The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-05-16
2sTH INFANTRY DEFEATS
s2ND FIELD n TO

III
The rcgimental baseball team Of
the oath Infantry opened the 1919
campaign on Sunday, March ~. by
easily defeating the strong horse
hide aggregation OF the send Field
Artillery Of Fort Bliss "a 10 {.
While the score looks lop-sidcd.
u was made "a IN the seventh in
ming, when the cath batters bonn
bardcd the send pitcher for six
hits and six runs. Before this
s%ianza, the score stood 8 10 I In
favor Of the cath, 50 the game
was uncertain until the lucky
seventh"
The second inning brought nut
the artillery section OF the cath
Infantry. under the command Of
Babe" Rhodes, star third sacker
ON the 1918 2ilh Infantry regimen
tai team, and pardce, a new one
at second base. II happened some
thing like this:
pardce, who was first up. figured
now is the chance Ia make good
on what looks Ia be- the best team
ever turned out by the 2ith Infan-
try. Bright fielding stunts may
help me out but hitting the old
hall Is the best way. Whangl
Somewhere In the far distant out
field the s2nd ouificlders turned
thcir backs Ia their mates aud
chased after a hard hit hall, while
pardee. on his first appearance at
bat, had cracked out a clean home
run.
Next mp at hat, Babe Rhodes.
figured while the crowd Is feeling
good lets keep them that way. aud
at the some time show just what u
batter Of the old school can do. 81
Rhodes hit the bali aud when the
, tired outncldcrs recovered the ball
Rhodes was back on the home
bench waiting for the game to
. gn ON.
, Scott, star hurting artist ~ the
18th. kept the visitors feeding
from his hand not bread, either.
but hard cold rocks. and except
for the fourth inning, when the
send managed Ia secure four runs,
a was never In trouble. Even In this
session the send did not carn four
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nrrrd of Of Scott-two doubles
But the doubles came nj emporium,
moments for the send hattcrs. a.
: errors 10y the 18th players occur
4 red at the same time. First Chap
man booted one, and then with IN,
bases drunk, Battles, IN deep left
gardel. hurled a hall hit IN hi'
\ dircction Ia the general direction
NJ home plate, hut not IN th'
I waiting GilchrisL Three of th,
\ send runs counted here
But the game was ull of thrills
. from the spectators standpoint
Z one bright bit Ut fielding following
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Y ably the strongest player ON IA,
I visiting lineup was the hig sin,
Z first hascman. who accepted many
. chances without a miscuc.
\ Captain Robert T.. Williams, VIII,
I Is this year directing the drsiinir'
4 uf the aith lineup. certainly Shove,
\ a classy woll-halanced team q
J lineup Of hiitcrs, aud more thar
Z holding their own ON the ncldinl
\ line.
Gilchrist, catcher and Geld cap.
I tain of ihr2ith. showed that he ha'
rounded lntn excellent form, hi'
\ pegging Ia second being keen an,
accurate, aud his Judgment II
handling his pitcher being fault.
\ less.
Captain Williams plans Ia taxi
. the team Ia Nogales Ia play th'
I strong 25th lineup this week.
. Decoration hay may see the 25ll
\ playing the 18th here at Columbus
\ according Ia Captain Williams, NJ
] in the event Of not connecting will
I the 25th, the 10Th Cavalry, which
. is known In have n Of the mos
formidable hall teams in the South.
west, would show here.