The Lamar register., 1914-09-09

LOST IL 10
The chances all favor Rocky Ford
getting the name of champions of
the valley league and the cup, but the
real champions are the Lamar boys
because the above table will show
they have taken the league series
from each of the other teams of the
valley. Through the fact that the
other teams of the league have laid
down to Rocky Ford the later may
ly presented to them by refusal OF
league officials to give Lamar a
square deal at any time during the
season and the lay down tactics of
the other teams.
Starr, who pitched seventeen in
nings on Sunday was the whole la
Junta team practically, as he had 20
do most of the effective work both in
the field and at the bat. He is a real
ball player and leaves his crouch at
home in marked contrast to some of
the rest of the bunch. He started off
like winner too as the La Junta
team got three runs in the first two
innings off Littler while Starr was al
lowing Lamar only stingy little sin
gle run.
That was all there was to it, how
ever, as Fred got warmed up by that
time and La Junta never saw home
plate again until the ninth. Backed
by fine fielding Littler moved them
down mostly in one, two, three, and
the few times they looked in the least
dangerous, he struck out what was
needed. In the seventh with two down
and runners on second and third, he
passed Starr, the most dangerous bat
ter on the La Junta team, and then
struck out the next man. La Junta
scored two runs in the ninth through
Stars two Dagger with two men on
bases.
In the meanwhile the Lamar team
was busy and after the third inning
never failed to score. One in the
fourth, another in the fifth, a pair in
the sixth, two more in the seventh and
another in the eighth, brought the
score up to to in their favor when
the game closed. Hines drove a three
base hit to the left field fence, which
was the longest hit of the game. The
fielding was the best seen on the home
grounds this year and all deserve
special mention. Butsfeld, the new
second baseman, proved himself star
and his game at second outclasses any
thing in this league,
The second game started out en-
tirely different. Gordon, the new
southpaw pitcher, had the La Junta
team tanned right from the start and
they were eating out of his hand at
all times. He started the game by
striking out La Junta's three crack
batters, Eberling, Oberling and Bag
ley, in row, which made the whole
crowd with him from the start. Later
when he struck out Starr he received
quite an ovation. La Junta brought
as their extra pitcher, Guis of Man
zanola, and the kindly manner in
which our boys took to his delivery
from the very start did not seem to ne
at all appreciated by the La Junta
management. After Caulk woun! ~
the fireworks witt home run 10 the
center field fence scoring the fifth
run they decided he had received suf-
ficient introduction to Lamar and
Starr went in and finished up the
game. 1t was lost already and he did
not have much heart in his work.
If Guis had been left in the second
inning would probably have run until
dark. As it was Lamar punched hits
in the third and eighth inings and add
ed six more scores, while Gordon held
La Junta peaceable in all the innings
but the eighth when they combined
three hits with one bad error for two
scores. This rally was stopped by
Caulk's sensational one hand catch OF
a fly. They never even threatened at
anv other time except the sixth when