El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-21
PURITY BAKERS RE TAIN LEAD
Of CITY LEAGUE BY VICTORY
Davis Outfit Cleaned Up on Nearest Opponents in Hard
Fought Game; Fisher Pitched Hard and Had He
Received Better Support Would
Have Probably Won.

LII OF the elements combined
u giving FL Paso q taste Of the
4 = baseball weather that has
played such havoc with eastern cities
this season failed to put a crimp IN
the regular weekly program OF the
Pass City league Sunday afternoon
and the games came of per schedule
in nifty order and record time at Rio
Grande park.
Bill PeIphrey's Weston team came
through in the first game with their
first victory in three weeks with
Haney on the mound, against the
Norton Books by the score Of six 90
five, wildness by Soto in the ilrst
inning being responsible for the loss
of the game.
Juan Gomez yanked this twir-
Ter just a few minutes too late
and threw big Heron into the
breach. but even this failed to
save the snappy Mexican team,
as the lunch room boys had gath
cred enough tallies I'm the mean
time to walk off with the victory.
As Haney held his opponents
IN the second affair the Purity
Bakers retained their grip on the
first berth of the column by WIN
ming over the Feldman nine, FOUR 70
three. Paul Fisher the big tWlrler
of the Feldman boys, experienced
quite a bit Of hard luck when the
game went TO the Purity squad, as
the winning run was made by BlIns
Afeason after he had been struck on
the arm by pitched ball and 10. aid
some fast base stealing The Feld-
mans tried hard TO tie up the regis
ter in the last half Of the seventh,
but failed even after getting Two
men on bases as a pinch hitter struck
out before the elusive drop OF Pete
LeyTa-
crossed the plate for the Norton
Books In the first inning Of the
iuitinI game, when Haney's work
seemed a hit ineffective The
Weston boys came right back
with two runs in their half. how
ever. and despite another two
run batfest by the Books man.
aged to hold the lead after soto
had donated three bases on balls.
Soto did not want to leave the
mound when called by manager Juan
Come. and Il required considerable
persuasion and q new cap TO get the
Book twirler to 90 to the bench ana
make way for big Heron. VINO m
ished up the game.
A Adkins, little Arthur weiss ana
Roy Davis were the three run get
ters OF the Bakers not including Aea-
son, who brought in the winning
tally Davis started II in the third
inning with a clean poke into right
center Weiss advanced him around
with a bingls just over shortstop
Hunters head and Adkins placed the
bali in deep left for a home run, scor-
ing the other two players ahead OF
him.
The big Feldman inning came
in the fourth when BrOWE. WinE0
and Fisher all Tailed. aH n re-
suit of clean hits and fast base
running. II also marked the re-
tfrement of little Weiss a. twtr-
Ter, LeyTa being called 10 the
mound by manager Sims Davis
and the diminutfve pitcher sent
to center field.
This change developed into an ex-
ample OF some good head work by
Davis as Pete had a nice assortment
Of fast ones and curves which he
broke evenly across the plate and
nuIIified the further attempts OF the
Feldman boys to score. Weiss also
justified the faith Davis placed him