Arizona republican., 1907-11-12
STAMPING
 OF TUCSON
In the First Game of the
 Base Ball Tournament
The Browns Opened the Series With d Brilliant Victory.

', The Phoenix Browns completely 1 overwhelmed Tucson yesterday morn | ing m the opening game of the base
 bah tournament. touching up Woods
 Tor sixteen bingles. eight of them
 clustered in two innipSc. IL was the most disastrous defeat the nine frou.
 the old Pueblo has suffered for some | time. At no stage of the combat did i 1t look like other than Phoenix vic ! tory. Added to d batting bee the ! Browns played an errorless game in the field. Tucson also pulled of some fine | fielding work. making but one error i and that d really hard chance.
 While Woodsie was wclted at will. Speer for Phoenix kept the swats scat | tered and once when things began tD look shady in fourth Speer struck out two men, retiring the side. There
 was no stealing bases on Bayless and many for they were nearly always for warded express prepaid. Billy Barnett led the hitting with four safe smashes and one sacrifice. Clark who played center accepted with good judgment every chance which came his way. some of them not so easy. Reese at short for Tucson. cleaned up every one that came in his territory. SIX chances in all.
 Tucson's one tally was secured on q two ba gger a base on balls, a bunt. a wild pitch and q fly to center. The decision al home which gave them the score was protested nightly by Phoe- nix supporters.
 Phoenix was the first up and the game started off fast Bayless, Back CT and Hctling going out on iniield taps. A wild foul which Hetling wing ed retired sulinser. Yohe famed and FrantZ slusged for two bases but was nailed trying 10 steal third.
 Edmunds popped up 10 Woods, Mac died from Woods to White and Durand skied out to Reford White for Tucson was retired from Becker to Edmunds. McCIelland and Edmunds specled the finish of Allen and Hetling to Becker was the end of Wyatt. No scores so far.
 In the third the Browns started >jn with the clouting of the ball. Barnett hit to center Clark bunted and Bar nett MdS udlltt dl StNbllt. 'B'fT Al'N out to Sulinger. Bayless hit curve to Sulinger who barely lost il, and Clark scored. Becker hit one to Reese and Bayless was cut off at second. Hetling got four wide ones and Edmunds was the third gone on a fly to Sulinger. Reese singled in the Tucson half but Woods was out from Frantz ito White Bedford flew out to center and Sul- finger popped up to short stop.
 Tn the fourth McClelland flew out to Suinger. Durand famed. Barnett hit a stinger to Frantz and reached first: Clark singled and Specr missed three. Tucson was easy on YOhc's fly 10 Clark, a foul 10 Bayless by Frantz and Whites windmill stunt.
 Bayless in the fifth hit safe. Becker slashed out a two-bagger, Bayless scoring. Hetling hit-one in front of the plate and was retired at first. Ed mGnds hit to Woods and Becker was put out at third. Allen and Wyatt singled but Reese was easy from Me Clelland to Edmunds and Speer struck out Woods and Bedford.
 Durand hit safe after Mac went out from Reese to White and Barnett and .i'4 n Nfit 'tb oli il4li'4h HltS. luCS'4i had no show in the last of the inning. Su,inger hitting into NcClelland. Yohe ho;sted to Barnett and Frantz popped up to Becker.
 In the seventh the Browns clinched the lead with three more runs. Spcer got a free ticket and stole second. Bay less bunted. Becker hit safe and Speer scored. Hetling's safe poke registered Bayless. and Becker stole home after Bedford caught Edmunds fly. Me Clelland hit safe, Du.and famed, and Barnett drove one to left and Hetling rushed for home but was cut off at the