Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-09-07
GREAT BASE BALL EXHIBITI0N

Tournament at tho Fair to be
the Best liver seen Here.
The base ball tournament at the terri
tOriHl fHir this year will undoubtedly be
the greatest exhibition of the national
gaue ever witnessed In the southwest.
5eore AIRY Crawford has Just received a
letter from Manager 6iers, OF the Lead
VILE team, positively stating that he will
be here with the best players Of the Colo
RADIO state league. As announced in
yesterdays CITIZEN, J.. J. McClOskey the
famous base bail celebrity, has OF ghhiZ d
a team, composed OF tho best talent Of
the state OF ka1aAs, which he will bring
here with tae expectation Of winning the
Gr5t prize. Then there II Tebeau's az
sregAtion Of professional bail players,
ahO are TO play exhibition games az the
Mountain aud Pain festival In Denver
aud who Will represent some city Ia New
Mexico nj the tournament.
Besides these, which are certain to
come, clubs are expected from III Paso
aud Los Angeles, with the pick OF the
players In the Texas aud California state
leagues re- pectiyely.
II Albuquerque is 10 continue it's I'M
broken series OF victories aud play
against all these clubs, the Browns will
have 10 play faster base ball than is
usually seBn anywhere except AT a game
tetween clubs in the national league.
Manager Calvin Whiting Is still unterri-
aed, however, and his admirers amOng
She influential fans Of Albuquerque pre-
dict a glorious future for him AZ man
ager OF the home team.
In view VI the great contest which
nTnmlQnu 10 taxa nlnaa Tor Nhn HNuN RWlua
IA the tournament, the fair directors are
contemplating raising II several hundred
dollars. IL will undoubtedly be one OF
the greatest attractions at the fair, and
Tor this reason II Is thought advisable to
make the drst prize large enough TO be
All object for big teams to come here from
a distance TO participate.
FAIR MOTHS.
There IL TO be a splendid mineral ex.
hibit from the COchiti district. There
will DO fine specimens from every mine
In the distrios and a commission from
there will be- here to have charge OF Il.
Other promising mining districts In the
territory should follow In the footsteps
VI the COchiti. This will In all prOba
billy be- One Of the finest opportunities
ever offered 10 advertise their mineral
wealth 10 thousands OF strangers as the
attendance az the fair this year will be
the largest in its history.
The local amateur photographers
should beatir themselves aud see TO il
that exhibits OF their art are made,
which will prove worthy OF thu hand
some prizes offered by the association,
Bicycle riders have made the claim that
the money spent In these prizes In Just so
much wasted and unless the camera
enthusiasts take some immediate steps
toward making q splendid exhibit, II
will appear that the charge OF the
wheelmen Is true. They should make
themselves heard to the contrary at q
TheO ROnault, OF Las Cruces, who
owns n OF the most successful canning
factories In the southwest, will be repre-
sented at the fair, Persons interested
In the successful canning OF tomatoes,
beans. corn, green chilli, etc, should at.
tend the fair II for nc other purpose than
to derive valuable pointers from an OK.
pert at the business.