Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-10-09
Ell PASO PLAYERS.
They viii Arrive in the Pass City on
thu Coming Sunday.
The PERSONNEL or PLAYERS.

The Kansas City base ball club,
which is to represent Ell Paso at the
Albuquerque fair, will reach that city,
according to schedule. next Sunday
morning and in the afternoon will be
seen at Athletic park, a y the Ell Paso
Herald.
They will divide their number with
the Ell Paso picked team and play a
game that promises to be very fast.
On the following day the profession.
ais will go up against the Ell Paso
team with the avowed intention of
shutting them out.
The professionals will then go up to
Albuquerque and play the team at that
point and return here the following
Sunday for a game with the New Mex
leo boys, remaining over Monday and
Tuesday, also to play two more games
making three professional and two
scrub games which the Ell Paso cranks
will see at home.
The team is a very strong one and
the fans expect some hot sport when
the members timber up on the field.
In the bunch are five pitchers. Mic.
Altrock. kid" Nichols, Wyatt Lee,
Gear and Gibson. When not in the
box these men will occupy fielding po-
sitions. All five have good records for
alship. Mic. Altrock m from the
American association, is a "phenom."
and has been called "the RUDE Waddell
of the American association" OF his
wonderful exploits might be mention
ed that when he played with the Mil
waukee Brewers" he won twenty-five
games out of ~thirty-two pitched and
shut out his opponents in four games
without even a scratch hit.
kid" Nichols is one of the owners
of the Western league. Fol- ten years
he worked his wonderful right arm
and good eye for the Bostons and was
considered their best man. During
the ten years he played with the bean
eaters he landed the pennant four
times, which was no little matter. Be
sides being a pitcher with an A l rec
ord Nichols has a fielding RECORD
made while with Boston Of 955 out of a
possible 1000.
Wyatt Lee from the Senators
Washington.
Gear comes from the Kansas City
American association team.
Gibson. also of the Kansas City
American association, pitched a game
recently of ten innings and not a hit
was made off him.
Negotiations are pending in an eff
fort to get Sy Young into the Ell Pasc
bunch. sly is Boston's king pitcher
and if Manager Ryan secures him he
will have a half dozen twirlers that
will be hard to hit.
Beville will don the mask and chest
protector. He will be alone in this
and his head work will have to be
great to keep track of the different
high signs of the pitchers he will have
to catch for. He m from the Kan
sas City American association team
and did such splendid work that New
York has signed him for her National
league team next year..
Cancel. who will hold down first
base comes from the Kentucky Col
onels Uouisville.)
Farrell, second base, Is from the
st. Louis National league team.
Brady. third base. halls from the
Kansas City American association
team. He, like Beville, was signed ter
days ago for New York's National lea
que team of next year.
Lewee. short stop, and Nance, cen
ter field, are both from the KansasCitN
American association, but formerl,
played in Detroit's American league
team. Nance is credited with being
the greatest thrower in the business
He throws either right or left handed
and when he lets fly the ball goes lk'
a shot from a rife. He, seemingly
without effort, Just sails it into hom'
or whatever base it is intended for.
The stick work Of the team averages
up to $50.