Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-07-12
AT SILVER CITY.
Albuquerque Elks Took Part ia the
Big Celebration
SKETCH OF TIE BALL GAME.

Al lquorQuo lodge of Elias was One ot
-, most enjoyable events OF the D.,e-
br 5u and was thoroughly appr,..at.
ca lot only hy the members of the
Is.. order hut tho people ot Silver
Cit generally TIA Albuquerque boys
do uot reach her, until the afternoon
of lo Fourth ou account of the train
be lE late. but thlo Silver city herd
Wa ON hand mt tho depot with tho
tauc and gave them rouslng wei.
core Tho visitors were all M cos
tu... a line OF march was formed,
anu irc.odod by the band and accom-
par .d by the Silver city Elks, the Al
Iu .u.rqucans were escorted up Bul.
Ia. street to the lodge room IN the
Sll,.r city National Bank building
W., n lunch had been provided.
! m the time of their arrival until
"a, departure the Albuqucrqueans
pro 4 themselves royal good fellows.
full fun and assisted very material
Is 4 max ag the celebration tue sue.
&c. that 70 was They entered into
an. pirit OF the occasion aud took as
HI . interest in seeing to IL that
ov, y,1dy had good time as did the
Silver city boys Spot Moore was
os oCially happy in his character
Sketches, and furnished much amuse-
nlout on several occasions.
The visitors left Saturday evening,
the members OF the Silver city lodge
accompanying them to the train and
inviting them to come again and that
soon The visitors had "A private Pull
NON car at thlir disposal. and fully
uainteincd the reputation OF the order
as being composed of the best people
on earth
The ielC CATION was composed of the
folllWing. Thomas Hughes. J. j.
Sheridan. Charles X Nowhall u J.
Abel W h Moore, Sheriff Thomas
HuIAoll Frank Huhbeil, /. =. Sawyer,
Geo hnfight x w. n Bryan and
Jud q s Baker. OF Albuquerque;
She g Cirriaao Baca and John Kosky,
of ling; Judge + w Parker and
Bisu,i Attorney W II II Llewellyn
of as Cruces and II NJ Dougherty
and Abran Aheytia, o; Socorro.
The Base Ball Game.
The only piece Of literary fiction eX-
tant that will serve as parallel TO the
desc iptiou of IN bali game Is the cele-
brated conundrum found craven on the
cap stone of the arch of the old Corin-
tniaa Temple. eXcavated 10y a party OF
explorers sent out by the London mu-
scum IN 1916. This is as nearly as it
can translated Why is the stroke
oar ~ Cleopatra's barge like man
who has lest his collar button? The
ans or Is because the older YOU grow
she Is sill your mother. All the wise
heads of the world have been trying to
fnd some sense In this and because
they have decided that 1t Is not posi-
bic to do so Is the reason that it
al IA a ri it i.n
of tho game. An accurate description
without the aid of a Nnetoscopic APP
paratus with photograph attachment
would ne impossible and even with
this aid II is scarcely possible there
is man alive with bumps ugh in
his Uranium 10 absorb il without at
once giving renewed force to the de-
mani for increased hospital facilities
81 this territory for the proper care of
the insane,
IL was fierce. T. was wonder Any.
thinE like IL or even nearly like IT, un'
less the people knew that they had the
whole Of the Great American desert e.
escape in. would have led to riot
Maybe II is a cause of sorrow that II
did not lead TO a riot; for then IL might
not haze appened ii il had not hap
pored there would have been less t.
fact that there are some who do not
remember IT, at least that is what they
say The only thing real about tine
game was tho ball and the bat There
was some mention OF other bats on the
fed. Lut The real one was that used In
non commttal iuoifensiye way to hit
the hall
Pretty nearly every player put on by
Al rquerqGc was a ringer they show
ct 1ey had had long practice, daily
I,1' dee. This gave them all the edge
To FIRST incident of the game was
when Frank Jones hit corker to left
II went up about 100 feet and some
body IN the stand called out "ther,
aos a high bali and the entire Albu
qusrque team made dash for the
huss recognizing their hounden duty
10 20 after all the high halls IN sight
was a great display OF team work
only they thought they had TO go down
town TO rCt H.
After thiH thcv settled down some
what and enc game was going very
well until O'Rirly caught a rs bal
aud the game lad TO bee stopped Will,
hD wrote an explanation OF how nc
did it. Space t,rbids a full detail o
all Of the incidents and space is Z
great savior OF the newspaper man
when he is trying To write something
re doesn't know anything about Thu
silver City team played a sort OF com,
and 90 came. That's as near as any
ore can set 10 a. Ashenfcltcr save,
the day iy q great rem and slide t0 a..
home plate. II has not been mad.
clear why he saved Ga on what he say
Il for hut 10 is the proper thing % ga,
that ho saved II even II silver City die
not win Al Cards figure was a reyo
laucn No one ever guessed It before
Ed Lawn missed the chance Of O grea
play hy stopping % laugh aud the lac,
OF support caused Bob Cold ls 10 .,
out Ct the luy From all that Is sal,
about Il the pitcher who euCceede,
him needed more suppou than BCh
Yet all ho got wlG a safety PIN iron
Major Appel He needed thDt too
The PLAYERS we're IA costume. Som'
Al. IH4 a. Al