Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-13
.IEAGUERS BEAT
INDEPENDENTS
BY BIG SCORE
Ill Centro League Team has comic
Game With Rival Nine and Takes
Score 20 to 6

II scores count for anything, the
Tl Centre leaguers outclass the III
Centre Independents better than three
10 one, giving them a decisive beat
ing on the local grounds yesterday
afternoon, the final score being 20 TO
G. as near as could be calculated The
game started off like a real good one,
with the Independents playing ON
their toes and scoring run in the first
half of the first inning, due to the
tendency of the leaguers to throw the
bali all around the lot. However, the
disease seemed to be catching, and
when the Independents took the field
they out -errored the leaguers, booting
the bali on every occasion, and some
times making the occasion to aecomo-
date themselves.
The ability of the leaguers to touch
O'Brien, the Independent twirler, at
viii was the real cause of their down
fall, though no pitcher could have won
Yesterdays game if he did not receive
better support than the Independents
gave o 'Brien After the first three
innings, the ability of the leaguers 10
score almost at win took the real in
terest from the game and thereafter
it developed into comedy with neither
side playing good bali and all indulg-
ing in horseplav, which was enjoyed
by the crowd and players alike.
Livingstone went the route for the
leaguers and in the first part of the
game pitched good ball. After 1t was
certain that the Independents were
outclasscd, he used only straight BAL
and depended upon his fielders to take
care of any hits. Scott, who started
behind the bat, could not handle Liv-
ingston 5 slants and gave way TO Jack
T&ckett, Scott going into right field.
Brother Bill Tackett helped add pest
ige to the family name by knocking a
home run with nobody on base. BIZ
picked one of O 'Brien S shoots and
sent it into. deep center field, making
home rather easily on slow return.
Could 70 Better
Undoubtedly the Independents can
play better BAH tnan they showed yes
terdav or they never would have been
tble to beat the Coachella team twice.
Their infield went TO pieces early in
the game and never did get straight
ened out with the exception of Hatcher
at first base who managed to pull
himself together and played good bali.
Chick at short had an off day, or else
is much overrated player. Ball after
bah got away from him yesterday and
he seemed unable to settle down. jim
Steele at second was not far behind
Chick. booting several bad ones
Old John Kepley went out to riahi
field in the middle of the game, ant
played wonderful ball. All fhis tail
about John hasing but one arm is buni
and he can still collect his 'base hits
and sprint around the bases with tn,
speed of Buck. Ellis showed his ware
at second. base and the t'Rube cal
knock them down with either feet o.
hands. Jensen, a new man, playet
first for the leaguers, and though Grip
pied with a Charieyhorse mandgeo
to get his quota of hits and Travelled
around the bases in good style.
The umpirrng was possibly the lass
lest feature of the performance
Josh y Billings, of the St. Louis
Browns, calling balls and strikes, an,
Cal Mousseau, county clerk elect, Civ
ing the decisions on the bases Boil
were good-for about five innings al,
then they caught the disease to keel
the game from going too long.
A good sized crowd saw the pei form
anee and evidently enjoyed it, ever
the kids having the time of their live
giving advice ana the raspberry > L
the players. The box seore?-To,
painful to print.