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Show of whlu players by a score of I to 3. i Tho game was not as good as tlio score would Indicate, the fielding or- ' rors of each team counterbalancing I By all odds the great featme of tho came wai a brilliant one handed catch ly Robinson, the negro second baseman. There were two men on bases when a low line drive was smashed toward Robinson, The negro ran forward and scooped ur tho ball Just us it was about to touch the ground. The drive for the ball threw Robinson forward on his faco and ho fell prone on the diamond, but ho held tho hall tishtly in the bare hand with which ho caught It. When ho regained re-gained his feet he ran to second and completed a double unassisted. This freak play undoubtedly saved the negroes ne-groes from defeat, as It retired tho side Juit when the Ulamondvllle boys wero threatening to raKo lu a tally or two. "Indian" Smith pitched a good pinio for tho negroes, allowlug six hits. With the exception of the third inning, in-ning, in which Dlainondvllle pounded out its only three runs, he held tho visitors vis-itors to throe scattered hits. Morgan pitched a strong frame, but his support sup-port was poor.' NEGROES DEFEAT 1 WYOMING TEAfil, i Salt I-ako, Aug. 31. In au Inter-.' racial baseball game Tuesday afternoon after-noon at Walker's field a combination of red and black was victorious ov. r tho white race. The Occidental team of negro bull players, with Luther Smith, a fullbloodcd Indian, In Unbox, Un-box, rou from the Diamoudvlllo team |