The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-04-12
CANINE COME BACK?
 MARKINGS ARE HERE
FORMER FAN MAKES STRONG PLEA FOR THE REVIVAL OF THE NATIONAL GAME IN cLlF- TON.

We'll, old base ball fan, don't you think it is about time we got busy and put Clifton back on the map like in the good old days of 1909-10-11 The good old dancing days when, We would rather see Clifton and Morenci mixed up than see the big leaguers in action. g g t4E.
 It seems a pity to be without a base ball team in a town the size of this when camps like Tyrone, Hur- ley, Santa Rita, and other smaller towns can boast of a professional club, and here we are twice the size of said places and we cannot boast of semfpro-team. ai5 atllzsSl ,.7
 Come on, citizens.- why not get to- gether with the city council, school trustees and copper companies and see what can be done about putting in ground at the foot of Shannon hill on Riverside, to be used as play ground for the school. and a ball ground, and foot ball ground for the ,grown-ups. We would not have to go far to get ball teams to oppose us, as Hachita, Deming, and other army camps have a dozen teams or more, and could be brought here for little expense. xt7 .Od svEaf ei tsa We have the makings of a good team here in the persons of Bill Mason, bet ter known as Bill, the man who help ed to bring the bacon home in the old days: and then again we have old Dutch Brubaker, the hitting Honus of the Copper League: Old Ben Fehr- man, better known as Hook, who keeps the court house boys in good humor relating his experiences while in Kansas pitching hay. and there is Peter, Riley, who wanted to lick the whole Fl Paso police force during e game away back eight or nine years ago Before we go any further, for the sake of few who don ot remem- Der the incident. I would like to re- late same:1 sE,i-os5-s s11 si.Hors q
 "A pro-German umpire by the name of Spitzbergen,s declined to call Pete safe at first base, many of the Clifton citizens who had journeyed with the club pasted him with cushions while those nearest him used the old fash toned sboots;S then old Irish Pete solv- ed the situation nicely. He told the ice man and their friend, including Dick Stephens, to go on enjoying the game that he would take the Mongrel outside and kick the slats out of him, ana ne QlQ. HedVen DleSS tue 1TlSu
 Then we have Leonard Brock who used to throw them out quite often while trying to steal < second; Pete Lazottie, the fastest kid in the bush; Clifford, the only Irish Mormon in cap tivity; Elliott, who holds many a good game in that old wing of his yet. Last but not least, Bobby Scanlon. the harp from the Bowery, who was born with a ball and bat in his hand and made many pitcher take to the blanket.
 Now fans, don't say they are too old, when you take into consideration Van Haitern, Cy. Young, Chesbre, Al G. Spaulding, all coming back to play in the. big league so lets get busy and show the other camps we are not dead ones. Err
 Off hand we would say that S, ,0O0 should be raised to put Clifton back on the base ball map. (Of hand you understand. The war is still on, but the fact remains that the public must have some diversion, base ball is serving a patriotic interest in help ing to keep up the spirits of the peo- pie. <
 Yours truly.
 MACKEY DOOLEY :.