Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-07-16

bee Grizzlies were coming over to play
thelr last engagement. They were
not overconiident. Bates had beaten
Moreno three times and struck out 50
naA.| g: the Bisbee players that it
was becoming II habit with him.
VITA Bates in the box, the Tucson
Sl'ot;> would stand a tap without
TIA" iPa>; hesitation.
"Er"tty %Srt,." was Oily Toms men
Val s"M!:. il. Now to get the money
""'N&. Al. would never do for Blake
-. ntlr:r III the transaction. but Il
'!i'i1 from Bisbee might do the work.
Tx" wrote Il letter and sat down 90
Wt.t dcvp!npiuentS. He knew th,'
mas 10 whom the letter WAS written
too We'll !&s that mans peace of mind.
and he fe:l S"re that his friend May
he" would NOT fail him.
Vn Thursday Il man registered at
tn" best hotr! in Tucson and scrawled
"rlSaee' after his name.
II understand" said this individual.
that there; some money here that
says you've got Il bail club in Tucson"
All the = to | you want said the
clerk. There's Il man right over
there by the cigar stand who was just
saying he'd like to get Il bet"
AND then. quite by accident, of
course. Tom Blake drifted oven to the
desk i'll time to hear the Bisbee man
say that Morpno'S arm was better
thah ever. Tom stated his opinion
thAt Moreno VAS '~'yellower'n canary
Dlrd.' and. of course, the man from
Blsbee offered to bet that he wasn't,
and the hotel clerk held the first
wager.
That was the opening gun of the
campaign. and Oily Tom was under
cover. Tucson received this Bisbee
booster with open arms. whereupon
ne flashed a roll of bills as thick as
a mans wrist and announced his in
tention of going broke if Pete Mo-
enc was not the greatest pitcher in
the southwest. Tucson was willing
to accommodate him, and he did a
land Office business for two days, and
no pet was too large for him and none
too small. All he wanted was 9 to /,
and he got it. and his only stipulation
was that the money should go on the
game in which Moreno pitched.
Sunday dawned clear and cool under
a SKY dappled with tiny teecy clouds.
Ihe sporting population of Tucson
managed to exist until noon when it
snatched a hasty lunch. and the exodus
to the, ball park began. The lone tick
ct seller, working with both hands,
surveyed a waiting line and remarked
to himself that it was going to be a.
Dis day. if not the big day of the sea-
on.
White and Bates met outside the
snack which served as a dressing room
for the players 1t was characteristic
OF Whites caution that he had; seldom
Ii ever been seen in the Of
the red headed pitcher.
"Remember, now" was the eatcher's
warning. 1--WE can't make this, thing
look bad It's got to be. done arts
tlcally. This is the country where
they string yon up to a telegraph pole.
you know. Maybe it would be a good
thing to walk u couple of men and let
Culpepper or Bateman hit it a. mile.
They'll hit hard enough if you'll groove
'em for EN-. And shut 'em out the
hrst part of the game. Don't pull it
until the seventh anyway. savvyw
Jake" said the pitcher admiringly,
you've got a great head for business
haven't you? Leave it to me. I'll
blow this game so nice and easy that
these folks won't know how bad
they're hurt for a week."
Then they went out where glory
waited, and sporting Tucson stood up
and welcomed those precious, burglars
as she has never welcomed a president
of the United States.
Why describe the first six innings:
Pete Moreno drove the few Bisbee
men crazy when be struck out White
IN the third inning and followed by
making the peerless Eli hit a, weak
foul back of first base.
Considering it as a contest between
pitchers it was a remarkable exhibit
ton. but Tucson unheSitatinsly award.
ed premier honors to Eli. the incom.
parable. Moreno had been hit safely
three times and had given one base
on balls; the Grizzlies had yet to make
their first single, and Eli had issued
no transportation. The score was. rep
resented by a double row of ciphers
on the board; excitement ran high and
loud, and the few BisDee men realized
with sinking hearts that Eli was pitch.
ing as they had never seer him pitch
before.
At the end of the sixth inning White
found a chance to whisper to Eli.
Better let 'er go in this inning" be
whispered. "It's clouding up anG
there may be a storm. Slip in one OF
two runs and it'll stiffen this Mexi
cans backbone. They'll never get 8
foul off him if he gets a lead"
Joe Dorsey. the weakest hitter OF
the visiting club. who waited on 8
pitcher because he was afraid to hi
and miss. ODene6 rho seventh inninc