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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-10
TEXAS LEAGUE NOTES
By Horace II. Shelton.

tire season last year. This goes to show
that TIE teams are very evenly bal
anced.
Third baseman Netzel has been pur-
chased by the Galveston Sand Grabs
from the Montgomery club. He played
last season under DOnnelly at Peoria
Ill, in the Three-I league. In lis games
last season he was at the bat 4S5 times
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-10

Tuesdays game put the Bronchos in
the first place for the first time this
season For time anyway the battle
for first honors will be between that
team and Houston. owing to the fact
that Galveston has lost so many games
lately.
There has been more extra innings
PLAYED this season TO date than the en-
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tt now looks certain that the Waco
aggregation will be among the leaders
in -khe Texas league within the next 30
days That team has not been able ID
, crawl out of the cellar yet but it climbs
a rung or two every day
Torrey, Danas's new pitcher from
Mobile, has reported He Will soon be
given an opportunity to show wha7 ma
teriaI he is made OF.
The National Baseball commission has
ruled that Waiter Morris, manager and
part owner of the Fort Worth club.
cannot recover the $500 he paid the Sa-
vannah club for his release. In 1903 he
was sold by the St. Louis Cardinals to
! Birmingham. passed from that team re-
spectively to the Charleston Is. c. club,
the Knoxville club and the Fort Worth
| club. Savannah claimed to have re-
| tanned a string on him and rather than
| stop playing while the matter was con-
| tested Morris paid $500 for his release.
| He wished 10 recover this but the com
mission says he cannot.
Clarin. catcher, has been purchased
| by Galveston from the Denver club OF
/ the Western league. He will replace
| either Stringer or Braun He comes well
recommended as a speedy and heady
player.
! Tom Carlin. who is playing at third
+ off and on for Houston, has been with
! several Texas league teams, starting
| with Fort Worth and playing last year
/ with Galveston until for some reason
he began to adorn the bench. He was
finally released and Houston picked him
| up.
Shifting Artie Griggs from second to
| the outfield has not improved his play
! iTtg with the ST. Louis Browns and it
| lobks like il was back to the brush for
| Artie. He will probably land with the
San AntODio team OF his playing the
| Globe-DefnOcrat says: When Jack
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Dope On Texas League Games
Wire to The Herald
EXTRA INNINGS PLAYED.

Gribbens the lin won '
until the last inning III ~
the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-10
HARD FOUGHT GAME


Sand Crabs Thprsd
the former
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-10
DALLAS DEFEATS WACO.

WacOT
doubled game
4to wacos
to well scattered
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-10
ARTESIA WINS ENDURANCE
CONTEST FROM CARLSBAD

Artesia, n, NJ, June 10.-The local ball
tam defeated the Carlsbad team at this
place to the score of Is to 2, which
represents the relative merits of the
opposing pitchers.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

At New York: T. IL 4.
st. Louis 800 1Oo0 90 8 1
New York % 90 o o 0 SIS 3
Batteries: St Louis. Sallee and
Phelps; New York, Wiltse and Meyers.
Umpires, tombstone and Moran.
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Big League Baseball
Thursdays Results
WESTERN LEAGUE

WESTERN LEAGUE.
At wichita R. II. E.
Topeka .... ..-.
Wichita ...... Is 0
Batteries-Jackson and Kerns; Aitch-
fson and Shaw.
At Sioux City RH E.
Des Moines --.......-
Sioux City 10 10
Batteries-Sage Huston and Bach
ant; Freeman and Towne.
Second game: R. 81. E
Des Moines II 3
Sioux City 6
Batteries - Hersche and Hawkins:
Furchner. Wilson, Chabek and Miller.
At Omaha R H E.
Lincoln 6 .
Batteries-MeIter and Cadman, Gond-
ing; Farthing and Clark.
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secured 112 hits, made 81 runs which
gave him a batting average of 1852. His
fielding average was -ST2- He is ex-
pected to add. materially to the strength
OF the team.
Hunter Hill OF. Houston is out OF the
CANT There is hardly game that he
stays through. Every time he is ban
isFeG = costs So. If Hill has to pay his
Own fines he is not making much salary
this year.
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At Philadelphia: X. n. 4,
Chica o oo4 10 0@5 II 0
Pbila- 60 01 0 "a 0
Batteries: Chicago, ~Ruelbach and
king: Philadelphia, Moore and Doom
EMPIRES Rigler and Emslfe.
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At Rrooklyn:

At Brooklyn: n n l.
Cincinnati % 0 o / % II
Brooklyn 10 o 1 %
batteries: Cincinnati, Rowan and
Mclean: Brooklyn, Kentzer, Wilhelm
and Bergen Empires, ODay and Bren-
nan.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-10

