Arizona republican., 1919-06-03
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Now we are face to face with the problem of city baseball park.
 For the honor of the city, a ground is needed at once. The best teams of the city are already planSing for out of town schedules for the balance of the season. The White Sox will prob ably attempt to secure no more games with such teams as Fort Whipple ill this city, because of lack of a suitable diamond. A return game here with Hayden appears improbable for the same reason. The War Vets are up against the same proposition with the Tucson War Vets, with no other play ing field than Eastlake park, where there is no grandstand and expenses will he5e to be met by voluntary con- tributions of nickels and dimes. If the players on these teams desire to play free games with outside teams,
 they will be compelled to go down into their own pockets to pay for railroad tickets, hotel bills and such expenses in addition to equipment costs, which are not slight.
 Then, again, there is another condi-
 
 visit a nearby town and play a game
 the players of the nearby town have a right to and usually do request a return game. If Phoenix teams are
 unable to accommodate these outside
 teams, it will not be long before Phoe- nix is wiped off the baseball may al- together.
 The game played at Hayden Sunday : r.. 1 that that small city has one of the finest and fastest ball diamonds in the west. Manager Cass tells me that before the game, several men and u truck were sent out to roll the grounds and make them ready for play. There
 were 1500 paid admissions at 50 cents each. Practically the entire city at ! tended the game.
 At Cashion, Sunday, over 1000 people
 witnessed the game played there. At other cities, including Casa GranGe, there were more people present than there have been at any game since the Chicago Cubs played here. This is due
 undoubtedly to the insufficient tranN- 1 portation to Riverside Park.
 The Great War Veterans association l is to be asked, 1 understand tomorrow N movement to establish a ball park u i Phoenix. It would be well for the l Chamber of Commerce to take an l earnest interest in the subject There are property owners in the city that 1 would contribute wonderfully to ti.o l development of municipal athletics by ! loaning their vacant grounds for this
 purpose. Marshall Field, the athletic grounds of the University of Chicago, has become world famous for it's per | feet equipment and this big field was donated by the merchant prince o1 | Chicago years ago.
 There may be a way in which the l city authorities might come to the aid ! of the fans of Phoenix. Some big
 corporation might take the interest | that the Ray Consolidated has taken | in Hayden. For baseball, after all, is i one of the greatest season advertsie-
 ments a city can have. It always has | been a fact that a city that is gener- ous to it's sportloving people is well 1 known for it's aggressiveness in other | lines. The very fact that Student l Goldberg at Leland Stanford may be l the intercollegiate plunger at the l coming meet in Fresno, in August, is ! a credit mark for Phoenix that will spread throughout the college centers l of the entire United States.
 1 The idea of Phoenix having no bal
 park at all is a discredit that it will
 take heroic action, later, to wipe out