La Junta tribune., 1915-09-18
PENxANr IN SIGHT.
BY Defeating Fort Lyoa 3 70 1, Il
Junta Has Chsace - win
Flag From Rocky Ford.

Es0B EhUs0 BS&CAy EOtVs
For the first time In the history OF
baseball the pennant winners In
league series will be decided BY the
final game Of the season. La Junta's
defeat Of Fort Lyon last Sunday, b.
score Of 3 70 !. and Rocky Ford's
defeat OF Lamar. s to 1. still leaves
La Junta and Rocky Ford tied for
first hOnors In the race for the pen
nant. The game tomorrow between
La Junta and Rocky Ford will de-
eide to whom shall be awarded the
flag for the year 1915 In the Arkan.
sas Valley League. and II will prob.
ably be some game.
La Junta has played seven games
with Rocky Ford this season. In the
league series. and has only won two
OF them, so It Is apparent that La
Junta will have to overcome bad
case Of melon roller hoodooitus In
order to capture the flag. In the ex-
hibttions games with Rocky Ford
during the season La Junta won most
OF the games. but In the regular lea
que series something Invariably hap
pened to beat them out of the long
end Of the score. Let Us hope that
LaJunta's hoodoo will not be work.
Ing tomorrow. and will take this one
particular day out Of seven to rest
up. and thus give Us q chance for
pennant honors.
The game with Fort Lyon was one
OF the best Of the season, being full
Of baseball thrills. punctured with
one or two exciting demonstrations
Of the art pusilistic. La Junta won.
but II was BY very narrow margin,
and up to the seventh inning Il look.
cd ~ though the game vas going 70
60 the route and finish with q score
Of ] TO 0 In Fort Lyons favor. Il
vas not until the seventh inning that
Ia Junta produced one Of thoss out
bursts for which this inning 10 fam
leqA Qowsis tsat out a infis,A
hit. nd 10 usasat later sesrsl -sa
0ardnsr's biasis through The psdal
extrsmities Of the left fielder. Thls
tied the score and there were SQUADS
Of great Joy In the grandstand. Two
more runs were added In the eighth
on hits by Brownie and Gardner, and
this drove big nail into the game
the sailors could not overcome.
The features Of the game were the
fielding Of cheligord and the batting
Of Addinston and Gardner. Chell.
CORD made some phenomenal stops.
and out Of twelve chances had one err
ror. AddIngton and Gardner both
batted 1000 per cent. the former
having three binglss To his credit.
along with . sacrifice. and the latter
four hits out Of four times up. two
Of them driving In enough runs 70
win the game.
The game In detail:
t1sss 1ssssg.
Fort Lyon--tiastiugs hit 20 Merrill
| and was out at first. wikoff ditto on
the same stunt Fowler hit to cheii.
sord and WAS out AZ first.
La Junsa-Merriii hit TO M.illchsr
and was out at frat Addinston made
his first hit Of the game 10 right field
and went 10 second on q passed ball.
Foster walked. Forester foui-d out 20
10 the sbortstop snodsrass. BrownIs
famed.
se~ssd ssssss.
Port Lyon-snodErsss hit 10 center.
hush sacrificed and snodsrass went 70
second. with Hush safe at first Queary
hit 10 chciigord WIN doubled Bush out
at second and Aadipwton nailed
oucsry al first spcdsrsss went 10
third. Meiiioher hit to Addinston and
had n cios. call ON being safe at first.
Fnodnrsss scored Fort Lyons only run
on thi. play. M.iiich.r stole second.
iI~rs-rh"ff flew out to brownie.
la Junts--1ardn-r b.a, out a hunt
20 the pitcher. cheiiRord sacrificed
Gardner 10 seeona and was out at
first samueis flied out 10 left field.
Thrsiik,ii struck out and threw his
bat st the umpire. No casualties. and
everything quiet on the base lines.
TAssA ssssas.
FORT 1.yon--lssnsil his 10 rlghe.
Usstt09n MI 10 third and WAS cut Ae
first Wtkoff struck out rew1er
New out 10 cheilseta.
IL JsntA--Msrriii fissA eut y ~.
ter. Addinston placed asoshss eae II
right field. but was cut whsa ~ ~
tempted 70 steal secsaA rsseer
struck out
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Port -snsSsrase was beaae1
and went - first. ossh New oue -
Chellses1. oueasy fIsw eus - ugoWos
10. MsllteAss stsuek out
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