Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-04-15
FOOD FOR THE FANS
DOWN At CbNAuEA
Hodges Reported to Have
Made Fast Time Around
the Bases.
Especial to Revlew.)


CANANEA, April 14.-In one OF the
practice games here last week Frank
Hodges, the clever right fielder, made
the circuit OF the bases in fourteen
seconds flat. There may be- someone
else in the Southwest who can equal
this record, but thus far 1t has not
been done. Frank says 1t was no ac-
eident but a feat he can do again
whenever he cares to. The worlds
record is thirteen and one-fifth sec
oads.
Besides this requisite Of a good
ball player he swings the willow with
telling effect and fields his position
in flawless style He has lived in
Cananea for six years and always mas
large number of friends in the
grandstand. Manager Garlic received
letter from Bert Whaling few
days ago with the information that
his role as catcher on the Portland
team was far from satisfactory ana
that IL a Job could be found for him
in Cananea he would leave his fast
associates at once. A telegram was
forwarded to the sturdy backstop tell
ing him that his old job was open to
him and that he could show up at the
time he desired, the fifteenth of this
month. A general feeling Of relief
came to all supporters of the team
when the glad news came, since SO
much trouble has been experienced in
finding a reliable wearer of the iron
mask.
Jack Horn writes from the Univer-
sity of Arkansas that he will be on
hand by May 25th and will bring their
pitcher, who he says, pitched a no.
bit game against one of the Okla
floma League team recently.
There was some disappointment
when the dispersement of the Doug
las team became known, but very lit
the surprise. A team organized on
professional basis, as theirs purported
to be, is entirely out of question in
this section. Cananea's team is made
up altogether of men who would rath-
er work than accept a smaller com
pensation Tor playing bali and doina
nothing else-men like Hugh Dugan,
who forsook professional ball Of his
own accord and who can return to it
should he ever change his mind
In the game over there week ago
the Douglas bunch repeatedly twitteG
their opponents with what they con-
sidered aspersions, saying that they
had to work to get in the game aau
that a good ball player never had to
work. However Cananea had them
outclassed man for man and did not
even get a good practice game for
their trouble in going over. With pos
sibly two exceptions not any of them
could play well enough to get on the
second team here, and their general
temperament would bar them from
that organization.
There is no occasion for the South
west League proposition to flicker on
account Of Douglas inconsistency,
Tucson seems anxious to get in line.
Their City League appears to be play
ing slow, scrub game, with some
dissentions cropping out. With BIS
bee, Ell Paso and ever-ready Cananea
the only thing necessary is an ar
rangement of the schedules. Douglas
promised Cananea return game or
ball last Sunday and when Manager
Brown wired that it would have to be
cancelled, ne added that another
team was being formed. Should they
start in on the plan pursued by Can
anea they may be more successful.
Its location and railway facilities
make it more convenient in the
League than any of the towns pro-
posed and there is still a hope and
probability that they win not let the
opportunity pass them by.