The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-07-09
HELD
Up TO THE TEST

Predictions made prior to the fsstivi-
ties held here last Saturday that the
Fourth of July celebration this year In
Phoebe would excel previous occasions
of similar nature by wide margin
were proven to be fully correct as the
program was brought to a triumphant
close early Sunday morning. when the
last of the participants struggled homo
from the carnival dance which had
been holding sway since $50 the pre-
vious evening.
The usual thirteen-gun salute took
place at Sunrise Saturday morning ana
promptly at 1880. according to schsd-
| ule. the patriotic exercises were held
| in Thompsons opera house, the prin-
cipai numbers on the program being .
vocal solo by Mrs. J. d. Van vleet,
reading by Mrs. Charles A. Thompson
and short talk by John J. Janney.
Mr.. Janney laid the foundation for his
talk by referring to the sporting ele-
ment" and the sporting Instincts OF
the people in the world. both at the
time OF the signing and adoption Of
the Declaration of Independence and
up to the present day. The speaker
dwelt upon the facts Incidental to the
and delved into history sufYiciently to
prove his points. with the result that
for the twenty minutes that he occu-
pied the floor Mr.. Janney held the close
attention of his audience and received
shower of applause at the close oG
the address.
A. L. Scott. In his masterful manner.
. read the Declaration Of Independence
, and q chorus Of two dozen ladies rem.
dered a number Of choice selections,
accompanied by the Phoebe orchestra.
H. L. Prudential conducted the pro-
gram.
, Immediately following the lunch
: hour several hundred people gathered
; on Lacour street. where series Of ex-
8 hibitions of foot-racing. relay. three
: legged, egg-racing, ETC.. was staged
I for their amusement. the contests COM
tinuing for an hour and Q half.
! PIOCHE MAKES MINCEMEAr
: OF CALIENTE BALL PLAYERS
q The really important event OF tbs
1 entire day was the baseball game be-
d tween Phoebe and Calients. which was
4 called at $3.50 sharp in the afternoon.
o with "Spec' Dolan once more ON the
: platter for the silver city and with him
e hurting the same brand az winning
baseball for which he has become IA
Ia nous during the late contests In which
d he has figured so prominently. The
L franticl Caliente hitters were dazed be-
le fore the offerings OF Mr.. Dolan and
It We're successful in getting runner n
o far as third base on one occasion only,
lr this occurring in the first inning.
1t was the same old story all through
IT the game" Spec" had them at his
ii mercy and on certain occasions made
ID them eat out of his hand, oftentimel
N giving batter three balls just tc
0. make him feel good, but unfailingly hi
-e would then rroceed to slam across the
If oyster three r3rfectly good strikes In
such quick succession that the daxet
,e hitter" would retire to the bench and
d, stroke his dome in apparent amaze
re ment and wonder how it all had hap
a pened.
D. When the curtain was lowered at tn
" end of nine innings the amazing fac
s. was apparent that the visiting base
OF ball aggregation had failed to registc
Dd a single counter at the counting sta
he tion. while eight members Of the Pi
d. | oche team had definitely dented tn
to plate with their spikes at the fna
he station, the count being s to 0. witt
nd the visitors on the get-some end 0
ly the string.
as Aside from sympathy for the youn,
lad who was hurting the pill in tn
game for Caliente, local fans were Il
high glee as result Of so pronounce
victory over the worthy contender
from down the mountain. The gen
M eral opinion prevails that young Nj
NI Delaney is baseball player as well !
a good pitcher, and that IL he were I
be accorded the proper support
ss- would put up a good battle for an
in amateur baseball aggregation.
cir The lineup of the two teams In thi
m game was as follows:
cir Pioche-Hames, catcher; Dollar
ret pitcher; Frank Wilcox, first base: Da
cir W. Franks. second base; Charles Ror
for now, shortstop; Carlyle Wilcox, thir
yer base; Alex Orr, left field; Rutherfor,
RI center field; Christian, right field.
to Caliente-Cook. catcher; Delaney an
ip- Denton, pitchers; Babe Denton. Ar.
base; Forbes. shortstop; E. L. Smitl
the second base; Barton, third base; Olsol
ent left field: Fieldson, center field: Lloy
ip- Denton, right field.
ind Umpires-J. Less Denton and F.
ing Brown.
+ha FIREWORKS AND DANCE
de- EVENINGS ENTERTAINMEN
hat
- An unusually attractive display
u. fireworks from the top of Lime hi