Alpine, Texas, June IA ball game
between Alpine and Marathon is sched-
uled TO be played at Alpine SATURDAY.
afternoon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-10

At Boston. h n Z.
Pittsburg .O1OOOo202 O2-7 II 2
Boston .O1OII0 01-6 10
Batteries: Pittsburg, Maddox ana
Gibson; Frock and Graham Umpires'
Klein and Kane.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-10

At Cleveland: h u e
philadelphia O02 o 1 % II /
cleveland - 100 o Of
Batteries: Philadelphia, COombs and
lam: Cleveland, joss and Easterly.
ITmpires. Evans and Egan.
Game called to ALLOW Philadelphla
70 catch train.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-10

AMERICAN LEAGUE
At St. Louis-New York-St- LOUIS no
game rain
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-10

At Detroit: II n -,
washington o1oO2 p II 2
De4roit 5000 0 0 0-1 )
batteries: Washington. Johnston ana
Street: Detroit, Donovan and ScnIhlo'-
Umpires, O'Loughin and Perrine'
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At Chicago: r. n l.
11h;caeo 1910 o ks o
batteries: Boston, Arenanes and Car
riran: Chicago, Young and Payne I'm
hires Sheridan and KERN.
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Recently at Shreveport 2n the Is In
ming game Gardner, the first basemaT,
made "a putOuts. That shows that the
pitchers were doing good work, OF
course assisted by good fielding.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-10

Z Bell, with Houston. is proving a good
utility man. When Hill Is banished
from game, which is every once and q
while, Bell comes IN handy TO be
switched to shortstop.
The National tribune., 1910-12-22
Meade Not Represented.

Editor National Tribune: In my first
visit to Washington since the close of
the war / found very interesting the
statues erected In honor of our Cen
erals, but l confess that I was both
surprised and sorely disappointed not to
find a statue, monument. tablet or pic
ture in the entire city to commemorate
the services or to even indicate that
there existed such General as Gen.
George G.. Meade. His services to the
Nation were certainly of great import.
Has anyone in the hearing OF Meade's
soldiers after the battle of Gettysburg
predicated that after the Union had
been restored that their victorious Cen
eral would not be honored in the Ma
tion's' Capital, by statue, or monu-
ment. but that his great antag-
onist's statue would be set up in
the Hall of Fame. in the Capitol,
the predictor. of such state of affairs
would have been tossed in blanket
or dumped into the Potomac at once.
The creator of the Army of the Poto-
mac, Little Mac" has noble monu-
ment here, and he hoblyI deserved 1t,
too. The same is true of Gems. Thom-
as, Mcpherson, Sheridan and Rawlings
That of Grant when finished will be
the most magnificent1Sof aiEn Hancock,
the Superb" has also q magnificent
monument here, and he was one. Of
Meade's corps commandefs at Gettys-
burg and Meadels right hand man
there. We old "blne-bellied Yanks" of
the Potomac army cannot help but
wonder why this apparent q1iscrimina-
tion against Meade. He was in COM
mand of the Army. OF the Potomac
longer than were This three predeee
sors-McCleilan. Hooker and Burn
side-together. He fought more bat
ties than they did.s-W.z George, Co. E.
lSsth Pa, Washington, DIX ,--.-..-e.
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The pontoon Bridge ''as1 at Selma.

Editor National Tribune: I enjoyed
reading f. r. KirkBatrick's "On the
Wilson Raid" in The National Tribune
of Oct. 13, but he should have said the
occasion of delay at Selma after the
battle was not for the short rest, but
in order to allow the pontooniers to
build bridge across the Alabama Riv-
er at Selma. This was built out Of
barges. so canvas boats, and the re-
mainder of the boats made on the
bank of the river out of pine lumber.
The bridge was over 500 feet long. The
bottom of the stream was soapstone
and almost impossible to get anchors
to hold. When the bridge was COM
pleted, crossing commenced. advance
guard and considerable cavalry got
over, some transportation wagons
started across, and when one team, six
mules and wagon got almost to the
center of the river the bridge parted
and let wagons, mules, etc, into the
river. which was the last OF them.
Another "a hours was consumed in
mending and getting the bridge back
in place, when, after zs hours from
the time IL was. commenced, without
rest to the pontooniers. it was finally
ready a second time for crossing. The
pontOoniers were composed of the
Sd battalion prior to detachment of
our four companies as pontooniers. We
were brigaded with the Sd Iowa, 18th
Ind. and Sd III. Cav. My remembrance
Is that there was no fighting at Mont
gomery; that the city authorities met
the command out of the city and sur
rendered the place. While passing thru
the city l saw a large U. S. Flag on
one street, with letters on it: Mont
gomery True Blue."-Fred w. Powers,
co. L, 18th Mo. Cav, Linneus, Mo.
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The General Understood.

