Arizona republican., 1907-11-03
THE BROWNS @
 TAKE FIRST
h the Meeting With the
 Tucson Nine
The Victory Was Accom- pliShed by a Score of , to 2.

Phoenix .. .. ......3 o 0 0 0 0 x-5
 Tucson .. .......O 2 0, 0 0 0 o 0-2
 A grandstand chuck fuil of Phoenix
 fans yesterday afternoon saw the
 Browns. their favorites, bag the first
 encounter with Tucson on the local
 diamond. the resultant. to which
 does not tell a paragraph of the tale.
 The scrabble was not hot enough to
 iron the wrinkles out of anything new,
 but there were stages in the game
 when it grew very interesting. and the
 general certainty of a Phoenix vic
 tory was electrified by some spectac-
 ular plays and some pulling out of the
 mud by the youngster MT. Clark, who
 generated the smoke for the Browns.
 Six of the Tucson batters were
 moved down in the first three rounds
 by his steaming shoots. but after that.
 the Kansas boy slowed down some
 but still kept the race well in hand. The Tucsonites found eleven safe ones
 but cid not come at timely moments, or they would have walked away with the game. However. Clark would
 have smeared on a coat of calcimine
 but for the unfortunate pebble of Shortstop McClelland, who after two
 were gone. dropped Longs short in-
 field hit, which came so gently that
 Mac thought he had 1t copped sure;
 but it eluded his clutch and allowed Tucson chance of score. However Mac redeemed himself in several other swift pick-ups which were much more difficult.
 Reese. who got his training in Tex as was trotted out to the slab for Tucson. but whife he pitched good game there was a combination of un- fortunate circumstances which he could not overcome, and 1t was a hard game to lose. The few hits made by the Browns were clustered on the Tex as lad, and that tells the story in part. Allen received his. offerings in good style, but he can't be any more com mended than little Dick Bayless, who | was in the cage for Phoenix Say. | the way that lad whips them round | a wonder. When a ball leaves his | fingers it travels like a shot and never | droops an inch till grabbed by the | basernan. He also won applause for | a wild drop pitch which ! Mir. Clark hung onto a little too long. | but Dick was there in the dust and | saved a score. And when Dick gets | on base he never pauses till he proves one of the worst thieves in the busi- ness. Yesterday he avoided a double play. by a long lead off first, which landed him on the second cushion be- fore the ball was captured by Redman.
 Cap Becker danced a jig under a tall fly while waiting for it to come down. Billy Barnett. who was rushed put to left when Blackburn slipped up Dn a fly ball. proved d worthy success pr and deserves to be in the game right along. One of the prettiest pieces of team work was the double play from Hetling on third to Durand to Ei- on first, who speared wide throw with his glove and finished the slaughter of the innocents.
 Plucky Redman at second made a couple of errors. but his ankle is still weak and he doesn't travel about as flashing as he used to do. But the saddest words of tongue or pen. is the grief of Homerun Bedford. who couldn't hitch onto the ball for a homer or safety even twice when here were populous bases and two in the norgue. But he did draw down 'ne prize when he combed in Bayless' inc drive to center which looked good Tor a safe one.
 The hardest game will be today, when Mir. Rueben Woods of Oklahoma will go the underground route with his benders and hopes to fool the Brown batters completely. Tucson really counts on winning this combat today. but they may run up against one lanky obstacle in the person of cy Young. slated for the Pittsburg Ma donals next year. If Cy don't pole the persimmon the fans will be might