Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-08-28
TAYLOR TO PROCEED WITH BASE BALL TOURNAMENT.
(From Sundays Daily.)

Manager Taylor, of the Grays, speak. ing of the recent attempt to arrange with the promoters of the Humboldt | Labor Day celebration for the playing of the third game of the contemplated | base ball series here, at Humboldt, an l which negotiations were broken of by the Humboldt management refusing the proposition made, making counter. proposition instead, which was in turn refused by Manager Taylor, gave ou,
 the following statement last night:
 CT had, on adviccs from some of the
 Humboldt base ball managers that
 they would have no tournament, ar.
 ranged for a thrce.day tournament
 here. Upon the solicitation of the
 Journal Miner I made m effort to
 avoid n conflict of dates, by proposing
 to play the third game at Humboldt,
 instead of here. This, I believe, would
 nave brought fully 1000 more people
 into Humboldt for Labor Day than
 might otherwise be expected. My pro. Iposition to the committee was to play
 there for the gate receipts alone, !
 paying all incidental expenses, and ask
 ing them for absolutely no money. To
 this the committee returned a counter proposition; that of having n double header, some juvenile teams and the
 teams proposed bringing there for the final game in our series, and chars' ing m admission price of 70 cents, in.
 stead of the usual 90 cents charged for ball games, the gate receipts to be \ split between the committee and my self This would mean only 37is cents for me for every spectator present, and the 75 cents admission charge would
 keep away many that would attend
 were the price 90 cents.
 "T stood to lose couple of hundred
 dollars by playing there under my pro
 position, and was willing to do SO t'
 keep peace in the family; but unde such an arrangement as the committe proposed, I would lose twice as much l. and under the circumstances. consider T. ing the expense of bringing in Tucson c Winslow and other teams for the tourn ID ament, I simply could not afford to d 'e it. l held a meeting of the ball tear g and submitted the proposition of th 'e Humboldt people, and the member y were of the opinion that am, and th' of is that we cannot afford to accept th e' proposition made.
 ig "Having failed to reach a satisfn he tory agreement with the Humboldt pe he ple I shall proceed with arrangement el for the local tournament, which will he played nere August 3l, and septemb' "i 1 and g."
 ed Manager Taylor stated that he hi 'ts not proposed to have any tourname en here until after the Humboldt tea Ike had been disbandcd and MT. Bethur 'ht one of the former managers of | 'us Greens, hal told him that no tourr css ment would be held in the Smel' ch- City, inasmuch as they no longer had er- team to enter. MT. Taylor states a , n that the same party told him 1t VOL ing be all right for Prescott to have ws. tournament, and that he then beg
 preparations for one.
 FIR Concerning the Humboldt ceieb
 tiop. those in charge of tho arran
 ments for the affair continue to k
 busy, with the result that everytn hat will be in readiness for the celebrat s a when Labor Day arrives. A juve' rec. base ball tournament, for amat hest teams only, will be held, at which ' ,ccn in prizes will awarded. Horse rac' the broncho busting, a tug.of'war and eov- CT sports will constitute the days rry. tertainment, together with speech"
 10 ing and other amusement features Q to Excursion rates will be in emect to n all lines of the S. Y. P. X r. for ying occasion, and the citizens of tho sn
 It's CT City confidently expect to enter mort more visitors on the Labor Day dent sion than at any time in the histor' rern, that bustling little city.
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