Arizona republican., 1897-11-06

on Mir. George w. Stewart, cOnta nSd in it. I shall pnfeace my remarks by stating that I believe Mir. Friedler is a gentleman, a base ball player and a true sportsman but tihat he has been led into giving public expression to some unwise and ill-natured remarks through resentment and lack of com mon information conceiming the sub ject matter of his discourse.
 Mir. Friedler uses the terms, 'iaora- heads pushing himself forward" and nonsense" in reference to the high school ball team in general, and Mr. Stewart in particular with entirely too much abandon The members of the high school team have nothing to be sore" about Nome of them ever sought or desired a position on the team with which MT. Friedler has the honor to be connected. To my cer- tain knowledge Mr. Stewart has not. for at tGls instance of Mir. W. J. Me Carthy, the acting manager of slhe team which went to Tucson, I ap- proa ched MT. Stewart to play against Tucson and he refused, giving as his reasons that the ajorIty of those go- ing to Tucson did not represent Phoe- nix and could not play ball anyhow. As for Mr. Stewart pushing himself forward" I will say, and your files will bear me out, that "Dodger'' pushed himself forward as a base ball player many moons ago. The batting and fielding records of the Phoenix team of two years ago will prove that conclusively. It may be remarked en passanH that there are soma per- sons with whom MT. Friedler is asso- ciated and who went to Tucson, who could not get job packing the bat bag for that team. "DOdger" Stewart was its third baseman. Incidentally, I will add that G. W. Stewart did net come to town as a brake-beam tour ist, that he is bora fde resident here, and that his orations on the ball field are not garnished with such choice bon-mots as 'Trun de ball in, you blankety- -blank-blank," all of which, I fear, applies direc ly to scme of the ball players @ with whom Mir. Friedlelr went to Tucson. The chal- 1enge issued by Efhe high school nine is mot nonsense As far as I can i judge it is Issued in good faith, and with the hope and expectation of re- deeming the lost base ball laurels of i Phoanix; throwing that the present., CT rTathkr, past, Phoenix Base Ball club ] is entirely inadequate to the task. The l public will nofdice that MT. Friedle- and his associates did not give them i practical demonstration that ilhe school boys could not play ball, al i though they had an excellent chance. 1 Mir. Friedler says thsy refused to rec | ognizg the challenge'' Of coursa i they refused to recognize the chal- lenge They knew they dared not play the school boys, for they had no 1 nope of winning. I prophecy that they will refuse to recognize all oth ST i challenges to play in Phoenix, for some of MT FTfedler's associates are I seeking, if they have not already obtaIi-ed, situations on the strtngth of being ball players, and do not de sire to show their hands, if possible, till next spring, when the weather 1 will be more congenial to box car eX- cursions than it is at this writing
 Mir. Friedlers easy way of directing Tucson what challenges to accept and not Ito accept is a trif1e stunning
 but slightly bad taste. Tucson will probably attend to all it's own funerals i though. The trouble with Mir. Fried Ter is that he allowed his reseintmeni !
 to be strictures on him, contained in the challenges issued by MT. Stew
 art, to get the better of his judgment
 I can say, for I believe I know the spirit which dictated them, that there
 was nothing i'm those challenges di-
 rected against MT. Friedler, Carl Graf
 Tom Parrish or any of ilhe other honfs
 boys who went ito Tucson.
 I will close by respectfully suggest ing, as a base ball enthusiast, thad
 Phoenix has within her limits the
 material for a good base ball team
 and that lit is a pity Ito fritller away
 time and to waste good newspaper
 space in 'bootless controversies over imaginary ills when there is chance to get together and organize two good ball teams thali would be credit sN
 our city. THOMAS D. MOLLOY.