Arizona republican., 1907-09-30
BASEBALL CONTAGION
INFEClS PHYSICIANS
Disease Is Spreading Among hssoci-
ated Professions. Conditions Alarm
ing and Trouble Being Prepared For.


The baseball germ fas been more
widely spread in this community than
most people have any idea of and that
too before the real association team
has got itself organized All that is
needed is some method of concentrat-
ing the poison and bringing it to the
surface where it can be given local
treatment. Almost every man in town
is inoculated and it only requires fav-
orable conditions to bring out the
symptoms.
Though all of them are modest men
and don't like to speak about it, The
Republican yesterday learned that the
ball sentiment between the physicians
and the druggists was crystalliZing
into what might almost be called a
feud. Each profession contends that
it has the most athletic talent and
each in quiet way intimates th9t if
the other would line up on the dia-
mond there would be a battle worth
while. The druggists feel that they
are outnumbered and il is understood
that the doctors have quietly limited
that there would be no objection if the
druggists took their natural allies. the
undert a kers- n to strengthen their
side Of the game. A certain well
known physician said last night that
he felt sure tine doctors could skin the
druggists and undertakers combined
and he would like to see a test of
strength.
The druggists object TO being class
ed with the undertakers. as business
allies, contending that there is a Sc
cret understanding between the doc
tors and the undertakers, for the pro-
motion of business and that this is a
foxy play of the doctors to throw the
druggists and the public off their
guard. The undertakers. however.
laugh at both sides and state that they
play no favorites. They bury every
thing they get hold of and if the doc
tors throw down the gage Of war they
may know what TO expect.
The chief issue between them is the
matter of an umpire but that was par
TALLY settled last night with the sug-
gestiOn that a local minister be called
upon TO perform the duties of that Of
flee. This seemed to be very natural
conclusion for in their respective lines
II activity. all of them have finally
To call upon the parson to perform the
last sad rites. 1t would necessarily be
a week day game for none Of these
gentlemen could well afford to parti
cipate in a Sunday exhibition. None
Of them need the money either. IN
less il is the minister, and he is so
much in the habit of getting along
without it that he wouldn't care. so it
has been suggested that the proceeds
be- turned over TO the Associated
Charities
This may sound like an effort at
making fun of the professional gen.
tlcmen but nothing is further from the
truth. The Republican would be the
last to josh any Of them for it has
found that dealing with any of the
three is mighty serious business. If
one begins mixing with any one of the
three he is apt to find himself in COM
flic&t;Cns with all of them before he
knows il 4 number of these gentle
men are seriously looking for base
ball trouble and those who really
want to start something should get
busy and throw a little oil on the
flames. The general public mas been
Wishing for a long time that these
three fraternities could be herded into
an open lot and given an opportunity
o. fight each other to a finish.