El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-30

The second practice DaSe jail 80
OF the season will be played at Z:So
Sunday afternoon at Athletic PARK. me
two teams will be chosen from those
~ the grounds at that time and from
nresent indications it will be a hard
matter to select the teams as there are
so many candidates. 1t is not aitogeth-
er improbable that there Will pc Two
games of five innings SO that all may
he given a chance to show what tney
can do One thing is certain ana ina.
is that there are enough players OUT
trying to make the team TO guarantee
a winning team for FL Paso LOT the
season OF 1901. A manager Will likely
be selected within the next few days
and then the schedule will be maze out
and announced. Ell Paso will support
a fast team as was shown last year and
il is the intention to have games here
every Saturday and Sunday after the
season fairly opens. The teams at Al
buauerque, Tucson, Phoenix. Silver
City. Deming, Clifton. and Morenci are
already organizing for the season and
sN report stronger teams than last year
That will guarantee some clean fast
baseball in the southwest this year and
FL Paso will not only be expected to
lead but the boys who are to do the
playing say that she will lead the 9TH
ers a merry gait as they did last sea-
son. Word has been received that the
Roswell team is contemplating a trip
in the season to this section and they
will likely play two or three games on
the local diamond. The game last year
between the Roswell and Ell Paso
teams was the prettiest game OF the
SO ason and was also one of the best
played games ever witnessed in FL Paso
The score was to / in favor of Ell
Paso and there were only three errors
made in the game. FL Paso had one
error and Roswell had two, one of
which was excusable. The Roswell
boys are gentlemanly players and
kI,ow the game thoroughly. They
could not connect with Jim Longs
curves in the game spoken of above or
they would have won the game in
walk They are the most aggressive
players as a team that has been seen
in Ell Paso for many day and they
will always draw a crowd.
Mike Rose writes from Silver City
that he has team that is a winner
this year and that they are out for the
remnant which was won by Ell Paso
last season.
Mike is an old timer and is well and
favorably known in Ell Paso where he
used to cover second base. He is a good
ball player and should be a good judge
of a team and il he thinks that he has
a winner then there must be something
in it and the Twill be watched with in
terest by the fans in Ell Paso-
Roy Mcdonald the crack catcher for
the Albuquerque team will again cap
tain and do the back stop work for that
burg. Their team is said to be made up
entirely this year of Albuquerque boys
and although they have some fast play
ers up there still when they came to
FL Paso last fall they were never in IT
and Ell Paso took the entire series But
it was a different story when the local
team went to Albuquerque to the fair.
There were two Albuquerque boys on
the team that played for the prize and
the rest were professionals. FL Paso
sent up the same team that had been
playing all season ard there was not
a salaried man on the team. They
were out-classed and did not win a
game. But when the tournament was
over the Ell Paso boys offered to play |
three games with Albuquerque for $500 |
a side all professionals to be barred |
and the teams to be made up entirely |
of players from their respective towns. |
could not see it that way 1
however and the games were never |
playd
Jim Long. the great south paw who
vas Ell Paso's winning pitcher last
year is captain and manager of the Mo-
Tenci team this year and will likely OPP
EN- the season in Ell Paso four weeks
from tomorrow. Brown is now at Mo-
renci and will play on the team there
Morenci has never played in Ell Paso
and the boys are quite anxious to come
down to the metropolis of the Great
Southwest to show what they know
about the great national game. 1t is
said that there are two great college
players in Morenci who have refused
offers fro mthe National League and
mat they will play on the team this
season. They are mining engineers
and are engaged in some of the mines
around Morenci.
There is letter at this Office from
T. r. Bright. manager of the Radford,
Virginia. baseball club asking for
series of games to be played in Ell Paso
thet latter part of June or the first of
July. The Radford team was consider
Ell the best ameteur team in the south
last season and they are now arranging
q trip through the southwest for the
coming season. They will likely be
by series of three or
hve games to he played about the
Fourth of July. They are all young
players and will make the trip to see
the country and not for the purpose OF
making money. All they want in the
way is that they make their
expenses They will be a great draw
ing card for FL Paso's Fourth of July
celebration.
The latest thing in baseball talk is
the suggestion OF game of ball be-
tween the fats and the leans. Sew