El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-16
WAITING FOR
THE GONG
Players Eager For The Sum-
mer Games To
Open
OTHER CITIES ACTIVE
The Roswell Cadets Go To
Amarillo For a Game
And Tucson Tackles
Yuma

This weeks close will undoubtedly
see crackerjack baseball team Or
ganized to represent Ell Psso ca the
diamond during the ensuing season
The Association b as declared itself aud
| now is the best time to strike. There
are many good ball players In town al
! present, each one eager TO get into the
game, and all that Is needed IS for the
| big bosses to take a good thing when
they have 1t at hand. Shelton.
Hansen and Johnson make a fast trio
| to pick up and would like to wear the
brown uniform tor the local maguatas.
There is the material for a champion
ship aggregation waiting for the gong
to sound.
The Roswell military cadets are or
ganized and prepared to throw the
bitter dose of defeat into all comers.
The Roswell Record tells of their trip
to AMARILLO, as follows:
On Monday morning when the traiu
for the north pulled out OF the yards
here it took thirty seven people from
Roswell bound for Amarillo to attend
the base ball game at that place on
Tuesday, between the Amarillo team
and the New Mexico Military Instituse
nine from Roswell. The following
| persons went from the institute:
Col. Jas. G. Me Adore, superintendent
| of the Institute; w. E. Davis, instruc-
tor, who has charge of the training OF
the base ball and foot ball teams at
| the institute, and Cadets Hesdrick,
Osero, Sisk, Crum packer, Leland,
Daugherty, COwden, Watteles and
Romero, comprising the base ball nine.
Also, Cadets Rouault. Barfeld, Foun-
tain. w. Johnston, Garrett. r B.; Sesy.
Bowie, Kelly, Clancy and Nordhsus.
rhe car they occupied was nicely de-
ccrated with the institute colors. red
aud black, and everybody 10 the crowd
was as happy as meadow lark in
May.
Tucson plays q match series with
Yuma at Pima county seat according
to the Citizen, which says:
The lovers of the natioua1 sport, base
ball, will be delighted with the pros
poets of seeing base ball games at an
early date. The Yuma ball tossers
will show up here on next Friday
morning for three games TO be PLAYED
Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The
games will be played in Oarri!los gar
deus and some fine work may be look
ed for by the "fsns." The Tucson
unlIOrmS Will arrive soon.
This city should be In the swim from
the drop of the hat and much good
time is being wasted. Up and at them,
Ell Pasoans! First come first served,
and prove this the leading city in
honest out door sports. Waste no more
time. but take advantage of fne play
ing material now located here and
have crackerjack baseball club with
out the expense of importing a collec-
tioD of stars.
The q. 81. club that was to give the
colts batting practice yesterday went
to Las Cruces Friday aud on Saturday
met the college giants. G. b. was
beaten by the score OF 23-10 and the
hard sand storm made their chance for
revenge on the colts "a im possibility.
A series of three games is to be ar
ranged by the colts and it is expected
that the contests may be arranged for
April 27, % and 20.
TT Is RUMoRED
That the ass0oiatiou Is now awake.
That it will have base ball club.
That it ought to art at once.
That Syke Young is coming back.
That Mexico City was bluffed out.
That Billy Bulgsr will re-en.er the
game.
That Weidman had an off day.
That Tucson tbinks Ell Psso easy this
year.
That they are talking through their
hat.
Bill Lange, formerly Chicagos
crack centreielder, leading batsmau
and baserunner, is now in the real es-
tate business at San Francisco He is
to be married today at ST Dominica
church in that city to Miss G ace
Anna Louise Giselman, a popular So
ciety belle of the Pacific metro