El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-03
WALL SHUT OUT
FOR FIRST TIME
BY ~BUDs RUTHERFORD

A strong west wind on a 20-mile hike
suddenly lifted the smoke at Rio Grande
park. Sunday afternoon. and amid the
crash OF the bass drum and the blare Of
Hail Hail. the gangs all here" the
remnants Of a few shattered records
might have been seen shifting off with
the smoke It was not necessary TO have
pair OF field glasses to see the shat
tered traditions. either. as the sight
Of twirler Clarence Duncan. out on the
mound put a gentle reminder in the
heads OF fans that this young fellow
was pitching the game of his life Well,
look for yourself A few Of the shat
tered records were
No runs. no hits
Equaled strikeout record.
Record for last number batters-
Not q man reached first
Not a ball hit out Of the diamond
Won the game. 80.
LOnf home run record
Considerable. ehc
As a matter Of fact we do not believe
that there was single man on the
grounds that did not appreciate the eX-
hibition OF pitching. with one exception
This particular hombre was Juan Co
mez. manager OF the Walk team and
naturally a booster Tor his own club II
old not appear right TO Juan that Dun
can should shut his players out alto
this season when the Walz team had
not made one or more scores Juan is a
good sport however. and. OF course,
taking in consideration that Duncan.
really did some good work. he is right
there with the credit and hopes that
the young twirler viii pitch some more
winning games-aEainst other clubs
All InfieId Taps.
Really. this record business is coming
around with great regularity ana it is
a rare game now that some mark Is not
broken, even if il is q gumshOe police
man doing a dash for q pickpOcket or
the militia making a hike without
someone falling out Sunday 1t was
simply a case Of Duncan being there
with the stuff and the little soldier de-
iivered il right Off the reel The Walk
boys put UP an excellent offensive
game. but seemed 10 be wOefully weak
on hitting. not a ball being knocked TO
the outfield during the entire game
three of the knocks that were made by
the Mexican players being slow ground
ers to the infield while the remaining
two were flies
Steele. as is the general rule. started
the scoring for the seventh in the third
inning when he caught one Of SOtO's
low drops and sent IL over the score
board for q home run The ball cleared
the board by at least 10 feet and was
the longest circuit clOut that has been
seen on the field since the days Of Kitty
knight and Harry Thompson
Kler followed steele up by getting
d clean single into the right pasture
and went to second on passed ball
MuskOpf struck out Kler scored when
Barrett slammed the ball 20 left center
for two bags. Martin got a hit through
shortstop. Barrett going around 70
third Martin was flagged at second
when he attempted to work double
steal
steele Fails TO Hit
In the fifth. steele got a bis hand
as he walked 10 thetplate but the best
the tail boy could 90 was 10 lift the
ball in the direction Of second base.
where it was smOthered by Chapparo,
Kler also went out TO the infield- Mus
kopf who followed Kler. however,
placed the ball into deep left center for
-hree bags and scored d moment later
when Gomez misludged Barrett
grounder and the runner was safe Bar
rett advanced on Martins single into
left while Debarr slammed the ball into
right center for two sacks scoring Bar
rett and Martin Tor two final TALES Of
the game Reardon flied out ending the
stanza which marked the downfall OF
Pablo Soto. Juan's latest acquisition,
Jose Nilareal came out In the follow
ing inning and shut down the scoring
In their half of the sixth and seventh
the MalZ players tried hard TO even up
the score but Duncan frightened and
struck them out or forced the batsmen
TO knock easy grounders 20 the infield
Wnere they were accurately handled
Both teams seemed TO put forth their
best efforts and IL resulted in one Of
the best games that have been seen in
a long while. The seventh. I'm particu-
lar. showed 20 great advantage while
the Nalz team if they can add a little