Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-08-12
Big, Enthusiastic and Well Pleased Crowd See the
City, Attend the Sport, View the Encampment
and Join in Dancing, Song and Speechmaking.
Ideal Weather and Events of Interest.
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DANCE OF GUN CLUB-AFFAIR At THE COMMERCIAL Club

Albuquerque day 81 eneampment
week brought several surprises, nnny
pleasant features and crowd that.
was enthusiastic and delightful, One
of the surprises was the base ball
game touching which more anon.
Many Of the visitors, also, We're sur
prised with the lovely Woodland park
just over the hill from the rnce track.
with the beautiful surroundings, the
green fields. yerdant mountains and
The sweet cool air of the city, The
first train 10 the fair grounds In theI
afternoon carried quite q number Of
visitors. The second train Of seven
coaches went londod to the guards.
Crowds drove ont In carriages. All
told more than 1.5o0 people passed
through the gates OF Gallinas park
yesterday afternoon. There was In
terest whom the infantry companies
In camp on the mesa, led by Colonel
John Borradaile came marching down
the hill and In through the gates.
There was additional interest when
the cavalry under the command Of
Major Rankin came riding In. The
eyolutions Of the guardsmen during
the afternoon were closely watched
and applause greeted the precise work
OF the troopers and the infantry men.
Departing from the field. the soldiers
led by the first regiment band march
cd In front Of the grand stand Adju.
tant General Whitenan and his staff
were present with the regiment.
A spectacular march was made by
the first regiment band during the
afternoon. The bandsmen led by an
officer marched and counter-marched
In the quarter stretch, formed squares
and circles and columns and sets OF
fonrs, following the command con-
yeyed by tho officers sword, blowing
the while like the pied piper Of Ham.
lin town.
The base hall was disappointment
not only TO the Las vcgans who were
loyal TO their team but To the visitors
who expected To see q rattllng good
game. Il was the nnaeconntable that
happened as the unaccountable some
times does. The Las Vegas boys went
up In tho air at the very start. Cir
.cumstances conspired against them.
Tanning, who hal been expected 10
pitch had been out on an engine all
night and wasn't In shape Rhodes
went In entirely unpreparcd and what
with the unexpected situation, the
nervousness arising from the fact that
he was up against the hardest bunch
OF the year, and perhaps an offday
anyway. caused the usually effective
and reliable pitcher 70 10 10 pieces.
The speedy twirler couldn't control
the ball al all and when the first half
was over Albuquerque by means of
four hits and as many presents had
chased In six runs.
In tho face OF the fact that the
game was lost Tanning went In and
for two innings allowed no hits. In
the fourth the sluggers landed on him
for five runs. IIc quit and Jackson
went In He played d plucky uphill
game striking out several men. Nat.
urally the whole team had gone to
pieces and when II was all over, Las
Vegas and run made by Jackson In
the first and albuquerque had twenty
two. OF course Il was awful. but ltI
was exactly what Albuquerque had
done on the occasion of the memor.
able ITO game when Manager Blood
went Into the field and told the Las
Vegas boys for heavens sake to stop
pounding the Albuquerque pitcher.
The Blues are counting on winning
today and Las Vegas is backing them
% loyalty a. ever
The first regiment band and the
Colombo band. Of Albuquerque. took
turns at furnishing excellent music