Arizona republican., 1913-04-10
COUNTY MAY
 HAVE LEAGUE
Plans Under Way for For nation of Six or Eight Team League-PhoeniX May Put Out a Pair of Clubs

Like a fly ball dropping into a center fielder's trusty mitt, the Maroons last night fell for the Republicans scheme for getting something started about baseball in the valley of the Salt.
 It was like this. Observing the ray ages of the baseball bug among the phans of Phoenix. a certain few of the faithful got together and ribbed up a plan to get something going except heated atmosphere When James White came to bat with his challenge for the East Side sluggers, the other day, the schemers sat back and watched the trap. And last night the victim ap peared. Twas Manager Frank Castle of the Mexican MarOOns, no less. And he wanted Mr. Whites address. He got it.
 The Sluggers will be given q chance to make good their claim against the hides of the well known Maroons, and that at d very near date. Say ne Xt Sunday. At any rate Castle will see White today and if the two cannot un-
 earth some plan to match the two or ganzations,. they'll put in with you. V contest this week, while Tempe is handing Globe and Miami their due on i the respective home grounds of the { latter pair
 But the upShot of the whole buSi :
 ness is that a still bigger stunt is going | to be pulled off-a MaricOpa County : Baseball League The glimmerings of ] this organization began to glim some l little time ago when the newspapers ! first began to come across with husk y 1 black headlines about the way Phila 1 burg or Washington is going to coI
 the fabric this year It kinda got 'en l going. Manager Meyer of the Chand- 1 Ter team, called at The Republican of
 flee and inquired right quiriously why | there was not a team in Phoenix, ana | he received that answer that was print ! ed in yesterdays issue of the same 1 sheet. But on second thought. the hon. 1 bres who are doing the scheming came 1 to believe that while it would be a lot of glory to put in a ball team with 2 1 baseball park. it would be greater glory
 to put one in without it. So there
 Manager Frank Baum of the Tempe l team yesterday added his bit It came ! in the form of a letter to the sport edi- 1 tor and contained these lucid para graphs.
 ! Tn order that enthusiasm may bt
 worked up as quickly as possible il ] the game in the Salt River valley I an i suggesting to the Mesa club. the PhOe-
 nix Maroons and the proposed whit, i team of that place a means by whcl ! Tn, ptl
 each team is to put up $50 and tn, 1 winner of a series of one game betWeer
 each and every team is to take $15'
 and the second best nine the remaindel
 $50
 ''The cash put up by each nine would
 not be missed, in that gate receipt would greatly over-value it. Thi
 would prove as an incentive for in
 creased interest to the fan. and a
 present this is just what we are look
 ing for.
 We are very anxious to see such
 plan worked out at once and have con sequently taken it up with the Othe , teams of the valley at this time" ] White for the Sluggers promised | be in that league. Castle who acts fo the Maroons declared that the onl ) Phoenix team on earth-being the Ma , rooms, themselVes-would be the frs
 to sign in the league.
 ) The Republican is sure that ther ) would be no difficulty in gathering be ) side the Tempe. Mesa Chandler an ) two Phoenix teams outfits from Glen 3 dale and possibly Buckeye and Wicken } burg to play in the league. There ougf to be enough college spinyorts and aX Q kids in the valley to make up six team 0 or even eight and in case they do gt 0 organized with that many. Arizona wi 0 have as fine a little home season . 0 anybody. And should this person. Any 0 doby drive up and inquire. Phoenix wi 0 not be the last or least of the towr 0 to come across, even if her games mu: U be played on back lot