Editor National Tribune: After the
battle of Antietam the Sixth Corps
crossed into Loudoun County, Va. The
second day out, while passing planta-
ton, we saw several sheep in a field
near the road. l captured enc. and
put 1t in a wagon. 1 heard some one
say: Where is the man that took that
sheep?" on looking out there by the
wagon stood the General and an cid
farmer. We got away In hurry. l
heard the General say that he'd tie the
man up and give him so lashes if he
caught him. This satisfied the farmer,
and he went home. When the butcher
dressed the sheep I divided with my
less fortunate comrades and took a
fine piece to the General. He said,
Bean. where did you ger! this?"
said: ASK me no questions and I'll
tell you no lies" I He said; BE care
ful. Orders are strict about foraging.
Don't let them get hold OF YOU. The
Provost might shut You up and make
you pay dear" But he knew who he
was talking to. ana slapped me on the
shoulder and said:'i"6oodl night. Look
out" If any OF those boys are still
alive, please write to- me. .-AAddison S.
Bean, Co. G. 65th N. Y, West Bethel,
Me.
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NIOrris'S Brigade,

Editor National Tribune: 1 noticed
an article in The National Tribune of
June 23, entitled "Morriss Brigade
Was There" and l agree with him, but
it was not much of battle, anyway.
The facts seem to be somewhat mixed
with II heard so and 1 guess So" We
had been following the retreating enc
my since early in the morning, and
every mile of the road was strewn with
knapsacks, blankets and various kinds
of accouterments, and to keep our tenn
per below boiling point we waded the
river nine times during the chase, and
we did not come up with them until
near the river bank. The road ran
along the bank, and a cornfield with a
rail fence occupied the space between
the road and the woods, and across the
river was a bluff and an open field
back and very thick growth of brush
covered the brow of the bluff.
Garnett had drawn his command up
in rear of this brush, thereby COM
pletely concealing them and forming
an ambush into which the 14th Ohio,
under Col Steadman (whose regiment
was in the cornfield), marching at will,
but close up to the fence, walked into
it. Trouble commenced right there and
then. The Johnnies introduced them
selves by firing volley down at us at an
angle of about 80 degrees, and it was a
question in our minds If they were
shooting at us or at the cornfield. Ger
tain it is the cornfield got the worst of
the charge. The 14th Ohio was on their
job, and took to that rail fence and
replied in fine style, and the other fell
lows took to the woods. An Indiana
regiment, the 7th, were Immediately
filed right, and waded the river. They
flanked them and pursued them some
distance, and one of their men is cred
.ited with killing Gen. Garnett. 1 do
not know of any artillery being brought
into action on our part, but one or two
solid shot came from their position. No
other troops than the 14th Ohio, who
were in advance, and the 7th Ind. were
engaged, and the whole battle did not
last 10 minutes, but the other boys
were there and ready. The whole
cause of the battle was baggage train,
which got stuck in the river and could
not get out. Some 90 or 30 real old
Pennsylvania sehooners were loaded
with all kinds of clothing. musical in
struments. books and anything and
everything were in those wagons. We
crossed over and camped on the field
until next morning, and we found II
dead and several wounded. One young
fellow crawled in the bushes, where
we found him. Our loss was one killed
and a few wounded This is the way
l saw it.-Henry J. Hermance, Co. B,
14th Ohio, Hot Springs, Ark.
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Sories Emneny Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

eral men and, I think, three wagons
We're a short distance down the hill to
our left. We forced the men to lay
down their arms and surrender. When
they came up to us a Lieutenant that
was with them kept watching our guns.
He said: What kind cf guns are them
you-alls has got? You must load them
on Sunday and then shoot all week"
On Aug. . or 3 we got back to Har-
pers Ferry, and about this time a force
of rebel cavalry under Gems. Jones and
McCausland made raid into Pennsyl-
vania. Our division of cavalry was sent
after them. We overlook some of their
rear guard at Hagerstown, Md, and
followed them up the pleasant Cum
berland Valley, but they made such
good time We could not overtaEe them.
After the Raiders.
On Aug. z when we were within
four or 1--WE miles of Chambersburg,
Pa, We saw the smoke of the mTrnng
town which the rebels had set on fire.
You may guess We put our faded horses
to their best to reach the place. They
had put out line of skirmishers to
impede our advance, but our boys were
SO mad to think they would thus wan
touly set fire to a defenseleSs place like
Chambersburg that we paid no atten-
ton to the rebels who tried to stop
us. Many of them We're cut off from
their commands and taken prisoners.
When we got into the town most of
the business part was pile of smoking
ruins. After we drove the rebels out
We went into camp there that night
At daylight next morning we were on
the move again after the rebels. We
The National tribune., 1910-12-22

