Mohave County miner., 1917-08-04
(By (Jess) J. w. Orndorff).

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 cluded with the other three, as its
 close proximity to the other three towns and Mohave county brings it
 within the charmed circle. Under
 great difficulties both Chloride and Oatman have organized and played
 ball on several occasions when they
 were very short-handed. Kingman
 has won a majority of her games, but some excuse can be claimed for 0at-
 man who has lost all her games for the reason that they have just organ ized and have had no fit place to prac- tice. Without practice and without proper coaching and a chance to get
 little team play, even the Giants
 wouldn't be leading the National lea
 que; hence, Oatman can be justly
 proud of her record as it is-and Oat-
 man has some good men in her lineup Johnnie Carreroa, Webster, Nichols,
 Porter would fit well on any club over
 here. The material is there and with
 'Doc" Sheffield, Oatman's greatest fan, on the job as manager. I believe
 that Oatman will win more games
 than she loses the rest of the year.
 Needles in her games has shown an
 exceptionally well-balanced club. They
 have won more games than they have
 lost. Kingman fell before Needles six
 to five, played at Needles, but on a return game played at Kingman,
 Needles lost, four to two, but it was
 anybody's game until the last man
 was out, and it was a rather tight
 squeeze for Kingman. There is very little difference between Needles and
 Kingman at the present writing. Needles may develop more strength and if she does, the championship of Mohave county may rest in California.
 You will certainly hear from Needles and the fans can expect a battle any time they play.
 Chloride has had much to contend with and much more than the fans re- ally suspect. Poor financial manage ment put the club away in arrears, but with the indomnitable spirit which Chloride always seems to display, Chloride kept her schedule and sue ceeded in keeping her name before the public as a real ball team. With Brashear, Venable, White, King, Jacobson and Knorr they have the nucleus of ball club that has to be figured from start to finish.
 Chloride can boast of the real hitter of Mohave county as Breshear has not lost any of his famous batting eye, even if he has slowed up somewhat in other ways. Harry Venable on first is about as valuable a man to a team as can be found on any club. Besides being a frst-class fielding first base man, he is a fine hitter and a good heady ball player. Jacobson has real ly shown the class for all out fielders in this county. He is fine judge of long hits and really makes hard chances look easy, as he is under the ball all the time. Knorr has pitched some good and some bad ball. With a little bit better disposition, he would DC NcAAudDlC bO 4l4O NluBg 4AOMCNCl Chloride has secured the services of Clark, the former Kingman pitcher, and he may become Chloride's regu- lar pitcher. However, he will have to work hard as Knorr is a good pitcher. In King, Chloride has one of the best catches in the county. In addition to a fine throwing arm and being a cap able receiver, King is really the most dependable hitter on the Chloride club He hits left handed and left-hand pitching does not seem to bother him, as witness the hard hitting he dis played both times he faced Smith of Kingman.
 We now come to Kingman which has shown itself to be the class of the league. There is a reason for this, and if you will glance over their line up you will notice that Kingman has a really good man in every position, and when you remember that any ball club is only as strong as its weakest part, it is essential that every position on the club should be as strong as it is possible to make it. Not one posi- tion is really weak unless it can be the out-field and that has been bolster ed up with the addition of Bonelli and Aubineau.
 The real sensation and one of the real reasons for Kingman's standing at the top of the league has been the remarkable playing of George Gran tham at third base. Besides leading off the batting list and getting on first base most every time he comes to bat, he had displayed some of the classiest fielding shown here or any place else around third base. He has scored more runs than any other ball player in the county for the number of games played. He is a bright prospect and with proper coaching and exemplary habits, Mohave county may yet have a real representative in the big leagle at no distant date.
 Kingman has another future big league prospect in Howard Smith. Be-