Arizona republican., 1913-07-07
NINE INNINGS
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Good Crowds See Mesa Beaten in Checkered Exhibition of National Pastime. Game Good In Spots.

In Spots.
 About three hundred people gath cred yesterday afternoon at the new Phoenix baseball park to witness eighteen men struggling in an eXhibi- tiCn of baseball that at times re- moteIy resembled the national pas time. It was game replete with booted balls, bOnehead plays, muffed grounders and runs, hits and errors. The official scorer did not record the errors for the simple reason that it would make the score too involved, and probably cause the printers nerv- ous prostration. Yet all this was only in spots. At times the play was re ally worth while and when the two teams that contested yesterday get the rough edges worn off and become more used to playing together the games will be as good as any fan need to see to keep his good Ameri- can blood in tip top condition as far as the pastime is concerned.
 The pastime opened up like real game. There were the men sprinkled around over the ground in the usually technical convenient places; there was 
 with the eager fans; there were a sufficient number of noisy kids trail ing through the stand selling peanuts, popcorn and soda crackers to supply country fair, and about ten times too many for the small stand and re ally the whole setting was complete.
 The TabIeIanders, as became the visiting aggregation, went to the bat first and beyond the fact that Col Iins. the third man to face Pitcher Darling, tore off a screaming single in the neighborhood of the left field fence. nobody got anywhere. Core, lately with Tempe at Tucson. went out on a scratch to the pitcher; Beef Williams struck out, as did also the enlongated Bond No runs. Collins was left on the first island.
 When Phoenix opened up at the de- livery of Goodwin. the touted phenOm who also was officiating in Tucson recently. things looked about the same. Franz drew four bad ones and stayed on. Chief Lewis lifted a high one and it fell into the outstretched n1aw of one Taylor; Glow tried the shortstop and found him there. while Barclay repeated the performance of the Iamented Lewis Franz was the
 
 thank you.
 THE FIREWORKS BEGIN.
 With the opening of the first half of the second. Darling uncOrked a smoke ball that went through bats man and catcher and struck Pete Sul- livan. the umpire. amidships with such force that for while it looked like curtains for Sully. This seemed to so unnerve Darling that Quick enstead, next up, found a short hit toward third and was safe, while Jones, the next man to look over the field from the batter's box. sent the ball clear over the right field fence for a complete circle of the sacks. Jones runs faster than Quick and nearly caught that worthy before he reached home. Taylor got on when Franz boosted his grounder: Goodman drove long one to right, while Fay Ter beat it home. Cholo, the big hackstop for the Mesaites, got on by Q scratch, but went out trying to make the mark reach to second, while Goodman perched on third. Core, next up. hit to Lewis and everybody stood tight. Here Darling frightened up and whffed Beef Williams for the second time, and showed Collins the sort of consideration. The marker boy took three minutes chall1ing up the three tallies.
 Phoenix naturally could not allow anything like this to go on, so Dow nen. who was up for the locals, tried his best to put one through Beef Will Hams, but to no end and went out on a good throw to first Kelly smote cut a single, but Warren flied out to Iinr1 Un loI a nice one near the left fence for two sacks and Kelly galloped home. Bags himself came home when Darling Texas leaguered and stretched it for two. Franz couldn't connect with his three, making the third of the ses- sion. Two runs
 LOOKS BETTER.
 Darling received Q better modicum of support during the Mesa half of the next inning. Bond found Dow men perched on a dry spot out near the middle horizon; Quickenstead flied out to Kelly, but Jones took the sec ond hit of the afternoon with a bin gle over third Taylor flew out to Grip Franz.
 Goodman started poorly and walked Lewis, really a meritOrious perform ance when it is considered that the Chief has no holes in his hat. Glow grounded out to the pitcher and Bar clay went out to Williams. Lewis by this time had gotten up steam and was pounding down upon the third station, exceeding the speed limit. He overran a little and the crafty Mesa ite threw quickly to Cholo, who tagged him out. Three down twice and no tallies.
 Mesa had poor luck in the next, al though for a while looking was good