El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-18
rHAMPIoNs. Of Id -. ~ '

~hAMFlDNS- or FL PaSO. by virtue OF
six victories in eight games of
~ the city championship series. the
goth infantry baseball team is now
turning its attention to the Kansas city
leaguers, and when the aIl-stars arrive
here for the game at Rio Grande park
On Wednesday afternoon. they will
bump into an aggregation that has been
inspired by success and is playing bet
ter baseball than il really knows how.
Sundays game was not a classy ex-
hibition of baseball on the part OF
either team, but it seem that the teams
must upset the kettle Of beans on the
Sabbath. II happens regularly The
soldiers were on the long end Of a 16 10
score, after the scorers had put in
bit Of extra work in compiling the to-
tails.
Game Proves Interesting.
The game wasn't quite as bad as the
score would indicate and about 1909
fans had an afternoon of fun. The
Puritys kicked the ball around so much
that one might be forgiven il he got
an idea the bakers were trying to play
football, but the soldiers We're not far
behind when it came 10 the boots
Things happened in the very first in
ming Pete Leyva made such good
showing in the I3 inning game last
week that he was sent TO the mound.
Pete's support was uncertain and the
dusky twirler had little other than his
hand and a prayer on the ball. The
combination resulted in six runs for
the soldiers in the first three innings
PedreEon Relieves Leyva.
Manager Simms Davis and Capt par
nell had a conference and Pete was sig
nailed to the bombproOf while PedreEon
hOisted his lengthy figure on the pitch
Il /. i'll
the inning and then lasted thirds
of the next inning In that inning. the
fourth the bakers weren't sure whether
they were playing soccer or baseball
and piled up four fat, juicy errors
with two hits. one a triple BY CaporaL
they counted for four runs
Capt Darnell again visited the infield-
He decided on another change. and
Red Brennan DOTTED his sweater and
went to the box The southpaw pitched
good ball but his support was so bad
that II was no support at all and the
soldiers continued the scoring With
good fielding. Brennan would have held
the soldiers scoreless while he was on
the mound. for the soldiers did not earn
a run off him
GrHham in Fine Form
In the meantime, a smiling. red-faced -,
Graham was giving the Purity batters /
their troubles and then some Rotten I
fielding by the soldiers in the first two 4
innings accounted for a pair Of runs. /
but the army bunch settled down when /
the bakers began to ascend.
There were only four hits credited TO I
the bakers in the game One was Dwy- /
er's bunt in the second inning He /
tried to sacrifice and popped one that /
fell back Of the drawnin infield and I
went for a single The next hit was I
when Mortimer lifted a short fly 10 left {
field Caporal made a great run for IT 4
but when he touched il, the ball was at I
his shoetops and the scorers decided /
that IL would go for a hit.
FiIIeman Hits n Triple.
The first clean hit was a nice drive
by Richie Fiileman in the seventh. It 4
went for three bases. but there were /
two out at the time and the fans /
cheered when Graham whitfield Morti- /
ner, the star clouter for the bakers. /
Calemia drove clean hit to center in
the eighth It should have been good !
for two bases, but Joe isn't very fast
On the paths and was contented with
one station He tried to steal second.
but found that Augustiak's throwing
arm was in good condition.
CapOraI and Head Hit Well.
Caporal and Head had field DAYS viii, I
the stick, each clouting four hits. Bren-