La Junta tribune., 1915-05-29
PERFECT AvERAGE SMASHED
La Janta Now Tied with Rocky Ford
for First Place In Arkansas Val.
ley League.

In JuntA Now TIED Win ROCKY Ford
for First Place In Arkansas Val.
ley League.
Two thousand people watched the
premier teams OF La Junta and Rocky
Ford battle for supremacy in the Ar
kansas Valley League last Sunday
and Rocky Ford won. La Junta ex.
pected to win. and would have won
had Il not been for uperabundancs
Of bonehead plays. Time and again
somebody biffed the bali smack into
the hands Of the peerless shortstop
Of the Rocky Fordites. and time and
again some La Juntaite on second
base. who was possessed of more
nerve than baseball sense, or else the
victim Of bum coaching. tried to steal
third on the play and was tagged out
by this aforesaid shortstop. and It Is
not much wonder that La Junta fail
ed to score in the early stages OF the
game. Two OF these unnecessary
outs happened in the last inning.
when La Junta had the melon rollers
on the run. with three men already
over the home plate and nobody out.
The best swatters In the team were
on deck. and II Is u cinch we would
have won the game In this ninth Inn
ing rally had q little baseball discre.
ton been exercised.
or all sad words Of tongue or pen,
however. the saddest are these-it
might have been different. La Jun.
ta took her defeat gracefully. never
theless. no matter how badly we
wanted TO win. and did not make any
fuss about IL. In fact there wasn't
q kick. or even = sign Of 4 murmur.
throughout the game. Umpire
Clark was eminently fair. and there
wasn't play that was close enough
TO make 4 fuss about. II would be
something eminently satisfactory to
the occupants Of the grandstand II
this coalition could be brought
about In every game. There is moth.
Ing gained by constant wrsngling,
and ~ . Sunday spectacle Il Will do
more 70 Det tn eAne on the blink
thaA anything slss. 80 -. =
The melon rollers won the game
by timely hitting. having twelve
clean swats 10 their credit. four Of
them by the peerless shortstop all
by his lonesome. and out Of forty
fielding chances the team only had
one error chalked up against them.
They won the game fair and square
and are entitled 70 all the credit
they can get out Of Il.
Ryan started the game for La
Junts, but was . victim Of the hard
hitting Cubs. In the fifth inning
he was replaced BY Ebsrling. and
three Of the nine scores were made
Of off him. Ryan struck out nine
men during his season on the mound,
and on one occasion only six halls
we're utilized In landing two Of the
Cubs BY the stsiks-out route. II
Ryan could keep this pace up through
out the game he would be some pitch.
er.
Ia Junta had nothias but row Of
goose eggs On the score hoard until
the fourth inning. In that spasm
Brown fIew out 70 left field. Basley
thea became the author Of . double
10 right field. Love hit one TO deep
short. and Bagiey vas caught bstvsea
second and third on the bum coach.
Ing Of Patterson. Lovett made .
clean swat 70 left field. aad Love
ambled around 70 third base. Pyle
thea bit 70 sscond base. but the art.
let In charge let the hail 70 through
him. Love scored o. this play sad
Lovett vas advanced 70 second. Pat
tsrsoa thsa biffsd The hall % the
Dessisss shovtseop oacs more. and
Pyle vas foresd out q sscoad. max.
jog Tie thlr0 0aa oown.
u he niseA spasm ths IL Justa-
less evl6sstly found . soluttes fos
Java Jacksoa's subaasise twlstsrs
that New Dase then Ike . sAos oct
oe Q casnoa. They laadsd % the
essssiass Of sAs Aopeiie-Droporsioa-
- ehsovee q ths nslos rollers With
ooeA eesG, ed also Q ~ q two. n.
fess ~ slugssst wss ever thsy asAe
fous safe hles. two q thsm belng
twe-saek swats. asd with three mso
ovee ~ he0e plals beeeee asyto1y
was est \ Ieske1 - tAeugh the "
lnalng hat Il Juntsless haA beso
Dooalag foe ~ at Iase assive1. ~
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~. hewevos. eass altss ste-sveo
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GoaugAe IN . eosklng slngle q Ieeg
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