The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-27
CAuENTE Wins IN
SUNDAY BALL GAME
Dy Tom MeCerHae.J

oche Baseball Park. special Service Il
for Phoebe. Sunday. August 22. 1890.
2:3o p. m.-Crowd gathers on side |
lines. most of them In Fords belonging 4
mostly to Roy Orr. Loud cries of en-
coura cement Phoebe boys practieing I
In pretty suits. More cries. Caliente
players show up. Welcomed with |
cheers from Caiiente side lines. UNI
pires. Less Denton and A l. Scott. Um-
pire Scott announces batteries exactly
In same manner as the hundred-coiiar
umpires of the big leagues, only In
much aweeter tones. Play ball.
Caliente bats. Carlyle Wilcox pitch
es for Phoebe. First two men walk.
Next man pops fly to third. but thud-
ding of heavy spiked feet-feet of
catcher. pitcher. leftfelder. second
baseman and shortstop-so alarm third
baseman that the fly is dropped with
acute anguish. Three men on bases.
Caliente side lines off their base with
joy. Phoebe weeps. Caliente knocks
two-base hit, scoring two. Caliente
makes noises very loud. Very sad
inning.
Phoebe bats Frank Wilcox. fly to
shortstop, one out. Dan Franks. liner,
two out Carlyle Wilcox, two-base hit
to center, but left roosting on this
SPOT when Carter Hames knocked fly
to left. Three out,
Second inning-Caliente strikes out.
Walks. Passed ball. Nailed on third.
No runs.
For Phoebe. Ronnow put out short to
first. Jay Christian knocks fly to left
and leftfelder ran down into squ'rrel
hole and caught the fly two inches un-
derground. Christian decided out but
he will never believe it. Rutherford
gets first o. X but runs with limp.
Orr dies on first.
Third inning-Orr drops long hard
liner. showing that he will try for
anything once or twice. Carlyle drops
fiy but catches base-runner on second
(Infield fiy-runner should have been
on second? Nope. Ask Mr.. Scott
Runners must be on first and second
with less than two outsO
Third inning continued-Rutherfor
catches fy. Two outs. Passed ball
scores for Caliente. Walks. Ronnow
eats up liner, making three down.
For Phoebe Brown comes to bat
Flv to left one out Frank WILCOX
same place. two out. Dan Franks hit'
ball thrown by pitcher and takes mrs
base and steals another. Carlyle hit'
ball which requires two men TO eaten
which they did with great team worf
and great disappointment to Carlyle
Three down
Fourth inning-Denton gets Ht
(This is baseball for hit-by-pltcher
Fly to Christian, one out. Dan FRANK
makes brave try but drops 1t an
passed ball advances runners to sec
ond and third. Caliente runs for home
ms n
Caliente submarines Carter by remov
ing his feet and when ball arrives Car
fer Is absent. Carter comes to sur
face and nails man No. 2. Blocke
ball? "Nawthing doing" says the uni
Brown makes wonderful catch fo
third out. "Good boy, Brown" erie
one Young lady from Phoebe, and on
voung lady from Panaca, and faintl
but sincerely one young lady FRO
Caliente.
For Phoebe Carter Hames knocks r
TO shortstop. Ronnow fans. Christia
fiy to second. Them was the sad I'M
ings.
Fifth inning-Dolan pitches for F
oche Caliente feeble hit to Dola
who gets his man on first. Strike ot
Strike out. Three down.
Phoebe at bat Rutherford die
pitcher to first Orr liner to thin
Brown strikes out.
sixth inning-Caliente at bat. Thr
strikeouts. Some bear-cat that
man Dolan!
For Phoebe Frank Wilcox gets
70 center. Franks strikes out. Ca
lyle strikes out. Carter Hames fly
pitcher Is this not awful?
Seventh inning--Carter Han
makes wonderful catch of foul ne
the old smelter. Game delayed un
he could be brought back after maxi
the catch. No great delay pecat
thew sent Ford for him. Fly to Rc
now, two out. Strike out three out
For Phoebe Ronnow hits to le
Christian hits by third. Carlyle tb
ting for Rutherford fly to right,
out Christian caught on third
hits to center. Ronnow scores. 5,
noise. Brown. fly to third.
Eighth inning-Caliente nothing,
though they got two hits
For Psoche Frank Wilcox gets
over second. Franks hits in RIG
Dolan HIP. (Remember HIP? Hit
pitcher.) Carter gets two-bagf
Some scores. Ronnow fly to FIRST
out. Christian, two out. Hames n
vous. Tries to submarine catcher
steal home. Nailed at plate for til
out.
Ninth inning-Caliente strikes
Pitcher to first, two out. Carlyle cat
es long fly. three out.
Pioche Carlyle hits over sece
Orr out on fly. Brown, fly to first,
out. Frank Wilcox. three out with
to center.
Caliente wins. But il "
"but IFS don't go. IF butts" don't
either. Nothing to it. Caliente W
No use crying about it, Caliente W
But never again.
Score by innings:
Caliente .2 o 40 0 o 0
Phoebe ...........0 90 %
Hit by pitched balls-Franks
Wilcox by L. Denton; Barton and
Denton by c. Wilcox.
Bases on balls-Caliente, 4.
Struck out-By L. Denton, 4; b
Wilcox, 3: by Dolan. I.
Double play-Brown to F. Wilcc
DIR. GEO p DE VINE COMING