Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-07-29
(From Saturdays Daily,

baseball begins. The Prescott Grays once more meet the Phoenix All Stars in what ought to prove the fastest pair of game ever witnessed on a nome dia. mond. Phoenix is coming north this morning accompanied by a big crowd Of rootcrs, loaded with coin, it is said, to back the favorites of the Salt River Valley and the claimants of the cham. pionship of Southern Arizona. The mighty twirler Williams will be with ,Le stars, Luna, the lightning fielder, and all the rest of the buncn which played the Grays to a standstin at Phoenix last Sunday, but not until the heat of a two days visit had somewhat enervated the Prescott lads.
 Saturday last Prescott defeated score of two to one, after one of the score of two to ne, after one of the fastest games ever witnessed on an Ar. izona diamond. They lost the Sunday game, five to three, but should have won as they both outfclded and out batted the All Stars. The feeling be. tween the two teams and their parti sans is intense, but good natured, an honest, sportsmanlike difference of opinion as to the merits of the Grays and the All Stars. It is such n feeling that gives zest to baseball. Phoenix is proud of her team. Prescott will bet Sspenders on the Grays. So with such a feeling among the fans, and intense rivalry of the players, the games this afternoon and Sunday are sure to be bummers from the call of "Play Ball. |"
 The Grays have been practicing daily for the contests and are in fine fettle, betters than ever before, perhaps. So if they are beaten it will be only after the fans have been given record breaking run for their money. Wolfe will head the Prescott batting order, Wolfe, the fastest little infelder that ever donned Prescott uniform, and a lad who never gets his eye off the ball. it fah Ut ritteu OH thV hikhNHA ity that this is Wolfe's last season on anything less than the Pacific Coast league. Los Angeles wants him, and San Jose and Fresno of the state league have also thrown out their hooks for him. whitredge is another Gray who will he seen in the Coast league next season, probably wearing n Los Angeles uniform.
 Either Whitredge or Burgett, pro. bably the latter, will be in the pitch CTS box for the Grays today. If Bur gett pitches whitredge will be on the initial bag, which he covers like big leaguer. whitredge has also been lin ing the ball out in great shape. Spaulding will be at the receiving enl of the Prescott battery, Redman al Short, and Wilson on third. Thomas, Rochester and Sullivan will gather in the flies to the outfield.
 This is the way both teams will pro bably line up at the bat this afternoon;
 Phoenix, Prescott. Luna, If. Wolfe, 2b. Warner, s.s. Redman, SIS Magofiin, If. Spaulding, C. Scott. 8 b. Thomas, eff. Tebben, l b. Wilson, 3b' Mitchell, elf. Rochester. rf Grijalva, 9 b. Burgett, D. Morris, c. Whitredge, b.. Williams, p. Sullivan, l. f..
 While the Phoenix Prescott games oc . cupy the premier place in the local baseball mind at present, the games to follow between Prescott and Flag staff and Prescott and Winslow are sure to attract almost as much atten' ton. Flagstaff was defeated by Win slow on Sunday last by score of four to nothing, going some, and flagstah outbatted the Winslow bunch at that. Regarding the game the Flagstaff pa per say;
 "Thc Flagstaff baseball team went down to glorious defeat again yester' day, in nard fought battie at WI" slow. The score, 4 to o, is hardly any indication of the battle that was fought and lost. While Flagstah got credit for more hits that did her op' ponents. still the latter were punched and counted in the shape of forced runs. IL was n good game from star. to finish, even if we did lose, and was pronounced the fastest game or ball ever seen on any of the local diamonds Visitors from Phoenix who accompani- cd the local team to Winslow say that the All Stars and Prescott Grays Will have to play some ball to get into the class with either Flagstaff or Winslow' Interest in the two teams IS now tense and their further work will be watched