Arizona republican., 1895-11-30
FORT GRANT IS DOWNED The Phoenix Club a
 Strong One. Battling Ball Game ThankSgiv-
 ing Day.
The Indian Lads Make Little Head . way Against the PhPnix
 Football Eleven.


 Uncle Sam's crack cavalry regiment, the Seventh, that won undying fame with Custer on the Little Big Horn, and Forsyth at Wounded Knee, went down in defeat before the onslaught of the home team Thanksgiving day at the ball grounds at the park. But though Fort Grant was defeated 1t was by no means disgraced.
 It was an ideal day for baseball, or any out-of-door sport, and the grounds were in excellent condition, having been recently dragged. All the condi- tions were conducive to good game of ball, except that, on account of the game not being called until 2:30, the last two innings were played in insuf- ficient light.
 The game was called promptly at the advertised time, with Phoenix at the bat Coleman and Harlow knocked easy fys into the inueIu which gave them a chance to sit down again. The side ought to have been retired with Cochran, but the ball was fumbled and he got to first. Childs next at bat, could have been fielded out by proper play, but he got to first also. Then Smith found the ball for two-bagger, Eilers for a base hit which developed into a home run lby the ball going through the left fielder, and Graf for a i One-bagger, all of which netted Phoe- nix four runs Phoenix was equally l fortunate in the second, fifth, in which they piled up six runs, and the eighth. i Grant in their half of the first, suc- ceeded in getting man to third base, but were sent to their benches with a goose egg to their credit, as they were in the third, fourch, sixth, seventh and eighth. In the second they scored two on account of wild throw to first base. In the fifth they secured two more, one of which was earned. Men afee by a long one over the right field fence for two bases, brought in Booth who had gotten to first base on error but Menafee scored on a base hit by Drachman. In the ninth Jones scored by scratching first, advanced to sec ond on base hit by Monk, and came home on safe hit by Booth
 The Grant boys are all ball players but are not the equals of Phoenix in team work, at which our boys now ex- eel under the discipline of Captain Childs. But there would not have been such discrepancy in the score if Phoenix had not been fortunate in punching their hits, and Grant been unfortunate in making costly errors when the bases were full.
 All our boys did well. Ch;Ids made the only three-base hit of the game by driving o ,e with ve'y fiat trajectorv over the center felder's head in the seventh He almost succeeded again in the eighth, but Stegman knew his man better and he played an extreme lily deep center field, and even then he had to run backwards a long way tc make what was certainly a good catch
 "Dodger" Stewart covered himself with glory. He played third base we'll he batted hard and clean, and he ran bases like sure thing sprinter. Joe Eilers caught the grand stand with his two home runs. Jack Cochran aaG to take his hat off in acknowledgment of the applause he earned by long run and a caught foul between home and first.
 Altogether it was a good game ot ball, as there were more than enough of pretty plays to offset the bad ones that were made. Kicking at the um. pire, which frequently spells goo5 sport, was entirely absent.
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