Arizona republican., 1902-02-24
FIREMEN MADE GOOD
And Captured the Coin Saved Up Fly
 the MansHelds.


 Mansfields ...1 o 0 0 o 0-3 Bremen ......0 8 O 0 0 %-5
 That is the story in short of one of the best played baseball games here this season. There was a purse of $50, and it is understood there were sev- eral financial transactions on the sid. that added something to the interest of the proceedings. Everyoody present knew it would be q good game when the first man went to bat, for the at tendance was not fiattering and Phoe nix has a way of staying at home when q real good baseball game is booked and turning out largely to burlesaue performance. The result of yesterdays game tends to swell the Bremen up a little. for they are nor- TWO counts ahead of the Mansfields. But there was no throwing off in yesterdays per formance. The blue shirts were play ing their best ball. for they knew they had to, and the Mansfields, though bringing home empty sack, distin- guished themselves by good steady work. In no previous game have they held together played so evenly as in yesterdays contest. Usually there has been some one inning of the nine in which numerous errors would sue
  ting the players and permitting the enemy to land on the score card in bunch.
 There were two exciting points in the game. one in the third inning with the Bremen at the bat, and one in the eighth inning when the Mansfields held the stick. In the first instance three Bremen were on bases. Collins was at third trying to steal his way to the home plate. The ball passed the Mans fields catcher. but he secured it in short order and there was q close race between him and Collins for the home plate. The umpire declared the run ner safe. There were two out and the other two men scored before the third out was made. Some who sat in the grand stand believe that the catcher really put Collins out, and had 1t been so declared the score for the Bremen would have been three less, giving the game to the Mansfelds.
 But there was trouble over the ruling of the umpire. Red Phillips gave the decision, and he was then really too sick to be working. From where he stood the decision seemed to be just one. and he certainly thought it was, for he never Intentionally threw a game in his life. The dust was bad and those who took issue with him might have been mistaken as easily as he. Manager Mansfield though. of course leaning toward his own interest in the matter of his opinion. said he was willing to take the ump;re's word for it and the game went on. There was no dissatisfaction, and the incl dent is recorded simply to show how close together the teams were work ing and that it was anybody's game to the finish.
 In the eighth. when the Mansfields were at bat. they had two runs and two outs and two men on bases. They thought it was all coming easy and that the blue coats were doomed to get the short end of it. Had they got those two men in they would have at least tied the Bremen. But fate was against them. The batter failed 90 save them, the two men dying on bases.
 The Bremen having the lead in the score. declined their lest inning. Had the kids been given the decision in the third the Bremen might have made it back in the last inning. SO 1t was clearly the FireEen's game. But it was neck and neck all the way through and of the seventeen innings played by the two sides tallies were made in but five innings. That left twelve fine large goose eggs for the score-keeae- to dispose of.
 Red Phillips at the close of the third inning was too weak to finish um- piring the game and Chickenney and Mays together stood sponsor for what happened during the rest of it.
 Alb Wormell and Donovan pitched for the Mansfields and Collins for the Bremen. Donovan played in the box a small part of the time. He seemed to throw q swifter ball than usual yes terday, but he was not sure of his aim. Wormell did pretty well, though both he and Collins made one balk each. Collins only three days before got up from a sick bed. yet it should be said to his credit that his work yesterday was better than usual.
 The other players were shifted around as occasion seemed to suggest, so it was almost impossible to give a lineup. but the following named par ticipated in the game: Firemen-Price, Collins, Napoleon, Graham, Cisney, Matteson, PonCho, Hart. Rudd. Mans fields-Creech. McFan Clutch, Mont