El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-20

w gest piece of property de-
voted to amusements, owned
and maintained by the city of El Paso,
is not far from the heart Of the BUSH
ness section" says Art Woods, secre-
tary and treasurer of the Copper league
during the season Of 1913. Now that
the grandstand mas been destroyed by
fire to such an extent that another
will have to be built before a baseball
park can be made, it would certainly
be fine thing if a thoroughly modern
concrete grandstand could be erected
by the city.
There has been considerable dis
cussion," continued Mr.. Woods about
building a new convention hall. If a
new grandstand was to be built at
Washington park, much on the order
of the one In JuareZ 1t could be made
into convention and exposition hail,
with exhibit booths, that would rival
anything in the southwest for class
Ell Paso sooner or later is bound to
have a county or state fair annually,
and it is a cinch that the long one
story adobe building is not suitable
for this.
The old grandstand could be hauled
to the otter side Of the field, and used
iOl bleachers. When Mugsey' McGraw
was in Fl PaSO with the globe JrOttlng
Giant-Sox retinue, he expressed an
opinion that the grandstand was not
safe. After January Is, is is probable
that definite steps will be taken to-
ward the Improvement of the entire
field.
An Albuquerque team in the Copper
league would without doubt add to the
drawing powers Of the games. With
Albuquerque in the league, in cOnjunc-
ton with Ell PasO, it would make teams
from two cities in the circuit. and give
Prestige tc the playing ability of the
league. The only setback is the heavy
transportation fees to be paid by the
teams travelling back and forth. It is
already known that Santa Rita will
enter a team, while nothing definite
has been done at Silver City.
Two other additions are also eX-
pected, which would swell the league
to an eight team circuit.
Interest to a high degree was man
lfested in the fair tournament at Al
buQuerque, at the close of the season,
and in which all four Copper league
clubs participated. The same sort of
baseball that was shown at Washing
ton park during the entire sasOn was
exhibited at Albuquerque. Enthusiasm
was at high pitch during the tOurna-
ment and 1t is very probable that in
stead of a small city league, efforts
viii be combined toward organizing a
flrstclass representative club" con-
Guided Mr.. Woods.
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irresponsible newspaper cOrrespond-
entS and free lances who are sending
out anything to the papers to get their
stuff over are hurting e. Paso many
times more than the revolutions are"
said r p. Sherman, of the Manhattan
Heights Realty company. only today
paper came addressed to c. II. Ieaven
from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, with
lurid account of the battel in which
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Durborough, staff photographer and
correspondent It tells how Fl PasCans
are awakened by the shower of bullets
and lot of rot about people having
TO leave FL Paso. If we did not see
these papers OCCASIONALLY these stories
would get over But we intend to take
II up with the chamber of commerce
and see If something can't be done
about these wild eyed stories. The
reputable newspaper men and cores
pondents, so far as I have seen, have
sent out nothing but what has actually
occurred But these special writer's
socalled, seem to think that they have
to make their stories strong TO sell
them. I have been in the newspaper
business myself and I know that a
regular newspaper man aims to upbuiIc
rather than tear down his town
This Sheldon hotel lobby Is clear
ing house for all nations and ali classes
OF people, said judge Beauregard
Bryan Friday afternoon as he talked
of the war with some of his friends in
the lobby of the hotel. IF you wish
10 find anyone come here and If YOU
wish to find out what is going on come
and talk to q few of the regulars. This
IS an exceptionally fine place to study
human nature The refugees from
Mexico, federal army officers, United
states army officers. government Sc
cret service agents, mining men. cattle
men, ranchers and every other class
IN the southwest may be found in the
lobby"