El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-30


put TO the test and proved that he
was properly tagged With brain and
Drawn, he pitched his way into the
hearts Of FL PasO fans while he was
throwing a scare into the Silver City
batsuen. So well did he pitch that
FL Faso defeated the miners by a score
Of z TO J.
Missing them up. speedy ones. slow
the Is sWatters from the New Mexico
town OF mines and smiled all through
the game. In the fourth inning ne
famed four men, just to show what he
was made or Ward, the third man,
famed, made second when Bob Smith
let the third strike go by him so Por-
ter sent Deck back to the bench to
eep- o..
GOvTen Starts Swat Fest.
FL PasO took the measure Of one
DOugherry for three runs in the first
inning. The former Marfaite failed to
puzzle the Mavericks. GOwen started
the sWatfest with a single through sec
Ond, and made third when kiefer hit
safe through the same place. Harley
stole second. GOWen ambled home on
z. Smiths sacrifice fly to Murray. Kie-
fer beat it down to third on the throw
in and came across the pan with an
other tally. when Schultz doubled TO
center Because the big first baseman
had a flat wheel, Gutierrez went to
run for him and made third when Gurtz
went out on a grOunder, which Ander-
son threw TO Gerhard. Jackson got a
free pass and pilfered the second sack
Barker slammed one through Dough-
erIy and Anderson fumbled it letting
Gutierrez get home, while Jackson
made third Barker stole second.
Jackson ended the inning when he was
nailed at home a moment later. Bob
Smith was going to first on four balls
when Buckles dropped the last one
but recovered it in time to nail jack
son at the plate.
HcGIynn Checks Mavericks.
Buckles smashed his finger in the
second inning and Deck came in to
catch while LafOnt went to right field
for Silver City. After Dougherty had
walked Tommy Smith, in the third in
ming, MCGlynn. a NOtre Dame univer-
s1ty man, was sent in to stop the FL
Paso bunch from nabbing all the runs
in the country. He had the double
fadeaWay twist that held the attention
Of the batters so they could not nail
the ball for several innings TO any
good account
Silver City got its only run In the
fourth inning Ward famed, but the
third strike got past Bob Smith and
the Silver City captain beat it to sec
Ond base Medina made three vicious
swipes at the sphere and sat down
GeGhard followed suit Anderson
doubled TO center and Ward came home.
Then Deck tried to knock the cover
off the ball but. after three vicious
cleayings Of the air, retired TO the play
ers' bench and Porter was cheered by
the crowd for having struck out four
men in one inning.
Ell PasOans Nip n Rally.
Again in the eighth, il looked as
though the miners were going to add
another tally TO their score. Medina
who UP TO this time had been able
to hit nothing but the air, smashed the
first ball over for two bases Gerhard
sent a grOunder to Jackson and the
a
demonstration Of brainWOrk on the
ball field. Instead Of throwing the bah
away, he pretended to VII 1t over to
first and got Medina ratified He and
Gurtz chased the Silver City shortstop
up and down the baseline and then
nailed him while they kept Gerhard
on first base. Medina, was spiked on
the right hand when Gurtz fell over
him Anderson grounded to T. Smith,
who threw Gerhard out at second and
Gurtz winged the ball over to Schultz,
doubling Anderson at the initial sack
AviatOrs in the Eighth
The balloon went up in the second
half Of the eighth and Ell Paso made
four more runs Jackson beat out a
hunt Barker hunted and Medina, his
hand injured. dropped McGlynn's throw
to catch Jackson and both runners
were safe Jackson was forced out at
third on a bunt by 3. Smith. Barker
scored on POrter's single to right. Bob
Smith scored on the throw in and POr-
ter mace third, scoring q moment later
on Governs sacrifice fly to LafOnt
kiefer tripled TO left center and scored
on Tommy Smiths single past first
Smith stole second, and McGlynn
dropped Schultz's fly Gurtz went out
McGlynn to Gerhard, and the scoring
was over
Porter Is Idol of the Fans.
In the ninth inning Deck walked. but
was forced out at second on KillTay's
grOunder to Tommy Smith Boland
pinch hitter, was sent in to bat for Nc
Glynn- He was easy. meat for Porter
who sent him back to the bench on
three puzZlers. Murray went out,
Jackson to Gurtz. The game was over
fans
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