The copper era., 1911-03-17
MORE BALL DOPE.

With the return of the warm sum- mer sunshine heralding the arrival of the straw hat and the loud socks, comes the prelude of the great National disease that annually spreads across the country from coast to coast and is only cured when we hear the merry crack of the bat against the horsehide.
 The base ball season is again upon us. Already the Major league clubs are in the south warming up for the coming struggle, the newspape men are working overtime doping out possibilities and the fans are eagerly awaiting the opening game, when the war scare will be forgotten and the ''score" becomes the one topic of conver sa tion.
 Right here in Clifton the fans are already astir, for Clifton without a sail. And right now while the fans are showing the early symptoms of unrest, is the time for action if we want to do anything worth while in the base ball line.
 Already an excellent plan has been discussed and outlined in a previous issue ot the "Era." The four club local league is no sudden pipe dream of a suddenly inspired fan, but was mapped out during the long winter months and only needs little con- certrated action to get in good work ing order.
 It's general outline looks good Two clubs here and two in Morenci with home game every week. The league idea always adds interest, and the four club proposition does away with the monotony of a two club see saw. The expenses would be light i'm cluding only transportation, the balls grounds. The gate receipts surely ought to cover this with any kind of enthusiasm. When the local clubs play there would be no transportation
 
 could be launched without the big sub scription list that has been the chief feature in past years.
 With the court house here and court in session, Clifton should be crowded and good live base ball game ought to draw. Look at the business outlook in the peanut and soda pop line.
 Last year despite the fact that we had the greatest aggregation of base ball stars that ever represented Cliff ton on the diamond, things broke bad. The Cactus League proved a farce and after the early part of the season we had the cellar championship cinched without contestant. How ever the Clifton fans are loyal to any kind of a team and their spirit is not dampened. Already know of two local fans who have placed bets on the National league race, picking Philadelphia and Cincinnati to cop the bunting. This is the game spirit we need.
 But we don't need Hans Wagner or Christie Matthewson this year. With a few of the old Salome dan cers like Robbie Scanlan, Pete Riley, Oauber and Bill Mason, to say nothing of Gap" Quilting, Charlie Dunn and some more 49ers, we can wiggle through the season. There is suffic- tent material on hand right here for two fast teams if the fans want it that way.
 All we need now is a little ginger and some support to get the boys in the field in working order, so let's all get together and start something!
 One mass meeting of fans, players, business men, merry village maidens, buster glrls Apologies to MT. TeaD and the like ought to show us the spirit of the people, and then map out our course.
 Like the insurrectos across the border, we've got the men, the guns, and the opportunity, what we need is leader to start something and then nothing can stop us.
 So rise up Napoleon, whoever you are going to be and call meeting,