The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-09
PAs0 HASN'T
TUMBL[D YET TO
SAD ruth
Pass City Prattles Of Next
Year; Rest Of Southwest
Knows Organized Ball Is
Dead as Doornail.

~ Paso, which hatchcd the Rio
GEande league and damned u Down
The syStcm Of the rect ~ the south
west - s~peouiatinf d~ivcrHentIt AZ 90
next years prospects They haven't
tumbicd 60 the fact Town there that
there aren't any prospects They
seem even more than ordinarily
mixed. because one expert close 20
Mcrloskcy writes airiiy % next
years Rio Grande season. while the
other, 3nst "a close 70 the author 81
the RIO Grandc hague. has the 1915
L~onxhorns playing IN the Texas
league.
The rest Of fhc circuit isn't nursing
any foolish Hoticns. Fhoensx and
Tucson realize, jus, AZ Albuquerque
does. that they couldn't chew the
hin they BIT. They have sworn Of
Organized ball. Under conditions
~rciening now. and not likely 10 alter
for years. neither 81 the three cities
Il In a position 10 Give steady support
to any kind ~ baseball organization
more than a good somi-professional
league Ia compact territory.
Here IL What the Phoenix Repub-
licah says Of the league collapse;
Searching foe causes. one finds a
plenty. Heath SEE no business man
Is COINS 20 bust a hole In his day, eat
. peck Of dust on the way. 10 the
park. and another peck coming back,
20 see n bali game, and he's just
about right. Back Of Il all. IL the
bigger cause-they bit Off more thar
they could chew. They put mp too
good a brand Of hall Cor the size and
taste Of the cities on the circuit. with
a mess Of SIS a month ball players.
working In livery stables On the six
days a week they didn't don unit
forms. this association could a 81 got
by. But. Il was, a nifty little league.
while 81 lasted. as cur contemporaries
sAy. And maybe. some day. In the
not too far distant future, somebody
Will come along with more yigor than
brains. and will push over a proper
little league in these digsings"
Part OF a long article b, the sporI
Sriter OF the M Paso Herald. who
was secretary OF the league, quotes
McCloskey as follows:
"The Rio Grande association il In
shape 10 go ahead In 1915 without
the troubles we had In starting THU
season. The heavy drain Tor initia'
expenses and the big railroad fares
caused our downfall this season san.
IA Re IS talking OF applying for a
franchise next season ana : would
like TO get another town somewhere
on the iiss OF the santa Fc railroad
which has given "a fine treatment
Then we would hive a good six-clul
league
II you don't like foolish harping OF
the idea OF assimilating more Ri
Grande punishment, maybe this Wi
please you better. u Is from The y
Paso Times. Evidently the writer
didn't get together before %assaultsni
their typewritcrs. Says the Times;
{" IT'S the Texas league for FL Pas
next year. This vas the statemen
Of Manngcr McCloskoy yesterday ar
tcrnoon after comforting with a mum
her Of prominent local fans concern
ing The baseball situation. Assur'
ances that the Pass City would h
right IN line for an attempt "a sc
snto the Texas circuit next seasol
were made by the fans. and as
promise Of a rate "a trific under
cents n mile has been obtained iron
the railroads. prospects for such al
action are very bright. ~ would roa
less 20 SO to Fort Worth and San An
tonin. a distance OF over 500 miles
than Il would 10 20 10 Phoeniv an
Tucson. which are approximately hal
that distance. under . proposition
made 10 Manager NcCioskey b. rail
road officials