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April 30, 1913:
Let’s take a look at the league after the first month of the 1913 season.
Here are the Eastern Conference standings at the end of the day on April 30.
Nogales Black Knights: 14-6
Tucson Turtles: 13-7
Flagstaff Axemen: 13-7
Florence Flames: 10-10
Douglas Jackrabbits: 7-13
Nogales got off to a fantastic start. They were tabbed as an improved team, but this was more than most expected.
Tucson and Flagstaff were right where they were expected to be, playing very well out of the gate.
So far, Florence was playing the .500 ball they were predicted to play.
Douglas was also falling in line with the predictions. Falling from a playoff team to a team 6 games behind the second playoff spot after only one month was quite a drop-off.
Now for the Western Conference standings at the end of April.
Glendale Redbirds: 13-7
Prescott Timberwolves: 9-11
Tempe Bulldogs: 8-12
Mesa Spiders: 8-12
Phoenix Dust Devils: 5-15
Glendale played very well during April. They were trying to improve on last year’s second place finish and looked like they meant business.
The rest of the conference struggled during the first month. They were determined to have more than one .500 team in the west this year, but the early standings hinted at a similarly embarrassing situation to the previous season.
Prescott, Tempe, and Mesa all seemed to have trouble finding consistency.
Phoenix just looked awful in April. They dug themselves quite a hole early on.
April highlights:
April 7-Flagstaff Axemen vs Tucson Turtles
Kelvin Augustin pitches masterfully to lead the Axemen to victory. He pitched 8.1 innings, allowing only 2 hits and 1 walk while striking out 3.
April 17-Prescott Timberwolves at Tempe Bulldogs
Ben Lewis hit 3 home runs and drove in 6 runs as the Timberwolves won 8-5.
Lewis hit a 2 run homer in the 1st, a 3 run homer in the 3rd, and a solo homer in the 5th. In his final at-bat, he grounded out to 2nd.
April 19-Mesa Spiders at Tucson Turtles
Ian Fraser went 6-6 in a losing effort as Tucson came away with a 12-8 win.
Fraser walked to lead off the game and then singled in each of his next six at-bats. Fraser also stole a base in the game.
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