La Junta tribune., 1914-09-12
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The eloalng galno ~ ~ season %
the hons lot last Sunday brought
out ths iasesse crowd 81 enthusiases
which has bssn sssn q Juares paSk
durins ths Drsssat year. says ne
LAnar sDaSks. 70 whom The great
family Journal u under obltgations
for an advancs proof Of the Sparks
write up Of The game. A double bill
added 70 the attrsctiveness Of the
occasion and - Lamar won both con-
tests the eloae Of the home season
was vesy satisfactory 70 the fans
The scores were . 70 5 and II 70 2
The railroaders opened up savagely
on Fred Litter In the first game and
for . time II looked as though they
had their hoodoo working on the La
mar pitcher. Two runs were batted
in in the first inning and another was
added In the second. After this open
Ing disturbance. however. Littler
warmed 70 his work and with the aid
OF some good fielding on the part OF
his mates shut out the heavy hitting
raiiroaderH until the ninth inning
when they annexed two more tailies
on combination Of hits and errors.
Starr, the big southpaw. was hit
freely during the first game. but II
was not until the fifth inning that the
fence busters were able 10 overcome
the lead obtained by the visitors In
the opening rounds. After Lamar Sc
cured the lead the runs came easy. u
total OF five being counted In the last
three sessions.
After an interval Of fifteen minutes
during which the band enlivened the
crowd with some excellent music. the
second act was staged. The fence
busters presented ~ the leading man
the Hon. Mr.. Gordon (staEe name).
formerly Of Oklahoma. Mr.. Gordon
Is tall and rangy side wheeler with
plenty OF steam and . good assort-
ment OF curves. He gave a sample
OF his work by striking out the first
three men who faced him. and at
once endeared himself to the entire
local popuIace. His position was
further strengthened ~nen he struck
out the heavy hitting Starr with men
on the bases. Gordon was a com
piete puzzle to the La Junta slug
gers. most OF whom batted left hand
ed. and he had them drawing cir
cles In the air most of the time.
There was n succession OF goose eggs
for the visitors until the eighth Inn
mitted three successive hits after
two were out. giving the railroaders
two runs. They were blanked again
In the ninth.
The railroaders presented young
Mr.. Guis ~ their chief gunner In the
second battle. II took only . few
minutes for the fence busters 10 get
the range OF his projectiles. and when
the slaughter finally ceased five runs
had been counted on an error and .
combination OF singles and three base
smashes. That vas plenty for Cius
and In the second inning Starr took
up the pitching burden again. though
he was weary from his exertions In
the opening game. The fence bust
ers hit him freely In the third when
four additional runs were added. but
aside from that he pitched . good
game and earned the applause Of the
crowd for his gameness ID fighting
out both contests. Lamar added
two runs for good measure In the
eighth. making the final count Of
the second game II TO {?
The rsiiroaders fought hard In
both contests and did not sive up un.
~ the last man was retired In each
game. The fielding on both sides
Was good. and Lamar saved itself on
different occssions BY three fast dou.
BILE plays. The games beean prompt
" at : O'Clock and we're finished at
{. The detailed score Of both games
follow:
LAMAR
An n n TO \ v
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