El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-25
Fl PlS0lNs GIVEN CORDIAL WELCOME
IN HISTORIC CITY OF Fl. Stockton
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best batsman, a man who wore boots
BiIy Bridgers went in for one fnn--
ing and played in the form he used
to show on the town lot when ne was
a boy and FL PaSo had a baseball team
that included the present district at
tOruey. sheriff PeytOn Edwards Billy
Rand and other more OF less -Statd
business or professional men OF me
present day.
KepIey's pitching was of the profess
siOnal sort. everybody knew IL was
professional ball for he never threw
one at or over a batter that. ne .dlQ-
not first spit on the ball and wind
himself up into the proper cOrkscreW
effect before delivering. he also wore
a cap which Dan White loaned hiTns
This made him look like a ball player
Plenty OF COaeheFs-
Dan White remained on the side lines
and alternately coached the FL Rase
team and tripped the base runners OF
the Maria team Other-El PasOaus
helped to root for the game-OccasioR-
ally for one side, then for the other
and the Ell PasO horns were kept go
ing all the time
who had helped to serve the barbecue
luncheon earlier in the afternoon. We're
present at the game and cheered the
FL PaSO players .fa-FF
After the game, the Mexican pitcher
was presented with a purse BY tifef z
PasOan'S-
Henry W. Schutze. who conducts the
BUSY bee confectionery ana also eElra
Pierce-FOrdyce OILS in Maria invited
the FL PasOaus to his place for ice
cream and cigars and the Ell ePas9aRs
accepted and ate some of the beSt-lc5
cream it had ever been their good f0rS
tune to put away where Ice cream be
longs. They gave three cheers for the
young cOnfectioner on leaving and IN
Vited him to accompany them to Maria
as their guest. His place Of business
bore signs welcoming the FL PasOans
and was decorated IN flags and bunt-
After the refreshments. the FL Pasoz
ans then spent the rest Of the AFTER
until time 70 leave for Alpine IN the
evening TEa-F 1s-s.
Good Time for FL PasOans.
It was a royal good tiHHe-the FL
PasOans had with the Marta peOples
and the Maria people had as good a
time. it seemed, in making the Fl
The Keynote of all the talks Of the
Fl PasOans and the Marfaites was that
FL PasO and west Texas should work
together TO help build up the west
that what benefits one benefits the
other The Maria people realize this
and they feel that they have a real
friend in FL PasO- They call Fl zPaso
home" and feel, they, say that when
they spend money In II Pasu Tor Things
their own merchants cannot supply,
that they are keeping IL at home,-
Many FL PasOanS are widely rae
quainted in Maria and it was like a
visit among home folks. Dr. $ T
Turner was particularly at -h9EHe here
as he started life IN west .IeEss9 At
Maria and went from Maria 70 Il
Maria People Pleased.
The Maria people were pleased that
the FL PasOans chose to spend almost
the whole day with them They said
it seemed like reaE visit ana con
trasted IT with the short stay OF the
san Antonio people here last Week
had that was TOO good Tor the II Ea.so-
ans and FL PasO -meHey -fEtg4e.s Ilstl any
good in Maria all day Thursday AIer-
chants set out their cigars on the
show cases when the Fl PasOans came
around and the cash register never
dnkled except when a Maria man or
woman came in TO make a purchase
FL PasOans were even invited IN be-
hind the bank cages by the Maria hosts
and to many Of them II was indeed q
novel experience Cla1Dorne ADAMS
called the attention Of w L. EOoley 10
this proceeding and asked why the 81
PasO bankers didn't treat the II tasQ-
ans the same way M IoOley m
formed him that it was because the
FL PasO bankers were better acquainted
with their home people s-,t =aHa.r
The FL Pasoans -arezsetting a. great
deal Of satisfaction calling IQoley
Bill" -Out here said one of-the
FL PasO party, we can call him fBi4
and get away with it. At home We
have TO say Mr. TOOley, and then
sometimes the best we get from him
is, you'll have to have some more en-
Lots Of Noise.
Henry WelchS tin horns have made
a big hit He supplied every body with
horn as the eXcursiOnists left III
PaSO and the horns have been working
overtime, even after the time that pe6-
pie at home are in bed and some ct
them on the train are also.
". W Mccoy is carrying grip
full Of matches, in Individual boxes
with labels that tell all about Hotel
Mccoy. J. J. Mundy is carrying postal
card views Of the new Hotel Paso. del
NOrte and distributing them. a.
Schwartz is distributing pencil hold
ers advertising the Popular. c. J. HE'LL
erstedt is distributing erasable- base
ball score tabs and hand mirrors ad-
vertising Two Republics Life Nearly
everybody has something in the line OF
a souvenir to distribute.
T. P kepley has been entertaining
the crowd with stories Of the time ne
had to fight TO keep the deer out ef
his camp so he could sleep at night
when he was out hunting in the Sierra
Madres- Dan White says-kepley. only
tells the story while they are e.cOoped
up in the train and cant get, away,
however.