Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-08-01
BASEBALL CROWS
IN POPULARITY
RACE FOR PENNANT ~ CITY
LEAGUE BECOMES MORE
EXCITING WEEKLY

Baseball is again taking a popular
hold upon the people In the Pan
handle The old style of corner lot
rough stuff has been entirely sup
planted IN Amarillo by the city
league peunant race In which four
popular teams are participating. Fast
teams from other states aud from
the large cities of the Panhandle are
being brought here this summer at a
great expense 90 play the high av-
GRACE team Of the city league
Players are eligible to participate
In these outside games who hold the
highest batting and fielding aver
ages of their respective positions.
This eliminates all fayoritism, and
provides for tho Amarillo fan the
best team which this city can pro-
duce. Several visiting teams have
come to Amarillo TO play against
this high average team, but with the
exception of the fast Dalhart team
which played q tie game Cf . 20 .
two weeks ago. mo- visitor has had
the pleasure of anneNing an ANA
iillo scalp.
Visiting teams play before "A
compcpolitan crowd OF from GOO 10
1909 fans who win as quickly APP
plaud brilliant plays OF the visitors
as they do those of the home team.
Dalhart i8 known an over the
Panhandle as o good baseball town
and sends on the road the fastest
team which has PLAYED here this sea
son. The City League team sent
there on July fourth received q royal
welcome
Estellno supports q fast proies-
sional team Preparations are be
ing made 10 bring that team TO Ann
arillo during the month Of August
Clarendon business men put q
team In the field which was the
cynosurc OF all ewes during the early
part OF the season The Woodmen
team attended the July fourth cele-
brations IN nat city aId dropped
two games while there
Canyon has always been promi-
uont in the baseball Panhandle with
a team that would be credit any
where Canyon is strong for their
home team ag o. ryiuccd by the fol-
lowing account of Mondays game
which appears in the columns Of the
Randall County News aud I'm which
that organ tckes MP the cudgel
against the ACCOMPLISHMENT OF some
kindly citizen which lowered like a
dove of peace over the battlefield
news OF our porting page:
4. 10
day afternoon hy score of 10 !.
Canyon won because she had the
best team and played the best ball
Notwithstanding the Wild predictions
of the sporting editor Of the ANA
rillo News
Word pitched siS Innings for Can
yon. striking ont one hit one with
pitched ball and held the visitors 10
one hit Bill Rlack went IN for
three innings. striking ont 3, allow
ing two hits, one ~ them home
run and walked Canyon made two
errors
Crotty pitched six innings for the
visitors, striking out two. walklnr
seven and allowing four hits Alban
pitched the last three the locg-q get.
ting three hits
Tho Amarillo News sent down as
distinguished sporting editor 10 re-.
port the game and II takes some
man 10 be sporting editor on such a
sheet The distinguished gentleman
sat by the News man forty or iiity
feet from the plate, but at this dis
lance and az an agile OF forty-fiye dc.
gree he was able TO distinguish eve
Dry hgll and strike. and while an
Amarillo pitcher was IN the box cy.
cry ball was q strike according Ga
this distinguished sporting editor
and no. was some sporting editor M
his account % the same he severely
criticized Jim Black. the umpire fOr
walking so many mon. This some
sporting editor didn't realize that
Jim has been boz the uwpr.ug bust
J ness for ha aohall and as referee for
basketball and football for the past
several years and has never been
questioned on bis decisions bv visit
ing teams until the some gentle
man with O. fortyiiyo degree slant
in his eye arrived Boo ,ho city 20 tel
tho locals something about this little
. game of baseball which they hay,
q been playing for the past 'sieer
years and defeating Amarillo boo III
per cent OF the games
Yes, and thi self same port.ul
editor of the mo rOpOlitan daily took
up half of bis space in The moruiu.
; edition with O. prcachmOnt on 90,
: ethics of tine game oven i0rgly,
. him. Canyon has been too ever
) lasting busy putting out champion
Z ship basketball. football and bas.
ball teams during tho past tcN
, years 90 take q course Boo ethics uu
, der so distinguished q gentleman o..
. THIS slaut-eyod apOrtiyo sport. but d
he had Inquired OF DICK Lewis nj
Ret" h,han ODE of Da'hart umpir
ing amel. this young mort NIGH
j have discovered Chat these routlo
! men had been coming 90 Canyon 90
. games for the past dozen years uu'
2 never iu thor illr have they beer
/, mistroated by Canyon r0otcrs The
only trouble with thIe ryert-h1li-a
, strike slanty gentleman is that DOH
. keen sense o. ethics docs not pDrmI
hir to draw limo of distinction be-
tween true portsmanllkc roofing
such AS Canyon roofert io and th'
r. rough neckod variety of .ome o,he
4. towns
a Come down again odd hos au'
, veil teach you Oh. ud.meuts %. ,h
10 game
: SPORT CALENDAR FOR WEEK