La Junta tribune., 1914-07-18

Tailende~ Put One Over On La Jun.
e. bat Il Was . Good Ganic
Anyway

1
Anyway
La Junta was defeated by Las
Animas last Sunday At Las Anlmas
In . well played game. The final
score was TO 8. There were num-
Der Of new faces In the La Junta
lineup and considering that the boys
had not played together before and
the consequent lack OF team work.
they made 4 remarkably good show
ing.
| Renell. the Las Animas pitcher.
borrowed from the Fort Lyon team
for the occasion. pitched q good
game. keeping the hits well scatter
ed until the last innings. Las AMI
mas got away lucky. Hays. the lead
off man. for the Las Animas boys.
hit the first ball pitched past third
base for three base hit. Under or
dinary circumstances Yant would
have stopped II for 4 single. Rip
famed the next two hitters on three
pitched balls apiece. but Kerns. who
was catching Starr. let one Of Rips
fast ones get away from him and
Hayes scored. The batter sent fly
to Crotts In right and II Il had not
been for the passed ball there would
| In Va hepu M s~ore
In the third inning Curry hit q
liner TO left that Yant could possibly
have caught but he fell flat To the
ground and the ball got by him for
home run. II he had not fallen he
would have stopped II sure and held
Curry to n single. More hard luck.
as there were two men gone and the
aest batter flew out to left.
In the fifth aud sixth Las Animss
scored again. once In each inning.
In the seventh Starr sent Cius to the
mound and he performed like q ma
Jor Lacquer. One score was amdc off q
tumble. y single. and long fly. but
with perfect play no runs would have
been scored off Cius' delivery. He
valuable mas for ths sts55s 10 ~.
ance Of the season.
The 8tarrs could not score for
seven long innings. but In the eighth
they broke the Ice. Yant hit TO CEN
ter for one base and took second
when Hayes tried 70 throw the ball
over the grand stand from center
field. He couldn't quite do II. but
he convinced everybody In the grand
stand. the whole dog-goned twenty-
nine Of them. that he had . good
strong whip. Baslcy walked and
Oberiing slapped one right square on
the nose. scoring both bis teammates.
He tried 70 take third and was tas.
sed oue.
II ths ninth Oius hit ely 70 left
that xeller almost caught Oft his
shoe strings but couldn't bold aad
the official scorer charged him With
~ error although nins scorers out Of
ten would score Il ~ . biz. Ksrns
walked ~ 70 The bat With . Do Or
dis expreasloa on bis face and hlt
one far and wide into csstss fisld.
with better eoechlas st thlrd base
~ would have made third On Il. bet
vas held at sscoad. olus scored
with bis toasss hanglas out till Il
covered bis "lsttsrs." No aoss runs.
Considsrlns Tie fact that Kssas
haa ssvss caught sssss bssoss ~ ~
flee. Rsp0 plays1 flsse liks . vss-
esss aad Crotes playsd veil h he
field. Ne got one hll Clssk. o.
second. looked like fous hlts worth
Of Roquefost asa hs acted yell ths
past Of . woodsn lndlaa o. ths issl
field coachiag liss. svesyoas slss
on The nias pct W . sood gans h
splis Of the latsnss heat ssd seesiy
every one sos oss or two hlts dur.
Ing the sfiernoon.
TIE Las AnimAs tsam has plcked
up lately. In fact they save picked ~
70 many good Dlayefs that thsis ~.
roll Will compare vesy favossbly
wish the eiee.ses payroll Of The 10.
cal Saasa rs sAoes. They vili have
70 charge tea doIlsss a1alssloa "a
The ball games. . 10 Rousts Theatrs
opssias. u thsy sxpeet 70 take h
saoueh " ~ their salasy llst.
TIE sams teams Dlay hsss soasos.
row. and II Rip piechss ~ veil - ~
az last Sunday thsse viil ~ another
eaine In The 'wes" eeluns sos ~
nssrrs. Twinkle for ~ sonessuv
afeesnooa. ol1 w. Tor vs vlll al|
b thsrs roollsg sos yeu.
Ths bes ssers sessy q ~ 0ans \
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