downey hit to Arkeketa and was out.
No runs.
Sixth inning, Anderton threw wild
to first on Deer's hit, the runner 60
ing to second. Tolson hit to third and
Anderton repeated, Deer scoring With
Arkeketa on third Walker caught Of
oe's and Duesty's flies and Erwin fan
ned Mumford pitched great ball at
this point. One run.
Scrivener famed, Walker flied out
to center and Miller hit to first and
was out. No runs.
Seventh inning, Downey threw
Rhodes out at first. Huck singled and
stole second. Alberty famed for the
third time. Patterson threw Huck
out at third. No runs.
Trenary flied out to right. Astryke
singled to right. Patterson famed and
Tolson was under Anderton's fly,
making a fine running catch. No
runs.
Eighth inning, Deer famed, Tren-
airy ran under Tolson's line drive and
Arkeketa famed. No runs.
Alexandria's one grand chance to
win faded away in this inning as de-
.ko,o Munford struck out.