Arizona republican., 1920-04-26
CASA GRANDE |S BEATEN FOR 1ST
 l |ME BY OILERS
Ninth Inning Rally Brings 4 to 3 Victory to Home Players = Game Marred By Fistic Engagements; j; Seaman and Cross Star for Victors

Nine baseball players representine the Standard Oil company team and some two or three hundred Phoea.y rooters combined yesterday afternoon to send the strong Casa Granda base ball team down to it's defeat of the 1920 season in one Of the most exciting semi professional games ever played in this city. d ninth inning rally in which frequent clashes between play PTS, umpires and spectators played an important part, gave the Oilers victory after the game had seemingly been safely tucked away by the visitors.
 A questionable decision at third ba SC with two men on bases and no one ont, followed by unsportsmanlike conduct by nearly 300 fans in crowding close tc the third base foul line were the turn ing points of the game in the last frame.
 Fight Narrowly Averted
 After Seaman had been declared safe at the far corner on a close play, an Argument arose and some hundrei local fans surged upon the fieil. Fistic Clashes were narrowly averted and feeling ran high. When these fans and s couple of hundred others retired. they crowded close to the left field foul line with result that a foul fly behind third base fell untouched because Third Baseman Miller of the visitors was un- able to work his way through the crowd On the next pitched hall, Thomas sent stinging drive into cen ter field and Seaman and Westf;4u trotted home with the tieing anI win ming runs.
 4 hundred thrills per inning were promised by promoters of the game and there were even more tn m that. eliminating in numerous light .skir nlishes between followers of the two teams and at least one real pitched battle.
 s Casa Grande brought an umpire to assist in officiating in the game Some Of his decisions appeared questionable to local fans and at the end Of the game, one of the Phoenix rooters srrucR him in the mouth. The Casa Grande arbiter is q cripple and when one of the husky visiting rooters heard or the In- cident, he took up the issue on behalf utes the two fought and wrestled about the field and when the cloud of dust lifted. the Phoenix rooter was pros trate on the ground, gasping for breath.
 Notwithstanding tiiese incidents, the game was not without it's funny angles.
 Pull Alfonso Gaston Act
 In the second inning, for example, Buckley and Grune, the visiting bat tery partners, played an Alfonso and Gaston act on foul ball down the third base line and after the former had finally convinced GrLne of his ability to handle the ball, the two held a meet ing of the conversational club midway between home and first Seaman who was on third base at the time was quick to take advantage of the rlenta lapse and dashed for home, crossing the plate unhindered.
 Duke Cross hurled masterful ball for the Oilers and aside from a bad fourtE inning. in which the visitors punched two hits with two errors, a walk, hit batsman and a fielder's choice, was in vincible. Duke himself was responsible for one of the visitors runs with bad throw to the home plate with an easv out in front of him.
 Seaman was the big noise for the Oilers from an offensive standpoint getting three hits in four times at bat one of them triple. He scored the Oilers first run in the second and started the rally in the ninth that brought victory. But it was Thomas timely hit in the ninth with the base