El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-21
Sports and SpOrtSmen

! Said a well known business man of
| Ell PaSo yesterday when talking about
| base a in FL Paso: From the best
that 1 can learn there are going to be
! several surprises sprung on the lovers
| of base ball in FL Paso and they will
all be pleasant surprises" When ask
| ed what he meant he said: Il am afraid
that | have said too much already. but
will give o a little tip if you won't
| give my name out" When he had been
assured that his name would not be
used in connection with the matter he
said that there was a movement on
| foot TO put a first class team in the
field. THE local boys are all right and
have lone everything in their power
to give us good clean base ball but
they need help and I believe that the
time is ripe to give them all h as
~sistance that they need to make a team
that the city will be proud of. There
was a time and it has not been so very
long when every man in Ell Paso
took a pride in the base ball team
which was representing the greatest
city in the southwest and nothing was
too good for the boys. They had every
thing that they could use and the city
was well advertised. l believe that We
will again work up the same interest
we had several years ago and will again
have a team hat will know no such a
thing as defeat. FL Paso is now a good
sized city and the public wants some
kind of amusement all the year around.
In the winter we have the theater to
go to and sometimes get the very best
shows on the roa but what kind of
amusement can we offer in the sum-
mer? True we had a team last sum-
mer which won the championship of
the southwest But how were they
supported. Why they even had to buy
their own gloves and the very balls
that they practiced with. and yet they
made enough money for the associa-
ton to get them out of debt. Now
there are several business men in Ell
Paso who appreciated the work of the
boys last summer and although the
boys played for the love of the sport
and asked no more still there is a
movement on foo now to make 1T
worth their while to play this season
and some of the players who nave been
spending the winter here will be given
employment this year and something
on the side to remain here and strength
en- our teams" HI season is close at
hand and the far are getting worked
up. An effort will be made to have a
game the last of next month n from
that on every Sunday throughout the
entire season.
A business man works hard all week
and gets practically no recreation at
all and when Sunday comes he wants
something to take his MIND of of his
and nothing can be found that
will answer the purpose so well as a
good clean game of bass ball. Another
game will be played on next Sunday
and il is expected to draw a large
crowd of rooters. A new pitcher will
work on Sunday and several new can
didates will be out for positions.
What has become of the G.. II.
team" is a question that the writer
is asked every day. There were sew
eral good players on the G. II team
year and the boys should organize
their team again this year. The rail
road men rooted hard for them last
year and if the team was placed under
the management of a competent man
thu year it is altogether probable that
railroad men would give it fnan-
cial support. here are enough play
ers in FL Paso to compose two first
class teams and some hot games could
played. Last year the G.. H. team
several occasions gave the Colts
n good run for the money and this year
with the proper encouragement from
the railroad men the boys should more
h hOld their own. II is said that
here are several machinists in the g..
H. shops who used to play ball in Cal
and an effort should be made
to get them to play on the team.
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