Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-22

inning rallies may be all right for
the team out ahead but it's sure
tough on the nervous systems of the
spectators" a fan remarked at Will
son field last night as he sat
through the ninth inning lombard
ment which enabled Cox Brothers to
earn a 6-3 decision over the Coca
Colas.
UP to this inning the Grocers had
been trailing their opponents by a
3-2 count, the Fawcett boys having
put on an uprising of their own in
the sixth stanza which netted them
three runs and put them out in
front. At that point 1t looked as if
they would hold this slender lead
for the remainder of the game, as
Bob O'Brien was handling the
pitching assignment in good order
but-the pitcher went to the well
once too often and when the riot
was staged the rioters collected the
broken remnants to the tune of
four runs and the game.
The Grocers started their scoring
in the first inning. Beechey, first
man up, struck out. Williams then
laced a sharp single through short
and kept right on going, taking sec
ond and third on two successive
wild throws. HammerSlaugh struck
out but Joe Hurst scored Williams
on a single down the first base line.
Jepway was an infield out.
This ended the scoring until the
sixth. In this inning the Grocers
added another tally to their total
but the Coca Colas came right back
with three counters and took the
lead.
Hammerslaugh, first up for the
grocers in this inning, was famed
by Bob O'Brien. Hurst got single
through third and Jepway followed
with a safe blow through second.
Briggs was a strikeout victim but
Post scored Hurst with a single
down the third base line. Kretz
ended the inning by striking out,
leaving two men on the paths.
Score Tied
These two scores for the Grocers
looked as big as Gibraltar as the
Coca Colas came to bat in their
half of the sixth, but the margin
was soon reduced and three runs
chased over the plate to give the
Coca Colas a lead which they could
not hold Humphrey was out on a
fly to second. Price got walk and
took second on passed ball. T..
Ehmke slammed a single to center
field, Price scoring on the play.
Ehmke tied up the ball game mo-
ment later when he scored on a
wild pitch. Holcomb waited out
Hurst and got free ticket to first.
He made his way to third on a pass
ed ball and scored when Julius
Ehmke poked hot single down the
third base line. Brown and Wake
field struck out, ending the inning.
The Grocers threatened to over
come this lead in the following in
ming, but although they got three
men on base they failed to score.
With the lower end of the Grocer's
batting list up in the first of the
ninth, it looked as if things were
all over and the bat boys could ga
ther up the war clubs and let the
laboring athletes call it a night and
go home. However, the dope
might have ruled things that way
but they certainly did not work out
in that fashion. Far from 1.-TWO
walks, two errors and two hits COM
bined to manufacture four runs
and give the Grocers lead which
stood for the rest of the game. Add
to this heavy dose of baseball stra-
tegy, by that old maestro, Johnnie
Kepley.
Kepley Gets Walk
Kretz was an easy infield out
Then Kepley, manager of the Gre
GERS, decided to take hand in
things himself and announced he
was batting for Spence. Johnnie
waited out O'Brien and got a pass
to first, taking second on passed
ball. This action of Kepley's evil
IDENTIFY upset O'Brien who up to
that time had the game in his
spokesman for the Sciots, "but