El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-29
ALL TEAMS NOW TIED
FOR CITY LEAGUE TOP
Games of Sunday Put a New Complexion on the Four
Cornered Race Among the Semiprofes-
sonal Players of FL Paso.

" WO seven inning games resulted
in making things one grand tie
in the city league play Sunday.
The Army had a field day at the eN-
pense Of the InteruatiOnals, WauOplng
the Mexicans by the 1nOrdinate score
Of % 10 O. while the long bat Of Tom
my Thompson enabled the White SoX to
trim the Globe Mills Z to 4.
Those who want to see the rate close
the season through were OverjOyed at
the outcome Of the games yesterday
1t gives each team percentage OF
200 for the work done so far aud as
SUI IS the fans thai no team is 10 make
a run away match Of II right from the
The score of the first game between
the Army and the InternatiOnals, % to
o, resds like football numerals, and
insofar as the international We're con-
Ccrned the game might as well have
been played with the feet
Army Team Is in Form.
The Army team wanOped three pitch
ers 10 the limbo Of the uncut, stole
bases like burglars, and proved con-
clusiTelyly that they are the club which
the team that wins the pennant mas TO
beat Erickson, the long middle gar
dener Of the soldiers, YES the star OF
the day He pounded out a three bag
ger in the second and j. Franklin
Bakered the ball in the sixth. Among
equally bad and with ScamehOrn in
form they were helpless at the bat
Flores, the manager, changed men and
positions with pong SWa which mad
the scorers standing on their heads.
The Army annexed two in the second
when Erickson drove GurtZ and Fisher
over the pan with a triple. In the third
two boots, two singles and a base on
balls counted Kemp, Adams and POk-
rent Two singles and Fishers two bag
ger following a fielder's choice. scored
three more in the fourth. In the fifth
Erickson began IT with a single. and
aided by few more boots and Lieut.
TerreI's cOrking two sacker, three
more filtered across In the sixth
Erickson picked the ball on the pic
for G. home run and he rrOtted IN be-
hind Curt and Fisher
The seventh was a nightmare The
soldier boys baLted all around and
commenced II again In fact Il looked
as though they never were going to
stop " hen they did finish nine runs
had been driven over the pan, though
out tour nlts were made, among these
being Lambs double Calania, who was
essaying 20 pitch was both wild and
ineffective 1t was tragedy
Second Game Relief.
The second game was more clearly
played and right up TO the drop Of the
curtain II was interesting. To Mr..
Thompson Of right field may the Globe
2iillers attribute their defeat. It was
he who slammed out double in the
seventh with the bases weighted. This
double drove three runs over the pan
nlkin and put the game on ice for the
Sex.
The Sox started right after the game
from the first Perkins waited out for
bad ones McGhee hunted and Grady
dropped the ball. Dingwau hunted and
Hoover contributed & bad peg. Walker
hit one TO Hoover who threw perfectly
70 DOering, but the catcher who had
just before made q wild heave dropped
the ball, these errors and a fielders
choice letting Perkins, McGhee and
Walker by
In the second with one down Ham
mOnos was safe on TaylOr's boot H
Grady drew q pass. Hill hit a high one
which Taylor misjudged and didn't
even touch and Hammonds scored
Fisher raped out q clean single. scor-
ing Grady and Hill
The SOX went ahead again In the
third when Walker Whaled a triple and
Taylor put him in with a single
That CinChed the Came.
In the fifth the Miners again tied it
CnenoWeth got a single and stole sec