Williams news., 1911-03-18

been flying around in the air and
 the fans are beginning to see vis-
 ions of "strike one." and oh, you
 Flagstaff, remember the Maine" 1" etc.
 Earl Nordyke, our congenial
 treasurer, was busy last Friday
 handing out receipts to the business
 men for their 50 bones donation and they just took one glance at it, back to their hip ocket with their right init. brought out a bunch of keys, unlocked the safe, and prestol change, Earl has the $50 and the business man the receipt. Earl found it an easier job than he anticipated. It just took him one hour and fifteen minutes to collect $420, and the list not half present. ed. It was such an easy job that Earl found some of the business men hunting him up, with there's mine." Starting out with the bank, he went down the line until he reached Quijada's saloon, and even Senor said there's mine" Although not as much as the others, his in. tentions were the same.
 Monday night the business men held meeting in the private office of Sweetwood's saloon for the pur- pose of discussing baseball. The question of building a grand stand was the most important feature of the meeting. It was decided to build grand stand just north of the east end of Hotel Fray Marcos, on railroad land which can be obtained for $1O a year, and it is expected the lumber will not amount to very much. Several "fans" have proffered their assistance in help ing to build the grand stand, there- by cutting down the carpenters ex pense considerable. The cost of grading the grounds will be do pated free.
 It is the intention of Manager Sweetwood to put coat of light oil on the grounds and their surround ings and place the oil on the walk away leading from the Fray Marcos, SO that the walk will be inviting to the young ladies who watch the boys in practice every evening, and when they are down to the Fray Marcos watching their friends ar rive and depart on No. 10, in their evening promenade, the boys would be glad to have them mske the grand stand their headquarters for awhile.
 The advantage of a close-in grand stand, in the first place, is that it will cost spectator from 25 to 50 cents to ride out to the old grand stand, the same amount to enter the ball grounds and the same to to ride back. The only expense to the close-in grand stand is 25 to 50 cents and no more. You can reach the grounds at the Fray Marcos in five minutes walk from any point in the city; it would take 30 min utes to reach the old ball grounds. There will be no sweeping winds; there will be no blinding dust storms; there will be no mud to| wade through; there will be no on the pitchers part until the gust of dust has cleared so that he may see the catcher, and there will be an attendance at the game. The players can eat their supper and reach the close-in grounds in five minutes. It takes 30 minutes to reach the old grounds and only leaves 30 minutes to practice before dark. There will be no spectators out there in the jungles to watch the boys practice this miserable 30 | minutes. Even the "fan" will hes. tate to go, owing to the distance; we do not know whether our boys could play against Ash Fork. We do not care. The task of finding out is greater than the enthusiasm. Many people won- 1ers Uhv Elapataff "rootsO for the;r