Arizona republican., 1910-04-11
PROFESSIONAL BALL
 FOR SPRING SEASON
Organization of the Phoenix Baseball
 League.-First Game April 23.


 now organized and is undergoing a course of self culture. It is prog nosticated that by Saturday. April g, it will have sufficient confidence in itself to appear in public. and SO believing the initial game is announce ed for that date at Eastlake park There are three teams in the league and it is planned to play nine games. one each week if the weather per mits. which will ned the series on Saturday, June IS. If it is found necessary to cancel any game ort games. they will be pleyad off at the end of the series. The teams are known as the Capitol team. tho Phoenix National Bank team anl the Vailey Bank team. The first game will be between the Capitol team and the rhoeriI <a;iopal Bank '-auf,
 The league is to be governed by board of three managers. one to be scl, ctrd by ca ,k team ard tn" nam ing of these mon is the only thing lacking of complete organization. Cne of the manager s is To be elected secretary of tie board and it will be lis duty to collect all gay re- cc pts. keep tr@ [: of all eSpen>"s and at Jl,r end of the secsnn furnish Ia sta:cmeEt .f receipts and dishurse- m ..s If there :S melon to cut at tie cad of Ihc season un' secretary is authorized tO co ihe "ut'inE diVi"- ing !; into thI,C equal parts ana Siv-
 ing one ti each teSm. No provision has been made to take cave cf any j.pssibre shortage. for il is not con cctVeS that there can be any. should the une1 1pected happen the league N u have tc pas the sit .ation up to ihe territorial bank examiner "r ta;-e refug- behind the bankruptcy laws.
 The rules of the American anf National leagues have been adopted for the government of the Phoenix Ieagu, SO far as they will appl%. and the playing rules observed by those leagues will also govern in the games. and be the governing law Of the umpires In the event of contro- versv the vote of -the managers shall be final There will be no appeal to the Hague tribunal and no resort to arms. They propose tn take one step in advance of even interna- tionaI arbitration. It is provided
 
 for any game shall not exceed e5 cents with 10 cents additional for soft seat on the slivered blanks under the grand stand roof The national game is to be brought within the reach of the common people in the belief that they will be able to ab- sorb considerable of il between now and the torrid season.
 The personnel of the three teams has been decided upon and the play CTS all signed up. Their salaries are to be paid in stage money. one re- auirement is that no player shall be signed who is not employed in the institution his team represents Nor will there be any signing of new men hetween seasons The teams are equipped with from fifteen to seVen- teen huskies and should the fatalities in any team deplete the ranks below the authorized nine men the teams will fight it out short handed. It is to be an exposition of baseball moi comic opera. The players pick ed by the respective teams are as follows:
 Capitol team-C. R. Craig. Robert A Craig. J. F. Cleaveland. Dr. F.. S. Godfrey and Messrs. Hasse. Luhrs. Fitch. Andrews. Ames. Higgins. Peat ross. GilIett, Moore. Girand, Tracy Keene. DePass.
 Phoenix National Bank-Messrs. Me 1 CIung. Moriarty. Schuppe, Crooks' Burmister. Byers. Hooker. Morse Bernard Thomas Wiatt. BraZee. Gar nett. Blair. Henney, Galliver. i Valley Bank team-Messrs. l.. B. Christy. C. C. Christy. Sargent sims | EYv. Jr.. F. Ainsworth. Reed. Bat tin. Roundtree, Bunch. Hull, Pagan Stewart. L. Thomas. Civille. Brooks, Herrett. Renner.
 ! The schedule of games and the par ticipating teams will be as follows: April 23-Phoenix vs Capitol. ! 3O-Phoenix vs. Nalley.A May 7-ValIey vs. Capitol 1i-Phoenix vs. Capitol 1 21-Phoenix vs. Valley. 2S-Valley vs Capitol June 4-PhoeniX vs. Capitol ! 11-Phoenix vs. Capitol
 ls-CapitoI vs. Valley.