Arizona republican., 1913-05-05
TEMPE WINS ON
 GR|FF'S HOMER
Gigantic Sticker Breaks Up An Eleven Inning Drama With Conscience Smash. Mesa and Tempe Locked Together

Inst how tickle the goddess of base ball can be-She's a goddess because she is fickle-was demonstrated to Home Run Griffen, when after tannlng three times and never making mt against the Indians at Phoenix, Satur- day. he turned around and Volplaned a homer over the right field fence and scored the winning run of the eleven inning wrastle between Tempe and Mesa town teams at the former place NcSterday Really. the tale of that con- test ought to be written in epic poetry and classed along with the great verse of the worlds literature. It actually passes mere prose. Just think of it. Ten to ten was the score and it had taken eleven heartbreaking chunks to get it that far. Mesa had been held. and the two first Tempe batters per ished miserably on slow wide curves and fast straight ones. Like mighty Casey. came Griffin to the bat. Parks, the new heaver for Mesa swung his long right member and snapped a swift strike over the pan. The next one was a ball Then another wide one and a second strike at which the whale-like Tempeite nearly burst blood vessel The third ball clipped the air near the big boys left eyebrow, and he squared away for the smash of his life. He knew the next one over would be q strike unles his willow met it fair ly He had already popped a slew of fouls and he knew the grooves. The stands were crowded with breathless fans as Parks wound up for that last fatal ball Grifs expert eye told him it was a high straight one and he swung his wagon tongue to meet it. It met That's all. About ten seconds later the monster hitter slowed down at home plate and the game had been won and lost
 Mesa and Tempe leaped neck and neck through the innings. Each agony that gave the Tempe team a run also allowed a tally for the others. In the first a walk and two hits gave Mesa a brace of scores. Tempe came in and tied it with a triple and an error. Then for three more spaces all was still. Batter up. Strikes one. two and three. Batter out. Just like that. Then again in the fourth things broke loose Mesa with two sack smash and a couple of singles put three men across the pan. Tempe-two ones, one two and three errors. and the balance was again es- tablished.
 Mesa in the fifth with one man on inspired Jones to a supreme effort, which is slang for a home run. An error scored another Spikes went in for Olivier on the Tempe mound and the twirler went to second. Hudson went to catch from second, Mullen left left field for short and Carlton took the vacant space in the outgarden. No more scores.
 Spasm number eight Tempe drew up to a snug place just a notch below Mesa. A single, a triple and two CT TOTS scored two to Mesa's nothing. The next frame. Moeur hit and got first, stole second and then third and scored on Olivfer's long single to right field. Score tied.
 The tenth was a twin inning. Both halves look exactly alike on the score card. Mesa was first up; Mullins dropped the sphere over deep center field fence with one on. Tempe came to bat like a little man. One on first, Hudson smashed the duplicate of Mul- lins' home run and again the stands sat back after a period of heart fail ure
 Then the glorious eleventh. That has been chrOnicled ere this, so all that is needed is the scores by innings and the box. Here they both are.