El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-21
CACTUS LEAGUE DOPE
ByM. M.
Walker

maids and maidesses and all of the fans
for miles around were at the train 10
meet and greet the returning heroes as
the folks back home were wont to do
the heroes of the ancient wars in the
oIden days. Governor Torres and his
staff happened into Douglas from NacO
Zari about the time the train from FL
Paso got there, so did a crowd Of
friends to meet and greet the bride and
groom with the usual full portion of
rice served raw and applied literally.
The whistles footed, the crowd
cheered and at one and the same time
the governor, the bride and groom and
the baseball club each arose to
acknowledge the salute, which each
supposed had been arranged in their
honor. The newly weds were showered
with rice, the governor was greeted
with cheers and the baseball club mem
bers were carried TO the bunting decor
ated hack by the fans. The best part
of the joke was that no one but the
baseball team got wise to the fact that
the celebration was arranged solely and
alone in their honor.
Sunday, when the clouds were scowl-
ing at the ragged work of the home
team and the wind was whistling its
disapproval across the sand lot ball
field, a fan in the fan stand started
that of 1909. Third base is not as
strong, neither is second nor first. he
said The shortstop is a. weak sister
and the outfield looked to him like
Eralytics by comparison. The pitchers
were not in the same class either. Tex
Merritt was better than anyone the last
years club had, but he was hurt and
couldn't play.
How about the bat boy, old tOp?"
asked the c2USric critic
The bat boy being a Chinee. the only
one inside of captivity, he had to admit
his superiority over the one of last
year. That is a crumb of comfort to the
supporters Of the game FL Paso has
q better bat boy than the 1909 club had.
Murray and again Murray.
Sunday afternoon there was a bug
perched on the corner of the old grand
stand roofing impartially for both sides
and drinking a bottle of soda pop be-
tween plays He whooped things up
for the home team until the blow-up
came, when he tossed his pop bottle
into the arena, pulled his hard boiled
hat down over his ears and started for
home in disgust
A shakeup has occurred in the Ell
Paso club, which resulted in the re-
lease OF Gill, the pulling in of Ketch-
UNI from left field to short and the
temporary assigning of Harley Kiefer,
the fast local fielder, to this position
until a fielder is signed. Wright has
been unable to catch his stride since
he came here and was given a green
slip Monday by Harbuck and asked to
turn III his uniform. Gill, the big
pitcher, who was brought here from
Los Angeles, has asked for his release
in order to report to Philadelphia in
answer to a small bale Of kilograms he
has received from Horace Fogel, presi-
dent of the Philadelphia Nationals, who
wants Gill for the first place position.
He first wanted the husky to play the
as he is too heavy to cover ground in
the outer garden. His hitting while
in California attracted the attention
of the Philadelphia magnate, and he is
anxious to give Gill a tryout. Gill has
the happy faculty. of playing ball with
his head as well as his hands and
should make it stick higher up. He will
leave Wednesday for Philadelphia to
report
An intimation of what is expected to
happen TO the ball club came Monday
when Wright was given his release
and Gill asked for his in order TO re-
port to the majors. Further shakeups
are expected in an effort to get the !
team up and going again after the |
slump it has taken since the Cananea
games.