Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-14
Hickory SpHnters

"TallSing Of the Albuquerque team.
Qnigley states that Reed has O iine
bunch, with the exception of the
pitchers. TrekeIl, who was with 81
Louis last year. Is dandy young
pitcher, according To Quiglcy, who
doubts # Carl Hamlock will hold his
Job and states that ifiun and Jardon
arc only fair heayers. The big asset
of the Dukes Is the strong bunch OF
batters. lust how Reed figures on
keeping within the salary limit Is
something that the other managcrs
can't figure out.
The foregoing, from the El Paso
Herald. would indicate that the tal-
ented and versatile Beck who pre-
sides over the sport page OF thar m
tereHtlng publication, is having some
trouble getting together with himself.
Just as the season was about to ne
gin Beck" went blthely ana cheer
fully Into the task of predicting how
the teams OF the Rio Grande assoc
citation would finish II Is usually a
pretty big undertaking TO do this in
the big leagues. whore old familiar
faces are seen year after year and
where tho ability of players and man
agers Is a known quantity. In league
which is stun IN It's tenderest infancy.
composed Of players and managers
gathered from every corner OF the
baseball map, hardly any OF whom are
known 20 Il single fan in the circuit
Il would be hopeless for anybody but
Beck
However. Beck ala Il. and when
he set through and added No the fig
ures he had the Dukes located some
where down In the neighborhood OF
firth place At that he may be right,
hut the present line OF dope doesn't
sdulnt that way
In the face OF the almost unbroken
string Of victories that Reeds men
have won, Il would seem that Beck
has backed up and il looking for an
abb. M anu so good as the old
mellow one about the salary limit
And there you are
Il IN altogethcr likely that Quigiey
said inst what ne Is credited by
Heck with saying because il
sounds SO much like bollplayer--
especially The part about the pitchers.
II is related that once upon a time
there was q ballplaver who struck ont
amt after returning to the bench fall
ed To remark that the pitcher didn't
have a thing He was Immediately
Tired by the union and has not been
allowed 70 play since.
II goes an along the line They do
Il In the big leagues aud on the sand
lots, It's "a two-to-one bet that when
Ruhe Marpuard worked that no-hit
game the other day the men on the
either team we're unanimously Of the
oninlon that he had nothing but his
glove There's a strange psychology
about the thing that causes a bali
player 10 sncer az the pitcher who
has lust made a monkey OF him, hut
IT'S 80, nevertheless
Anybody al al familiar with the ~
nanciM affairs ot the Albuquerque
club will laugh al the suggestion that
the Dukes are over the salary limit.
or th9t they VIII be during the sea-
sen that has lust begun In fact, we
viii consider ourselves an mighty
lucky 4 W. are able To wiggle through
the season within the limit and not
pocket Il loss. This rs not 10 say that
Albuquerque Is not supporting It's
team. but Il must be remembered that
ours u distinctly one uf the small
towns at the circuit and that long
pull strong pull and a pull all to-
settler Is needed to get by with orr
ganixed baseball with no larger popu.
lation TO draw from than we have.
In Heoree Reed the Dukes have a
aahager Who has no superior aud few
equals IN minor league baseball Reed
has been In baseball for about quar-
ter OF century and knows the pas
time from every anhle His connec-
lions ~ class A, = and c leagues are
such that he Is able TO get the best
material at Tho lowest figures and
his popularity with his men assures
him OF getting the best possible SER
vice out of them.
II the other teams In the league
haven't been able to pick up & George
Reed 10 manage their athletes. we
should worryl
The Official Eve witness.