Arizona republican., 1911-08-21
Iuson Players Prove Too
Strong for Phoenix Nine
THIRD GAME OF SERIES
Elysian Park the Scene of
Brannens' Second Vic
tory-Fords Chagrined.
White Pays Tribute to
Brannens' Fairness.

! The Fords went to Tucson yesterday
to rifle the Pueblo city of its glory
A score of II to in favor of the Bran
mans telegraPhed in after the game yes
| terday afternoon proved that glory is
not easily rifled, and that victory i.
hard to bag.
Seven hundred people crowded the
grand stand and bleachers at Elysiar
park when the two rival teams went
out on the field to play the final game
Of series of three, the first of which
was played in Tucson, and the second
| in Phoenix. Until the end of the ninth
inning yesterday each team had one
game to its credit. At the close of said
inning the Brannans had two. and the
championship coveted by the Phoenix
nine had passed into the Brannan camI
to remain nobody knows how long.
None of the preparations made for
the reception of the Fords in Tucson
miscarried. In spite of the sad process
sion after the game, there was a trium-
phant parade before it when the old
Pueblo band turned out to mingle its
harmony with that of the Industrial
liberty band which accompanied the
Fords from Phoenix. A line was formed
at the depot after the arrival of the
excursion train. and the players march
ed down Congress street. At the in
tersection of Congress and stone aven-
ue the parade broke up, and the teams
went to the hotel to refresh themselves.
and prepare for the hard work before
them at Elysian
At 2:30 the Fords went to the grounds
in special street car, in company with
the band, who were seated later in the
center of the grand stand on the lowest
seat, while the Tucson band held down
the top seats in a similar location.
Both organizations broke out into stir
ring music through the game. and after
the close of the ninth inning a few
notes of Garry Me Home to Mother
were heard, coming in a spiritless sort
of way from the brass trumpets of
the Industrial Liberty aggregation.
The game was started promptly at
3 o'clock, and the full Brannan line I'D
were on deck for hot work. Playing
with the championship at stake, the
members of both mines were keyed up
to high pitch of excitement and de-
termination. Appropriate calls of an
encouraging nature being sent out from
the Grand Stand in a bewildering jar
gon of enthusiasm, did not serve to
lower the excitement, but it strengthen
ed the determination-oft the Brannans
more than the Fords. for although the
Phoenix fans did their best, their best
vocal efforts sounded like a tin bugle
trying to do duty as fog horn in
heavy storm, outnumbered as they were
by the Tucson people.
From the very beginning of the game
the Fords were out of it. Feeling
invincible on their grounds, the Bran
mans put up a game that would have
been a credit to a league team. Whether
the Fords were too excited to put up
their usual game, or so unaccustomed
to the grounds they they felt awkward
when the time came to do the big
thing, and pull off the runs is not
known, but the game went wrong
A wire received from White last
night said:
Third game lost to Brannans. Hard
luck. Fords are planning to come
back and we will make it yet Boys
feeling pretty blue over outcome.
Brannans good fellows. and good play
ers. Treated us like princes, and moth
ing in Tucson has been too good for
us today. Feeling disappointed, but
not sore. Game fairly won."
The line uD of the two teams, as
they played yesterday, follows: