Arizona republican., 1914-08-03
RONEHEADS SLIP
IN WITH PLAYS
But There is Brace of Bril-
liant. Scintillating Double
PLAYS - Bad Base Run
ming Another Phoenix
Handicap
Bv SCOOP"

ID was like a flock of see-saW rallies
only IL alternated the wrong way Tor
Phoenix BY reason of a couple oil
casual home runs by Gee F. Barrett,
Phoenix was able to make Mesa take
ten spaces to beat the SOlons. And
ny virtue of a half dozen efficacious
base running boneheads. the score was
not eVener than nine to five when il
ended.
II i remarkable enough when
person slams one ball over the fence.
j IS still more remarkable when one
person gets this sort of a trans paling
drive in two successive games. But
when it happens twice in the same
afternoon. it betokens some genius or
some luck that is beyond ordinary.
Barrett'S first homer went right
through the top branches of the tree,
swishing through the thin upper
bouehs and bounding so high after it
hit in the auto park that it was plainly
visible to the naked eye from the
grandstand. But the next homer, if
not so long and so hard, was more
better. for il scored Tommy Dodge as
we'll as the hitter.
Il was mostly the fault of the wealth
er. they'll tell you. Phoenix had work
81 one finger until he seeped like a
spring on a messy bank, and then
Gillette. Hayden's new HEAVIER from
Silver City. took charge Gillette en-
tered thee game after O'Brien, the
Ping Bodie-looking Celt had got things
iuCsled to a to- two tie. Gillette
held Mesa pretty well while the local
hatters had evened things up again in
the last of the NINTH and then when
Mesa came back in the first of the
tenth they had their War-rags on. 1t
was an awful wallop that put Joe Bond
on second. Oviedo singled in front of
Little Warren and then Bond scored
Noeur be safe and Leachy scored.
Then Core smashed out a triple, max
mig it three Phoenix frightened a bit
and prevented" Campbell and McGo-
wan. and Core scored when Williams
hit the ball against Warren's jaw.
Warren and Barton had traded.
MCGOWAN. who had held Phoenix
had then frightened and held the locals
until the ninth. returned to the mound
"a man refreshed, and caused Gillette,
Dodge and Barrett TO contribute
considerably to the gayety of fans
with three rapid outs. The next was
made by the crowd, which went there.
As a baseball game it was pretty
.Hr.Hra ,rr1N- Fn1t ytrha w
Thursdays game declared it wasn't
the same pair of teams.
Errors happened just enough to
make it interesting. Boneheads were
scored frequently to the delight of the
large and ever present Anvil Chorus.
Yes, we made some too. For instance
in one inning. with none down. and
with every chance of pushing across a
couple of scores, Warren and Barton
each allowed himself to be expunged
while trying for second base. But
Listen to the true history of a brace
Of lightning like double plays In the
third Core was on third-one Of the
narrowing results of OBrien's lack of
control Campbell was safe when
Lewis dropped the ball. trying to force
the blonde shortstop MCGOWAN had
famed The stage is set.
Williams hunted and Core sped for
home. Now when Core starts to speed
for home, there is not much time lost.
But in that fractional amount of an
instant O'Brien gathered the ball low
ingly, shot it to Barrett who recovered
Just in time to get it back to Barley.
Mesa erased a couple of our fellows
at one fell swoop in the fifth. Barley
had just singled when Davis laid one
down to MCGOWAN. The tall youth
nipped Bark at second and Williams
eliminated the Indian at first.
How Mesa scored two runs in the
sixth. breaking the tie is an interesting
tale. O'Brien fielded Williams out
easily. thereby acquiring some fame as
a mountain which can go to Mahomet
cen tho the prophet be mounted on a
motorcycle. Morris dumped the ball
just far enough over second SOS no
body could get it, He then added in
suit to injury by coolly purloining
second. Pomeroy doubled to left, the
pill humping the fence in the course of
its flight. O'Brien then hurled Bond
out at first. completing his honors-
for OviedO sin p1ed RI oaptar Uhere