Wis (the Eagle Tesiment9 belonged
was composed Of that regiment, the
11th Mo-, 26th Ill ana 47tif Ill.,, during
all the time while .engagad at New
Madrid, Point Pleasdht, Island No. 10,
Pennington, Miss. lsadinsaA up to the
siege of Corinth. the fnarcn TO Tuscum-
bia, Ala, and retatn, thss battles of
Iuka and Corinth, MIss.. october, 1862;
the campaigns in northern Mississippi
from DanvIlle 10 Holly Springs and
oxford, Miss, and back to Colliersville.
Tenn. and on to Memphis Il& Charles
ton Railroad. During most Of that
time 1t was commanded by Col John
Mason Loomis. OF the 10Th III. About
this time. however, the $40 men," as
we called them. began to arrive, most
of the old brigades were broken up ana
new ones organized out Of partly old
and partly new regiments. I do not
know what became of the other old
regiments. but the 2Gth Iii. was bri-
gaded with the Goth III. the 18th end
the Tooth Ind, constituting a. that
time the First Brigade, First Division,
Sixteenth Corps. of which it remained
a part until the close of the war If
the 5th MINI. was assigned to the
Eagle Brigade" it was done after
the 26th Ill. left it. The Eagle
regiment" aside from it's live eagle,
did nothing to distinguish it from any
Ol the OlHeE Regiments. L WIS inter-
ested in COmrade McElrey's history of
the Atlanta campaign. but don't like
the manner in which he disposed of
the magnificent fighting done by the
Fourth Division, Fifteenth Corps, at
the battle of Ezra Church, Ga, July
rs, 1864. All he says is that "Harrow's
Division captured five battle flags" just
as If those old battle flags were Of any
consequence or as If 1t was all that
was done on that day by that match
less body of fighters. I captured a
rebel Colonel there. At that time I
was a Sergeant, and I fancy that one
rebel Colonel was worth more to us as
a prisoner than 100 of their old battle
flags. but L can assure you that there
was some fighting done there. After
the battle we buried dead rebels by the
hundred in front of our lines.-Louis
w. Pruss. Co. L, Goth Ill, Minneapolis,
Mimi, Box 551.
The National tribune., 1910-12-22
A Diary Found on the Battlefield

Editor National Tribune: 1 have in
my possession q long letter written
Dec. 4. 1909. by a Confederate soldier.
II. d. Pearce, Co. d, 18th Tex. Cav, c.
s. A. q. G.. Walkers Division), while
he and I were corresponding concern
ing a Testament that L found on the
battlefield at Pleasant Hill. La, be-
longing to a 18th Ga. Cav. soldier. He
wrote me Of pocket diary which he
found the day before I found my book,
in the cartridge box of Union soldier.
After the battle of Mansfield, La, on
the Red River. which was fought April
8, 1864, in which the Thirteenth Corps
fought alone till they had been driven
back to Sabine Crossroads, where our
corps. the Nineteenth, came to their
assistance, holding the enemy back and
saving the Thirteenth Corps. our forces
fell back to Pleasant Hill, some 10
miles away, to unite forces with Gen.
A ]. Smiths Sixteenth Corps to fight
the next days battle. Early the next
morning. before it was light enough for
the Confederate forces to follow us up
this Confederate soldier, Mr. Pearce
of the Texas Rangers, took a stroll out
on the battlefield. and found among
the dead Union soldier who had the
left side of his head shot away Mr.
Pearcc said that the Union soldier had
an Enfield rifle, which was better than
his gun, and his equipments were also
better, so he took them and left his.
In the Union soldiers cartridge box
was this diary. with the name on the
front leaf. The name was very dim,
and as near as he could find out 1t was
William Goe-, Sd Ohio Cav, and on
the back page was Leroy S. Supplee,
Co b, Camp Denison, o." The field
was cleared by the Confederate troops
and the dead buried on April 9, 1864
This Texas soldier still has the diary
and would be glad to find out any
thing concerning it. I would be glad
TO hear from anyone knowing to whom
it belongs or anything concerning it
Melvan Tibbetts, 18th Me-, ITO Court
street Bangor, Me.
The National tribune., 1910-12-22
AFTER THE CHAMBERSBURG
RAIDERS.

