Arizona republican., 1913-06-02
Pinch Hitting Wins Close Game Between Bears and TIighIanders at Tempe Park; Tempe Fails to Hit In PincheS
s. R. V. LEAGUE

A little headwork where head work was needed won the Tempe Mesa game yesterday at Tempe for the Highlanders, though taking the cold hard figures of the box score, the visitors played less baseball. Tempe early showed a large ability to get men on bases by hook or crook, but the trouble came in scoring them. Mesa whacked the pellet when whacking was good. and ran bases by the following formula: Tempe baserunning to Mesa baserunning as 3 is to !. e E. D.
 Beginning the first inning the Bears put three men on, but neg lected 10 do it before the outs az Eregated two. consequently, when the pinch hitter came up, and flew out, it was good night, nurse. Then in the fourth Griffen walked. Oviedo hit, Lafevere flew out, Lemons sacrific- cd and Spikes walked. Three men on. Then Mouer flew out to short stop.
 But here is where the headwork came in. It was the last of the fifth. Mutt was on by second base mans error Olivier hit nicely Null len was out. second to first; Griffen, the heavy sticker was famed by Jack Campbell and his able assis- tant catcher and Captain Morris. Ov- iedo was out on a pop fly and. the game was saved Twice Campbell walked men with the bases two thirds full, saving his arm to fan a weaker successor. Had he pitched to the huskies, with the bases full, it might have meant homer and three scores. But he knew there were two out and he found out who was following so by the use of a little savvy here and there. the battery saved the day.
 Morris began the scoring in the first when with one down and none on he poked the ball over centerfield fence Bond famed and Williams was out, catcher to first. In their half of the space. Tempe scored one. Spikes was out on a short lob to second. Mouer went to first on Bonds bad catch of the throw, and then took second on the huff Mutt hit to the right field and went to second on the try to nip Mouer at the home plate. Too much distance defeated the perfect throw to Nor ris. and Kelly was safe. Olivier was hit by a pitched ball. but Mullen famed and Griff popped out to right field and the inning was over.
 Mesa scored again in the second about as follows. POmeroy hit; Fay Tor famed; Jones had a two bagger over the right field fence; Pomeroy scored on Quickensteads' sacrifice to second.
 One error and three outs was the record for Tempe this inning.
 There was no more until the sixth. But baseball-airtight baseball oc- cured all through that interval In the Mesa half of the sixth, Bond walked and scored on a hit and a steal assisted by a sacrifice
 Then the well filled stand rig right up for Tempe went in to clean up Lafevre famed out but Lemons walked. Spikes hit and was out on an attempted steal at second. But in the excitement the citrus kid had ambled home. MOuer put CT over the fence for two bases and Mutt followed with two more. This na- turally scored the said Mouer. Oli- vier hit and Mullen hit for two cor ners and Big Griff was out to the second baseman. Add them up for
 
 But Mesa came right back in the seventh and did some scoring their ownselves. Campbell walked and scored when Core put it over the fence for two bases (per new ground rules). Core scored on Morris neat bingle and the sturdy captain cross e71 the platter when Bond likewise lifted the pill into the treetops. None out. Spikes went in to pitch the team out of the hole, Olivier talk ing the place at short. This left a hole which had a lot to do with losing the game. Collins began to warm up to succeed Campbell, and the game was resumed Williams hit the first good one Spikes offered. Jack was wild without his warming, but steadied later. PomerOy was out on sizzler to the infield, Taylor flew out to center and Jones was ylead on a splendid hurl from third to first. But Mesa had also scored