Arizona republican., 1911-05-25
.FOROS WILL PLAY
 BALL IN PRESCOTT
WHITE RECEIVES WIRE TELLING HIM TO BE READY FOR
 THREE FAST GAMES.
Fans Of Mountain City to See Cspi-
 taPs Best Ball Talent.

Chris White. the manager of the Ford baseball club. was gladdened yesterday morning by being made the recipient of a message from the mile high city inStructing him to prepare for three games on the occasion Of the coming excursion He had been anticipating such communication. and it had alread" heen announced that the Fords would represent the baseball interests of Phoenix i'm Pres colt. but the arrangements had not been completed until yesterday.
 The message was sent br Malcolm Fraser, the secretary nf the Prescott chamber of commerce. who has been delegated to provide for the enter tainment of ihc visitors. and White said yesterday in non-apologctic manner. He wanted tn have a good same. and he wanted ct Phoenix club to play in it. It came to a show down and he selected the Fords as the best ever The boys feel highly h"nored. and are preparing to make the Prescott nine look like thirty cents when it comes to the grand struggle on the diamond There are number of good players in the Fpld nine and part of the success of the team is due to the ability and experience of White. the manager. Before taking the managershir of ihe FOrds he held the same position m the Gas City team. and he had had the wide and diversified cXper- fence which qualities him to pick out the goats from the Shreo-in other words To know a good player when he sees his work on the field. and as result the Ford team consists of nine live ones. men who can hit the ball, and make the bases
 Realizing the fact that how ,ver great the enthusiasm with which the ball players will accept the invita- ton to come to Prescott Co meet the crack nine of tho mountain city. Fraser made arrangements 5y which the expenses of the team would De paid from the gate receipts. which will be divided between the two teams. tine winners to carry off siNty Der cent and the losers forty White seems To think the terms %. the agreement quite satisfactory as he says he feels generous toward the Prescott boys. and doesn't want tu leave them with nothing. There is no doubt. of course. that they will be the ones to draw on that forty per cent. and there's nothing like extending a helping hand to q losing brother
 There will be plenty of variety during the days of tn. excursion There will be several different grades and varieties of music. inuumerablc good dinners. and other things which would be worth mentioning of any body hut the Prescott people know what they are to be. But no matter what the program includes the base ball games are certain tO be num- bcred among the chief events of the excursion. and it is simply up to the f0rdS to cover the city of Pho, nix with glory by putting it all over their opponents in Prescott They in- tend to do il. too.
 There will be three games played. The first on Sunday the second on Monday and the third on Tuesday. IL is probable that Tuesdays game win attract the largest crowd as Decoration Day falls on that date. the Both. and people will come down from every mountain village. ranch and mine To celebrate and display their patriotism. When the celobra- ton begins the Phoenix boosters will be there. and the ball team too. IL k difficult to estimate the enthuSi- aSm that the Decoration Day ball game is going to call down. but it is safe to say that the people of Prescott will cheer good play by Phoenix boy as heartily as they will the best plays of their own men.
 It iS possible that. laying the joy of victory aside. and leaning more toward the gentleness of courtesy. White may instruct his men to let the other fellows win. just to give proof of appreciating their hospital ity. It would be bad thing to leave the Prescott nine with losing score to their credit. and Il might ne better for all concerned if the Pres colt boys should come off with the sixty Der cent Forty per cent would be enough to settle the expenses of the F'ords anvhoW-and there's no telling what they smay decide to do about it. They le!fvc on the evening train next Saturday. and between now and ther will be coaching up under the able tutelage of White. who is determined to have the game go to Prescott under but one circum- stance-not of necessity. but by cour- tesy