Bisbee daily review., 1908-04-05
FIRST GAME
1T DOUGLAS
WITH CANANEA
Smelter City Aggregation Are
Crippled by Absence of Reg
ular Catcher and ShortStop
Wacey viii Catch.
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CANANEA, Sonora, Mex, April g.
Manager GARLIC and the baseball team
have gone to Douglas to play their
first game this season there today.
Owing to the regular catchers fail
ure to show up, there is a strong
probability that the Smelter City ag-
gregation will give them hard rub.
Wacey, the shortstop, will go behind
the bat, and there is some doubt as
TO his ability TO hold the speedy
Whaling. Mike Ryan has a broken
finger that may deter him from play
ing his usual strong game Aside
from these two features the boys are
up to their usual standard, and a
good snappy game will be played.
There has been a faint, selfish hope
in the hearts of several fans that the
torpid atmosphere of Louisiana would
make Chick Arnold long for the cool
breezes of the mountains and cause
him to throw off in his tryout with
Shreveport, so that he could secure
his release and shine again as Cana
meas star. But all such illusions have
been completely dispelled by a clip
ping from a Shreveport paper which
he mailed to a friend here this week.
II verified the fact that he had made
good" on the initial sack, and added:
He has a whip like a Texas black
snake, a lightning quickness of action
when the ball gets in his territory
picking up low ones, pulling down
high ones and gathering in wild
, throws like school girl pluGking
daisies in the field. Whenever he
faces the pitcher the ball generally
raises the dust In good safe spot,
far from any fieldeF's itchi& glove. T"
Arnold wrote that all other appli-
cants for first base had been released,
and that Elmer Rieger, who pitched
for Cananea last season, had been
retained as permanent fixture on
their pitching staff. The paper re-
marked further down that Arpold's
playing had been commented upon by
the manager of the st. Louis Ma
tionals s.
Another strengthening element to
the Cananea team is the good news
that kitty knight will divide the
| pitching honors with Whaling He
wired that he would meet the boys at
Naco and return here to stay the
rest of the year. Kitty pitched here
| for three seasons, and his many
| friends are more than pleased to
know that he will wear the black and
gold again.
Judge GARLIC will attend the meet
| ing of managers while at Douglas and
lend his aid to the four league ar
rangement Superintendent Shelby at
the smelter will also be on hand, and
probably others from Cananea inter.
ested in the proposition.
Two other teams are organized here
to play games when the regulars are
away. One under the management OF
p. r. Contreras, and the other attended
to by ]. " Montague. Cananea does
not expect a single Sunday to pass
without a full grandstand and uni
formed players on the diamond.
Rhinehardt turned down an offer
from one of the Western Association
teams few days ago. He was asked
to come for tryout as pitcher, but
| Cananea has grown to be a second
home to the fast inhelder and. besides
Rhine does not care to pitch reg
ularly this season. With years rest
his arm will be almost inyincible. and
we win hear great deal of him after
q while.