El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-02
SILVER CITY BREAKS EVEN WITH THE
MAVERICKS IN OPENING new LEAGUE
New Mexico Players Slip Over Comeback, - Winning
From FL Paso to pitcher Barnett Keeps Hits
Scattered and Is Given Good SuppOrt-Maver-
icks Annex Saturdays Game, z to- 0.
: LIVER CIT- disturbed 81 Pas

q liver CIT disturbed FL Paso's
~ cOmplacency. with a bang. The
miners rose - a body in several
stanzas at Washington Park Sunday
and embeIlished the blackboard for the
count Of eight while the Mavericks
only tailed twice
The miners were never in danger Of
being defeated, although Barnett, the
visiting tWirler Wa. in several serious
predicaments. but was pulled out when
his faithful supporters came to the
rescue Ind checked the uprising which
the Mavericks threatened
barnett Holds Down Hits.
BARNETT gave an exhibition Of the
cOmeb2 * row ers Of the silver CITY
team when Er was announced rs the
rWirlin- end C the battery firm Of the
visitors, in the sOnOrOus tones OF r. ID
Battles. umpire Nr. Barnett allowed
the local club 10 every day hits most
of the scratch variety, and when any
Trims over single was knocked the
runner invariably langUished and dleq
on bases, the result OF good deal OF
air flaming by his helpless team mates
-Four errors contributed 10 the two
markers of the Mavericks, while the
local team made only one.
Armstrong inauEurated the game for
the home boys, and for three innings
held the slab against the wishes OF
contingent OF the III FaSO Ians, ana
the crack of the Silver City bats, when
he was relieved by Nellis, who pitched
cipher ball up to the seventh canIO
when he was nicked for two more
runs the result Of a couple Of bases
on balls
Medina Clips a Single.
Silver City started out for revenge
in the initial stanZa, and Medina Tor
merIy OF local fame, clipped pretty
rs-1- Ia "a
first bound Anderson hunted, ana
backstOp Buckles banged one 10 arm
strong. who tagged him at first
Owens dumped the ball. advancing An
derson and Medina one sack apiece
Gerhard singled to left scoring Ne
dina and Anderson. Deck touched
single TO left and Owens galoped
home killilay famed
Orders were given to dump the ball
I'm the Mavericks half. GOwan and
Kiefer embeIlfshed the board as the re-
suit of playing Silver City's game Tor
a few short minutes, as a well timed
bunt viii go as much toward demoral-
izing a pitcher as a home run Tommy
Smith and 'Pretzels' Schultz advanced
to second and third by easy stages,
but died there, on high foul when
Jackson hOisted in owens territory
Gebhard Circles the Cushions.
So enthusiastic was Buckles over a
chance to defeat the champion NAV
ericks that he came out 10 do MS parL
of the contract in the second without
his mask Three more visitors made
the grand tour in the third when Ward
walked. and Gerhard hit high fly 70
left field for a circuit clOuL IT looked
like a foul. and the fans didn't IKE
fl bit. as Barker had the ball fairly
in his hands. when it popped out, ana
rolled over the line. He threw 10
Tommy Smith, who relayed home IN
hurry but the throw was low ana DGJh
Ward and Gerhard slid under the wire
and were safe
Tt looked like another Maverick up
rising in the third when Schultz
cracked the ball on a low drive along
the rfeht field foul line for two bases
ne died there. however. A fast double