El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-14


lust a little belated. but as cool and
wet as usual. Rio Grande's park
annual shower bath for the fans ar
rived Sunday afternoon. and besides
breaking Up one OF the best baseball
games Of the season, drove about 500
bugs to the safety Of the grandstand
and any place where cover could be
afforded For more than IS minutes
the downpour continued and then
abated until the rams could make a
run for the street cars or rather stand
and wait for the cars. as there were
very few running as a result Of the
Hood More than enc was drenched
before he reached the city. as the
flood swept down on the park which
is on low ground, and it was neces-
sary TO wade through it.
Built Safety Bridges.
Mai. Neyland's Eighth engineer
baseball team did not show up for its
scheduled game with the 4SO5 aggre-
cation, but the fans did not mind until
the water became so deep that a
bridge was wished for Il was then
that the gravel agitators could have
saved the day q ythe construction OF
q bridge for the feminine fans al
least, but they failed to put in an ap-
pearance-
Lieut.. umpire RIckner proved to
be the hero OF the occasion, how
ever. when he constructed pass
a=eFay by successive pontOOn"
which led out of the main gate
and large number were enabled
TO leave in this manner.
Made OF Crates.
Only empty soda water crates were
srailable for the building Of the
bridge. but Il was done in such way
that IL remained until the majority
had been passed over and many a pair
OF white shoes was saved All OF the
fans took the rain good naturally and
has been since the last big Hood oc-
CURED. as Rio Grande park since the
day L was opened has been famous
for its rain and windstorms-
The fans IN the main Ernnd-
stand were protected by the wa
terprOOf roof until the wind
ch1s<ed the course Of the shower
and IL swept into every corner Of
the kHiidiuE- The cIub house tick
ct office and refreshment booth
were the only places which were
left untouched by the food and
they were crowded
Zone In Field
Mai J. H Conlin's Zone supply (
baseball team was in the field Wheni
the rain commenced and the score was :
one to nothing in its favor when the /
pastirne was called Players Of the 1
zS05 team were occupying third and (
second bases ana there were Two Out Z
Whether tieing run would have been
scored OF not is q matter open for
speculation, as Mesa. who is a weak ]
hitter as rule was at bat The first /
and only run Of the game was scored /
by the Zone in the initial stanza- an
error by n Gomez. the sturdy pitcher
of the 4805 boys. resulting in the run
coming across
Made one More
G. Cordero. manager Of the 1893
team. argued the opposition out OF one /
run when he protested Lauderbach t
scoring from second base when Le-
Brand hit to Gomez. who threw wild
As matter OF fact, Lauderbaeh
went 10 third on the hit and
scored en- the error, bur II CnrderO
WIS able 10 get away with this
piece of headrorlz he Is entitled
10 Il. Landerbach was sent to
third and but one run WIS scored
instead of two. Three hits were
made off lJulcalfy and one off CO.
meg when time was called by the
umpire
Terriers Take First.
In one OF the prettiest games OF the
season, barring a little wild throwing
IN the second. the Duty Dodgers lost
TO the Terriers by the score Of four 20
two in the first game Of the double
bill Well played in practically every
inning except the second, the game
maintained the excellent standard OF
Sunday baseball and despite the fact
that the second game was SO abruptly
ended. the fans felt that they more
than received their moneys worth
Nanny Ponsford. the southpaw who
started for the Dodgers, was Wild IN