Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-11

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There Ia an ancient wheeze to the
effect that IN lrlshman once defined
the tabled phoenix as "A huzzard fly
ing up out Of the ground with his
tail on IRE
The members of the baseball team
representing the city of Phoenix In
the Rio Grande association have
taken unto themselves the lofty and
dlgnificd nickname of "Thc Sena
tors" hut yesterday they played ball
more like. buzzard flying up out Of
the ground with his tail on iirc. Thus
II another prophecy fulfilled
when Official scorer Ludes had I'm
iHhed computing the totals on his
adding machine the count showed
TINT while the pscudo.senators were
nmassng grand total Of three runs
the Dukes had scampered around the
paths often enough ia score an even
fen, that while liester's henchmen
were gathering np here q little and
there n little, some nine hits for a
total Of thirteen hases. Reeds regu-
lars were slammlng The ball over the
man for thirteen hits for total Of
twenty bases. and that the only place
whore they had an edge on ~ was IN
the error column-iust look at Il and
see for yourself
II must be admitted that the
breaks were all against the visitors,
and that they played bah hard all the
way. even after Il was apparent that
they had no earthly chance 60 win. A
number Of their errors were due tol
oNer-eagerneps, and came at critical
moments, Just when the psychological
effort WAS the worst On the other
hand, the Dukes We're lueky-~George
Reed wore his street clothes again
and In addition 10 their luck they !
played the same sort Of iam-up ball |
that they used 10 play when the sea-
son first opened.
An illustration ~ how the breaks |
went IN favor OF the Dukes Is found /
III the most peculiar double play |
pulled off at Hopcwell field this sea-
son. II came In the fourth inning |
when THE score was only TO In
our favor, with one down and fast
little DemAggio ON third, and the |
Enddcnneas OF II undoubtedly went |
far to take the heart out Of the visl- /
tors
Lynn bounced slow grounder to-
wards first, which Jordan, Herriatt /
ana French all tried 60 get, with the /
result that first base was left AZ va.
cant as fiat with the family gone
away FOR a vacation. Bemagglo in the
meantime, had run pretty well up
from third, and when he saw Her.
it0tt, who fielded the ball, looking
around towards frst for somebody 10
throw 10, he made dash for the
plate Herriott made "A quick snap Of /
the ball 10 Raedel and Demaggio,
changing his mind tried 10 get back
TO third. A chase 'ensued but II j.
didn't last long, for Davis, To whom
the bali had been thrown showed
burst Of speed and ran Demaggio
down.
In the meantime Lynn had been
going hlithely on his way around the
bases, and had passed second and
then some, WHOM Davis touched
Demaggio out Davis Immediately
whlrled and shot the bali to Huels-
man, who had come In from right on
the play. and Lynn was out by sever
al city blocks, the exact number be-
ing immaterinl
Walker Jordan was back In the
came for the Dukes. after lay-off of /.
several days due 10 a bad arm II
there was anything the matter with /
his arm yesterday II was not visible
TO the naked eye, AS long as there
was the slightest suspicion OF a doubt
about how things would turn out he /,
was air-tight ana Theoretically sealed I
After his pards had piled up enough
runs behind him 10 Win two or three
ordinary games, he eascd up, but
taken as whole the game was one
Of the hest ne has yet worked.
McCrcaV started the game for
the visitors, but didn't got very FAR
with H. aud in the fourth inning. nf-
ter he had been hammered Tor "a
total uf eight hits. MANAGER Hester,
who " a hfm believer In the doctrine
that II you want thing well done.
you have TO do Il Yourself whether
you know how or not. made the as-
cent Of the hill The fans had lot
of fun with Hester. and were SO indeli-
cate az TO insist that ne put a regu
lar pitcher into the game. but II Won
VIII look at the score with that coldk
analytical gaze which all baseball
fans habhually employ. sou will nnd
that Hester has the laugh ON the
ians For IN a fraction over three ln-
hlngs MeCPearv gave up eight hits
and IN fraction less than siN innings
Hester gave Op only i've
Now VIII the fans be auiete Yes.
they viii not
Here, ladies and gentlemen. win be-
found the iahulaied statement Of
fta sfH h.