Albuquerque morning journal., 1906-09-08
& GRADE OF BASE
BALL FOR FAIR
TOURNAMENT
Ell PAS0 AND GLOBE HAVE
ENTERED THE RUNNING
Crack Teams of the Southwest
Coming Here to Struggle for
$500 PurSe-EI PaSo Ball
Teams Get Together,

The fastest amateur baseball
tournament ever pulled off in the west
is going to happen right here in AL
buquerque the week of the territorial
fair. There have been professional
baseball tornaments here and anna
teur tournaments, but it Is doubtful
If any of them will compare in in
terest with the baseball that will be
played here from September II to 23
The three or four teams of I'll
Paso which have been playing indif-
ferent baseball against each other for
the past six or eight weeks, have uni
ted in what is known as the Union
baseball club. They have united for
the purpose of making one team to
play in the Albuquerque tournament
going hence to Las Vegas and to
Globe, Ariz., where a big baseball
tournament will come off early III
October. This team is said to be a
hummer.
Then there are the Clifton and Nor
enci teams, both of them pennant
winners
Manager McCanna of the fair as
sociation yesterday received the final
entry of Manager Stevens of Globe
Ariz, for the Globe baseball team
another very speedy organization.
This makes three Arizona teams
three New Mexico teams and the f.
Paso aggregation. They are all fast
baseball players and with seven en-
tries there should be enough baseball
during the fair to fill the heart OF
the fan to overflowing.
OF the Eel Paso team and its ac-
complishments the El Paso Times has
the following to say:
IN y,,s.1 AlOI
has been entered in the tournaments
in Albuquerque, Las Vegas and Globe
the first two tournaments being played
during the territorial fair at Albuquer-
que and the Northern New Mexico
fair at Las Vegas. The other game.
will be played at Globe at theil
tournament next month. Manager
1ngersoll has posted all forfeits an(
is busy strengthening his team and il
daily practice. He is confident oi
winning first money in all the con
tests he has entered. He is said II
have Il very strong aggregation, tax
ing some of the best players from the
Morenci team, which disbanded here
yesterday. We will have one of TIL,
strongest teams, if not the very
strongest, that ever represented Il
Paso,' said Manager Ingcrsoll yester
day. 1 see no reason why we should
not win everything we tackle Aftel
these games in which the Unions are
entered they will make a tour of Ari
zona and New Mexico, playing in al
towns where there is team. Tue
son, Phoenix and other Arizona town
have already arranged for games witt
the Unions"
Combs to Umpire the Games.
In this connection the umpire fo
this years tournament will be ID. n
Combs, the most successful umpire
who ever worked in Albuquerque
Combs is now in Leavenworth and ha
ben umpiring games for the Kansas
state league this season. He vii
leave LeavenWorth for Albuquerque
on the 18th.
Browns to Play Santa Fe Sunday.
"Skidoo to Santa Fe" is the mott,
of bunch Of live boosters who ar,
working out just now in the interes
of the excursion which will accom-
pany the baseball team to Santa T.
tomorrow. Manager McCanna of tn
fair association has been elected tn
leader of the crowd, and the booster
say they will take him to Santa F.
whether he wants to go or not. Their
will also be an excursion to Santa T.
from Antonito, and crowds from al
along the Denver and Rio Grand
are expected, so that the day will b
busy one for the capital The bas
ball team will leave OH the excursion
train at 7.oclock in the morning.
The laxative effect of Chamberlain
Stomach and Liver Tablets is so agree
able and so natural you can hardl.
realize that it is produced by a medi
cine. These tablets also cure indiges
ton and biliousness. Price 25 cents
Samples free at all druggists,