El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-28
ZONE SUPPLY TEAM DROPS DOWN
ONE BERTH WHEN 1905 IS VICTOR
Duty Dodgers and Cordero Team Edge Out Second Posi-
ton Holders in Two Fast Games Played in Record
Time Sunday Afternoon; Pitching of Ponsford and
Faulkner Is Feature While Mesa Also Stars

WHEN Maj. R R. NeTIand Of the
W Eighth engineers received the
reports Of the Sunday afternoon base
ball matinee in his calsp Monday
morning 1t must have been with a
feeling Of elation which added to the
confidence that his team would re-
turn 10 FL Paso still leading the Army
and City league. despite its absence.
For it required less than two hours
to eliminate the Tompkins Terriers.
nearest rival Of the Engineers. from
all danger Of usurping the first berth
Tor some time TO come. this duty be-
ing performed by manager G. Cor
dero's fast 1905 aggregation and the
Dodgers headed by pilot Duty. And,
BY the way the fans witnessed two
dandy baseball games, scores 4 to ?
Jinx Is on Job.
Field captain JamsBi. the entire
Terrier team and its corps Of rooters,
of which there are many, are firmly
convinced that there is some kind of
5inx trailing a team which engages in
a doubleheader against two different
clubs in one afternoon Certainly
those two affairs on Independence
day when the Zone Supply nine was
stopped in its sensational streak by
dropping doubleheader. have esta b.
lished a precedent for the league, as
old man ink entered the park Sunday
afternoon just in time 10 whitecap !
the Terriers and aid the Dodgers and
$500 teams along in their efforts to /
tighten up the pennant race Of the
league and It must be said il was wei 4
and nobly done
Pitching Was Great.
About the pitching in these two
games too much cannot be said. From
the combined efforts Of three pitchers
IN - h. -f,-l-n J
a total OF seven hits Just four less
than the number whaled ont by the
combined strength OF their two
anemies.
Nanny POnSfOrd incidentally
turned in his second shutouf
game within the past eight DAYS,
duplicating his feat Of the pre-
VfoEs sunday by not allowing n
marker TO cross the plate. he
faced a noteworthy opponent in
Faulkner in the second pastime,
as IL IL had not been for a timely
combination OF hits In the first
inning the ~nme would have gone
into extra innings and a cold sup
per rOuld have awaited the big
crowd Of fans.
Gomez Starts Well.
Gomez statred out to pitch sterling )
ball for the zS05 team in the first
game and despite the fact that the
only two runs made by the cavalry
men were nicl1ed of his delivery, he
allowed but one hit during his term
Of service on the mound. He attempt ,
cd to put just q little too much stuff
On the ball IN the third inning and
must have twisted one OF the small
muscles in his arm which prevented
him from locating the plate Prior Z.
TO the time three bases on balls were 7
issued he had an apparently easy time !
with the hard hitting tribe from Fort
Bliss. He was retired in favor of
Mesa md IL
lowed but one bingle and no runs. +
Here He Is Again. 4
old man 1inZ showed up on the =
job Just at the beginning Of the sec
ond half OF the second inning, when :
Faulkner dropped a high fly which Z
he lost in the sun. Calamia was safe /
on the blow and he was chased down &
to second by a perfect sacrifice on 1
the part Of Chacon- Acosta doubled
TO left center and Calauia raced
around for the first round.
Pedregon singled and Aeostn E
went TO third on the play. Gomez q
seat Pedregon and Acosta scam
PerinE across the plate when he y
tripIed to left center, the ball &
Gliding the grasping hands OF the u
speedy Hildebrand and going back
TO within few feet OF the fence.
Armendzri1 flew cut and L0Fa =
famed FOR the final ones Of the q
inning, but the damage had been q
DONE. n
Walked White. ~
Gomez was wild in the second and B,
walked White He went to second So
when Acosta made q good stop Of G.
Troutman's grounder and touched the
initial sack. Faulkner also walked
and White reached home on two sue
cessive wild pitches. Jamsh walked
and Faulkner took second At this
point Gomez was called from the
mound and Mesa was sent IN to finish
the pastime- Faulkner scored when
EipHzin was safe on a fielder's choice. q
Bently walked, but Hildebrand hit u
into feeders choice, Pipkin being De
caught at third base for the final -Ns
out OF the inning The second hit 81
OBTAINED by the Terriers occurred in .
me sixth and was made by Bently. ~.
me all receiver was forced at second Il
; moment later. however.
Two successive hits and another
oingle by Acosta netted the fourth
1905 tally in the third inning. Ne
lima and Calamia obtained bases
IN successive singles
Chaeon flew out to DemareI.
The catch was one Of the snap NE
piest seen in a long time, the Gil
fielder making splendid reeoF- Oh
cry and shooting the ball to Sec Pit
o1d in an effort TO double Medina. Br
Acosta's single came along just 30
at the right time and Medina was St
safe when he slid under the wire Phi
At the home sack
Terriers Make Most Hits.
Just that one batting bee in the
irst stsnza caused the advantage to
weep favorably toward the Dodgers
nd the margin gained in this session We
vas sufficient to keep them out in 10,
ront during the remainder of the Sal
econd contest Duty walked after Sa-
hea had gone cut, F'aulker to Pip sac
in, for the first out of the inning. Poi
'ulelr and BEDFORD singled success Oal
-velys Duty coming hons on the left Sea
lelder's bingle- GoWan came along
nth singing rap over second base 7
rhich Hildebrand was a trifle slow
] fielding The little first sacker
hot down 10 the Pennsylvania posi-
on and By this coup enabled BEDFORD
nd Fuller to score. He was forced y
I home when Dick Filliman hit to u
aulkner.
Got Around AEain-
Fikin got around to third in the
scond inning but the Dodgers tight
ned and showed some Of the fastest
field work witnessed this season, hul
nd the big first sacker died on the mo
'rner. Again in the fourth Pipkin snc
ngled- was safe on Shea's throw, ~
ole third and was caught off the q
81 sack when Ponsfold took Bently's S1l