Arizona republican., 1922-01-01
sy Ed Harrington

NOW0eTe III the CUllSu 0ldISS NeAs
the true sportsman find greater OPP
portunity to follow his favorite
pastime than in the Salt River val
ley. Every line of sport and ath-
letic activity can be found here from
the old backyard horseshoe pitching
to championship events where well
trained athletes match brain and
Drawn for glory and financial gain.
While the East and the North
shivers from wintry blasts baseball
fans in the Salt River valley may en-
joy their pastime daily, and when
the moleskin warriors occupy the
sport pages Salt River valley fans
may crowd the sideu lines and root
for the home team. The old theory
that football cannot be q success in
warm climate has been dispelled by
the wonderful successes achieved by
football teams in Arizona, during
1921. Phoenix high school not only
produced the best football team in
the valley, but the Coyotes won the
state championship and then defeated
El Paso high school for the cham
pIonship Of the southwest. On track
and field the valley developed Won
derful athletes who are making good
in colleges and universities OF other
states.
Baseball players from the valley
are making good in the minor leagues
and two players, Jud Davenport and
Lex Sorrey, have signed contracts to
play in the major leagues next sea-
son. Davenport returns to the Chi
cago White Sox and Sorrey gets a
tryout with the Detroit Tigers.
An Arizona man, Mic Arie OF
Kingman, won the highest trap
shooting honors in America at the
National Tournament held at the
Great Lakes last summer.
Two fighters who hail from Ari-
IONA, Lee Anderson and Billy Alger,
gained fame IN the roped arena.
Anderson annexed the colored cham
pionship of the world and Alger won
the lightweight championship of the
southwest by defeating Tommy Car
ter.
Golf and tennis remains in the
amateur ranks and local followers
Of both sports confine their efforts
to home matches, though several
Phoenix men have competed in
southwestern tournaments.
The state fair grounds track, con-
ceded the fastest dirt track In the
world attracts automobile and mo-
torcycle pilots of international fame,
Two world records were made on
the Phoenix track during the past
year.
Athletics Encouraged
school athletics are encouraged by
the faculty and parents, with the re-
suit that valley schools have made
exceptional progress in the last few
years. Plans are now under way to
erect an athletic stadium in the
west part OF the city for the exclu-
sive use of amateur athletics. The
new stadium will be erected as
memorial to Phoenix war hero,
Frank Luke, Jr.
Grammar school athletics have
been encouraged and in a few years
the high school will have plenty OF
material from which to pick repre-
sentative teams for state compe-
tition.
The attendance at all sporting
events has demonstrated that pro-
fessional events can be made profit
able If conducted properly. Past sue
cesses have inspired promoters and
principals with every indication that
1922 will be productive of greater re-
suits than 1921. Nothing brings
greater publicity to city than
sporting events and Phoenix re-
ceived it's share OF publicity from
that source during the year just
closed.
The Arizona Republican encour-
ages sports through advance pub
licity and reports on final results OF
games and contests. Baseball games,
boxing contests, track and field
events, football and basketball games
and golf and tennis matches are
covered by The Republican staff in
the valley and the telegraph reports
carry news of national and world
sporting events.
During the past year The Repub-
lican spared no expense to keep its
readers posted ON all events. BOX
scores of major league games are
carried exclusively in The Repubh-
can each day.
Newspaper Sport Service
Two events of world wide inter-
est. the Dempsey Carpenter boxing
contest at Jersey City and the base
ball world series in New York We're
covered for Arizona Republican read
ers and the fans of the valley IN
thorough and uptodate manner. The
service given INC ldtlS Oh NN'S ~
fight could not be excelled in any
city OF the country. Reports direct
from the ringside were megaphoned
the fans i'm front Of The Republican
building and The Republican extra
with detailed story of the fight
was on the street within few min
utes after the referee had counted
10 over the PROSTATE form OF
Georges Carpenter.
The Republican service on the
world series was the crowning
achievement of the year. The Re-
publican wonder board reproducing
every play Is seconds after the ac-
tual play at the Polo grounds In New
York city provided valley fans with
service equal to the largest metro
politan dailies The Wonder Board
was purchased by The Republican,
and exclusive rights are held by the
paper for this section. The player
board will be part Of The Republi-
cans world series service to the
fans again this fall.
The following review of sport ac-
tivities in the salt River valley will
interest the readers OF The Repub-
Iican. The statistics and other data
given III the review were completed
by The Republican starr ana are dc-
curGte and can be filed away for
future reference.
Baseball
Fans in the Salt River valley en-
loved eleven months of baseball in
Ie21 The phoenix Senators. organ
lied by Sam Haldiman, opened tht
season by defeating the Phoenix Al
c-Anrn Ii To at EaStlake PARK