The Delta independent., 1920-06-25
JUNCTION TAKES Di sslNe
AT HANDS OF D y rA'S TEAM

The baseball contest on the local
diamond Sunday afternoon was the
greatest surprise Delta fans have
had in long time. Grand Junction
arrived in due time and everybody
was r'arin' to go.
To begin with, the visitors were
considerably at disadvantage in that
they LOANED" their regular pill tosser
for the day and put in substitute.
But his pitching was very little, If
any worse. than his support, while
both field and batting work looked
like that OF amateurs.
Delta had in a new pitcher named
Browse, who just arrived from Den.
yer, and he promised to work out fine
He had good support and the fans
were for him right. He was good
with the willow. too. but met with
disaster in making a run from first
to second in the fifth inning on a
long drive, when he fell and sus
tanned severely sprained ankle. He
was taken to DR.. Burgin's office and
received necessary attention.
Frank Graham substituted during
the remainder OF the game. Frank
doesn't lay claim OF being any pitch
er, but the fans had a lot of fun. any.
way. He had "Stuffy" RedmaE of Pa
onia. Just returned from Oklahoma,
for a catcher. and "Stuffy" surely won
n home with the fans. The said Red
man carries around enough honest-to-
goodness meat to make Jack John
Bon's frame look like n mosquito. and
his average of good nature is two
smfles to the square inch. The fans
are all for "Stuffy"
stub" Warren made n record for
the Western Slope, pulling three
home runs. while "Bill" Graham
"Stuffy" Redman and Geo. Duke also
bapged n home run each.
Junction made practically the only
showing in the fourth. when with
eleven runs to Delta's credit, the Wis
itors got -four safe hits. and on a wild
throw to first. permitted to whole
bunch to cross home plate. functions
one other score was made in the
eighth. when ]. Blaney and March
each. in succession. got a long drive
swat at the ball. scoring the former.
Delta got lot OF batting practice.
nearly all the men being up In near.
" every inning, and ten being re-
quired to settle the second inning.
Delta had SO A. BIS. while Junction
had 80.
The batteries were: Junction,
March and Stapleton. Delta
Brouse and Redmnn tGraham. SUBJ
March walked men: Brouse 1. and
Graham 3: March struck out z:
Brousc s Is innings); Graham 2.
Irvine Hunter got n two-bagger and
scored when he was followed by sew
erni safe hits. Everybody likes to
see doc run. for he has n lot of
speed. He also caught some long
flies in the outfield. where he played
during the last half of the game.
Geo. Duke did remarkably good
work Sunday. pulling a home run in
one inning. scoring two men on sac.
on second base.
We are sorry TO see our new pitch
er out OF the game for the time being
He states that this was the first game
he had played since having his elbow
smashed, and that previous to that
time he received n broken leg He
seems to be good clean man and a
real pitcher Witnesses say he dis.
played the most remarkable nerve
while having his dislocated ankle set.
that they ever saw, taking no anaes-
thetic and staring straight ahead
without even an expression of pain
Asked afterwards II II didn't hurt. he
assured his associates that II was all
he wanted and that II such an acct.
dent occurred again he would be will
ing TO "go to sleep" while the work
was being done.
Sunday Palisades crack team will
be In Delta to take us to trimming.
This bunch Is due for n change Of
luck. for according TO reports they
have not been defeated this year.
The score by innings OF, last Sun.
days game follows:
Junction ..-..-....0 O o 4 O O o 1 o. 5
Delta. i. ..............5 6 o 2 s 4 3 x-2e