Arizona republican., 1904-06-29
"NOT so WORSE"
Another Story of the Granite Dells
 Baseball Game.

The Phoenix baseball team is the
 most modest bunch in town and has
 been going around bleeding in
 wardly since last Sunday night as the
 result of the hard deal it get ir Pres
 cott. But it said nothing and woull
 have bied to death before it wcJil
 ever have murmured OF given publicity
 t0 its sorrow, only that the Prescott
 Herald came to its defense. After
 reading what the Herald says about
 the agme it is easy to see that the
 Phoenix boys were mot so worse," and
 instead of being killed in open bat
 tlc, they were ambushed. It is lsarned
 now that Farmer Walden is the man
 who caught the fly that kicked up all
 the dust. He could have thOWn the
 ball to first base, but it neVe, oc-
 cured to him that the umpire would
 doubt the catch. This incident, With
 two or three scores made through an error of Hartwelfs on first bases is
 what did the business.
 The Whipple team has agreed to
 meet the Phoenix team here for twH games on the afternoon of the third and the forenoon of the fourth Of July. and the Phoenix team is now engaged in forget last Sunday and get ting busy for the coming contests which it hopes will call out good crowds, as the games will certainly be good ones and the home boys are under considerable expense to carry the meeting out successfully.
 Following is the story of last Sun days game as published in the Pres colt Herald:
 A large crowd assembled at GfaLitc Dells to witness the game of ball be- tween the Phoenix and Iron King hines. The game was won by the Iron King boys by a score of 15 u 10. The game would have been somewhat equal If the umpire had given fair de- cieions to the visiting team. The wis itcrs also had to play against the whole of the county. TSey met one of the best Prescott players and the two best Whipple men. The Phoenix bnyc were "up against 1t" all right. and knew it. The decisions were so raj nk in many instances that the menl- bors of the victorious team blushed for shame when witnessing the slaugh- Ger.
 In one particular instance enc of the Phoenix fielders caught a very low aud difficult fly. He caught it fairly and squarely, just as it was about to hit the ground. The impact of the ball knocked his hands against the ground raising a dust. The umpire, after So noble a catch, ruled that 1t was a grounder, and the Iron King team scored two runs on the play. The team would have been out and the two runs lost if the decision had been fair. An other instance was a man in the Iron King team cutting off twenty or thirty feet between the second and homo plates, making a home and getting away with the run. Balls klat passed clear above the shoulders of the bat ters were called strikes. If ever team got a raw deal it was the Phoenix boys. With Q fair shake they would just about have played an even game. They also played in hard luck in other ways. They had their man strike out twic= with the bases full of runners, Another time the ball hit the runner, putting him out. Three men went out on the play. That was one of the many instances if ill luck.
 The Iron King boys played their usual sound game, batting well. They are never mapping and deserve credit for the good game they put up. They had three different pitchers and would have used Hemus too had it been d close game. The Phoenix boys lest the game. but they left many sympa- thizers here for them. They received poor treatment for visitors. Possibly l return game will be arranged be- tween the two teams to take place in Phoenix on the Fourth of July If the game is played we hope tfst a good umpire will be called to handle the game.
 Avery of Phoenix knocked the iong- est fly of the season, putting the ball so far out into the oaks that it took some time to find it. He also did good stick work again, but the ball was caught by one of the Iron King field CTS. who never was known to drop a ball.