La Junta tribune., 1915-05-22
LA 1UNrA WON IN THE TENTH.

sSss NNAA WIN bN AnEs IENlu.
Pyle Brokc Up . Tie Game In the
Tenth and brought In Winning
Run-No Joy In the Ford.
II was last Sunday. and some
where in this favored land OF ours
the sun was shining bright. and some
where men were laughing. and
somewhere men did shout. but there
was no Joy In Rocky Ford when La
Junta won 0ut-in the tenth.
La Junta had been In the lead un-
I'll the fatal ninth. with q score OF .
to l. Until this inning Tim Ryan
had been moving the melon rollers
down with clock-like regularity, and
. persistency that was quite pleas.
ing to the La Junta fans. Some Of
the holes he pulled himself out Of
during previous innings. demonstrate
ed the fact that he was there with
the goods In an emergency. During
one OF these climaxes some OF the
feeble-hearted fans OF La Junta
came near passing away. from hold
Ing their breath. but all Of them were
brought back to life In the tenth, al
though even then th.y had narrow
escape.
In the ninth. when we had the
game won and gone with II. Rocky
Ford made three binglss In rapid
concussion off Mr.. Ryan's twisters
and drops. and he was retired. be-
Ing succeeded by Young Eberling,
the greatest pinch hitter and relief
pitcher that ever floated down the
raging Arkansas. No more hits
were made. but with three men on
there was not much chance to save
the day. although one run was nip
ped At the plate. Rocky Ford scor-
ed two runs In the first half OF the
ninth. and the game was hers pro-
viding La Junta was shut out in
her half. Bill Eberling was equal
to the emergency In our half Of the
ninth. however. and cracked out q
two baggss that resulted In the score
being tied.
II was In the tenth that bedlam
broke loose. In La Junta's half
there was one maa on and two out.
with the mighty Pyle At the bat. He
had three balls and two strikes. On
the show down he made good, ms
usual. cracking the sphcreoid into
the right garden for his third hit Of
the day. and bringing In the winning
run. And thus ended the greatest
game ever played on 4 La Junta dia-
mond.
III was sure some game!" This
latter expression has been made In
our hearing n least S99 times dur
Ing the past week. and we don't
know who was the originator Of Il.
Il 10 the most III 70 express . real
condition. however. that we know
OF. and II will do no harm TO make
use Of u an even 1000 times.
The baseball conflict was not with.
out some stirrins spells before the
big show In tho ninth ana tenth. All
the way along excitement abounded,
good plays being pulled off time and
again. but the game was not frec
from wrsngiing. which IL the most
rcsretablc feature. In the last half
Of the tenth inning Manager Knsuse.
Of the Rocky Fordites. got on the
wsrpAth. lie lost his temper and
assaulted the umpire-giving his
face a push with his open hand.
knause II = good sport. however. and
regrets the incident ~ much ~ any
one. He admitted this much him.
self TO President christy. Of Lamar.
la . talk over the telephone. bu,
ssili thinks that his team got the
worst of it--from tho Las Animas
umpire. This IL NOT apparent from
tue score. IA Junta made fourteen
hits for . total Of nineteen bases.
while Rocky Ford oaiy made eight
hits for total Of nine bases. aad n
this real eoa1ieioa vesld ses -.
title IL Junsa TO The game what %
eassh. o. even oa baseball dlanoad.
vouid3 ~
Il was a. infleldsrs' esme throssA
out. Rocky Ford hsd two putoues
II ths ousfleld as1 IL Junta not .
sln0le eas. L. Juasa's outstetdsn
Djaysd aso fer oul They had ssvse-
81 chances which figured 10 the scers
ssssiss q Rocky rsel. bst eesll