El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-14

A REAL exhibition Of country
~ baseball was given Sunday at
ternoon at Washington park be-
tween the Silver City team and the
local Mavericks. What started out TO
be perfectly good game speedily
developed into series Of long hits
and runs The Silver City SmelteriIes
won by the loose score of y to 5,
thereby retahating for the defeat
which the Mavericks handed them SAT-
urday-
Team Work DemOraIized.
All teams have their off days, and
Sunday was certainly one for the Nav
erlcks- As early as the fourth inning
the local team lost all sembiance Of
a well organized team that works in
unison, and every player played a
slippery individual game The Silver
City off day was Saturday, it was
claimed. But when off or on 1t is
usually the long and cleanly placed
hits that start the downfall Of a
pitcher and demOraliZes the fielders.
Barber Retrfeves Defeat.
Slim Barber, the elongated eX-
pitcher Of the Denver Grizzlies. and
the finger who was ruthlessly
pounded out of the box by the Nav
ericzs Saturday, occupied the slab for
faultless support, pitched an excel
lent game His spitbau was working
Clearly, and few hits were made after
he settled down. The Silver City
mound representative splendidly.
Fisher taken From Box.
Two pitchers were used by manager
Smith. OF nthe Mavericks. Paul Fisher
inaugurated the game for the locals,
but was taken out in the fourth. and
Lefty Hill was thrown into the
breach in a vain effort to stem the
tide The game was already won as
far as Silver City was concerned The
six runs gathered In this inning Off
set any Of the later flareups Of the
Mavericks Fisher started the game
with plenty Of pepper and a fast
breaking curve but his support was
wobbly, and the Silver City players
placed their hits well
Things began to crack as early as
the first inning when the Silver City
Tt didn't look half as bad when the
Mavericks put one across in their half
One more run was secured by each
team in the third The grand out
burst was held until the fourth, how
ErrOr Starts AvIators.
Dale started the downfall Of Fisher,
by letting Gebharts stiff roller go
to second Compton hit a fly to
short right field which Armstrong
misjudged.
Gebbsrt scored on BARRIERS slow
bounder, which Graham muffed. Decks
reputation as a pinch hitter was known
and he was given four wide ones. The
bases were filled when Buckles was
hit forcing Compton over. Barber
and Deck tailed on Wards twO-bag-
ger TO right field. Owens went out,
Fisher to Schultz. Ward and KILL (
lay scored on Gebhart's hit through /
shortstOp. Hill was put II to pitch I
and famed McGrath.
Mavericks Make Feeble Rally.
Another tally was added to the Sill +!
yer City roster in the seventh when I
Deck was pushed over the plate by I
twO-bagger through Schultz, and !
BuclzIes's sacrifice. Three additional I
hits in the ninth netted as many I
runs for the New MeXicans- a rally 4
was made by the Mavericks in the (
last stanza when Barker was ad- !
vanced around, for one tally but that I
was all
The Mavericks total would have !
been two less. had 1t not been for the !
stick work of Schultz. the new first /
sacker. Schultz's sacrifice in the first 4
scored Barker for the initial run,
and again in the third Schultz's stinger !
TO Ward ushered Dale across