El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-13

FTER seven innings OF clean. hard
~ fought baseball, the Telephone cluu'
n out to avenge the defeat handed to
It a week ago defeated the News
paper team by the score Of TO sunday
afternoon at Washington park a DECIDED
Improvement was shown in the playing form
Of both teams. over their recent appear
ances snappy individual and team plays IN
jecting ginger and pepper into the pastime
Superior team work, clean hitting ana more
consistent pitching won Tor the Telephone
nine whose players exhibited a surprising
degree OF efficacy in the support Of their
tWlrler.
That nothing could have been more con-
Gucive to an exhibition Of fast baseball
than the smooth diamond recently con-
trlfle soft, but vastly different from the
rough field Of one week ago, the diamond
had been rolled TO state OF perfection anu
was big factor in the clean cut Work OF
both clubs
Ten hits for the Telephone team and six
for the Newspaper representative contrib
uted TO the score making Three errors by
the Newspaper team, and the 1elephohss
were guilty Of Just one less-aided the runs
along, although the game was remarkably
Tree from the glaring errors Wnlch con-
tribute so materially to the loss Of a game.
Leyva Strikes En- Out.
Despite the fact that he struck out a
fwiried a brand Of BAH slightly interior to
that dispensed by Perry who tOiled for the
Telephone team was nicked Tor a home
run, a three Dagger and eight other hits Of
smaller denomination. The hits Of Perry
were all scattered except IN the sixth inning.
when two successive singles and a base on
balls netted two runs for the Newspaper
team.
and embellished the score board twice be-
fore Pete woke up TO the fact that he had a
job on his hands. Briggs leadof man.
struck out. Whitman singled into left and
Fox famed. Whitman in the meantime had
swiped the midway, which enabled him TO
come home on Herberts single into right
pasture. EEopple placed one in almost the
urrraH n mn
who had reached third because OF lot Of
useless throwing by the Newspaper play
ers, came across the rubber Tor the second
run Of the game.
Perry HAS Good Support.
Hopple got around as far as third base
on a wild pitch, but shea tanned IN the
meantime. Up to the fifth inning the News
paper players went out in one two, three
order Superb support enabled Perry, who
exhibited a remarkable amount Of control,
TO hold the opposing team IN check 1leyva
failed to score in the third after he had
slammed out a long hit into LETT 1leld, Whlch
should have been good Tor three bases Fete
was squelched at home when he attempted
10 stretch the hit into four timer.
An error by Adams enabled Whitman to
advance around as far third in the third
stanza- Fox sent a grass cutting single into
center and whitman raced home. only to
be called out by umpire Harry Kane for
failure to touch the third sack With one
down in the third Shea sent the ball into
three TO nil for the Telephone. The News
paper team clipped out three hits, good for
two tallies, in the sixth, thereby preventing
a gOOse-egg. Successive hlts by Rogers,
Leyva and Chavez, coupled with some fast
base running, enabled the Newspaper play
ers TO usher two runs across. A three
Dagger by Hopple, and a fielder's choice at
the hands OF shea, promoted the Telephone
register one tally in the sixth one more
was also added in the seventh
Company l. INDICATED
Company IL indicated its baseball pres
tige in the first game, when the team wal
Hoped the Gas team by the score Of to g
TwirIer Harkius the sOuthpaw manipulation
OF the soldier nine. allowed only five hits
TO the Gas club, who made total OF four
errors. which were responsible for the ma
5ority Of the soldier runs.
Vance. who inaugurated the game for the
Gas team. was knocked out Of the box in
the initial inning after two successive hits
had been made off his delivery MOrch,
tracked the first ball pitched into right
Parker singled 10 left. MOwl slammed out
a two Dagger into left and Morch scored
In an effort to catch Parker, Shreve, who
replaced Vance, threw to Canmea5 who
muffed the ball, and Parker scampered
over the rubber. After Harkins had famed,
Howle. who relayed to Calimea in time to
catch him off the sack
Some Fast Playing.
As a result Of two hits and a batter hit
by a pitched ball. two more runs were made
by the soldiers in the second A fast double
play after one run had been scored nullitled
their efforts in the third. A two Dagger by
DanieIson in the fifth, scoring Harkins and
Draper ahead OF him, added two more runs
to the soldier register. After Shreve had
taken the count on strikes in the sixth, Gal
lagher clipped out a single TO right Mea-
son advanced him to third with a single.
HOwle scored MeasOn and Gallagher. with
a single to center, and took third himself
on the throw. He scored a moment later
on Parker's boot Of Reid's bounder
Harry Kane umpired both games and
proved himself capable in every way.
Saturdays Game.
Purity. 6; Woleslagle, T.
This IS the way the scoreboard appeared
Saturday afternoon after ii hard fought /
innings between the Purity and Rio Grande
bank teams. Although he famed 13 men.
Red Brennan, sOuth9aw twirler Of the