El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-22

the hOnors in Fridays game just
\ alittle bit too late but their ninth
inning rally served to throw an awful
scare into the SolOns and take some
Of the -chestiness" out Of them. PhOe-
nix had TOO big a lead to be overcome,
however, and won, s to 8, despite the
six runs the Hurleyites put over the
plate in the final session.
Umpire Lou Mahaffey had an off day
Lou was all right on balls and strikes
when he was behind the bat but when
he tried to give his decisions from back
Of the pitcher he seemed TO have trOu-
bic in correctly calling RusseIs curves
Herb Hall, who was on the mound for
Phoenix, relied almost altogether on
speed and a straight ball, mixed Occa-
siOnally with a drop These did not
bother Mahaffey as much as the curves
and the crowd got an idea that Mahaf-
fey was trying 20 help out the SolOns
and expressed united opinion on the
matter.
Attempts to steal Home.
But the poor decision OF the day was
on third base in the fifth inning. With
the bases full, Mutt, who was on third.
started TO steal home A game Of tag
between third and home then started
and ScanlOn and Hall shifted up, Scan
Ion taking third Mutt finally attempted
10 run back to third, where Scanlon
was roosting.
McAvoy tagged Mutt and all the play
ers ran over TO that side Of the dia-
mOnd- ScanlOn seemed to think that he
was the one out and stepped OF the
bag I'D was promptly tagged by Nc
AVOy. The surprise Of the crowd may
be imagined when the umpire waved
Mutt away as out and called Scanlon
safe Mutt might have reached the
bag safely. There was question about
il but il is a dead certainty that Scan
Ion was tagged while off the bag.
incidentally, it may be mentioned
that despite the three on bases and
none out in the fifth, Phoenix did not
score in that inning as Russell pulled
himself out Of a tight hole.
SOIons Field sensafionaIIy.
It was fast work on the bases and
fast fielding that won the game for
the Soions. Some poor decisions on
balls and strikes in the sixth inning
may have had some effect but the
SOlOns deserve credit for some sen
sational fielding up to the ninth in
ming when the whole team went 10
pieces and played miserable ball
Herb Hall pitched nice ball but owes
a lot TO the support he received Up
to the ninth inning, he allowed only
three hits, one in each Of the first three
sessions. He famed only i've Farmers
but four snappy double plays helped
him out a lot.
Hester Gets n shock
Herb Hester yanked himself out Of
the game in the ninth and set Toner to
first base. Herb disappeared from the
-
Of his team When he came back, ten
minutes later, he inquired the score
at the press box and was told that it
was to and that the Farmers had
two men on bases It was a rude
shock TO the Hustling manager and he
sure did some hustling right there Hall
was yauked from. the box with two
balls and one strike on SeatOn. Nc
Creery was sent in and he checked the
rally for Seaton lifted a long foul to
right. which Mutt fairly plucked off the
fence, retiring the side.
The SolOns have three good pitchers
in Hall, Toner and McCreery. They
field faster and run bases better than
any team seen here this season but
they are not any great wonders with
the bat despite their IS hits on Fri
day.
Phoenix Takes Aseensions. Too.
So long as the pitcher is going
nicely, he gets the support but looks
as though the Solons are like Other
teams and can take a balloon asceA
sion when the pitcher begins TO wobble.
They managed to pile up three costly
errors in the final inning and Testers
500, 600 infield was looking like a
bargain counter attraction in the final
9tanza-
On Saturday afternoon, the Farmers
planned TO send Sammy Beer 10 the /
mound and If Sammy duplicates his F.
Wednesday form, he stands a fine /
chance Of coping. There will be two (
games on Sunday, the first starting at !
o'clock.
Most Exciting Series.
For real excitement, no series this
season comes anything near equalng +
the Farmers-Solons contests and the
week end games should pack the
stands
The box score follows