Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-09-20
TRIP TO vEGAS.
The Meadow Town Filled With Ex.
cursiOnists Yesterday.
SANTA FE CENTRklS DEFEATED.

band playing ragtime music and with
banners dying. More than 300 people
were on board and IL was the beginning
of most delightful day spent in the
Meadow city. Six passenger coaches
and a baggage car furnished ample ac-
commodations and the ride was made
/ pleasant by the comfort the excursion
/ lists enjoyed.
The first stop was made at Cerrllos
where quite n number of people were
taken on. At Lamy II was learned
that the train from Santa Fe had not
passed that place yet and the train
went on to Las Vegas. where the Al.
buquerque train, with Agent +. l.. Mey.
ers, arrived ut 1874 q. IN. A train from
the north with passengers from Ration
and other points north arrived at the
same time $50 strong.
All Las Vegas and a band met the
visitors most cordially. Both the Las
Vegas and albuquerque bands made
music.
About ~ O'Clock the Santa Fe train.
with banners bearing cheerful phrases
flying ami a regimental band playing
"A Hot Time in the Old Town" arrived
with 400 people on board.
The streets were crowded and music
filled the air Even the atmosphere
was cheerful, and everybody seemed
to enjoy themselves.
The hotels and restaurants were pre-
pared and nobody went hungry.
The Elks entertained most royalty.
A delegation of Las Vegas lodge No.
i0S met each train and headed by n
brass band escorted the visitors to
their hall, where an elegant banquet.
with cooling beverages and Havanas
awaited them in abundance.
The fire companies of both old and
new towns kept open house and gave
an exhibition drill. The Old Las Vegas
team made two connections In seventy
five seconds. The new town team made
one connection in thirty-five seconds.
Several hundred people took advan-
tage OF the free ride to the hot springs
and spent the day at the beautiful,
comfortable Montezuma,
The Ball Game.
The Santa Fe Centrals and the Las
Vegas Blues crossed bats at promptly
3 o'clock and 1t Is needless to say that
the game that followed was hot one.
Nearly two thousand people witness
ed the game and the grand stand was
filed to overlooking. Col. Twitchell's
babies beat Billy Martins pets by the
close score of 3 to 8.
, Fritz Earker, OF Denver. went In the
box for the Centrals and Charlie
Rhodes did the twirlng for the Blues
The Blues found Harker regularly
and gave way in the fifth inning to
Carl Fettus. Rhodes pitched a brilliant
game.
The line up OF the two teams were as
, follows:
Santa Fe Centrals - Shirk, third
base; McGillivray. right field Worries
, second base; Mcdonald. catcher; Geo
Parsons, first base; Catron. center
field: w. Parsons, left field; II. Alarid
, short stop; Harker and Fettus, pitch
| ers.
Las Vegas-Hale, left field; Moran
catcher; Harris, second base; Gross
, third base; Cosgrove, first base; Ny
! gren, short stop; Taylor. center field
Flaherty, right field; Rhodes, pitcher
The game by innings was as fol
lows:
First Inning-Hale hit safe to first
J base and took second on balk, Moran
, made a line hit past second base anc
Hale scored, Harris hit to pitcher and
was thrown out at first. Gross flew ou'
. to left field. Cosgrove made clean hi
end Moran scored on an error, Nygrer
forced Cosgrove at second.
Shirk called out for jumping across
: home plate after having three balls
and no strikes. which was done in or
+ der to rattle the pitcher. The pitcher
. failed to deliver the ball and Umpire
York decided the batter out A dispute
ensued and the game was delayed fol
, twenty minutes. Santa Fe refusing to
play II such decision stood. Finally
the difficulty was settled and the game
? went on. Shirk resumed his place al
b the bat and took first on a hit and stole
second. McGillivray struck out Worries
made two base hit and went to third
+. on an error, Shirk scored, Worries
? scored on McDonald's sacrifice. Geo
Parsons made safe hit. stole second
and was caught at third.
Second inning-Taylor struck out
Flaherty made base hit and went tt
second on an error, Rhodes made base
hit and went to third, Rhodes went to
second and he and Flaherty scored on
, bad throw by Mcdonald past second
Hale few out to center field and Mo
! ran was thrown out at first.
Catron took four balls, Parsons
struck out. Alarid hit ball for three
bases and catron scored, Alarid caught
mt home, Harker fouled out
Third inning-Harris out at first