Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-15
BASEBALL GAMES
2 VS.. BULL FIGHTS
NATIONAL. GAME SUPERsEDES
FAvORITE SPORT IN
MEXICO.

Baseball Is out uVe years Oio IN
Mexico, but it has had a most phe-
nomenal growth, until now It threat
ems to replace the traditional bull
fights. When a baseball game is
In q Mexican city, the play
ers are escorted to the grounds in
surreys, hired at the rate Of $1.50 an
hour, with a brass band leading the
procession and shedding sweet strains
while the game Is in progress. After
the game 1t Is common thing for
enthusiastic fans to present the win
ners with tips" of goodly size.
Salaries in the Mexican and South |
west leagues, are always generous. |
and the great hospitality Of the pee
pie, coupled with their tendency to
voice their praise with gold pieces. |
makes the way Of the. popular ball |
player exceedingly pleasant. There
is one great drawback Ito playing Ia
this section OF the country, however. |
and that Is the fearful heat which
frequently Is to be found. If the
baseball artist can overlook this one
objection to playing in the south
west, he is assured OF a salary Of at
least 800 month, clear Of all ex.
penses. seq
Two years ago. what Is now the
Moran team, made tour Of Mexico
and the southwest states. and the en-
thusiasms developed for the great Am
erican game wss very surprising TO
the members OF the Los Angeles
team. says the Los Angeles Times.
Everywhere they we're treated royal
ly. and the UP to date American uni
forms. baseball outfits and style OF
play were the subject of much COM
ment. eases4ss S4Ss 4ssas4
Manager Oscar Chavez plans to re-
peat this trip with a local amateur
nine this year. and Will leave next
February with an aggregation Of
players, under the name of Tuft-
Lyon. for a three months tour. The
trip is made In the spring In order
to avoid the excessive heat of the
+, usual Baseball months.
To illustrate the hold which base
ball has upon the population of Mex.
.ico. Manager Chavez tells a story Of
Ne last Moran invasion OF that coun-
try. A game was played with the
Hermosillo team on February rs,
1906, and a bullfght was scheduled
for the same day, in which famous
Spanish matador was to be seen.
General admission to the bullfght
was so cents. while for the baseball
game seats in the bleachers were
worth rs cents, grandstand view
cost $1.35. and chairs were worth
$3.50. Eighty-fonr OF the oldest re-
sidents witnessed the bulifght and
1000 fans attended the game. 1t is
the same all over Mexico. when bull
lighting and ball playing come into
competition.
A letter received from Elmer Rel
ger yesterday shows that the interest
is even stronger at Cananea this year.
Rieger is playing on the Cananea
team and writes that 5000 fans
turned out for a recent game in that
city, paying an admission fee OF 81.
After the game Rieger was handed
$40 by fan who admired his pitch-
ing. Cananea has defeated Tucson
in four out Of Eve games, the last
time on July Is by the score of 20
to 3. Today the team meets FL Paso.
The games In Hermosillo were at
tended regularly by Gov. Isalyado Of
Sonora. Gen. Torres, President MIL
, Ter of the ten Sonora banks, and 9th,
err notables Of the capital city. Archf
viera. Tireen. Monteverdi and Harry
Smith. all bankers of Hermosillo. are
the hackers OF the Sonora league
Last season the league was set bacl
$4,000 by the seasons playing. which
sum Smith and Monteverdi paid tt
the complaining directors. whic.
shows the brand Of sportsmanshil
existent there. M Il
Another league exists In the Cit.
of Mexico. headed by f. Knight. for
merry Of FL Paso. ana IL in pros
porous condition. having made sew
eral thousand dollars last season.
Arturo Garlic, manager~sof ..~th,
Cananea team. has stated that he wil
win the Sonora league cup this year
even II he has to import a who'll
team from Los Angeles. at any ez
pense. Rivalry Is very keen betweel
this team and the Las Priestas nine
Each has won the valuable trophy
valued at $500. once IN the two year
It has been offered. To win 1t twic
yneans to retain it permanently, ao
= Nth teams will make hard bid 10
wit this year.
The route to be followed by Chs
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