Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-06-06
DUKES SQUEEZE
THROUGH IN HAIR
RAISING FINISH
Old PuebloS Almost Get by
With Ninth Inning Rally but
Flye-run Lead Is Too Much
for Them to Overcome.
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= The game this afternoon viii /.
begin ut o'clock sharp so that 2
. there will be plenty Of time az .
. ter the contest 20 get home for 2
= supper. 2
. Lefty Russell. late Of Las (.
= Cruces. who VIII be painfully re- =
. membercd for what he did to :
. the Dukes when the Crucians .
were here some time ngo. has Q
. been signed by Manager Reed (.
. and viii he on the hurting lne 2
. for the locals this afternoon, /.
. with Rnedel on the receiving end. .
q In all probability Mcconnell 2
y and Callan viii be the battery .
. Offering for Tucson. .
There should be big turn .
. out OF fans this afternoon. AL ?
= buquerque II now on trial for .
. her ability to support league >
!. baseball. Tucson. Phoenix and Z.
Icl PaHo have come across In fine 9
. shape for their respective teams .
. What Il Albuquerque going to .
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miss IL nH good ns mile. and
that's how II Is that the Dukes have
yesterdays game To their credit. Nc.
Gschan, up IN the ninth for the Old
puehlos with two down and second
and third fully occupied gazed Al
one Of Fleharty's deceptive slow
ones and made up his mind that Il
wouldn't come over the plate. II was
one Of those mistakes Of Judgment
that the best ~ ua make AZ times AZ
the exact moment that the bali hit
Hnedels nit with soggy "plunk'
imp sterling gave that weary little
gesture that means ITS all off,
boys the crowd drew several large,
windy siRhs Of relief, and indeed Il
was all off.
Score 10 to o. with the Gags nying
over the famparts of the Dukes.
II was one OF those games where
we never knew exactly where We
were One minute II seemed that the
enemy had as all aewed up, the next
minute Il looked rs if the little old
game were IN our own cold storage
plant. and the minute after that yon
didn't know what 10 think. frion
started out the gamc for the locals
and for something over eight innings
did just about as well as We could
have wanted him ia do Then all Of "A
sudden the enemy got his range, and
after a Vulley Of shot and shell from
their t2.eentimeter guns his limp
and bleeding form was borne tender
" from the field ot battle, Fleharty~-
affeetionatolg termed Flea" by the
bugs undertook % stop The ralh
For a while II looked as IL 1t couldn't
be did hut Just as We were on the
spoint Of giving up hope Mcclellan
guessed wrong on that deceptive
slow one, aud as has previously been
recorded, Il WIS all off
Tucson started off Ia the lead, scor-
Ing two runs tn the first inning and
another In the second. while the
Dukes could only get one lone tally
across the platter In the nrst. In the
third, however, Frank Huelsman
Fanntered np 60 the little plate right
IN front Of the umpire and with that
nonehalant and debonnair manner
that has come to be re- 1oRnlzed as one
of his distinguishing characteristics,
put the hall over the left field fence
for his fifth home run of the sea-
SON. and AS Murphy had previously
for this very thing to happen, bJth
athletes took leisurely stroll around
the paths and registered perfectly
good runs for the team Tor which
they are working Later IN The same
inning Carman scored 1n a single, Al
Wild throw and a sacrifice fly, which
put us one run % the good
Then in the fourth, lrion got lit
tie careless IN the manner OF giving
mp hits and "a fierce assault from the
hated Zoe resulted IN two more runs
with the balance again on the wrong
side of the ledger In the nth, sixth.
seventh and eighth we came hack at
'em and piled up an accumulation of
runs which ought 10 make any old
ball game safe. AZ the end of the
eighth the count was 10 20 b, and we
had the TO-
However, fate had decreed. even as
Il does In the story books, that some
thing should happen In the ninth,
and when fate DEGREES Il thing II |
usually comes out that way. slagle, |
first up for Tucson In the anal stan /
"a, singled 60 right. but was forced |
at second on Fulwelders grounder !
90 that station. Mcconnell singled /
through short and Fulwcider went /
w thf ftHtt TANHFltl Nhikfl ana Inv !
bases were diseustnely intoxicated t
RAIDER caught one right In the mid I
flif for singing single and Ful- I
woider and Mcconnell scored. pin |
Rie" McMurdo got one safely past tho
inner works, and when Murphy le,
u get by ont IN center Garden. sta
delli, who had reached second ON the I
previous play, also scored.
With one down and fierce rnlly
under way things were beginning 90
look bilious and reinforcements were
Rushed 20 the front IN the person nf
an able bodied gent named Fleharty
Flea DIDN'T get OF 60 % VERY good start
Tor the first man to face him. Folts.
slammed out hinglc that brought
Raider across aud the count WIS 10
to ?. Callan. however. obnginelyl
popped out tO Hefrlott. MeGeehan
struck out and it was time for sup
per.
Charlie French was back in the
game with ali faRs living 4 circus
stop OF McMurdo's grounder in the
seventh. followed by sensational
throw which cut The big blonde down
IN the pride OF his youth. was a feat
urc Of the game. Then in the eighth
Charlie took one of SlaglOs fast ones
on the back OF his bean right whore
the hair begins to yet short ANA Cor
4 time it looked as II We were To- be
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