Williams news., 1922-07-07
WILLIAMS LOSES ONE
 AND WINS ONE GAME

the grand stand at FlagstaH last Sunay afternoon 1t was difficult to realize whether the game of base ball was being played in Flagstaff or Williams, for the crowd was almost even- ly divided. Everybody ana their sisters, their cousins and their aunts were there. Had a fire broken out in Williams that afternoon, it would have been difficult to muster cor poraPs guard to put it out.
 And we got beat!
 Yes, fairly and squareIy: But what a fine game 1t was It was worth going many, many miles to see. Both Williams and Flagstaff presented their regular line-ups, with the ex- ception of pitchers. Both teams had imported a pitcher for the occasion. Williams pre- sented Adams, of Los Angeles, while Flagstaff had secured the services of Mortensen, of Saf- ford-Globe-Miami. Both were excellent moundsmen, though the game by no means developed into a pitchers bat tie. Both were about equally effective, though neither were probably capable of doing themselves justice, since both of them had travelled all of the preceding night and day in or der to be in Flagstaff for the game.
 It was a hard game for Will Hams to lose, for upon two oc- casions we had excellent chances to win. But our old jinx-stpoor baserunning - again manifested itself, while still poorer Judgement in sub- stituting a pinch hitter at the opportune moment caused our downfall
 For three innings neither side made a score, then in the fourth Amos hit to short, which should have been an easy out, but Cooke overthrow first and Amos pulled up on second. Browning famed, and then O'Connor hit a long fly to left, which Cole misjudged, and Amos scored. Curtis sacri- feed and brought in O'Connor. These two errorS-One of omiS- sion and the other of commis- sion-permitted Flagstaff to score two runs. In the fifth Williams had a splendid op- portunity to score, but failed to do so. Dunn laid down his second hit of the game-a fly to short right. Humphries got to first on an error, and Dunn pulled up at second. Two men were on base and none out. Cole-the next man up-had not been able to do anything with Mortensen, and if ever there was a propitious moment to introduce a pinch hitter and there sat Proctor on the bench-then was the time to have done so. Cole however hit by pitched ball. Three men were now on base-one out, Cooke having famed in the mean time. Adams hit a long fly to Joyce. and everyone expected to see Dunn dart for home the moment the ball was caught, but to the amazement of everyone, he held third. There was an extenuatin1 cir constance however in connec- ton with this play which may have escaped the attention of many. In his eagerness to get start, Dunn took step off third before Joyce had caught the ball. Dunn observed that the umpire was watching him, and he retraced his steps to the bag. This was the fatal move. for Joyce caught the ball close in, and by the time Dunn re- touched third, he realized that he had lost his opportunity to score, and played it safe. Sul- livant ended the agony by smiting a fast one straight into Gray's mitt. Neither side scored until the seventh, when Cooke reached second on a bad throw by O'Connor and scored Williams first run when Adams poled cut a two bagger to left. Neither side scored in the Sth, but in the ninth the fire works came off. Humphrey had not done much with Mortensen dur