Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-08-21
(Ffom Sunday's Dsily.)

 As predicted by the dope writer in yesterdays issue of the ournsl.Minev, the Grays had no difficulty in defeat. ing the much touted Humboldt Greens, taking the game, the fifth and deciding one of the series, by n score of l4 to 8.
 And thereby hangs tale that is without precedent in the annals of base ball in this Territory. Disguised at the poor showing their players made against the. locals, and believing, they say, that some of the players deliberately "laid down" on them, the management of the Greens discharged the entire team on the spot, bag and baggage.
 This startling dcnouement came at the end of a very ragged game, in which the locals had all the best of 1t, and up to the fifth inning, treated Humboldt much as they did Phoenix, making twelve runs in the first four innings, and allowing the Greens to shove but one man over the home pan.
 While tn. majority of the visitors from this city who accompanied the Grays to the smeltcf City are in sym. pathy with this move on the part of the Humboldt managers, it gives n black eye to base ball in this part of the Territory, nc with Humboldt elim.
 mated, Phoenix a dead one, and Tue son afflicted with n more or less SC. were attack of the "ehillcd extrcfni-
 ties," Prescott is left high and dry, without rival in this part of the coun'
 try worthy of her steel. In future, un til Phoenix awahes, or Tucson accepts n the Grays must look to the extreme
 southern portion of the Territory fo,
 a team of ball players that can ever f make 1t interesting for the sturdy ath
 letes of the city n mile high, unles'
 winslow has something worth while.
 For some time past it has been rum
 ored that dissatisfaction existed amopI . certain of the Humboldt players, Bn
 this did not chrystallixe into any kin r. of action until yesterday, and shortl
 after tho game started 1t became ar
 parent that something was decidedl
 wrong with the Greens. Where pr'
 viously the Shelter City boys ha of played gilt-edged ball, giving the l'
 calls . run for their money at all stage
 of tine game, they became like bunc ns of tin soldiers that didn't know ho 'il to play the game and didn't care mue C., whether they did or not. Not that tn
 was the attitude of the entire team,
 some of the players continued throug yP ont the contest to work conseientiou
 ly to win, despite the long and inerea
 ing lead that the Grays soon esine
 but certain of the players, to the sps nc. tstors, at least, seemed to be trying mt see how rotten they could play. ill The game began before a we'll hll mt prandstand of Prescott and Humbol sin fans. A Humboldt man was handii
 the indicator. Warner, Prescott's nc lie. short stop, was the first man dp, n will got a pass from Cole, the Humbol rue southpaw. This seemed to anger Co will especially as he insisted that the u if hire had favored the batter, and af' ore that his pitching was very loose. mp Mitchell, next up for the Grays, f safe, as did Elliott, Warner and Nit ted. ell scoring on Wilson 's safe hit, Eli and being caught at third. Hudson, out cen first, scored Wilson, and Pacheeo the tired the side.
 Humboldt was smut out.
 , ia In the second inning Prescott z kulI nected with Coles delivery as easily | in the first inning, and, assisted by the TOTS on the part of Humboldt, mi ,ims three more runs, the Greens drawinl -iye blank in their half.
 twol In the third Prescott had nine T thi. at bat. and on two hits, two passes pper couple of errors, piled up four n ex. Humboldt succeeded in making n TUT ,um. their half.
 lyke In the fourth inning it was the s can old story, and Prescott secured fair more runs, shutting out the Greens n ss In the fifth, Battle replaced Cole
 Humboldt. Prescott got one more alley making total Of thirteen as aga sins Humboldt's lonesome one. Then, hun. ing that the game was einehed and and the Greens had quit trying to