The Socorro chieftain., 1907-10-05

Spects to the territory's chief ex.
ecutive. At late hour the
governor left for his train in
waiting, and thus ended Curry
Day" at the fair. II never re-
ceived a more cordial welcome
in my life" said the governor
1T makes me feel that am
back home indeed. While
knew Socorro was going to have
fair | didn't expect one on such
an extensive scale. ! appreciate
Curry Day" from the bottom of
my heart and the welcome given
me by the good people of Socor-
ro county and their visiting
friends"
SUNDAY, SAN MIGUEL DAY"
Sunday was San Miguel
Day." the day of special relig-
ious exercises in honor of the
patron saint of the local Catholic
church.
Early in the morning the First
Regiment band assembled in the
plaza and gave public concert
that was greatly enjoyed by
throng of people who were at
tractcd by the excellent music.
Later, at the close of religious
services at the church, the usual
procession wended its way from
the church to the plaza and re-
turn. Not less than fifteen hun
dred people marched in this pro-
ceSSion, and the sight was an
impressive one, especially to those
who were not accustomed to the
solemn observance.
soCoRRo 3, BARELAs ,.
Doubtless as fine an exhibition
of the national sport as was ever
witnessed in Socorro was that of
Sunday morning when the Bare
las Grays went down to defeat
before the Socorro Blues by a
score of to ,. Galgano and
Diamond of the Albuquerque
Browns were the battery for the
visitors, and Rhodes of the St.
Louis National league team and
Pinkerton of the Kansas State
league offciated for Socorro.
The interest of the big crowd in
the grand stand in the game
from start to finish was intense.
1t was not until the sixth in
ming that one of the Grays sue
Ceeded in connecting with the
home plate, trick which was
duplicated in the ninth. The
Blues scored one in the fifth in
ming and two in the eighth. As
the third man to go out for the
visitors in the ninth inning went
to the bat there were three men
on bases. Rhodes was cool and
deliberate. Strike" called the
umpire, and Strike" again.
Hundreds of spectators held
their breath. Again Rhodes let
go the ball. 1t was popped back
into his hands and an accurate
throw to first ended the game.
BROWNS q, STARS l.
Sunday afternoons ball gam.
was an exhibition game between
the Albuquerque Browns aud a
picked team called the Stars.
Though it lacked the intense in
terest that was taken in the
mornings game it was a good
game and was witnessed by not
less than a thousand people.
Craible and Reilly we.e the bat
tery for the Browns and Hager-
man and Pinkerton served in
that capacity for the Stars.
The Browns tailed three in the
third inning, one in the fifth,
and two in the eighth. The
Stars reached home once only,
in the third inning.
BRONCO BUSTING, SHOOTING, RTc.
II. c. Medley, Milt Craig, aud
Maria Baca again showed their
wonderful skill in bronco bust
ing to the great edification and
delight of the great crowd in
and out of the grand stand.
The shooting match which
followed resulted in the follow
ing score out of a possible 25:
Dwight Stephens 2l, Chris Ras-
thel p. w. IL. Hill Is, l.. G,
Young 10, w. +. Cobb "a.
A burro race, in which Lloyd
Mayors animal won the purse,
Indian foot races, and other
minor sports closed the after
moons proceedings.
Continued 10 pure 4.