La Junta tribune., 1916-09-30
DIVIDE BAsEBAIL HONORs
Western SLOPE and Arkansas Velley
Leaders, Play for Champion
ship Of the World.

Wednesday and Thursday wit
messed q series of two base ball
games between Delta. winners OF sew
eral tournaments on the Western
slope. and La Junta. winners OF the
Arkansas Valley League champion
ship.
La Junta presented rather a
patched lineup in both games. but
the team had a home like appear
ance with Gardner. Bockewitz. Tay-
lor Kinsel. Chellgord. Merrill, Pyle.
Pelky and Cox. all La Junta players
some time In their career, who were
all ably assisted by Pitcher Perry
Williams OF Rocky Ford in the first
game and Jawn Jackson and Camp
bell. of the same city. in the final
contest.
In Wednesdays game La Junta
was an easy winner by score of
to 4. and II was apparent to almost
every one that the Western slope
representatives were not in the same
class with Arkansas Valley league
talent In this game Delta pitched
Big Bill Hall. the chap that beat Nc
Graw In twenty-inning battle this
year. He had the home boys guessing
for the first three innings. but af-
ter a home run drive by Kinsel. with
Merrill on ahead. he failed rapidly
and was relieved by Billings. who
Jared little better. The last three in
hinge we're played In a binding sand
storm.
THURSDAY exniDition was a reg
ular old La Junta closing game and
was full OF thrills II in start to fin
ish. keeping the huge crowd of sew
enty-three people n a frenzy OF anx-
iety during the ten innings re-
quired to settle the contest. which
was won by Beita by score OF 6
to 8. Jackson. after the first inning,
in which he was a trifle wild. pitched
a mighty good game and w.s enu-
tied to win. II seemed rather odd to
see La Junta grand stand roofing
for this Rocky Ford boy. but this
sentiment displayed showed plainly
that the Arkansas Valley Is n unit
when called upon to defend itself
against other localities.
Chellgord as usual was the main
attraction in Thursdays battle. ably
assisted by our own Taylor Kinsel
and Denny Boekewitz. Dclta's third
baseman attempted to block Chiefly
in one inning. and their catcher In
another. both gentlemen retiring i'm
mediately after the blocking process.
Josh Billings started for Delta.
but was relieved by Eberhart after
two successive doubles had been reg
istered against him. Delta made
three runs In the first inning. and
La Junta made hers In one inning.
starting with a home run drive by
KinseI. Delta later annexed two
more. and La Junta's half OF the
ninth started with a score OF to 4
against us At this crucial time the
loyal seyenty-thrce fans climbed
down from the grand stand to assist
the home folks In n ninth inning
rally In which they ~.rc successful.
ms La Junta tied the score. even az
ter Chellgord had apparently taliies
with the winning run, but was called
out at the plate by Umpire Roth. In
the tenth Delta scored run on n
freak bounding scratch hit over
Chellgord's head by Billings. In In
Jun,a'E half Bockewitz was called
out on n close decision n, the plate
with what would have been n tying
score. and the game was over.
While this series was supposed TO
decide the championship Of the state.
Il was played by n team represent
Ing the Western slope that had been
playing continuous ball for several
months. against n pickup team. the
members Of which had not had n
base ball In their hands for several
weeks. and had not had one min
ute's practice. nor even played to-
gether before the opening game.
The series showed plainly that the
brand Of base ball played In other
parts Of the state II not TO be com
pared with that given the fans of the
Arkansas Valley. and the playing
ability Of the members Of the Delta
team was inferior In every instance
20 that OF the team that really rep.
resented In Junta during the Ar
kansas Valley League season.
Thursdays game ended base ball
In La Junta for 1915. and II IL n
coincidence that the date on which
II was played. September ?sth. was