Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-06-25

lion or II p~aper-two full sheets
Was devoted to sporting news. and the
thing which caught Pop Frisbee's eye
anu caused it to bulge slightly was
the column of box scores and the
"Nilirial Standing Of ,he Independent
Northern New Mexico League
Suffering Slakes." grunted the
sco0!. II knew they had ii
lei%H" in northrln New Mexico. Out
laws. OF c"Hlse!."
Iher" II VAS under his very eyes
~" y, .:tage column of the league,
"ltl t"t.r clubs in the order named:
Won. Lost. 7. e..
i,"~ton Terriers .......... 81 a g..
SIN Miguel S~idewinderS.. Dis
J""I,son's Coyotes ....... /, - .2i
"llley'vr been playing all season.
Saturdays and Sundays" thought Frfs-
bee. We'll, we'll, We'll. wonder if
! Elow amy OF those players"
He east his eye down the line of the
box scores. There WAS not :, profess.
S!"llal name that he had ever heard
before. The san Miguel Silrwildr1,
had a Mexican lineup Judging by the
naM"S-OrtiZ. Gonzales. Martinez. Val
deH. Morales. Garcia. Gomez. Will and
Mer@an. The last name Jared slight
~. Evidently the SiaewindrrS had an
Irish pitcher.
The Apache team contained such
Wlrlik" souls as Running Wolf. Sing
ing Mule. Raw Dog. Howling Henry.
hungry Coyote. Bald Hornet. Foot,
loose Pete. Sweet Evening Breeze and
Aztec Antonio. the pitcher.
"Wcll. what dye think of that?"
unused the scout. "a regular Indian
team, and holy Moses. how those boys
can hit"
Indeed. the box score of the game
between the .Apaches and the Boston
Terriers proved it. The hit column
was thickly sprinkled With twos and
threes. and in the summary the list of
extra base hits was a long one. Aztec
Antonio was credited with two home
runs and Il double; Singing Mule had
W doubles and a triple; F%ootloose
Pete with four hits out Of four times
up had a home run, a triple and two
singles, and Bad Hornet had two
triples.
Then came the browning surprise
the name which appeared at the begin
ming of the story of the games, There
it was, just as Pop Frisbee had seen
it Il thousand times in days gone by.
in ten point gothic-"John Meegan.
.Jr."
Johnny Meegan." said Pop. 80
that's where he went! And he's work
ing OF a rotten little paper like this.
Too bad! Well, there's one boy who
knows a ball player when he sees one.
What does be have to say"
John Meegan, Jr., had a great deal
to say. His account of the game be-
tween the Apaches and the Boston
Terriers left no vague shadow of doubt
in Pop Frisbee's mind. From the in
slant his eyes alighted on the stand
ing of the league" he had felt the in
clination to make a trip over into Rio
A.rriba county. wherever that should
prove to be, and take a look at this
unknown collection Of ball players.
When he ran his eye down the figures
which represented the terrific hitting
ability of the Apaches the inclination
grew stronger, but when he read what
Johnny Meegan had to say about
Aztec Antonio. Singing Mule, Foot
loose Pete and Bald Hornet the fate
of the Independent Northern New
Mexico league was settled. Thus wrote
Johnny Meegan:
Never has such a hitting team been
gathered together in any league of the
country. Kilbourne. who twirled for the
Boston Terriers. had all his usual con-
troll. curves and change of pace. He
mixed up his repertoire with all the skill
at his command, but man after man the
Apaches walked to the plate and smashed
the ball to the fence. If the Terriers fun
bled at times it was because the balls
which were hit through the infield trav-
eled at such terrific speed that it was
physically impossible to handle them
cleanly. On the other hand, Antonio,
using his lightning speed at all times,
held the Terriers helpless and all but hit
less. Kilbourne's men were game and
fought hard in the face of an overwhelm-
ing defeat. but no pitcher seems able to
stop the Indians when they begin to hit.
Frisbee stopped off i'll Denver to
greet a few old friends and ask some
questions about western leaguers. On
the second afternoon. as he was loaf
ing in the lobby of the Brown Palace,
he saw Davy Martin limp in with his
suit case and write his name on the
register. Davy was the scout for the
Benedicts-the very miscreant who
had robbed Pop Of the timber league
pitcher aforementioned. Pop held a
newspaper in front of his eyes until
Martin was safe in the elevator, and
then going to his room he hurriedly
packed his suit cases.
1T wouldn't surprise me a bit if
Davy was after the same bunch" he
thought to himself. well, if he beats
me he'll know he's been travelling"
A night spent on a Denver and Rio
Grande Pullman landed Pop in Ala
mosa in time for breakfast. after
which he embarked on a narrow guage
train for the long, jolting ride over