El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-04
SOLDIERS TAKE
FIRST CONTEST
Army Stars Batter Weiss
and Defeat Puritys By
Score Of 10 to 4.

@OO much Graham just about tells
the story Of the first game for the
u baseball championship Of the city
played Sunday afternoon at Rio Grande
park between the Puritys. reinforced
by couple of other Commercial league
stars, and the all-star Army league
team playing under the name Of the
Goth Infantry. In only two innings did
the star finger of the Army league
weaken at all while his batting was
a feature of the contest Graham got
three singles and a triple in five times
up The first two singles each drove
IN two runs while the triple sent in
one tally. Graham got TO third twice
and to second on two other occasions
but did not score run himself
shorty" Weiss started against era
ham but the portsider couldn't fool the
Army batters with his sweeping curve
and they didn't bite as Weiss would
have liked They proceeded to wait
him out and two passes and a sacri-
flee were the results of the first three
men TO face him Then Graham smashed
out a single and Weiss took Il abb
19ou ascension He steadied enough to
ian Augustiak and Sexton went out on
"' "uL in Che second inning he hit
two batters and four singles sent him
mp SO high that Manager Sims Davis
yanked him from the box and sent Paul
Fisher TO the mound.
Fisher Pitches Nice EalI-
Fisher pitched good ball for the rest
OF the game. with the exception of the
seventh when he opened by hitting
Lcrch- Head singled Buchanan dou-
bled and Graham tripIed, three runs
scoring. Fisher worked his quick de-
livery with fair success hut the sol
diers had evidently been carefully
coached against biting on curves and
Fisher had TO lay them over the plate.
Had he started the game on even terms
with Graham, he would undoubtedly
have pitched even better ball
In the fielding department, the SOL
dlers had a big advantage They gave
Graham sn2DDy and errOrless support.
the only bobble of the game for the
Goth being made 10y the pitcher. The
soldiers were faster on the bases but
the bakers were handicapped in the
catching department as Calemia, their
regular bacEstop. hurt his hand on sat
urday in the exhibition game Mortimer
tried 10 work behind the bat but went
TO short in the fourth inning replacing
Fllleman, who had an eff doy, while
Lawrence got behind the bat.
Soldiers Ectter CT Faiths
The soldiers worked the delayed steal
on three occasions and tool, ADVANTAGE
Of all six fielding errors made by the
bakers. Head played great GENE for
the soldiers at second base and his hit
ting was timely He cot a D.zS and
three singles in five trips To the plate.
Roy Davis pulled off COUPE Il
clever catches for the bakers in CEN
terrified but was very weak at the bat.
He famed the first three trips To the
plate, and got his only hit in the eighth
when Graham weakened a bin md al
lowed four hits Aylsworth famed
three times. as did Darnell. Laasoa
was the batting star for the bakers.
both his sinS-es being opportuna- E1r-
timer was also good with the willow.
He got two singles and double in
four times up
Graham Fans - Bakers.
Graham famed Is bakers during the
game He wiffed Meason, Davis and
Aylsworth in order in the second IN
ming. while he famed three in the
eighth. The first strikeout in chat in
ming was the leadOff man, Darnell.
hut the pitcher then weakened and
four hits interviewed before he whitfield
Aylsworth and Adkins Lawrence, che
first up in the ninth. famed but Fisher
went out on Grahams throw . first
Graham wound up the game BE- fan
ming Darneu.
Fisher was located cor but seven
hits in the six and third innings mat
he worked and famed five.
Record Crowd in Attendance
The game was witnessed by crowd
that packed the grandstand and bleach
ers while a big row Of automobiles
held a couple Of hundred fans who
couldn't find seats in the stands The
paid admissions at the gate were 1882
while several hundred tickets were
sold at the army canteens- The crowd
was one OF the largest thai has tunnel
cut for a baseball game here this wear
The E-andstand was filled by o'clock
and the entrance closed TO prevent Uv-
ercroWding- The first of the box
seats was sold al 10 o'clock on Sunday
morning and 10y 1 o'clock all had been
taken II was case Of worlds
series rush in miniature for the good
seats
Hail. Hail! The Gangs All Here.
The goth Infantry band was present
and rendered a much appreciated pro-
gram during the afternoon The band
master added 10 the fun by some ap-
prOpriate music at various times
A word should also be said for the
umpiring- As Harry Kan=. the army
leacue umpire. worked behind the bat
in the exhibition game Oh Saturday,
Ferro. the regular Commercial league
indicator man. was umpire in chief on
Sunday with Kane doing the base work.
h. he ha#