Arizona republican., 1904-09-07

intCTChauged. al of which is palpa- ble falsehood. The fact of the matter WaS, when the dispute came up Mayor Waring advised and ins!s,e1 that the Mesa team stand for the Phoenix boys conteEtion, right or wrong. and let the game go on. In playful mood, Prof. Loper and J. s. Peterson came into the crowd and catching hold of Mayor Waring tried to draw him from the crowd and in his b. ealling away from them q scuffie ensued, and that was all
 he way the Mesa mayor stoi ped the game. He advised both mines to play on and let the difference drop.
 The conteation that the Mesa team quit and left the game is also an er- TOT. The PhOelix team packed their bats and started to leave the ground, af,er fl loCkzd like the matter could not be settled n five minutes, the time given for the matter to be settled, and Captain Hunsaker stopped them be- fore they had got out of the diamond , and asked them 10 come back and fin ish the game, that Mesa, right or a-rorg. would allow their con,eltiOn, but they refused to go back under any consideration. So under the rules the game was lost to the team that let the grounds, and the Phoenix team was soubly beaten, for at even innings the score stood seven to one in favor of Mesa, the two runs being made in the last inning of the Phoenix team.
 But after carefully sitting over the matter it seems that the Mesa cores pondent was in error concerning there only be two men cut, for there was three men put out according to the best information obtainable. The first .N,. |. fa Bellis. who made a short hit to the pitcher and was put out on first base. He was followed by Joe Miguel. who made a run. The next batter, D. $. Lopez, also made a run. E. Graham batted and made second base. He stole of towards thid, and Catcher Cuber sent a ball to Hun-akar and Graham was put out. NJ. Graham was the next batter and was called out on q fan" but the umpire declared the last strike a tip, and he was sent back 70 tie bat. He made first base, and stole. off a little too far and Pitcher Williams sent a ball to first and he was put out at the time Lop-z made the home run.
 The error seems to have resolved it. self down to the scorer not marking down Ollie Bellas the first to the bat, who was put out on first. This is the correct history Of the game. It was an unfortunate affair, and TO one more than the people of Mesa deprecates the breaking up of the game, but the Mesa team were no more responsible for 1t than the Phoenix team. Umpire J1V- ins called out, three men out" and the scorers record showed only two men out. and be ore the matter could be strengthened out the Phoenix team had left the grounds. game was patched up between some of the Meza nine and some boys on the ground af- ter the others had left.
 It is unfortunate that the Phoenix nine should allow such misrepresenta- ton to get into the pres, but We hope that the matter will ba settled and that many more games will be intercharged between the hines, and in all cases the Mesa people and hines will be found willing to take their medicine if beat en, without the mayor of Mesa endeav- bring to protect the honor of the Mesa team by calling off the game. The mayor of Mesa and the Mes baseball team are not qUitters.