Imperial Valley press., 1915-11-22
CaleXicO Wins
From ElCentro
Stnnhing Of Tenms.

PLAYED. Won. Lost Pei.
El 'entro. ro.......... .665
imperial .r........ .666
GaleNleo p'l,,'i''', ....'..... > .66f
BraWleN .......... o .0GO
Swatting the horsehide for II hit>
off the . pitchers for Eel Centre who
took the slab at .arious stages Of the
game, the CaleXico aggregation yes
terday won from the Rarristers by a
score of II to u. The locals tried
TO rally i'm the ninth and succeeded in
bringing in runs, placing them with
in , of CaleXico when the final out
was made
The game resolved itself into VERT
table swatfest, in the early stages.
spencer, the CaleXico catcher, made the
mrs home run of ;he season when he
drove fly clear of the left field
fence. LII Longe duplicated and the
Barristers, not to be outdone, whacked
out homers McMullens and A1eXan-
der'S being driven over the left field
fence, Muesel scoring a long fly that
bumped against the center field fence.
Early in the game the CaleXico team
found what Muesel had and McMullen
replaced him in the fourth inning. The
erstWhile third baseman lasted until the
seventh, and then RAIDER. shortstop, oc-
eupied the slab for .the rest of the
game.
Gardner, right fielder. dropped out
of the batting list early in the game.
and PiercY, who has been unable to
pitch recently because of a severe at
tack of pleurisy, took his place.
Lefty Williams had oodles of speed.
but, despite his swift twirling, the
Barristers found him for 13 hits He
was taken out in the ninth and Jack
Ryan took the slab. The locals touched
him for . hits and runs
CaleNico made errors during the
game, but most of these were due, not
to carelessness, but to too much sun
light Toward the end of the game the
sun wheeled down so that the rays
shone at an angle which filled the
eyes of the players on the left side
of the diamond with sunshine and
tears.
First Inning.
Smith walked; Schmidt out on sacri-
flee bunt, Alexander to Tenant, Smith
advancing to second; Bohn whacked
out single, advancing Smith to third ;
Wilhoit dropped out a 2-bagger, ad-
vancng Bohn to third Smith scoring
Ruether found the ball for > bases,
scoring Wilhoit and Bohn, but perished ID
on third, when La Longe was thrown
out on a bunt, Alexander to Tenant,
and Lee, on a hot grounder RAIDER to
Tenant.
RAIDER singled to left field; McMullen
flied out to La Longe; Pick crack ed
out a double, advancing RAIDER to
third: RAIDER scored on sacrifice fly of
Muesel to La Longe, and pick ad
vanced to third, where he pershed ;
Tenant cracked out a sizzling liner,
which was knocked down by Williams,
Bohn recovering the ball in time to
throw the runner out to Reuther al
first.
Second Inning.
Not a hit was made by the Border
Town aggregation in this inning Spen-
GERS grounder between first and sec
ond was handled by pick, who threw
him out to Tcnnant The star twirler
of the CaleXico nine retired after fail
ing to connect with the horsehide.
Smiths grounder was handled by PICK,
who threw the runner out to Remnant.
Gardner made the first out for the
Barristers when he drove up high
nv. which was handled by Ruether.
Schily, the new center fielder, said by
n Calexico scorer to have hailed from
the "Moonlight League in Arizona
struck out. Schilys batting during the
Afternoon was not spectacular, nut ms
fielding was one of the sensations of
the game. Alexander cracked out a
single, but died ON first when vance
made the third out, his grounder be
ing nanulth DN INh''h'i' W.
Bohn, covering first.
Third Inning.
schmidt cracked out a Texas Lacquer
far a single and stole second when
Gardner threw to McMullen after re
covering the ball; Bohn flied out 10
Tenant; Wihoit walked; Reuther
tapped out a single, advancing WI
hoit to second and Schmidt to third
La Longe bunted and was thrown out
Alexander to Tenant, Schmidt scor-
ing and Wilhoit advancing to third
Lee cracked out fast grounder ana
was thrown out, McMullen To Ten
nant.
RAIDER hit out single, but never got
10 second: McMullen flied out to La
Longe. Pick duplicated to Wilhoit' and
pick followed suit to Wilhoit; Muesel
popped out to Williams.
Fourth Inning.
McMullen, third baseman, switched
took the slab at the beginning
Of this inning, MueseL from whom
the Calexico aggregation had taken .
hits and 4 runs in the three innings
covering third; Spencer, the heavy
hitting CaleXico catcher, drove out a
two-base hit, the first of series OF
bits which scored the Border Town
team runs in this inning; Williams
followed with single. Spencer gain
mo third on the error of McMullen and
then home; williams got to second on
a sacrifice bunt by Smith. who was
thrown out Alexander to Tennant'
schmidt drove out 2-base hit, scoring
Williams; Bohn hit out single and
stole second; Schily recovered Bohn
nil and threw home, Alexander tagging
schmidt out on his attempt to steal