Arizona republican., 1913-07-20
MESA ID PLAY
 PHOENIX HERE
Lately Returned Travellers to Show Against Locals at New Park This Ar ternoOn-Good Game An ticipated

Fat Yates, manager of the fortunes and persons of the Phoenix baseball club will put in winning line up against Mesa today, he says. It will be little different from the team that suffered defeat at the bats of the Maroons Thursday. and it will have a different hurlcr to face. In fact, Mesa may pitch "Dcarcst' Darling, who has been sold by Yates to Bracket for the largest sum of money ever traded for d hurler in Arizona.
 Honest John Kelly, the local Whirl- wind will step in the trough for the Phoenicians. with Spillcr the new backstop. opposite Yates has rcor- ganized his inficId slightly to accom- modate some changes in his staff He will continue to kill 'cm off at first Lewis, the heap big chief. will be out of the game a day or two on account of illness. His place at second will be occupied by Franz the chewing gum kid. Ritchic will start the game at short, With Warren and Lewis as possible substitutes. Ritchie may be hauled into the middle of the diamond in case the Mcsaites start a slugfcst on the delivery of Kelly. Bark Bar clay. who made so good at third. will again officiate on the northern turn.
 The outfield this afternoon will con tain beside Glow and Ferguson, one Baglcy. who should have appeared last Thursday, but didn't. Bag will be remembered as a slugScr from the All American line up of q few short months back.
 Just what Mesa will bring over for
 
 is a fact however, that C. Fred Bracket handles a mighty strong gang of ball players. and reinforced by the heady Darling on the mound they will put up an interesting argu- mcnt for the Phocnicians to answer. Mesa has not yet received her con signmcnt of baseball talent from the 1 Copper league, to wit, item. one Dode | Morris and, item Pomeroy. These two, ! fastened in catchcr's and outffeIders i positions will add a lot of eclat to the Highlanders' aggregation.
 In spite of the fact that two home | runs have been knocked over the i right and centerfieId fences at the l new park, the playing field has not l shrunk any since it's building The | Phoenix Phan dropped last night to | say:
 Well. is Friend Glow or Friend i Johns a-gonna kick the pill over the )alings again tomorrow aft? Lemmc | ell you. If either of them does that hing, he will have to belt the ball | with full speed ahead. fir went out | he other evening and stepped off .fghty- eight great big long Ianlly teps from the rubber to the right field fence, and that puts it some where's near regulation or else my legs las got awful short in the last day or Wo. TT least since l bought that asst pair of trousers.
 Fat was telling me he preferred a fig crowd at his park tomorrow after loon to a little one or none at all l nd I said -Mebbe Mesa will bring yer a large and cheering section of oters' But he said, T ruther see bout a thousand Phoenix fans in hat grand stand than a million from yer the state, but Mesas welcome to ust as much space within the pre- lises as she can cover But really, (| oW, it ought to be a better attend nee Sunday afternoon than Thurs ay and I expect all my namesakes Q show up I will be there with bells n and a large root for the home cam"
 far away Tn the ulStant past a | 'hoeniX baseball fan sat on a sort of teachers watching among a mighty ew others a game of ball. Thursday he same fan sat in the large grand tand at the new park and saw Smiley laIle monkeys of the Phoenicians for inc innings. And he said Home as never like this, and the good old avs can't class up
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