El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-18

DRONSON REEFS weakened in the
d fifth inning. after he had dropped
a high infield fly and allowing one
clean hit, passing one man hit by a
pitched ball, and walking a fourth,
saw the 4S05 team score its winning
runs Sunday afternoon at Rio Grande
park, the final tally, 4 TO ?. signaiiz-
ing its first victory this season over
the Eighth engineer league leaders
Full advantage Of the absence OF MAJ
r r Neyland was taken by the 4eus
BOYS, as led by the intrepid Mesa
who allowed but two hits during the
entire seven innings-iust one less
than Rees-they climbed out OF the
cellar position. And Il was at the
expense Of the percentage column
leaders that the uphill walk was
made, too.
1t served to further illustrate
that one striking feature that
makes baseball so popular, name
y, the uncertainty Of ID, as while
the Eighth seemed to be invincibie
heretofore, it lost 10 Cardinals Of
some Pitching.
Sunday was a day Of two and three
hits pitching, as, after Rees had al
loved the 4sO5 team but three bin
giles and Mesa held his rivals TO the
small sum Of two Nanny RonsIoru
hlanked the SD artillery IN the sec
ond pastime and charite5ly permit tied
the gunners 10 smack out three Din
giles, only one OF which was a bona
tide swat Of the one base order The
second game, incidentally was Won
by the Duty Dodgers and the crowd
sat through threatening lhunueI-
storm and a brief rain shower 10
watch the final touches being put on
the contest by the speedy southpaW.
Duty is even more firmly balanced
on the second rung today ana IS N
line 10 challenge the leadership OF
the engineers
Mesa pitched such a heady. con-
sistent brand Of ball in the first game
Of the evening that many fans doubt
that the presence Of Maj. Neyland
would have ushered the Eighth TEN
70 victory
Not permitting a single hit
after the first inning the sun
burned south slider tyyirled six in
ningE OF absolutely hitless ball
and pulled out OF every hole
nicely. He had an able opponent
in Rees and the engineer hurler
was in splendid form He lost the
game himself by missing Armen-
dariz's fly, just n few feet from
the pitchers box hut as these
things happen every now ana
then il makes the p1stimes and
its Just these occurrences that the
fans like once in n while
Both teams scored in the first in
nfnE Armendariz walked. but was
forced at second, when Loya slammed
the ball 70 Nye at short Loya sWiped
the second station and came home
when MIniares singled MlnJarcs
raced TO second on the throw and
went to third on Chaeon.s out, Thomas
10 Reese. Acosta walked and went
to second on q wild pitch Min1ares
scored on this play, the bail going
against the dugOuL
sherman Home Run.
Sherman, first up for the engineers,
led off with a swat to deep left cen
ter which, If properly handled, would
have been good for three sacks The
fielders were a bit slow in chasing IL,
however, and the stocly engineer
manages TO make II nome oeIoT a7.- me
bali was back in the diamond Nixon
flied out and Rees was safe on Loya's
error Of his ground ball
He went to second on n wild
pitch and Kent singled, sending
him home. Hughes was safe on
Ioya'a error, but AIc1Iurphy hit
into a fielder's choice and was
caught off first for the final out
of the inning. The out was made
AS n result Of a snappy peg by
Mesa. which caught the engineer
second saclzer fully three feet
from the base
Then followed innings Of errorless
ball until the fatal fifth Armendariz
sent I'D an lILlE4Q LAI Win AMQ ~ IA
anc which Rees called out that he
had. He dropped il, however, and the
little fellow obtained respite on first
Loya singled and Armendariz took
second Loya and Armendariz ad-
vanced on q balk by Rees, and Min
iares obtained a base when he was
hit by a pitched ball
LOya Scores One.
Chacon walked, forcing in the run,
Armendariz racing UP the line from
third IN an attempt 10 catch Chacon
al third, Kent whipped the bali TO
Thomas. The first sacker dropped
the sphere long enough to enable
Ioya TO come home with the second
tally Mesa held the opposition safely
for the remainder
PonsfOrd in Great Form
Honors Of the second position in
the percentage column centered
around the second game and Il was
more than a defeat for the SD gun
ners in the fact that II was the first
shutout OF the schedule for Lieut.
Longs snappy team POns1ord was
sent 10 the mound by manager Duty
who was not quite convinced by the
workout Of his sOuthpaw mainstay,
who had already pitched three games
last week. The extra work did noc
seem TO trouble Nanny, however, as
he moved down the batterymen, ana
Il was not until the last inning that
things looked dangerous for the for
mer high school Tiger
Hyland, who pitched such 2 dandy