Capturing the LOoters of the Burned
Pennsylvania Town-Other Actions
In the Valley.
Editor National Tribune: In July.
1854, my regiment (after the Hunter
raid at Lynchburg) arrived at Martins
burg, w. Va. We did not get any time
for rest, but marched at once to the
front, which was then three miles
south of Martinsburg, on the Winches-
ter road, at the big spring, where we
found some regiments of infantry in
line Of battle Some of us cavalry
were sent out to relieve the infantry
skirmishers, and we were soon eXchang-
ing shots with the same men whom We
fought at Lynchburg. We drove the
rebels back to Bunker Hill, about 10
miles up the Valley, where We camped
that night.
The Shenandoah Valley is rich and
fertile, and was great storehouse for
the rebel army, and they put forth
strong efforts to hold it. The Shenan-
doah River flows thru the Valley at
the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains
From Cedar Creek to Harper's Ferry
the Valley is perhaps 20 miles wide in
some places.
1t is my purpose to give only brief
account of the minor engagements of
the campaign. For two months we
had almost daily brushes with the reb-
els at some place in our front. On or
about July II Gen. Crook, with the
The National tribune., 1910-12-22

followed them SO closely that they did
not get a chance for much more devil
ment. Two days later we surprised
them in camp at Moorfield, Va. and
captured most all of their men and
horses and came very near getting the
two Generals. A lot of money and
other valuables was captured by our
men in the rebel camp that morning.
When we went back to Harper's Fer
ry We found that Gen. p. H. Sheridan
had been sent to relieve Gen. Hunter
on Aug. Z, and was in command of the
Army of the Shenandoah.
After we had turned over the pris-
oners. arms and horses which we had
captured at Moorfield, Va, an order
was read to us stating that the money
and other property, except that which
I have named, was to be retained by
the men who had captured it. There
was great rejoicing over our capture of
the rebel raiders who had destroyed
Chambersburg.-Solo Love, Co. F,
I'd w. Va. Cav, Findley, o.
The National tribune., 1910-12-22
Raid Upon Fredericksburg.

Editor National Tribune: On March
4. 1865, the Third Brigade, Third Divi-
sion. Twentyfourth Corps formerly
the Eighteenth Corps), composed Of
the 5sth and 1ssth Pa, 40th Mass, i2d
n. H. and 21st Conn. broke camp near
Fort Harrison. on the James River, and
embarked on transports for Fredericks-
burg, then in possession of the rebels.
On arriving at that place We surprised
and captured the Provost-Marshal, to-
gether with an escort of cavalry and a
train loaded with tobacco. ready for
shipment The Provost Marshal was
found hiding in an upstairs room un-
der bed, but our boys found him.
After destroying the tobacco and set
ting the place in repair we re-embarked
for Fortress Monroe. meeting with
some opposition on our way down the
river; but our gunboats soon opened
the way with shot and shell among
the surprised Johnnies. who were not
aware Of the large guns on board. We
soon arrived at Fortress Monroe, and
went on to Norfolk and Portsmouth
and coaled up for further orders. Our
next move was up the Potomac River
TO Kinsale, where We marched out in
the forenoon with strict orders to touch
nothing along the route. But after
some hot coffee for dinner we marched
back to our boats on the river, receiv-
ing orders to take anything eatable,
and We certainly did ourselves Justice
in the eating line.
On our return trip we marched thru
strip of thick woods with heavy un-
derbrush, where band of rebels ly-
ing in ambush struck the rear COM
pany of the 21st Conn. (the rear of the
column), and before the regiment could
resist several of the company were
killed with the saber. The rebels fled
thru the brush and made their escape.
On our arrival at the river in the
afternoon we received orders TO butch
| er 'and eat. Our supply consisted of
cattle, hogs. ducks, chickens, turkeys
and honey. and it was an easy mat
| barking for the return trip our gun.
boats opened on the guerrillas, who
| made themselves too prominent AT
Fortress Monroe we rested at ancher
| over night, and on the following day
our expedition went up the York River
and the Pamunky to White House
Landing and went into camp. We re-
paired the bridge across the river, so
Sheridan could cross his cavalry COM
ing up from the Shenandoah Valley to
join Grant at Petersburg In the latter
part of March. 1885.
After resting his army a few days
at White House.. Sheridan continued TO
the James River, and our brigade
marched across the peninsula and went
into camp on Spring Hill. near Fort
harrison, within few miles of our
tormer camp.-W. r. Schaffer, Co. III
sch Pa. Waller. Pa.