Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-08-26
TIGERS TAKE
FAST GAME BY
\ 6 TO 5 SCORE
Harlin EN- Bear Cats Speed
up and Give Tigers Fast
Run; Classy Mound Work
I by Both Pitchers

Bishop Clements won new pair al
shoes. and Bruwnsvilc's baseball stock
went up when ArguiJ. held The liarlin-
gen battcrs 10 three scattered hits. ann
the Tigers rompcd away with the large
rnd If q 10 ; game with the Bear Cats
I.upe Rodriguez. the McAllcn pitcher
who come down and twircd for llarlin-
gen. did wonderful work oil the mound.
but fell down in the pinches. lie famed
seventeen men.
Brownsvillc's runs came in the -curih.
when Clements cleared the sacks aud
made home run. thus winning the pan
IL shoes offered by the puicgnat Hard
ware company. The Tigers broke loose.
i'm the eighth. Jackson hit through ihiru
base. ard Bcdnard lost the ball for what
would have been an easy home run han
not the ground rules allowed him only
two bases on account Of the ball getting
lost among the ears. Porter was on
base on an error and Jackson came in
~ an attempt was made to catch for
ter off at first. Williams struck cat
and Champion drove out n long single.
which was muffed by the outficllcrS and
Be,lnard and Porter scored. ArnRtr"nE
was on base when he hit To the inficla
and an attempt was made 10 catch
Champion mt third. Champion was ruled
ont because the ball missed the third
bascman and hit Jackson. who was
coaching at third base. Armstrong
scored on errors and Arguiio made the
last out This left the score Il 10 in
favor of the Tigers.
Ilaringcn scored once ia the fifth
when Blakry made first on Il wild throw
by Ccrtinas and took second. scoring on
an opporiune single hv Alvarez In their
half Of the eighth the IIarlingcn crew
broke loose making four scores. The
other two hits secured off Arguiio were
made in this inning. Iupc was out on u
fly To second Hale was safe on Arguiio'S
error aud Jcffries singled. Dick Jcffrics
singled driving in Hale. McNIahan took
first when Cortnas tried "a throw Dick
-Irffries ont in home hut failed. Dock
Ieffries scored on wild pitch and Ne
WaDri crossed the plate for the last
run wien Baizc's infield hit was muffcd
5y Armstrong.
When u comparison of the pitching Of
the two men is made. Arguijo stands oui
tendencies toward witness. walking only
one man. and allowing three hits. With
no errors on the part of his firldcrS
not run would have been made off him.
on the other hand. T.upe struck ont twice
N many men. but still he blew up com
plctely IN the eighth and was tapped for
two safeties with the bases Ioafcd.
Clements home rum in the fourth took
somc of the pep out of him. and the hit
Test in the eighth finished him
Two Of the most spectacular catches
"f the year were made by Armstrong and
Williams. Armstrong ran hack and
rrabbed a ho, grounder ~ MrNIahan.
while Williams ran in on line drive
and grabbed IL. The work 81 the field
rrs as whole was poor. six errcrs being
chalked NJ against the Tigers. and a
rouplc "f honehead plays pulled
Although only six hits were made. th"y
wore tapped out when hits mean, runs
Jarascn and Ecdnard got n pair of hits
each. Clements got the equivalent Of
four hits. home run. an,I Champion got
III" only ether hit. long rcnicrfirld drive.
which scored two men. Every Browns
Vile batter struck out one or more times.
Porter did good work behind the bat.
catching one man out M first after the
hall had passed the home plate for -
seemingly safe trip to first The clev-
crest niay Ut the game was when Bed
nard shot the ball Ia Coriinas and caught
Ba'ze off second just after the Harrington
second haseman had taken two bases on
an error by Beinard
\ record crowd turned out "a see the
-amr. Cars lined the field on al sides.
u was good game. in fact for The first
seven innings the best game that has
been played in the Valley this year Tn.
next two were thrilling. and furnished
plenty of excitement