Arizona republican., 1908-05-30
WAS SOME THING FIERCE THAT ATTACK ON FANS
By the Journal Miner of Yesterday Morning-lt Stirred up All Sorts of Righteous Ire.

with as hearty a welcome as Phoenix knows how to give them. The Prescott GrayS, eleven in number with mana ger and captain, will be taken to the Ford hotel and shown every possible courtesy. Headed by the Indian school band the four baseball teams will march through town after dinner and go to Eastlake park where the officials of the Phoenix baseball league who are responsible for Prescott games in Phoenix, hope that the Grays will be given fair and square deal all the way through. No gabfast will be al- lowed, no ragging with the umpire, and no one will be allowed inside the grounds but the teams ana those in directly engaged in the contest. The spectators, except those in rigs, must positively stay in the grand stands. The welcome which the people from the Pine City will be given will be sincere, and the more, because of the unwarranted, reprehensible and rabid assault on the valley people. which ap
 peared in yesterday mornings issue of the JournalM Miner, the sentiments of which The Republican has taken the pains to learn ,are not cherished by a single baseball fan or reputable busi- ness man of Prescott, and were in no way inspired by the Prescott baseball players, or any other responsible party whose feelings or prejudices the peo- pie of Phoenix consider in the slight est degree. That these statements are true, The Republican was informed by numerous telegrams and telephone IOraGanff N-aGfarhar nd last night, the wires being kept hot denying the Journal-M vltriolic baseball dope. The following is a sam pie package:
 Arizona Republican,
 Phoenix, AriZ.
 "The Prescott baseball association and the business men of Prescott do not countenance the article which ap- peared in Friday mornings Journal
 Miner. casting reflections upon the baseball players and citizens of Phoe- nix and we regret exceedingly the in cident.
 PRESCOTT BASEBALL ASSN,
 Per Wm. Neagle, President. The Journal Miners sensational swat at Phoenix fans must have been too hot for the mails to handle, for not a single copy of the paper reached Phoenix yesterday afternoon and all efforts to comb in a copy were futile. By the means of telephone messages however The Republican was able to secure exhibit A" which is of the same brand of frothings exuded throughout two or three columns of vituperation and invective, the like of which has not been equalled since the infamous "Brainstorm Thomas story of last summer which stirred up more bad feelings than were let loose from Pandora's box. It ran under such fes- tive lines as Few Fans Going to Phoe- nix to Be Bumped" and 'Business Men Do Not Uphold the Idea" EX- hibit A IS as follows:
 "Thousands of dollars went out of Prescott last year to Phoenix for which there was no return. It is the general opinion here that the PhOenixcians as class are a cheap bunch Of skates and there is no disposition among in- telligent people to patrOnize Phoenix until the proper spirit of reciprocity is shown. When the Phoenix nine play ed here several Sundays ago there was not a score of fans came up with them and most of those who came brought lunches along and ate them on the plaza The money they spent did not cause g ripple on the local financial pool. on the other hand Prescott went down to Phoenix last year over 500 strong They spent their money like princes and then were the victims of a bare faced fraud. For this and sun dry reasons the crowd that will go to Phoenix with the team will not amount to 9 cOrDorars guard"
 Ones emotions must move as slow as a frozen turtle at 1 o'clock on frosty morning if such yelps do not either rouse his risibles or awake his indignation. Happily through it all shines the animus. It is to laugh. In stead of being a clap of thunder be- fore the impending storm, it is simply that Maud has kicked another panel out of the barn door. They say it did stir up a hornets nest in Prescott and from the telegrams received the people were yesterday worried over the ef feet it would have in Phoenix. Let the good citizens of the Pine City rest as sured that ever since that unmen- tionable "Brainstorm Thomas" article, no supporters of baseball or friends of the game have regarded the Journal Miner as the VOX POpuli, especially in baseball matters. Remembering with remOrse some of the faux pas fOisted onto the public by Curly Rinderle, who is no longer connected with Phoenix baseball, the sting of slaughters are not forgotten. There were a number of excursions last summer and large hosts of the hopeful who indulged in vague summer dreams that Phoenix at last had a good nine invaded the Pine City. Quoth the raven, what's the score? FOGr to 24. Such outcOmes were not conducive to overlooking the Santa F'e
 The Phoenix nine has not visited Prescott this summer. The Fraternal Brotherhood nine which is one of the | three in the city league, has crossed | bats with the Grays upon six occa- 1 sions. four times in Prescott and twice |