El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-16
A Lively Season In Pros
peCt For EI
PasO
BIG PROJECTS ON FOOT
HeaIthfuI Sports To Be CuI-
tiyated All Along The Line
And Happy Days In Store
For Base BaIIists

The coming season will be the live
liest in the history of this city from an
athletic standpoint" said a lover of
athletic sports today. 1--WE will have
bas ebali team that will turn the at
tentiCn of all lovers of honest sport to
this section OF the country and 1t will
be mainly posed Of local talent"
The general opinion seems to favor
revival of athletic sports and es-
peel lily baseball, steps having been
alre sdy inaugurate to awaken the in
terest of the people in the great ma
tional'game.
The husky military students Of the
Roswel academy have a strong team
in the field to contest for the diamond
supremacy, and unless present arrange
men;s fail. the season ". II commence
here Sunday afternoon with that team
as opponents Of strong agg -egs.ion
from the local leather hunters.
The warriors are en- route TO Las
Cruces where they mix up with the
rival clan OF students from the Agri-
cultural college located at that place.
This engagement win be fought on
Saturday, allowing the Roswell club to
play il this city Sunday alter
noon.
Whether FL Paso will be represent
ed by a strictly amateur or profession
al club is still matter of dou bt but We
will surely have a fast baud OF ball
tossers before the end of the month.
Noyes, the California catcher, is in
town, having located permanently, and
will handle the hot shot OF the pitching
staff from his favorite position as
king of the wind pad. Who will be
selected ss members of the twirling
staff is not decided upon as yet but il
is assured that those who will ed
the benders down the llne, viii be
leaders in this particular branch OF
the sport.
Charlie Webber will be in the game
and his ability as scientific and
energetic worker is too we'll known to
require especial mention. The team
selected for Sunday If the match is
positively arranged will line up about
as follows: Moves, C: Weidman or
Irwin, 3b; Jacoby, s.: Christian, II:
Weber, CT: Whalen, RI.
This should prove winning com
bination as they have been IN constant
practice for the past two weeks and are
eager to re-enter the fray.
The grounds are to be placed in con-
dition at once and workmen are al
ready busy on some minor improve
ments necessary. The d diamond must be
scraped, rolled and outlined, while the
grand stand shows the effects of the
winter. These matters will all be
remedied in day or two and a watch
man or ground-kea aper will be engaged
to protect the property.
During the time that the grounds
have been idle some one as yet un-
known has stolen about sixty OF the
grandstand chairs, the ba es aud other
parts OF the diamond equipn 1ts.
This is to be stopped ct once and in the
future such offenders will be summari-
ly dealt with by the II snagement.
The strongest teams of the state AMI
adjoining territories are to be invited
to this city after the boys have been
long enough together to know their
real strength, but for the first mouth
Las Cruces, Roswell and Deming will
be the only out of town bali tossers 10
whom challenges will be issued.
One thing botherlng those Interested
in the revival is the lack OF transpor-
tation from up town to the seat OF war,
aud the street car magnates are 10 be
petitioned TO extend their lines TO the
park entrance. This would be a move
in the right direction. Their tracks
AT the present time run quite close and
the contem plated extension would in
cur but little expense and prove pay
ing proposition during the summer
months.
No permanent organization has as
y ct been effected, but everything will