Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-05-27
PRESCOTT FANS WILL
SWARM OVER PHOENIX
TWO GAMES TO BE PLAYED IN
PHOENIX.
Saturday and Sunday the Grays Viii
Settle Their Difficulties With
the Salt River Valley Nine.

Saturday and Sunday the Prescott
Grays will be in this city to fight for
the honors of the diamond with the
Salt river valley team. In the series
of last week, played in the mountain
city, the honors were equally divided,
one game, which would have made a
series of three, and necessitated a de-
cisive result of some sort, having been
called off on account of cold weather.
The game which was lost was partially
due, it is said, to unfavorable climatic
conditions, and so it is that the team
representing the valley will enter upon
the series this week with no less con-
fidence than they had before they lost
the game to the Grays. Danger of
squalls, wintry blasts, storms and cold
driZzles and other unfavorable and I'M
comfortable meteorological phenomena
is here such a remote possibility that
If game be lost it will be because
the mountaineers with superior luck
or superior playing will win the games
strictly through their own agencies.
and without aid from Jupiter Pluvius
or the weather bureau
The lineup in the games this week
will be changed a trifle although the
personnel of the team will remain
practically the same Spaulding, who
was prevented from holding down the
initial sack in the last series, because
of an injury to his hand, will probably
appear at first, instead of his old po-
sition of second, in Sundays game.
However, it will be impossible for the
star from Congress to be in the city
for the first game, and it is probable
that the locals will secure the services
of Aver, who will hold down first in
the game Saturday. The professor is
at home in almost any position and
will be able to perform creditably at
first as we'll as proving strong man
with the stick Rudolph will probably
move in from the garden and will be
on the diamond at the second sack.
Whitmer, who has been playing at
first, will be moved out to his regular
position in the field. Warner, who has
been playing a star game at short, and
has also been doing more than his
share of work with the hickory, will
be found in the same place in both
quick-recovery man, will hold down
third. In the outfield Buck" Stever-
son will be at his old accustomed po-
sition in the right garden, Whitmer
will probably be in center and Glow,
the new find from Bisbee who APP
peared in a Phoenix uniform for the
first time in the series with Prescott,
will play the left field position. Glow
hit the ball hard in his maiden ap
pearance with the valley team and will
prove one of the strongest stickers on
the team. Sullivan will be on the
ground as reserve and to lend the
rabbit foot" to the aggregation in
any case of necessity which may arise.
Donovan who was cheated out of his
chance to appear in the box at Pres
colt by the wintry wind, will be held
as a reserve pitcher in the highly i'm
probable contingency that either Cuber
or Pierce are knocked out of the box.
Morris will be in his regular position
at the receiving end of the battery.
Pierce will be on the slab for the local
team in Saturdays contest while Cuber
will perform in that position. on Sun
day.
With the array of strong talent
mentioned it is anticipated that both
Of the games ought to result in vic
tories, although stories of a strength
ening of the Prescott team insure
hard fought contests.
Arrangements have been made with
the Phoenix and Eastern by which an
excursion will be run to this city on
Sunday, which will give Mesa and
Tempe fans an opportunity to witness
the Sunday game. The battery for
that day, Cuber and Morris, are both
residents of Mesa and secured their
first experience in ball tossing on some
of the lots of that village. Mesa sports
men have been following their work
with interest and a large crowd from
the east end will take in the game.
Buck Stevenson, the hard hitting right
gardener is also from Mesa and the
which contributes one-third of
the team is highly interested in its
success. There will also be an eXcur-
sion from Prescott and a large fan fol-
lowing of the Grays have signified an
intention of witnessing the contest.