Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-15
BASEBALL BUGS IN
ALBUQUERQUE TO
GET BUSY SOON
Looks Now As If Padilla and
Hutchinson Will Have City
Clubs; Many Amateur Ag-
gregatiOns.

The prospects FOR live baseball IN
Albuquerque this season are pretty
bright Il begins 70 look az II Hutch.
inson, Varsity coach. aud Padllla.
manager OF the Grays. viii both have
clubs IN the field Hutchinson has
been busy among the merchants for
more than a week soliciting support
Tor his club and has received consid.
cradle encourageuicnt. He proposes.
provided sufficient financial assistance
" guardanteed, 10 put over a baseball
club Ina Albuquerque that will be some
club. CHIEF among Hutchinson'g
plans Is the scheme 90 build a ball
park on the New Mexico Central
depot site, Tiieras road and the San
Ia Re tracks, opposite the Water Sup
ply plant. Negotiations are now on
for lease on the ground and II the
lease Is forthcoming n park TO cost
approximately $4,000 will probably be
constructed. Manager Dan Padilla of
the Graya, says that Il Is lmmaterial
70 him whether Hutchinson gets into
the baseball business here. The
more clubs In town the merrier, Is the
way Padilia puts II.
Il have received enough encourage
ment from the fans and merchants 10
start things going right this year"
said Padilla. but ] am not going 90
shoulder the entire responsibility for
the GrayB this year. II the people
want me to manage the Grays well
and good. And II they want 20 have
some one else manage the club IL will
be all right with me- But | don't pro.
pose TO worry myself to death over
the finances OF the team this year
II am manager / want a board OF
directors and secretary. ! have
the material for a team all right and
Il VIII be q good one. if Hutchinson
has a team II viii mean a schedule
OF games between two Albuquerque
clubs. This will be interesting and
may get the fans to turn out in
lunches
Whatever the situation, II Is certain
that Albuquerque will have al least
one good baseball club this year.
Whether II will be run by Hutchinson
or Padilla remains TO be seen.
In the amateur line. there will be
a dozen or more teams that will show
good class, The Happy Go-Luckys
are first In the field and hope to win
the pennant IN the city league that
r. 70 be formed The Haps start our
with a good pair of pitchers. Leo
Murphy. a speedy southpaw, and
Frank Tierney a young street COM
missioner who has suddenly shown a
disposition 20 become a slab artist
Instead OF a first basemnn Backing
mp Murphy and Tierney will be Cue
yara, the old reliable "Speedio." and
Otto. newcomer both men being
classy backstops. II Is possible that
Guevara may be switched from catch.
er TO shortstop, which position he
played for two years on the ~ Paso
internationals. Otto played seml-pro
ball last year and IL said 20 he some
backstOp. The inield on the Haps
win be strong this year with Cap
tain Joe McCanna. first base; Warren,
second base; Higgins or Guevara.
short stop; Leeds or Letarte. third
base. and Raw McCanna. Shufilebar-
ger and a man still to he selected for
the field Having had the benefit Of
an early work, Captain McCanna
shows M In classy shape at first base.
Brain and Drawn and q good knowl-
edge OF inside baseball and how Il Is
played, are factors which viii yet
make Joe second Frank Chance.
The only thing that the Haps need to