Arizona republican., 1904-02-15
HOPE DEFERRED
haketh the Heart of the Phoenix
 Baseball Player Sick.

Glendale 10, Phoenix 6.
 /The Phoenix base ball team is in tine valley ow the shadow of hard luck The more talent it absorbs and the bet ter it plans a campaign, the more easily it seems to get itself skinned When the Glendale farmers first moped into town and reckoned they would play a little ball. Manager MacNulty chuck led to himself and straightway started in to gold brick them. They bought his brick. but they paid for it in green goods and it was a case of break even. They met again and the villagers pass ed out another gold brick, this time on credit A week later the Plowboys came in with more green goods, having secuted around until they picked up a professional player. A week ago yes terGay it was another case of break even and the Phoenix team got busy. It dug up Byron Hartwell for the box and Roy Loman for the stunt behind the bat Both men are professionals and masters of the game in the positions assigned them, but it seems as though the war in the orient has halled up the horoscope of the Phoenix team and it wasn't in the stars for il To win NeStel day.
 Rut the pumpllin-rollers were scared and began roofing around for more re- serve strength. They were quite sue cessful too, and enlisted the services uf such well known curbstone farmers as Jim Walden, Jenkins and Avery. All three of them are members of the Glendale agricultural association and can irriGate to beat the band Incl dentally they can play ball and though they maintain a hypothetical residence in Glendale, they live in Phoenix as base ball missionaries in a heathen field.
 The game yesterday was a very in terestinS one and was really a close one, for the difference was never so great but that the tide might have been turned. The grand stand was well fi!l- ed and the rooters were enthusiastic and good Eatured. All they wanted to see was a good game Of ball. leaving the gentleman with the cloven feet to escort the hindmost. It was Glendale S game almost from the start. but the countrvmen were never sure of it and tEey never Intentionally missed a lick at the leather. Phoenix went to the bat first but none of her members explore | the side line from third base to the home plate till the third inning though once they found the way was open. four of them reported to the score keeper. Glendale got one run in each of the first two innings, and two in the third. It was then a tie, but Phoenix laid a goose egg in the fourth, while the wis itors scored two. The fifth and sixth innings brought goose eggs for both sides. There was a deal of hard work done but there were no results except indications that something would have Co happen presently, and it did. In the seventh the hayma kers let their feet slip by some bad work at bases and the town boys brought ho,1e two more men. evening up the score again but the strain was tcO much. They had to take the fielG at once, and Avery, for the visitors, showed how a good man could hammer the ball when the sign was right and he was feeling well. For tunately he was the fourth man up in that inning. Each Of the three whc preceded him were glued to as many bases. It was Avery's intention to bat the ball to the river. but he didn't lit it square enough and it only went to the railroad track. The four men of course reported a run each and it was credit