The copper era., 1905-08-31

| LongweH and Dunn also swapped places to the advantage of the home | team. Fred CleaHeland was the star player on the Morenci side, not get ting single error chalked up against him. He was Freddy on the spot whenever the ball rolled out to him. 1 His hitting was fine and in the course of few more games he ought to make the first team. The game was little slow, but taking it as whole the boys had a real nice time, the Morenci boys getting the worst of the deal on account of the hard run ming. Outside of few bad errors the boys played good ball for sec ond team, though it did not suit the | spectators, who are accustomed to seeing faster games. The next time the seconds meet a better game can be expected.
 At meeting of the executive com mittee of the ball club last night it was decided to send the team to the Albuquerque Fair to represent the Clifton district, provided the business men of the camp see fit to contribute the small amount of S250. Several other cities have entered their teams at much greater expense than S250. It should be borne in mind that the boys on the team lose their time when making trip of this kind, which makes it quite expensive to them unless they capture prize. It is quite likely that Clifton can walk off with the first prize, and is certain hou already been entered, and all that remains is to raise the $25O for ex- penses. The boys will be around and it is hoped that the citizens of the ball team to send them to the fair. In the near future the boys will give an ice cream supper and ball, the re- oeipts to be applied to. the above expense fund.
 It is to be regretted that the MOrenci ball team has been abandon ed temporarily at least, as they had one of the fastest teams that ever played in this country. Clifton had just reached the stage when she could mix it with the hill city and the spectators thereby recieve their moneys worth. In the meantime Clifton will play outside teams and hold up the interest in the sport. It is likely that the hill city will re- organize upon the return of MT. Van Gorder about the first of next month.
 The Shannon and A. C.. office teams will cross bats again next Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, with prac- tically the same line-ups as last week.
 The games arranged between Cliff ton and Fort Bliss and Las Vegas, to be played on the Clifton diamnnd, have been called off by the outsiders.
 N. J. Leavy, the genial representa- tive of Goldsmith Brothers, Los An geles, wholesalers of the celebra ted Marigold Rye and other first-class brands of wines and liquors, arrived in Clifton this week especially to look up Jesus Marquez and give him a ten dollar note for hitting the Marigold Rye sign placed on the center field fence of the Clifton base ball park. Jesus was the first player to bat ball against the sign and it took almost three weeks before he received the money, but the money was good and MT. Leavy attended to the matter as soon as he landed in town. He also stated that any player who batted the ball against the sign in future match games would receive the same prize. All that is required is the signature of three witnesses. MT. Leavy makes regular trips to Clifton and will be back in the course of 'six weeks. His head quarters are at Tucson.
 O. A. Risdon, of Metcalf, Will Grant, J. c. Ottman, Jim James and who spent a month in the White mountains on a fishing and hunting trip, have returned. They had a very successful expedition and came home with their pack horses loaded down with fish and game. Their out fit consisted of twenty-three saddle and pack animals and strange to say they brought every one back with them. They struck camp on Bonita creek, a prong of the Black river, where the grass is waist deep and the best water on earth flows. MT. | Risdon informed the ERA reporter that he caught mountain trout so fast that it would make ones head swim. Hunting was good and the party did not suffer for meat, having