Imperial Valley press., 1925-04-10
CENTRAL TAKES
HOLTVILLE GAME
In. 1873 SCORE
Possibility of a Triple
Tie Is Not
Remote

BY trimming IIoltville high school
18 to 3 on the Intter's grounds
yesterday afternoon, the Central
Union high school team is today in
second place in the Intcrscholastic
league. Brawlcy and Calexico are
tied for first place, acach team hay
. ing won four and lost one game.
Brawley ia playing Calipatria to-
day, ANA the affair should prove Il
victory for the former, as tlle boys
from the north have not won u
game this season. However, this
may be the place where the turn
is made. Tomorrow Imperial plays
CalcXico. and the team from the
oldest city IN the valley hopes to
hang the. Indian sign on the border
crew. Central fcrycntiy hopes I'M
perial meets with success. Should
Brawlcy and Calexico lose their
games this week, it viii create
triple tie for first place between
those two teams and Central.
Yesterday S game was not thrill
ing one to watch, but it did seem
good to see the Central singers
leaning hard on the ball, though it
took them several innings 10 hit
their stride.
Holtville was the first to score.
getting two runs after two men
were out in the third inning. A
single, after Hurst had two strikes
on the batter, followed by a home
run, did the trick. Thereafter Holt
Vile went scoreless until the eighth,
when Baker pitching for Central,
tried to catch Il IIoltville runner at
second and heaved the ball into the
outfield. 1t was returned TO the
plate too late to catch the runner,
who scored.
Five Runs Fourth Inning
Central got its heavy artillery
working in the fourth inning, five
runs crossing the plate before the
bombardment had stopped. Two
more runs came in in the fifth and
another in the sixth, heavy hitting
being responsible for all The runs.
The blue and white warriors went
on another jamboree in the SEVENTH
when the side batted around, and
sent six runs aeress the plate. They
aS4 sept Lott, the. Holtville. pitcher
toEtte BENCH The eightll~iiining
saw Central tallying -four more
runs and there they stopped hav-
ing decided to call it day.
Hurst pitched good ball for Cen
t1ral for seven innings, and then
Coach Armstrong sent in BakcI3 who.
looked good during the two innings
lie pitched. Petefs caught until the
ninth inning 9rhen he went to first
base in exchange with Beck.
The whole story of; Central s We
tory is told by the fact that the
locals made 20 hits to uoltville s
three. Fhe latter team piled up
nine errors, while Central made only
three
In the seven innings pitched by
Hurst he struck out eight men.
Baker, although he only pitched
three innings, struck out seven men,
the Holtville squad being unable to
do anything with his delivery. lott
and Walker famed Is of the local
batters.
Sawyer, with three hits out of
five fines uf, was the leading
sticker for Central. Shawn and
Baker each got three out of six
and Fansher+ got two out of three.
Every regular on the Central nine
got at least one hit. In addition
To his good work with the stick,
S;rwyer made two difficult catches
in left field, going back ON the
tennis courts for one of them. Bak-
err Of Central and Simpson of Holt
Vile were the home run hitters.
The summary:
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