Arizona republican., 1910-12-21
BAD BLOOD IN THE J. 5. RECLAMATION SERVICE ARREl BETWEEN MUCK MOVERS" AND FINK
 SLINGERs." Result Will Be a Baseball Game at EastIake Park on New
 Years Day.

War has broken out between two prominent branches of the United States reclamation service.
 Contemptuous epithets are being hurled back and forth between the Ink Singers and the Muck Nov CTS" Bad blood has arisen and it can only be removed by a passage at arms on the field of battle.
 The Muck Movers" are those em ployed on the excavator now engaged in widening and deepening the Ari- zona canal. while the Ink Singers" are the attaches of the reclamation offices in the city. Recently the movers got an idea into their heads that they would like to play baseball with the singers and indited the fol lowing challenge:
 MT. C. B. Barnhard. the Moneyed Fuzzy Nut, United States Recre-
 ation Service; Salt River Valley Project, Phoenix Maricopa County.
 the Coming State of Arizona-ss. Dear Sir:--
 With consent of MT. Louis C. Hill. chief of the above project. the Dirt Movers hereby challenge the Ink Daubers' for three inning game of baseball to be played at Eastlake park. January 1. 1911. The loser of two innings out of three to pay all expenses. including lemonade for the participants None but men in the employ of the U. $. R. s. upon this date. Friday. December 16. 1910 shall be permitted to participate in this national game on either side. The umpire shall be the chief of the fire department of Phoenix. We also suggest that two hose companies be present, equipped for instant oper- ation should the occasion arise to decisively settle an argument
 The game to be played strictly according to Queensberry rules and coaches and spectators not to be al lowed inside the fifty foot limit Let it further be agreed according to this contract that the aforesaid | consent of Mir Louis C. Hill be Ob- tained by the Ink Singers and that they also obtain all baseball para phernalia necessary to the proper procedure of said contest
 Let it be resolved further that according to this challenge Mir. Chas
  cient secretaries to keep a true and accurate statement of all expendi lures.
 Tn witness whereof we have here unto set our hands and seals this 18th day of December. 1910, A. D.
 THE ROUGH NECKS. Care U. s. R.. S. Excavator. Scotts-
 dale. Ariz, U. S. A"
 It took the Ink Singers" about one ne-thousandth of a second to decide to accept the challenge and the following official letter of ac- ceptance was written:
 Phoenix. Ariz, Dec. 20. 1910. 'Earthworms. Gophers, Badgers. Moles. Beavers and Other Borrowing Ami
 mals, Employed on the U. & R. $. Excavator. Scottsdale. Arizona: With deep surprise the Ink Slin- CTS of the U. $. R. $. office have received and read your warliIe chal- lenge to a ball game at beautiful Eastlake park on Sunday. January 1. 1911. To think that we were labor ing under the delusion that the en- tire world recognized our superiority in any line of endeavOr we choose to undertake, whether that line be the doctoring of records, presentation of pay checks at the bank or manly sport!
 That the excavator crew does not recognize our inherent superiority over the remainder of humanity is apparent It is~ also apparent that the Muck Movers must be taken down a peg or twice. Furthermore it is apparent that they will be taken down. Your boastful challenge is hereby accepted. subject to the fol- lowing irregulations. which are in ac- cord with the unadopted constitution of Arizona. the bylaws of the board of trade. Roberts rules of order. the rules commonly adhered to in hop scotch. and Dr. Munyon's cure for cranium renlargitis of Muck Movers
 ''The game must be of at least five | innings, as we must play for that length of time to insure the score printed in Spaulding's Baseball Guide. with pictures of both teams
 No Muck Mover will be allowed to use excayator teeth for shoe cleats.