Arizona republican., 1907-10-30
PHOENIX WILL CROSS
 BATS WIIH TUCSON
At EastIake Park Saturday and Sun- day-PIans for Fair Tournament.

Manager Goldberg of the Phoenix
 Browns yesterday afternoon received a
 message from the Tucson managers accepting the invitation to play two games in Phoenix Saturday and Sun
 day This will cause spontaneous re- joicing among the fans whose hopes
 have been so long deferred that they will welcome the chance to see a real ball game once more. Tucson and Phoenix were both tied at Tucson in
 the tournament for the first money and are we'll matched. Therefore judging | from all past records the two games should be fast snappy exhibitions that will really be worth ones while to | witness.
 The diamond at Eastlake park was
 in very poor condition last Sunday ow- ing to the football game of the pre-
 vious day. but for the coming contests will be rolled down and placed in fine l condition. The soil is really capable of
 being made into a fast ground with proper attention which will be given.
 The games will start at 2:3O in the af-
 ternoon and 1t is expected that special
 excursion and low rates will be given
 
 crowd will no doubt come over from the sOuthside.
 Tucson is more or less confident of
 winning since they defeated Bisbee which nine walloped the Browns. But ! there is no dope to prove that either
 nine will have walk away. Every
 body is expected to get in and root for ! the home team but no one is presumed
 to go to the extreme in the matter and give Tucson too hot a roast for the
 fans of that city treated the Browns very fairly all the way through. The reason for the team remaining
 at home is due to the canceling of the
 dates with Bisbee by Manager Kirk.
 Kirk states that no reduction could be
 obtained in railroad rates for the Browns and that 1t would cost some thing like s350 for railroad expenses alone. He adds the encouraging news that Bisbee can be counted on to be
 here for the fair tournament. Douglas | abandoned it's plans for a tournament
 next week owing to the short time which they had at their disposal to complete the arrangements. The trip was a long and hard one and IL will be much better for the Browns in re-
 maining at home and keeping in first class condition for the later contests. The purses for the fair will total ! S160O, of which sl200 will be divided
 between the three leading teams and | the remaining sio0 will go to the other l teams participating who finish below third position. Globe, Bsbee, Tucson
 and Douglas are expected to take part | in the tournament. There will be morning and afternoon games on the Sundays. preceding and following fair week. which will be played at Eastlake park. The games during the week will be played in the morning at the fair
 grounds.
 Manager Goldberg and a number of others were at the fair grounds yester-
 day to select the best place for the
 diamond. The home plate will be on the tract inside of the half mile track
 and so situated as to be visible from all parts of the erandstand. The time
 keepers stand will be made portable
 so it can be removed while the ball games are in progress. Work will be commenced at ono scraping the dia- mond and getting it in shape for the tourney. IL will take considerable WOrk DeIOre II can De IildNe lll TOT last playing If the ground is not made solia
 the result will be that the fielders vii find difficulty in keeping their feet when going after swift grounders and errors will be numerous. The ground is suitable for a very fine diamond and though some objections have been rais- ed that the grandstand is too tar away it is near enough to see all that is go- ing on and who is making the play, anG those who want to sling their hot air slang at the teams can provide themselves with megaphones of large dimensions.
 Jock Blinkcorn suggests that me- dium sized gas pipe might be laid on supports from the center of the grand
 stand to the near proximity of the third base line; on that attached monster horn about 9 feet in diameter
 From the other end of the pipe line could be run hundreds of small rubber tubes for rent at 10 cents per, each provided with a mouth piece into which the rooters could propel their epithets. dub" shine" mutt and all the variety of roasting and roofing which the multitude of minds can originate. Of course the product would be little conglomerate but the plan is unique and ought to work. This Rooters cantata could be recorded on phon ogriph and the pipe line and other ap- paratus saved and when needed the