La Junta tribune., 1914-06-06
ARkASsAs VALLEY LEAGUE
1eans Win ard lA,se One Game
fing the Past week-IAmar
q Still In the Lead.


Pration Day and wers anthusi-
ally welcomed BY the La Junta
41rs who sent them homo with the
est END OF \ thirteen 70 six score.
n you'd have been worse only the
nene boys got tired OF running.
TIRE was large and enthusiastic
crowd present from Rocky Ford.
trea Perdue was large and "Bill"
oreen and Lee Fenlason were enthu-
soAseic tuntil the end Of the first
fnnins) The home boys played the
eeee game that they have put up 90
far. The infield playing like Connie
ueck's qnartette. pulling them out
q the air and grabbing everything
Within reaching distance. The whole
team was full Of pep aud showed
than when they play ~ they are cap
ahle OF playing they are the class Of
the league. They made fourteen
beneles and stole nine bases ON Hoo
~ He hid his glove and mask un-
1oe the bench and had his shirt fas-
eeaed on with safety pms or they
veald have stolen everything he had.
IN the first inning Smith started
off by hitting 4 fly 70 right and was
safe on Butchers muff. Goblin play
ID the game by trying to sacrifice
him TO second but he popped q short
nv 20 Edwards who made the pref
tte4 play OF the game BY catching II
After short sprint aud doubling
0ml4h a, first. Maxwell flew To Te-
ter. For La Junta. l.ovett singled 10
cenoer and took second on Bagley's
cleop hi, to left. Buckley famed and
vtth two down Denniston showed his
resoect for Rip Starr by throwing
hlu four wide ones and this filled
The bases. He thought ne could fool
lrSN bsl III tudgmeat vas very poor
ia1 - osyd - lefs sssssae itps
rnnT Butcher flew 70 csstsr cad
isr the inninG. Denniston refused
u pitch any more saying that he had
strained his arm. but probably he
needed foot warmer. Three hits
and two runs were about enough for
him.
Harris first up for Rocky Ford In
the second hit safely hut spoiled Il
all by trying TO steal no he went out
by the -Eberling route. MAJ
well did the same trick In the fourth.
Losctt threw out three ambitious
runners altogether during the game.
In TIE last Of the second Teter was
hi, ~ . pitched bail when Nix. the
''weitser Wonder" took Denniston's p
place u the middle Of the diamond.
Then eberling slapped the first one
Nix threw him over Into the ArkHn-
sas river. Two runs. In the third.
butcher hit for two. Starr walked.
aud then whaien took the place Of
Nlt Edwards aud Tcter singled and
the total was three runs. In the
fourth BagIey bounced u clean bin.
gle 10 The center garden and stole
second. Starr had been walked by
both Denniston and Nix hut whaien
showed that he was good game
guy BY putting the pill over the pan
for Rip and Good Night. Nurre!"
The ball hit the new cement bridge
for O. Aome run aud although the
bridge vas Jared slishtiy II In stiIl
s'anding. admire n fellow with
nerve bue claim that a pitcher who
will pet Il right over the middle Of
the paa for RIP Starr hasn't got real
good eoase. Two runs. score nine 10
no,hlne.
In w. fifth Rocky Ford scored one
when WhAlsn got y walk. stole Sec
ond an1 scored when Edwards threw
MAS Grounder away. buckley went
IN Ia ~ sixth a. Starr wanted 70
save hlolself for Sunday but In the
-cycne1 the cantsioupc Huskcrr
socrs1 6ous. Including \ hon,c-run BY
Maswo0. % RIP took chsrse again
and e1oowsd only one more Ia the
ninth.
In ~ nlnth IL jan,A scored three
on : euDtls By Goblin. another by
smitos > 0uff BY Nlx and another
hit ~ ~ which scored two more
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