Arizona republican., 1920-04-27
TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL 27. 1920
For words are wise mems counters they do but reckon by them; but they are the money of fools.
 Thomas Hobbs.
Cheap Skates

Cheap
 Phoenix is the best town of which we have any knowledge. Many strangers who visit say that it is the town they Yet it is not per feet town. Perfection has not been attained any where in direction in this sinful world There many things matter with Phoenix. but they generally minor imperfections and are suscepu- ble of remedying
 About thing think of that is wrong Phoenix great number of cheap sports-not sports at alive mean cheap skates, 1t harbors. They utterly devoid of sportsman-li1e There of them to the square inch in Phoenix than anywhere else. There many that they seem, but only seem, predominate in gather watch baseball games. races and other sports. We had another demonstration by the Casa Grande- Phoenix game Sunday. And yet complain that cannot have good base ball in Phoenix. Of course not.
 few perhaps not many, but enough to appear leaven whole lump at the game and had bet money the result Some of them had bet as much fifty cents dollar Naturally they were intensely the outcome A loss of their wagers would deprivation of cheap cigar perhaps pool 21s cents cue. It would be impossible o other silk shirt from the laundry. Their be by fair means foul
 There ensued a dsgraceful scene, crowning game that promised to be good So far as the players both sides concerned it was clean. But the hoodlums, the cheap skates gave it a dirty ending many who not hoodIums were unavodaby drawn in. When score more of the cheap skates rushed the base lines. palpitant and excited prospect losing their little bets those naturally to the front to what they could. Crowds always act that way. That is the psychology of crowd Of course play was mpossi- ble after that and Phoenix with a margin it's side happened to be declared the winner
 But there were some Phoenix in the crowd who sports. There at least who had made a bet of s1o with Casa Grande citizen
 
 fered him. He said that he could not considering the way the game brought to end
 gratifying incident, the licking a Phoenix hoodlurn got striking crippled Grande umpire So far have heard that was the only thing to credited the Sunday afternoon game
 After it several persons who have interest in clean baseball in Phoe- nix had been given black eye. That is true and that isn't the worst Phoenix given black and a soar-pexus blow We could get along right if nothing but baseball had been hurt It is possible for city to survive without baseball but get along well without the good will neighbors-
 There were present than 15o of the best citizens of Casa Grande. They had to the pense trip not, of for the purpose of seeing a game between amateur hines. They would hardly far to a major league game. Primarily they wanted to show neighborly spirit toward Phoenix. Among them many business men-rnost of the members of the Casa cirande business whom the business men of Phoenix been trying to cultivate and had to- very large extent, succeeded against the ef forts Tucson to ascendancy in that most rapidly growing community in Arizona In what de- gree the work business to establish commercial relation with Casa Grande was neutral ized by a few cheap skates last Sunday, hate to think.
 We know such dsgraceful thing could not have happened in Tucson, or Bisbee, or Globe or Miami where the cheap skates, if there kept in the background