Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-07-23
Tucson Baseball Writer Says
Phoenix Team Is q Wonder
LOT OF STAR LEAGUERS
Expecting the Hottest Con-
test of the Year When the
Phoenicians Arrive With
Their Favorite Bats to
Swat the Ball.

That the fame of the FOrds, the To-
cal winning baseball aggregation, has
lpreceded them to Tucson where they
will play the Brannens today, and that
the Old Pueblo team is expecting the
hardest fight for victory Of the year
thus far, is clearly made manifest by
articles appearing in the Tucson papers
According to the Tucson Star. Phoenix
has been importing n lot OF the classy
players formerly with the northern Ar
izona league, and even from the Cactus
league, formerly made up of teams in
Douglas, Bisbee, FL Paso and Cananea.
The Cactus league Of 1909 WAS prob
ably the strongest outlaw league in the
grand tournament during the fair in
FL Paso in October. A big purse was
hung up and so eager were the various
teams to win that three Of them i'm
ported three of the classiest pitchers
in the National and American leagues
to try and twirl them to victory.
FL Paso bought the services Of no
less battery than the mighty Christy
Matthewson. of the New York Nation
ais. and Fred Archer. who then shared
catching honors with Jimmy King. Of
the champion Chicago Cubs; Douglas
imported the then redOubtable Jimmy
Scoet, that season the star twirler of
the Chicago White SoX, while one of
the other teams brought in RUDE Wad-
dell, that season the star Of the Phila-
delphia Americans. Scott twirled three
straight games for Douglas, won them
all and was carried off the field in a
mad frenzy by the Douglas admirers
present His catcher was little Wolf.
one of the greatest little catchers that
ever donned glove. Wolf jumped
from some minor league club in Can
ton. Ohio, went to Douglas, where he
was picked up by Manager Dan o.
Donovan. and became the idol of the
Douglas fans.
The Douglas and other teams of the
Cactus league were made up of play
ers Of the Wolf class. According to the
wild-eyed baseball writer on the Tucson
Star. Phoenix Fords have been largely
strengthened by Cactus league impor-
tations. Here is the way the Star man
puts II:
the GrOe diamond next SUNDAY after
noon with the avowed intention of
putting the Brannen team out Of bust
ness. They are bringing their favor
lite clubs along and viii swat the ball
a mile and break up the fence, at least
there are their intentions at the present
time. but they haven't done 1t yet.
Manager Harry Webber of the Bran
mems has at last received n telegram
from Chris. White Of the Phoenix Fords|
in which White says that n team of
twelve men will come to Tucson next
Sunday and that they agree TO the
terms which Weber has made them.
The terms are that all expenses will be
paid for team Of twelve men.
"The game is going to be good one.
The Fords are the strongest team in
the salt river valley, and. according to
all reports. they have cleaned the dust
off everything that wanted cleaning
I'm the city. They have, it is reported,
annexed several men from the North
ern Arizona league. men who played in
the south last year and they are all real
ball tossers. If this Is so the Brannens
hav. big Job cut out for them. But
then when the question is looked at
from the many different angles. 1t is
seen that the Brannens are some ball
players themselves. Their hitting is
something terrific. 1t is reported that
'PhoeTiX has man to do the flinEing
for them who throws with his southern
paw. but that is nothing. Lots of south
paws have come into this neck of the
woods and tried to put one across, but
then they are always good about TAX
ing what Is coming to them. Another
report is that the Fords have a man
who has Ty Cobb faded by several
blocks. When this wonder comes to-
bat ;he outfielders move back so far
that they delay the game at least III
teen minutes coming in to bat and the
umpire can't say anything either. This
is where Mackey will want to fight: