Imperial Valley press., 1923-11-26
ICALEXICO TAKES
GAME FROM THE
LOCAL PLAYERS
Calipatria Raises $4,000
To Back Her
Team

Several reasons can possibly be
found for the beating given the Ell
Centre team by Calexico yesterday,
but when the experts get through.
the fact that Calexico got II hits to
3 for the locals, tells the story com
pletely. Calexico garnered ~ runs
to Ell Centro's two.
1t started off like very good
game, with Wright in the box for
Calexico, and Joe Steele doing the
honors for Ell Centre. Calexico went
out in order in the first inning, but
the locals started the scoring, and
did SO per cent of it in the first inn
ing. The other so per cent came
in the ninth inning, but in between
these two was long procession. of
goose eggs.
Steele managed to keep things
well in hand through the first three
innings and received brilliant sup
port. A double play engineered by
Miller, Wakefield and Stolz in the
third, was fine piece Of work, and
the local boys looked good. Joe
blew up in the fourth, the Calexico
outfit getting to him for home
run, triple, a double and couple of
singles. When the barrage had lift
ed, four runs had crossed the plate
and Steele was up with the airplane
that floated above the playing field.
Calexico went scoreless in the next
two innings, but after Steele retired
in the sixth they took track at
Priest who succeeded him and netted
three more runs in the seventh. !,
CHAN Scores Run II
Priest had gone in cold, and was
succeeded by the old reliable
"Chan' Livingston, who also went
in cold. Calexico bumped him for
four runs in the eighth and another
one in the ninth. 1t wasn't alto
gether "Chan 50 fault either, for
the team had gone airplane riding
| following Steele s demise. "Chan -
lsscored the second run for Ell Centre
when he was walked in the ninth
and managed to get around the
| bases.
The Calexico battery is profes-
sional one, both Wright and Conke
being players of considerable stand
| ing jim the Nebraska league. In adj
.dition, the Calexico outfit had pro-
fessionals at first and third
| Ell Centre has the makings of Il
| good team, but will need to be
strengthened if it hopes to. continue
opposing teams like Calexico. Bent
ley,y who. appeared behind the bat
for the locals is q mighty fine look
ing catcher. There are several 9th
er players on the team who are
real ballplayers and considering the
handicap the locals are playing un-
der, they must be given a great deal
of credit.
$4,000 Raised in Calipatria
Just what this handicap is can
best be explained by the fact that
$4,000 has been raised in Calipat-
ria, to hire four good professionals,
the limit allowed by the league rule.
Calexico raised over $500 for it's
team the first day money was ask
ed for. The Mexicali team doesn It
have to worry as it has the Baja
California government behind it.
The contributions received in El
Centre last week netted $3.50, ac-
cording to r. C. Lanier, business
manager for the team. That tells
the story. @
There was n good crowd out to see
Yesterdays game, showing that the
people here want baseball, but 1t
| they want team here Of the same
calibre as the other teams in the
league, they will have to. dig down.
| There is considerable antipathy on
the part of many to contributing to
the team, as they state they have
been "stung" before and do not
want to be again. 1t doesn't do
any good, to dig up ancient history.
If the teams two and three years
ago were mismanaged, that is no re-
Election on the present management,
which should be SUPPORTED by all.
Pride in Ell Centre should induce
| the business men to support the
team in order that this city may be
represented by as good, a team as
any in the league.
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