Bisbee daily review., 1905-09-19
CANANEA G0T ONE
 DOUGLAS THE OTHER
BALL GAMES OF SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NOT UP TO STAND
 ARD EXPECTED.
Big Time had at Cananea on lnde- pendence Day-Bisbee Ball Season Seems About Wound Up-Gymnas- ium Ready for an Active Winter.

Douglas ball team was through the city yesterday enroUte home from its meetings with Cananea on Saturday and Sunday. In the first of these en- agreements Cananea won by score of 13 to !. The Sonora boys, however. were unable to hold the gait on Sun day, and went down to an honorable defeat by score of Il to 6. Both games were said to have been credita- ble by spectators, though not of the high class that had been expected from tEe teams in view of the splen- did ball they played at Douglas a cou- pie of weeks ago.
 The Independence day celebration that occurred in Cananea on Saturday, and of which the ball game was a part of the sports program, was prOnOunc- ed an immense success by the visitors who returned to the city yesterday morning. They said that a great crowd participated in the proceedings, and that warm and hospitabie greet ings were extended to the numerous visitors in the town. All business houses were closed in honor of the oc- -casiOn, and practically a two days sea son of festivities enjoyed.
 Whether Bisbee will play any more ball this season with a regular team is appearing more and more in doubt all the time, though it is not yet de termined fact that the town is out of the game yet for the year. It is pos sible that the team will go to Douglas next Sunday for a game with the Shelter City boys, but this is yet far from assured. Should the team go 10 Douglas and make the winning that it is believed it can, different aspect may be put on the situation. All that is needed is a little encourage cement in the way of a couple of good games and improved attendance at games on the home ground to enable the local ball enthusiasts and players to get on their feet with a rattling good team and stay in the game until a late sea son.
 At the Gymnasium all is now about in readiness for opening of an active fall season, an instructor alone ex- cepted. AS yet it does not appear that a choice has been made for this l important post. 4 first-class man has been sought for during the last couple l of months, out to this time without 1 avail However, it is believed that ! the right man will soon be forthcom- l ing and that things will then move along at the Gymnasium in a more enthusiastic manner than they have ever before done. At present the | membership roll is above 800. It has been steadily gaining during recent i weeks, and it is the expectation that 1 midwiDter will see the club with mem 1 bership nearer the 1000 mark than the 800.
 In sporting circles the story is l around that Kid Barney and Joe Strinker will go to it for fight to the finish before the month is out. In this event the meeting will probably be on the quiet That is, the fighters will take the spectators out over the trail to he woods and duplicate the early morning McClung-McKeever episode. It is the expectation that the men, ii they meet, will put up a rattling mill. Both are known as hard fighters, and both are said to have the staying qual- ities. The probabilities are that they would go into the ring with Barney having a few pounds the better Of 1t in weight. So far the matter of sat isfactory purse has not been arranged, but it is expected that this obstacle will be put aside in the course of the next few days.
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