El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-21

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w enough to warrant the biz
w league clubs offering him a
fabulous salary. the star HEAVIER OF thu
army league pitched a mighty good
game against the Kansas City leaguers
at Rio Grande park on Wednesday af-
ternoon, the score being to 0 in favor
OF the visitors The game was one OF
the best seen here this fall and was
witnessed by a crowd Of about 500 fans.
the soldiers being particularly well rep
resented.
The fans seemed TO care as much
about the hits as the runs and there
were many inquiries after the game as
to the number Of safe hits off Graham.
To save further worry, it may be stated
that the visitors connected safely nine
times off Graham's delivery while there
were five hits off Rustenhaven
The visitors excelled in snappy field
ing, though they were charged with
Two errors TO one for the soldiers. and
ran out every hit The soldiers lost at
least one hit through loafing on the
first base line and the visitors got two
extra bases by wasting no time in pay
ing their regards to first before streak
ing for second A bit Of slow fielding
by Mortimer in the third inning let
Kester stretch a single into a double.
Mortimer was a star for the Puritys in
the city series, but played at second
base He was in the outfield for the
soldiers and didn't play as good a game
as had been expected, either in the field
or with the stick.
SnaPpy Plays Feature Game.
Several snappy plays featured the
game and the work Of both infields was
good. Injuries to players in other
games compelled the visitors 10 puJ
pitcher Lambeth on first, but he
handled the bag in fine style Craw-
ford did some snappy work at second
and starred with the stick
Billy Head was. next to Graham. the
hero for the soldiers. Billy candidly
admits 90 birthdays. but he played like
a yOungster on Wednesday. In the
fifth inning he got two fast erounders
and threw the runners out at first on
both occasions.
Rustenhaven complained. early in the
game, Of a sore arm, but in the first
four innings he showed all kinds Of
speed and nice variety Of curves His
greatest asset was a change of pace
and when his arm began to bother him
he had to rely largely on a nice slow
ball Rusty" used his head TO great
advantage and worked" the batters
successfully He famed seven, while
Graham was credited with eight strike
outs.
Falsken, the manager OF the team and
the regular centerfielder. injured his
ankle at Tucumcari on Tuesday and
was out OF the game. but the visitors
were Joined here by a couple Of players
from the Texas league. and Kurnop
filled in nicely in center.
BrammelI's Throwing Arm.
BrammeH showed a nice throwing
arm and handled Rustenhaven's curves
and spitters nicely, but he doesn't ap-
pear to be much as a hitter The team
appears to be a fairly good class 3 ag-
gregatiOn, though several Of the players
are Of class "A caliber. That they viii
have tough time if they tackle any OF
the Coast league clubs in California is
evident. They would compare fsvorably
with the team which represented FL
Paso in the Rio Grande association.
though the Mackmen were admittedly an
unusually strong team for a league OF
that class
Had Graham good hitting team be-
hind him, the verdict might have been
different. The soldiers couldn't "savvy"