El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-27
Rio Grande Bank Team
Beaten By Purity Colts
First Defeat of Season in City League Administered to
Leaders; Game Is Fiercely Contested Every Minute
of Play and Final Score Is 4to Tin Favor of the
Cream Puff Experts; Pitcher Fisher Does
Some Very Scie ntific Twirling.

Davis stole second. and then made way Tor
Red Brennan 10 get into the game. nav
ing slightly sprained his ankle TED B I'-lln
dropped Chants fly to short right cel..sI
AilsWorth famed. Adkins hit TO auss1...
who held the bah and allowed every Douy 70
advance one sack A temporary loss OF -
troll by Noleslagie eliminated IN tNo J -
lor the Purlues, rapid siahl - t-I7
baczstop Williams. The Bankers we're hsiu
safe in their half
Story of First Game.
After many and sUnory attempts ~ ~
Newspaper club finally fought us way NJ
the won" column, after six successive Ce-
feats, in the first game. by wallopins tne
Gas team in a one-sided seven inning AFFAIR
by score OF 10 to O.
Nine men IN seven innings, an average o.
= little over one per inning took the count
before the speedy tWlrhng OF els, 1l9
uimiuutve field captain OF the NeWspaps4
club. Eight hiss. all Of which we're SCAT
tered, did not net any runs Tor the 90
nine. although the team appeared greatly
strengthened collectively over the showing
made in its last appearance. except IN me
tW1rhng department, where the Jas cluo
Tie came vas strictly a southpaw affair
for two innings After that manager Rowe
OF the Gas team, having introduced two
tNiriers. decided that he would go on the
mound himself and with Howard Horn
buckle. ex-COpper and Texas Lacquer dong
baclrstop duty, he held the Newspaper team
to two runs and four hits during MS regime
shreve Didn't Last Long.
Shreve. hero Of nlanW unfinished contests
inauEurated the contest FOR the Gas team
but went 20 the bench after three sue
cessive hits netting two runs, and after
ward resulting in another, had been nlcked
off his twirling. A hus1y boy named John
son. was next on the bill. but was retired
after lasting the remaining half and the
whole Of the second
FL Paso White Sox, led off with a single
for the Gas team, but was nabbed in an
attempt 10 steal third That ended the
fHr as
Cerned.
Chaves slammed a neat single into right.
as preliminary to the run making OF the
Newspaper club in the first inning. Rogers
raped out line drive down the left field
foul line Pete Leyva sent a high one into
right field which Perry misiudged and Cha
FeZ and Rodgers raced across the pan, Pete
taking third Doering struck out, and
Campbell was hit by a pitched ball Nara
day, a single into right. and Pete and
Campbell scored Toen doubled to center.
Garfield counting Briesh laid down a neat
bunt in front OF the pan. which johnson
muffed in his haste. Toen scoring on the
play Briesh scored several seconds later
when Howle dropped me last strike, after
Two more hits contributed an equal num-
Der Of runs for the Times in the fourth.
and one more was added in the second as a
result OF Garfield slamminE out his second
bingle, a neat grass cutter into right The
Newspaper club appeared to have been
strengthened TO great extent since its last
Purity Team Lost Saturday.
heo Brennan, speedy southpaw twirler
OF the Purity team. was knocked out OF
the box in the eighth inning Of the game
Saturday afternoon between the Purity and
Telephone teams. which the Telephone won
by the score Of to G.
Errors costly and sundry contributed TO
the loss OF the game for the Purity team
The secosd baseman Of the Purity club
Inuffed four chances. while Fox. shortstop
OF the Telephone team. and an ex-school
Tiger player, was guilty Of just one more
error.