Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-25
ANCIENT CITY IS
SO VICTOR OVER
40 s At BARELAS
Santa Fe Team Solves
0'ConneII'S Delivery When
Weather Man Kicks Dark
Clouds Out of Sky.

The weather man, aided by ont
"Grasshopper" Weiss, defeated th'
ADS 6 to 8 in the nine round bout
between the Aq's and the Santa Re
team at Barelas park yesterday
afternoon. or course, tine eight err
rors by the Al team helped, but
even then Pitcher Ted O'Connell
of the Aq's might have wormed out
with a victory had the weather man
kept dealing his cards from the
bottom of the deck-eVery one a
dark one.
At the start of the game, the sky
was cloudy. O'Connell had fast
ball and kept the Santa Fe hitters
wondering where 1t was. When
they did hit It, they placed it in
somebody's nit and as result,
they had eight men left on bases
and not single score at the END OF
the first three innings.
Weiss was working well for Santa
Fe, but his strength lies in change
of speed. With the heavy sky ne
didn't dare try his slow ball. The
Aq's took n liking to his monoto-
nous delivery and chased In three
counters before the complexion OF
the sky changed.
Then 1t frightened up. Weiss be-
gan working in big league style and
the Aq's couldn't count again. once
Weiss struck out five men in a
row. O'Connell kept hurting his
fast one and Santa Fe pounded it
all around the lot, registering seven
hits and, aided by eight Aq errors
counting six runs.
O'Connell began by walking DaVy
and whiting Alarid. Arcy mt
through third. J. Berardinelll
walked, filling the sacks. A. Rivera
whitfield and Martinez went out,
Green to McCanna. A hit, two
walks and no scores. The Aq's went
down one-to-three.
]. Rivera opened the second with
fly to Green. Griego walked and
Weiss was safe on an error. Davy's
roller forced Weiss at second and
Alarid flied out. Two more Santa
Feans died on the paths,
Again the Aq's were moved
down in the regulation one-two-
three style.
Arcy initiated the third with a
fly to Murphy. J. Berardinelli and
A, Rivera were issued free trans
portation to first. This was the
second time that O'Connell had had
two on and one down. To make
matters worse, Martinez was safe
on Dustin's error. Poor TED
sighed the fans. But j. Rivera
flied to McCanna and Griego pop
ped to O'Connell.
In the Aq's half, Meyers whitfield
and Brangle walked. He was forced
by O'Connell at second. With two
down O'Connell realized he must
steal second and did, Dustin re-
sponded by singing and the Aq
hnrler raced home with the first
counter of the game.
Santa Fe couldn't count in the
fourth or fifth, so the Aq's decided
to keep registering. Loebs was
safe on an error. Meyers singled,
putting Loebs on third, and then
trotted to second on the next pitch.
Loebs scored on BRANCHES long fly
and Meyers duplicated on O'Con-
nelTs fly. Dustin went out on a
roller.
Then the sky cleared and Santa
Fe saw what O'Connell was throw
ing. After Rivera's out. Griego
singled and Weiss was safe on an
error-which developed into a
series of errors before 1t ended.
Bagley tried to field Weiss roller,
instead of letting Dustin handle it,
Bagley bobbled 1t and then threw
wierdly to second, much too late
to catch Griego, who scooted to
third. O'Connell raced to cover the
sack when he saw that Dustin had
neglected to do so. Green pegged
to O'Connell to catch Griego, but
hurled the ball almost out Of the
park. Griego scored and Weiss
trotted to third when he should
have been the victim of a double
play retiring the side.
Then Davy tripled and Weiss
scored. Alarid walked and went to
second. He scored on Arcy's sin
gle. Arcy was caught stealing and
Berardinelli struck out. Three hits,
four runs and numerous errors.
There wasn't much to the game
after that. The last two batters in
the last half of the seventh and all
three in the last of the eighth were
moved down by Weiss masterful
hurting. The "Grasshcpper," it
should be mentioned, not only uses
his head we'll in delivering, but
fields his position well and organ
ICES the fielders capably.
Santa Re added to tho agony in