Arizona republican., 1922-05-07
Sox VS.. caseys


With a new board fence on the
xouthside of Riverside park and the
diamond shifted a little the Caseys
and Giants will meet in baseball
combat at the Central avenue lot this
afternoon.
Wiz White the old reliable mound
man will be shooting 'em over for
the hill for the Giants again this aft
ernoon and Floyd White will be back
of the plate freezing to all that breeze
bv the luckless batters. Hickey or
hewitt will oppose the old wizard and
Plat Westfall will be on the receiv-
ing end for the Caseys. Hudlow VIII
work at first, Benenato at second,
Ortega, third: Golden. shortstop and
Teanev. Murphy and f. Westfall will
cover the outer garden. Van Harden
viii call balls and strikes.
The Casey Giants game at Riv-
erside park will start at p. m.
White Sox at Mesa
Sam Haldiman's White Hose will
journey over to Mesa where they
clash with the Gate City Jewels.
Ironman Hammond will pitch for the
Sox while Lefty Lush will throw for
the Mesa team. Mesa defeated the
Sox in the opening game, but Haldi-
man has strengthened his lineup
since he lost to the southside boys.
Woodmen to Glendale
The Woodmen will occupy the role
Of visitors at Glendale this afternoon
against Hadley's Greys.
This game win give the fans a
chance to see how fast the Woodmen
can step against first division teams.
This will be the first meeting this
season of the rival groups and should
develop some interesting figures.
Barrows Play Legion
Smiley Sonoqui will do the honors
for the Barrows Furniture company
team when the Bears clash with the
American Legion team at Eastlake
park this afternoon. The Barrows
played a practice game last week de-
feating st. Johns Mission team by
big score The Legion boys have
been unable to break into the win
ming column so far this season. but
they hope to lose the jinx today.
Peoria at ScottsdaIe
Scottsdale is the center Of base
ball enthusiasm this year and the
fans over there are backing the home
club for money, marbles or chalk.
This afternoon the Blues will engage
the Peoria Sluggers in nine frames
OF the national pastime. Scottsdale
remains undefeated in class B and
the fans out there are clamoring for
admission to the first division.
Merchants VS.. Ford Garage
Charles TEX Ritter. manager of
the Merchant ball club. has been
securing the country looking for ball
players. and now believes he has the
fastest club in the city. He is pay
ing transportation and a bonus to
battery from Miami, and also has
signed up two players from the Tenn
pc Normal to work in this game. His
pitcher is a southpaw and Ritter says
he has an assortment of curves and
speed of the brand that ought to send
him up to the big show in a years
time an expects the trouble shoot
ers" at the Ford Garage to be stand
ing on their heads trying to connect
with the ball.
The merchants are contributing to
the support of his team and Ritter
says they insist on nothing but the
best and he is going to keep plug
ging away till he gets a ball club
that will satisfy them.
The Ford Garage club is much re-
SpSCltu IOI luSlT dp4itly ~ ulls WHICH
is largely responsible for their lop-
sided victories over the American
Legion, Scottsdale and Peoria teams
in the last three consecutive Sun
days This team is also playing a
good fielding. game. and are taking
advantage of any break or chance in
the game to turn the errors of omis-
sion and commission into runs.
A new backstop with a screen Is
feet high and % feet wide has been
placed directly in back of the catcher
so the fans can get a good view of
the curves. Benches and new
scoreboard have also been erected
and by the time the game is called at
three. the infield will be as smooth as
a billiard table.
The game will be played on the
Halstead lot at the corner of Six
teenth avenue and Roosevelt street.
No fence surrounds the playing field
Consequently there will be no charge
for admission.
The Merchants lineup Brieqs,
shortstop; Golden, first base; Dob
son, third base: Faber. second base;
Afanley. catcher; Bates, pitcher; Rit-
ter. left field: Foster center field:
Miller. right field; Crab and White.
subs.