Arizona republican., 1908-07-02
A BAILED-UP BASE
 BALL SITUATION
Now Appears City League Will Re- main at Home and Play Off the Pennant Games.

The baseball situation is a nice
 tangle. and there is no telling how | it is going to be unwound. As it | looked last night there was small chance of the Phoenix All Stars go- Ting to Prescott to take part in the 1 tournament. Some of the players have kicked over the traces and are not satisfied with the terms which Prescott offers and unless Phoenix ] can be represented blythe best the town has or at least a fairly fast nine. the old town will not be rep resented at all, which is to be re- gretted. Some of the All Stars have never been very keen on going to Prescott, saying that unless they were
 guaranteed a sum they could stay at home and make more money. When the Grays played here they played on the usual terms, 40 per cent to the losers and 50 per cent
 to the winners, after all the expenses of the visiting team and local eX- penses were taken out Of the gate receipts. On this basis, which were
 the terms indicated by the Grays as
 the only ones they would accept. the
 games came off and Prescott, though
 beaten, besides being sumptuously
 dined. took away S9O above all ex-
 penses. It was then understood that
 Phoenix would get the same terms
 when they went to Prescott.
 On account of the tournament in- cluding four teams besides the PhOe-
 nix All Stars, of course these terms
 could not be offered In lieu of that
 expenses were guaranteed. and purses of S350 and S200 were hung up to
 the first and second place winners. The letter which Al Galpin, the pres
 ident of the city league, received, gave these terms, but no mention
 was made of the fact that other
 teams were to take part besides Phoenix and Prescott. By this un- derstanding the All Stars were sure of S20O at least. which would about pay their expenses for the three days. Some were inclined to favor this and il appeared that the league would be able to get together a nine on those terms. As soon, however. as word | came that other hines were to take part and that they would have to l play double-headers each day. some ! of the most necessary men on the | team stood pat for a guarantee of | wages. So it came about that Phoe- | nix could not put a ball team in ! Prescott for much less than $500 for | the three days, so that the first prize | even was a mere bagatelle.
 Then the local Fourth celebration | talk came on the tapis and the local | boys had flattering offers here and Il elsewhere. This movement discour- |, aged the Prescott offer, and as no | better terms could be secured, last ! night it appeared, as has been said, | to be all off between the two cities | for the present It had been ar ranged in the beginning, three months Il ago, for the city league to close up | the fight for the pennant on the | Fourth of July and the league holds II a lease on the ball grounds for that day, and will have to give the park Il a game. The reason for the Tucson-Phoenix game appearing on the July bill issued by the park is that when they were Il ordered it was thought Tucson could Il be secured, but soon thereafter, that city signed up with Cananea
 To make even games for the cham pionship, the Maroons are yet to play the Orphans, and the Fraternals the II same team. It now appears if the