Arizona republican., 1912-03-09
SPORTS

1 SPOKlS
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 The chief sporting event listed for
 tomorrow in local circles is the Hunt
 ball game which will take place be- | tween convict team from the Tempe ! brldge work and the Pastimes of this
 city at 7th Avenue and Washington | St. Governor Hunt has interested him. l self in this contest, and the game will 1 be of semi-official character The
 prisoners are to be brought over from 1 the bridge work in state conVeyances 1 and after the game they will be taken 1 to supper before a starting upon :he 1 return trip. It was at first announced l that the governor himself would pre- ] side at this function, thus carrying to | their ultimate his oft expressed ideas
 of pure democracy" The laugh
 which arose after this solemn an
 nouncement was so long and loud that
 his, eXcellency sudednly discovered
 that he really should be in Prescott on
 the day of the game. so it seems prob
 able that the benign presence will be ! here only in spirit. All of which seems
 to bear out The Republicans editOri- l ally expressed fear that our governor
 is somewhat lacking in a sense of hu- nor.
 The idea of organizing q local att
 letic club at which boxing matches 1 may be pulled off found really approv-
 al at the Pastime alleys Wednesday
 evening when large audience wit
 messed and apparently enjoyed four
 clever bouts No one was hurt. the I sport was clean cut. and the crowd
 orderly. Boxing. like horse racing. is
 fine. manly sport in itself; only when
 the gambling instinct perverts it does
 II become menace.
 The race in the Valley League is | close enough to be very interesting ! The hunger for The Republican cup ! snaws at the vitals of every member i of every team, anl the way the boys
 are going after the prize presages l some fast games. Phoenix high got
 away to q bad start but Professor
 Jones has the team in hand now and 1 things are due to begin happening
 about the high school lot
 1 Phoenix has more motorcycles in : proportion to population than most l places, and the efforts of the riders to | organize a club should meet with ! hearty response. There are about 100 1 of the buzz bikes in town. sixteen | having been added to the license list 1 since the first of the year. The splen- i did roads about Phoenix. and the fact 1 that the motors can be used at all l seasons and for many purposes of i business and pleasure lends a charm i to ownership of the cycles not pos 1 sessed in other parts of jhe country. | Prescott with q much smaller number | of wheels has q live club and the l Phoenix organization is starting ont | like winner. A Sunday run is to be | made to Granite Reef. and if this is successful other trips will follow TOmOrrow's game of ball in down i town lot will be watched with inter est in the future of the sport herc. Since President Mitchell has closed Eastlake Park to the players on the first day of the week they ara home
 less. for there is no other fiell avail able that is fenced. and has a diamond 1 and stands Under proper manage ment the Salt River Valley would come pretty close to supporting q live anna teur semi professional ball team. or perhaps a league composed of Phoenix. Tempe. Mesa, and Indian school. There IS lot of talent in the Valley and a | regular league under proper restraint. | playing for pennant. might strike ;he local baseball chord which is by no means lost chord. schedule might be arranged whereby two games q i week could be played in Phoenix-Sat- | urday and Sun1ay-and one game per week in each of the other places. rep resented in the league. Distances are too great and railroad fares too high ] tO consider a state league for some l ! time to come. but in the meantime we could have a lot of fun and good clean ] sport right here at home. Every com 1 muni,y needs baseball It is d part of ' living. but the system which has been l in vogue recently won't do. Let the | ! right folks get back of the scheme. and | if necessary secure suitable grounds in | convenient location, arrange a sched- 1 ule and get in the game.