Arizona republican., 1916-02-07
Glendale and Phoenix Put in a Word. Which Is An sWered by Forces Across the River, Who Think They Have Not

There is a current and well de- fined idea on the south side, espec- ially in Tempe, that teams repre- senting the high schools of that place, do not get square deal from Phoe- nix sporting writers
 Within the past three weeks, Tempe Highs base ball team has played Glendale and Phoenix On the first occasion an article appeared in the Republican,. the basis for which was supplied by a teacher of Glendale High In that article, it was alleged that Tempe had used unfair means in securing two of their runs, that they had switched their batting or der, putting in two heavy hitters out of their turn. On Saturday Tempe beat Phoenix, and again the howl of unfair tactics was raised, this time the Phoenix contingent claiming that q coacher run in with a base runner from third.
 The Other Side
 In a conversation with a represen tative of Tempe High on Saturday night, several things were learned.
 
 Tempe claims that in changing their batting order, they were doing so with the complete consent of Glen dale authorities. At the time the two heavy htters were sent in, Tempe had rot garnered a run, and so con fident was Glendale of winning, they were willing to let Tempe do any thing, but. when the change netted Tempe a few runs. a man sized howl went up into the azure. According to Tempe, Glendale forgot all about consenting to the change
 In regard to the Phoenix kick Tempe acknowledges that a base run ner was accompanied to home by a coacher, but that as long as the coach failed to see the break, it was perfectly legitimate Tn this they are almost right. The umpire was the choice of Phoenix. It was up to that outfit to select an arbitrator who would be on the job at least part of the time
 The Republican in most high school games, employees a high school boy to cover it. Tn his story of Sunday morning relating to the game al Tempe, he made the statement that after the fourth inning it was moth ing but crab crab.' The writer o1 this article, certainly hopes that he was not mistaken. It is a mighty good ball team that will crab anC keep on grabbing The more crab ping the better It is the team whicl fights for every point and keeps or fighting that will ultimately come ou on top. If the Phoenix boys failed to crab, it was due to their lack o pep
 It has been said that all is fair il love and war. To this list should certainly be added base ball. If thu Tempe team is up on their toes ninety per cent of the time, and ac tually succeeds in slipping something over on a hostile umpire, they are sur some wide awake bunch. It is no meant by this that the Repuhlica, is advocating uncleaness and unfair ness in athletics but these things ar within the pale of fairness.
 Coach Jennings has also come | for his share of criticism. The gen tleman in question. according to hi
 
 critics is some crafty fox. Again may be stated that it is to hi credit base ball coach who is nc crafty, and on the lookout for hole in his opponents defense, is nc worth the traditional tinkers darn. he has succeeded in slipping some thing over. he is following in tn footsteps of all the great base ba managers in the country Jennins has never been in the Republican oi flee, or made any efforts to get hearing in the press. The above dt fense is written entirely without h knowledge, and from observation made from other sources.
 Coming back to Phoenix. The ba: ball team representing P. '. H.
 has met with a continued series defeats. What may be the matte would purobably take considerab