Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-06
SUPERIOR SLAB
WORK WINS FOR
DUKE CITY TEAM
Iron Hurls Alright Ball and
Is Given GlIt-edged Support
by Teammates in One
sided Contest,


The Dukes--that's what the folks
are calling the local aggregation, ~
though there has not been any formal
Christening ~ yet--~won iup-hioea
uane from Douglas yesterday after
noon. thanks 10 alright slab work BY
Pitcher Irion. who WIS given the hest
sort Of support 1T ni stages OF the
game. When the wind had subsidized
ana the official scorer had finished
balancing the, books Il was found that
the locals had tailed eleven times ana
the visitors only once.
Weather conditions were not nearly
80 good yesterday az on the opening
day. and that together with the fact
that nearly everybody in town was onf
to see the start Tuesday. VIA probably
Responsible Tor the small crowd that
wns IN attendance. Many ladies took
advantage Of the fact that u WIS N.
dies day, and the fact that they are
true blue fans was shown by the man
ncr In which they cheered for the sue
cess of the home team.
The game was much better Than me
score would indicate. lrion was ~
an times master Of the situation, ana
while he was touched np for eight
safctles he Kept them well scattered,
and was never IN danger. Benallhck,
on the other hand. wah easy fot me
Dukes, who scored IN every inning but
The fourth and fifth and ran things
pretty much az they pleased,
Quiglcy Il Canned.
The frat friction between player
and an umpire came yesterday when
Manager QulgIey Of the Douglas team
got the worst OF verbal encounter
with Umpire MchAffey. II was diff
cult 10 determine from the stands
what II was All about. but the net re-
suit OF the engagement was that the
visiting manager was compelled 20 re-
treat 10 the other side OF the fence IN
order to Atralghien his lines. while
General Mehaffcy WAS left In undis.
putcd possession OF the field. In oth-
~ words, Qulg got sho0cd from The
lot Ward WAS brought IN from right
field 10 take his place NJ second base,
while fannin took az Wards bur-
den IN the 0iitef garden,
Tho deepest dyed fan IN Albuquer-
que war discovered during tho pro-
gress Of The game in the person Of a
Nd on the outside who waded waist
deep into an acequia full OF water IN
fouled over the fence and secure adj
mission 10 see the rest Of the game, Il
was necessary fof the yoingster 10
abnn10n the use OF his shoes and
stockings after getting inside, but as
he sat on the hleachers and wiggled
his toes he seemed 90 think that he
Ind been amply repaid for the dis
comfort that he had suffered.
How II Happened
The lone Douglas run came across
in The first inning Ward waa given
o life when Haedel let the pill get by
on The third strike. lic was sacrificed
10 second By Stewart, hui persisted ~
the plate when he attempted to score
ON Quiglcy'H slrgle 20 left, the Doug
las manager taking second on the
thraw-in, BENJAMIN then lined out
a single and Qulglcy scored
Singles by Murphy ana Davis, com.
bined with wild pitch and Carman's
sacrifice fly, accounted for two runs
be- Albuquerque In the first In the
second hit by Harrott, an infieid tap
by Zamloeh on which Qulgiey failed
10 cover the bag 10 catch ilarrlott a
wild pitch bx Benallack and d sacrl-
flee fly by Murphy brought In another.
Errors and another Wild pitch gave
two more in the third Hits by Fam
ioch, lflon and Murphy and a muft
OF Raedeia ny hy Fannln yielded am
other IN the sixth. IN this inning
Greenburg. for Douglas brought the
crowd up with a sensational stop of
iumphries' drive over second Three
more tallies were added In the seventh
on hits by Carmun, Harrintt. Hamloeh
and Naedai and an lnfleld out BY
French, while the final runs were
made IN the eighth when ilumphies
Rnt 10 first on an error, went to third
on Davis drive 10 center. and scored
on French's sacrifice ny 10 right, Da-
Wis. who had taken second on his own
hit, scoring also on the bad throw TO
the plate 20 catch HUMPHREYS
Albuquerque ana Douglas Will play
again this afternoon. The game viii
be called promptly ut 3:90 O'clock
The SCORE In detail