The Arizona copper camp., 1915-12-24
zAMLOCK TELLS Of
COPPER LEAGUE

San fRANClSCO, CAL, Dec. "a
Carl Zamlock, ex-Coaster, ex-Amer-
ican Lacquer and ex- Western Lacquer,
70 say nothing of his prospects for
lining up with Los Angeles in 1916,
has returned home for the winter.
anu he brings with him the tale of
the Arizona Copper league an or
ganization that. owes no allegiance to
organized baseball and is owned
by the Ray Consolidated Copper Min
ing company, so he says.
There has been the Midnight league
up in Canada, where baseball was
played long after the lights are blink
ing of an evening in San Francisco,
and of other leagues with freaky
characteristics, but nothing that COM
pares with the Copperites.
The Ray Consolidated Mining com
pany realizes that amusement is not
only a good thing but necessity for
the men who are employed in the vari-
Gus camps. To the end of furnishing
the fun, this league was inaugurateo,
and with two games week-one of
a Wednesday and the other on Sunday
its a booming institution.
When the season opened, Zamlock
was with his old club, Denver, in the
Western league. He threw his arm
out in the early spring. so he couldn't
heave ball twenty feet and was
forced to quit. From Denver he drift
ed to the Rio Grande association,
where he played ball until that ILL
fated organization "blew up.' Then,
bent on discovering a job. Zamlock
heard of the Copper league and paid
his fare to headquarters.
Incidentally it was lucky move, for
it was in Arizona that he ran into g.
physician who gave him the aid that
enabled him to return to the pitching
department.
The Copper league consists of three
clubs. One represents the mine at Ray,
another the mill at Hayden and still a
third the smelter, half a mile from
the mill
Time Out For Game
The Sunday games are o. K, but
the rub came when the midweek game
had to be reckoned with. How was
time to be allowed, so the employees
could see the contests and still lose no
pay?
Easy enough. By mutual agree
ment, the miners went to work dur
ing the baseball season at 10 min
utes to s in the morning and cut 10
minutes off their incoming. On the
week, that allowed enough time so
they could see the Wednesday, game
without bit of trouble.
You never saw such rivalry said
Carl, in explaining the situation.
Every game was like worlds series
event. There was a lot of rivalry.
so much so that the management
found it necessary to seat the oppos-
ing rooters in different sections let
them get together as they did on one
or two occasions and there was free
for-all fighting.
Carl now that his arm is back in
shape, doesn't expect to return to the
Copper league A scout from the Los
Angeles club. who saw him perform in
one of the closing games. wanted to
sign him on the spot. But Zamlock
thought it would be better scheme to
wait until his return and discover
just how the land lies
Ex-Coasters in League
Quite few former Coasters were in
this league, particularly for the last
month of it's existence. Hester, who
was with Blankenship in the spring,
one of the clubs. Bromley of
the Oaks. Flame Delhi Glavanich,
Charlie Arbogast, Red Toner. the Seal
pitcher; buddy. the Oakland infielder;
Elliott Dent and AL Hester, once with
were among those who
had jobs.
1t is likely that Zamlock will have
his annual job of helping to whip the
University of California baseball team
into shape. For the last two years
he has assisted Jimmy Schaeffer and
now that the latter has quit coaching,
California would benefit by giving the
pitcher full control.