Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-20

When strolon strolled up TO the
plate for Tucson IN the ninth inning
yesterday, the score was To in
favor Of the Dukes and an over-con-
hdent member Of the Ancient order
Of Royal hooters put on his coat pre-.
paratory to leaving the grounds. The
other members Of the order, reeog-
nizing n link when they saw one, Inc
medi8tely seized him and took that
coat or hy force. And they did wen,
for II the ovcr-confident one had been
allowed to get by with that stun VIC
would now be back IN the slough of
despond--Whaieyer that is--inatead
Of sitting up In the front seat en-
joying ourselves The safety First
plan succeeded, and the score remain
ed . to In favor Of the Dukes.
II was by all odds, from spccta.
tors standpoint. the best little old
bali game that has ever been pulled
of In Albuquerque, Perhaps L
wouldn't bear the critical ANALYSIS OF
big league expert, but who cares
anything about critical analysis when
one Is enjoying rafting good gamef
The thing was uncertain all the way,
and the anxious bench was almost
worn out by the squirmlng Of the
Royal Rioters.
For the FIRST two innings things
ambled along In a quiet sort of way,
and then we marched rlght IN ana
mauled out FIVE runs, which ordinarily
would be enough to satisfy any rca-
aonablc team. liut hardly had we got
ten settled down from the excitement
Of celebrating the occasion when the
visitors came up ana did the same
Ma La H.f "a Ia
inning they went us one better, lust
to make us feel bad. Then we rallied
and walloped out three, putting us
two to the good. ana they followed
along right after and copied out an-
other, making II entirely too close to
be comfortable. We Immediately put
another across and from that time
on we didn't know whether we were
guing 90 win or lose until Il was all
over. 81
Tho whole team played like Il house
afire from the first curtain To the last,
hut there were two bright particular
stars OF the game. They were BillI
Davis, the ~ Cobb OF the Rio GrandeI
association, and Ray Raedel, who
stops all sorts of things behind the
plate for the Dukes. Each of these
huskies came away from Honewoll
field wearing the laurel wreath of
glory. and the fans last night we're
rehearsing the brilliant plays that
they had pulled Off
Davis lust naturally seemed to bel
playing better than he knew how. At
the bat. IN the field and ON the paths
he ran away with things. The one
error chalked up against him WIS due
to his ovef-anxiety To accept a nara
chance His most brilliant play wasl
when he scored from second in the
seventh on wobbly little inheld
arounder hit by Russell 70 second on
which the latter was easily retired att
first Bill simply had their number.
and they couldn't play the game fast
enough 20 stop him
Raedei's classy neldinp aud all-
around heady ball playing puts him
up In the class with Davis IN award
ing the days honors, His backing up
OF first base In the eighth, when
Murphy made a bad peg 20 iirsi IN
the attempt 60 double Mcclellan. IN
doubtedly shut off "A run, and along
about that time run was a mighty
big proposition,
Three pitchers were used hy the
Old pueblos. Mcconnell started the
game, hut when the Dukes opened
up ON him IN the third he was yanls-
"a from the mound aud Horstman
was sent in a singing blow an the
shin from bah hit by Fleharty at
ter he had been in the gnme Just one
inning caused Horstman's retirement
but his recovery of the ball and the
throw TO first which retired FlehWtN