El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-06
WHO WILL
BE MASCOT :?
Candidates Plentiful For
The Coveted
Honor
A DEAD SURE Thing
For The Colts, They Think,
And They Want To Be
In At The Win
ming

This week Is an eventful one in th'
great boom for baseball. Against al
possible odds the clouds are lifting ant
the silver lining disclosss the pros
poets for the grsndest old carnival O
the national sport that was ever in
augurated In any old country. I
won't be long before the youngster
will be hustline for the mansgership o
the bat bag and the peanut venders
will catch the stray nickels at the psrl
entrance.
The candidates for mascot have
| made themselves known so steadily
during the past few days that to keeE
| track of them all would take light
ming calculstor. 1t is all because
everyone knows that it is sure thing
that we are out to win against all odds
and all corners, with a dapper team OF
colts in the field as our representa-
tives.
The whole southwest is after US In a
bunch and Chihuahua and even fur
ther down to the City of Mexico they
want our scalps. Will they getthem?No!
Not in a thousand years. Old Tucson
may get it's diamond giants out in
earnest but we will line up to win aud
win we must. The Pass city shall not
be behind and everyone in this lively
burg shall get out and hustle for the
fighting braves. Roswell has q red
hot team and will nail the pennant to
its military college building If we
are not awake. Phoenix would like to
pin it to its new state house while
Skinny Johnson, the Tucson manager,
would give it kindly reception.
PRACTICE GAME.
Sunday afternoon q. 2:3O the youngs-
ters of the team will tackle the re-
organized G. b. club for bit of easy
practice. Don't miss it, for there will
be all sorts of fua and we'll worth see.
ing. The colts would like to try any
club In the city for a lis.le work out
and bar none, young ones, old heads or
professionals. 'Cyclone" Young will
soon be with them and that means
added strength.
The club that will start the game
Sunday for the Ell Paso regulars will
be Noyes, C;Long,P P;;Sullivan L B;Weid-
man 2B;Irvin 3B: Jacoby S.S:aackett
l. f: Webber c. t. Johnson IF Others
may be tried during the game but that
will be the make up when they start
the mix up. Tue players to go to the
Mexican metropolis will be picked
from the best tried out Sunday. AS
no charge for admission is made there
is plenty OF opportunity for some
sp ortlng goods desler to show his ap-
probation of the boys efforts by donat-
ing base ball to be used in
practice.
NO SURE THING.
1t is no sure thing that the locals
will go to the City of Mexico, for ar
rangements were on for Lsredo. That
clubs manager wiresaccepta1ces at this
late date and as the Mexico PLAYERS
would no doubt hesitate to tackle the
game of the Ell Paso team, the Laredos
may be selected. The Mexican Her.
aid says:
w nStnST Or NOV MSXlcO C1Gy lovers
of baseball will have an opportunity of
witnessing series OF games between a
picked team and one of the crack Texas
teams, is q question which will be de-
cided tomorrow evening at a meeting
called for that purpose. Owing to the
fact that the manager OF the Laredo
team informed the sporting editor of
the Herald several days ago that the
Laredo club would gladly make the
trip to Mexico, but would not be ready
to start for the city within less
than thirty days, negotia-
tions were opened with the
Ell Paso management, where first
class team is already organized and
playing. Yesterday morning the fol-
lowing telegram from Laredo was re-
ceived at the Herald office:
"Hsve team ready now. Can start
any old time"
J. S. PENN, JR.
A reply to com mmunication sent a
few days ago to the manager of TIE Ell
Paso team, is expected 10 arrive in the
city today, and the question Of which
team to bring to the city will be de-