Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-07-22

OPENING OF NEW
BASEBALL GROUNDS
Large Crowd Turns Out to Witness
Initial Game Of Season Here
Yesterday.

Close to one thousand people saw
the Albuquerque McIntosh-Browns de-
feat the Salmon Grays of this city in
the first baseball game yesterday af.
ternoon at the new grounds of the
Santa Fe Park Association. The Duke
City nine had the locals outclassed
as is indicated by the final score
which was to /.
Santa Fe'S new baseball grounds
are admittedly the finest in the entire
Territory. The diamond from which
the grass has been skinned is
rolled as level as floor and the out
field Is also remarkably smooth. The
grandstand stands Immediately behind
the catcher's box, and wire netting
is stretched in front as a protection
from foul balls The seating capacity
Of the grand stand was estimated at
about thousand but it will fall sew
eral hundred below that figure. 1t
was taxed to its capacity yesterday
and not more than seven hundred peo-
pie were seated The bleachers will
be completed by the time the next
game in the park is played which will
provide additional seats.
Shortly before the game was called
yesterday rain began falling but
turned out to be only a shower and
served to settle the dust on the dia-
mond nicely Santa Fe did not really
have even ''look in" at any time
during the game. However the result
was not surprising under the circum-
stances The Brownies" have one of
the strongest semi-professional teams
in the Southwest and the players have
been working together since the base
ball season opened. The Grays, on
the other hand have only played two
or three games this season and there
were several new players which made
good team work an utter impossi-
bility.
Galgano and Morgan were pitted
against each other for slab duty and
during the first few innings it looked
as if the game would resolve itself
into pitchers battle. They seemed
to be pretty evenly matched but luck
was against the latter and he was not
given the support either that he
should have had. Fielder Graham of
the visiting team carried off the hon.
ors Of, the day and incidentally fat
tened his batting average apprecia-
bly,. He connected with the horsehide
for two home runs, one Of which
scored another tally, and registered
two other hits besides. He also made
two pretty catches in left field.
The Albuquerqueans scored their
first in the third inning and flushed
two more in the third round. There
was nothing further doing on their
side until the sixth inning when they
Tailed two more and they got another
pair in the seventh Santa Fe's only
run came in the fifth chapter and
truth to tell it was presented to the
locals on a silver platter William
Parsons Is credited with the solitary
tally. He made first base on a
scratch hit, went to second on a balk
and during a dispute over the UNI
pire's decision stole third.
The American Lumber Company
band which came up on the excur-
sion from Albuquerque rendered sew
eral selections before the game start
ed, and at the conclusion of the game
there was bronco busting exhibition
given by forest rangers attending the
annual reunion here. The busting"
was done by Ranger F. G. Blake of
Gallina and was the best ever seen
here. Blake subdued with apparent
east two obstreperous broncos and re-
ceived hearty applause from the large
crowd for his nervy exhibition.
The following was the score of the
game by innings:
Albuquerque -. % 1 2 0 0 q 0-7
Santa Fe. @ 0 0 0 1 0 0--1
MISUNDERSTANDING and Mcdonald;
Morgan and G.. Parsons. N