The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-07-09
M0RENC| WILD CATS MASSACRE PAN- TIERS IN TWO
 GAMES
TAILENDERS COME FROM UNDER MEATH AND HUMILIATE THE MPS-CRACK PITCHING AS SISTED BY ERRORS BY CLIF- TON TELLS THE STORY.

SISTED BY ERRORS BY cLIF-
 TON TELLS THE STORY.
 As a matter of general information we wish to announce the result of the baseball games played in this dis trict on July fourth and fifth.
 July 4th at Clifton-Score, Morenci, '; Clifton, A.
 July 5th at Morenci-Score, Moren- ci, Il; Clifton 8.
 We make this announcement as a matter of news.
 Heretofore the Era has had more than one contributor in reporting baseball games but none of them have had the heart to chronicle the hap penings on the local baseball dia- monds during the celebration. When we arrived at the ball park Sunday afternoon we found the grand stand filled to overflowing with hungry wild cats'' thirsting for revenge and clawing the air with long green. Two or three little partners were putting up a fight for their life and sending out s O s signals for financial rein forcements The sight was too much for the home fans and with the as- sistance of the 'up1ift club" and sev- eral bank cashiers, all bets were GOV cred by the time the umpire called play ball."
 What followed was an exhibition that remnined the writer of the old days when Morenci was the peer of the baseball Ircrld in the southw est. H. s. Vanr:oId.:r was not present in person hut he must have been ther9 ;x, n. pnnkatt Judge Settle.
 Suffice tor say that the wild cats took home with them enough pan ther scalps to last them the remainder of the season.
 . In the Clifton game Mason pitched : for Clifton and Porter for Morenci and the fans had no fault to find with .75ill But to make a long story short Porter for the visiting team was high class article. He is the best per several years and six innings had come and gone before the Clifton players found him at all and the story had been told by that time.
 A glance at the error column in the Fourth of July game is sufficient. Clifton made seven errors. Mo renci none The hard luck part of the story is that four of these errors were, made by Deck and Arzate, two of the star performers. McAllister at second, R. Grimes in center and Tate in left also contributed one each. The hits in the game We're equal, Clifton getting nine. In addition to the errors for the Clifton aggregation there was enough bone head base running to make the game a gift to the visitors.
 At Morenci on the fifth the game was long drawn out messed up af- fair with Clifton running true to form in the error column with seven, and not to be outdone on the score book. Morenci proceeded to pile up an even number. McElveen and Wilson per formed for Morenci and Nellis and Deck for Clifton. Up to the first half of the seventh the Clifton fans had visions of victory and pictured third game in the near future for the championship, when with two men out. Tate. for Clifton, dropped a drive to center and Morenci tied the score, four to four. Morenci then pro- ceeded to nail down the game for sure and crossed six additional men across the plate before the side was retired Poor base running again fea- tured the game. In the. first inning with a man on second and a man on third a grounder was knocked to shortstop and when the dust celared away all three men were out.
 Fourth of July Game.