Tombstone epitaph., 1922-07-02
TohsTsoNE JUNIORS
 BEAT WILCOX CUBS.

The Tombstone Juniors have crack ed their shells and are now fully matched. while Manager Geo Wales and Coach (. J. Wynn are strutt:ng about with all the pomp of barnyard belle. Wynn takes the win with a wide grin Of satisfaction, almost an "I told you so" while Wales is com pletely overcome. The two have work ed hard and long in developing the Junior timber into a winning baseball club. and that their work has not been in vain is beginning to be prov en- The faults that cost the Juniors previous games are being eliminated, and while they have been matched in all instances against teams of d better and more experienced class. there has been method in the mad ness O. Wynn and Wales, for the Juniors have learned from defeat just wha; they must accomplish be- fore they can ky claim to the ti;lc cf q baseball club Some local fans have been unable 10 fathom the way fore of matching the beginning Jun iors against real ball players. but il was real brain work on the part Of the manager and coach of the Juniors. They have been put through the Uni yersity Of Hard Knocks. and their defeat yesterday Of the Wilcox Cubs. who have bested every team in the northern par; Of the county and were no-ed out by the Douglas high team ay a small margin. proves that the To- cal nine is ready to step up and ,.a.n c place in the iron; rank. | Dle 10 ,aishsp ,o one of the cars the Wilcox team Gid rot arrive un- til 800 o'clock. the game being post. poned from 1:30.
 . McPherson pitched the first three innings for the Juniors. allowing four , hits Clark followed. pitching 2 in nings, allowing the Cubs two hits and [ runs, passing men on balls. Clark has been on the sick list for the past week. which accounts for his weak ness in yesterdays game. otherwise he pitches a mean ball Bracamonte pitched the remaining inning. allow | ing but hits and one score.
 i S;robridge pitched 1-2 innings [ for the visitors. allowing II hits and | I0 scores. Dean finishing the game. allowing hits and ? scores
 The Juniors stole : bases while the Cubs took four
 The features of the game were the pitching of Pracamonte. Lambs field ing and base hitting by Lamb, Dal- gleish, John Chadwick, Bracamonte, S;aniger and Paul Chadwick for the Juniors. while for the Cubs the hit {, ting of Dean, Sheney and Jones. the ] fielding of Chopper and Goodwin while Gardner ran the bases wild
 The base stealing which the Jun. | iors pulled with such success is the resul, of headwork and practice Once on base the boys took every inch Of advantage, and even the efforts of their coach failed 10 stop them. They are developing speed in circling the sacks, and although the Cubs catch CT had good whip. the Juniors al ways timed their getaway far enough in advance 10 eliminate any doubt as 10 the decision of the umpires.
 The Wilcox team are ball players, everyone of them, and their sports manship was Of the blue-ribbon vari- ety. Their manager, G. V. Hays, has an aggregation of material that he is justly proud of
 4 return game vii be played in Wilcox next Sunday.
 The Juniors are working on a few plays that call for perfect team work and expect to develop these into per. feet execution before next Sunday They expect to win again in Wilcox and will work hard during the week 10 insure success.
 | A few more games and a little more hard practice and the Juniors will , earn the championship over all high school teams in the county.
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