The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-05-13
First Regular League Game Ever
Played in Lamar Proves Worth
of Lamar's Team
Valley League Standing
Played Won Lost

The largest crowd that ever at
tended pay ball game in Lamar
turned out last Sunday to see the op-
ening game of the first regular lea
que season in the Arkansas Valley
League and the first game of organiz-
ed ball ever played in Lamar. Every
one was highly pleased with the park
the game, the Lamar team, the UNI
pire and the result. All went away
happy and will come again and
bring others.
1t was one of the cleanest games
ever played here, none of the bicker-
ings and quarreling that has so often
marred games. 1t was under league
rules and Umpire Wilson, while fair
In all his rulings, was always in COM
plete charge and allowed no roughness
or back talk. He made highly fav-
Orable impression on all our people.
The neighboring towns all turned
out to assist in swelling the crowd,
and Las Animas sent quite a delega-
tion also. The afternoon was some
what blustery, but it did not interfere
much with the players. The space
reserved for autos was filled to over
flowing as was also the grand stand.
The latter will be enlarged at once.
The advertised preliminaries had to
be dispensed with owing to the fact
that the Las Animas team wanted to
get back on the stub and the game had
to be started at 2:3O. The Lamar
band reorganized for the occasion and
played number of fine selections on
the street and at the grounds.
The game, from the umpire's call
Of "play ball" to the sensational catch
and still more sensational throw of
Caulk's from left field to first max
ing double play and ending the
game, was a splendid exhibition and
worth big league prices. The score IL
to 0 marks the difference between the
pitchers and batting ability of the
teams far more than their fielding.
Lamar earned most of their runs by
clean heavy hitting and few were due
to errors.
The Littler battery, Fred pitching
and Bud catching, was striking
feature of the play-nine strike outs
and no better exhibition has ever
been seen here. Only 30 Las Animas
batters faced Fred. He allowed three
very stingy hits and hit one batsman,
and in seven innings turned them
down in one, two three order. Even
their one bobble was really an exhi-
bition of brotherly affection as it
was a nice easy fly and each stood
back and motioned for the other to
go in and distinguish himself.
The Lamar team as whole and as
individuals looks good to the home
fans. The members who were on last
years team, Wallace at first, Shar-
key at right field, Skinner in center
field and Caulk in left, are all fine
fielders and their heavy hitting broke
up many a game in the valley last
summer. OF the new men, Henry at
second is one of the best performers
ever seen here and both Mayfeld at
short and Hines at third play their
pOSltlOnS ike NcteTdHS. 1Hc Scah
looks good as it stands and certain
ly got away with a good start. In
the two innings when they got to
O'Brien the worst, the first and the
eighth, they piled up five runs each
time by heavy consecutive hitting.
O'Brien, the pitcher imported from
Pueblo by Las Animas, was up
against bunch of batters too strong
for him and we understand his SER
vices have permanently been dispens-
ed with by that team. They played
good ball against heavy odds and got
much valuable exercise chasing the
long drives from Lamar bats.
The Lamar boys go to La ,Iunta on
Sunday for their second game and
there will be many fans go with
them to help them by roofing. We
want that rag and we have team
that with proper encouragement