Rocky Ford enterprise., 1913-08-15
WIN oNE-LosE ONE

may be able to save the arm.
WIN ONE-LOSE ONE
La Junta Stages Farce on Sunday
and Las Animas Steals We'd
nesday's Game
RockJ Ford defeated La Junta last
Sunday on the local field in the poorest
game of the season by score of | 8 to 2.
The visitors put up game that would
cause school boy to blush. making err
rors and bone-headed plays throughout
the game.
Starr worked hard all the time in the
face of his discouraglng support and won
the applause of the crowd.
Bernard was in the box for the locals
and had the game well in hand at all
times.
The locals fielded in fine style. c Swink
being especially prominent. accepting
thirteen chances at second without a
bobble.
Goblin, maxwell. Smith and Moore also
featured with their batting.
summary OF tne farce.
125456 zse R.H.E.
La Junta, 5000 ! 600 l. 2 zl0
Rocky Ford | o 024x-l5 s
Batteries. Starr and Coyle. Bernard
ard Hoover. Two-base hit, Maxwell.
Double plays, Goblin. c. Swink and Max
WE'LL Hoover and c. Swink; Smith. c.
swlnk and Maxwell; c. swink and Max
we'll; Beaver and Bucky. Struck out.
by Starr s. by Bernard 2. Base on balls.
off Starr 2, off Bernard l. Hit by Pitch
er, Hoover. Wild pitches, Starr 2. Um-
pire. Hall. Time l:45.
Las Animas Takes Game
Section 10. Rule Sc. Of the official
playing rules for base ball, reads as fol-
lows; 'If. while third base is occupied.
the eoaeher stationed near that base shall
run in the direction Of home base on or
near the base line while fielder is maxi
ing or trying to make play on a batted
ball not caught on the fly. or on thrown
ball, and thereby draws a throw to home
base, the base runner entitled to third
base shall be declared out by the umpire
for the coaeher's interference with and
prevention of the legitimate play"
The above is section Of the rules Of
base bali which are supposed to stand
over all disputes, but Umpire Zimmerman
rode rough-shod over it in Tuesdays
game at Las Animas and turned most
excellent contest into the rankest kind of
farce.
With the score to 2 in favor Of Rocky
Ford, Kramer on third and Lomasney on
first, johnson. Of the Las Animas team.
ran from the direction Of third toward
home. drawing a throw. which went wild.
Kramer scoring on the trick.
Rocky Ford protested in vain. but the
car was obdurate. and the game was
resumed in a half-hearted fashion and
degenerated into farce.
Up to the turn of affairs in the seventh,
the contest was pitchers battle between
jackson and Quinlan, with the odds in
favor of the former.
If Las Animas can find any satisfaction
in winning ball games by such unfair
methods, they are welcome to stand
alone in the valley as the defender Of un-
sportsmanlike conduct.
But, as our memory runs back into
years past, many such incidents can be
recalled. instigated and staged in the last
stand of the tinhorn and sure-thing art
lists. Las Animas.
Following is the summary of their stolen
fruit:
l2545 SO r. H. E.
Rocky Ford, o o 90 o 2 IA 8 6
Las Animas. o o 600 lzox-s 6(5
Batteries. jackson. Bernard and Hoo
yer. Quinlan and n. Love, Two-base
hit, Yant. Three-base hits, Maxwell,
Kramer. Home run. Matney. Earned
runs. Las Animas !, Rocky Ford 2. Sto-
len bases, C. Swink 2. Matney. Left on
bases. Rocky Ford 8. Las Animas 8.
Double play. Kramer. unassisted. Struck
out. by Quinlan | o. by jackson 8. by Ber-
nard Q. Base on balls. off Quinlan 2, off
jackson |, off Bernard !. Innings pitch
ed. by jackson l-5. runs 4. hits S;
Bernard 2-5. runs 8. hits |. Umpires,
Zimmerman and Murphy.
Following are the batting averages Of
the Rocky Ford players who have taken
part in eight or more games: Hoover
.45z. Yant 800. C. Swink .35S. Max
well ,55e. Goblin SOL. Smith .2zo. Jack
son .222. Moore .l96, r. Swink .lzz