El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-28
LBUQUERQUE win line !

LBUQUERQUE will line up for
a the new Rio Grande Baseball
L n league in fine style according TO
the visitors from the Duke City who
are here for the big stOckmen's con-
VeutiOn. The nOrtherners realize that
the troubles Of the league last year
were primarily due to the fact that a
couple of the managers would pay no
attention TO the salary limit and the
intimation that each club will have TO
Dost a forfeit of $500 to $1,000 as
guarantee that the salary limit will be
maintained this year is making hit
in Albuquerque.
T A Egan secretary Of the Albu
querque chamber of commerce, states
the league will get good support in his
city and that the business men viii be
ready with the required financial back
ing when the club is formed.
Albuquerque IS one Of the best cities
on the new circuit While not as large
as some of the other cities, the Duke
City boasts Of a fine bunch Of good
sportsmen and q good pennant scramble
will result in a large attendance there
The attendance in Albuquerque last
year was not good for the reason that
the fans wanted to see real contests
and manager George Reed of last
years Dukes, had a high-salaried ag-
creation that outclassed the early Wis
itors there Cinch games, even for the
home team, don't appeal to redblooded
fans and the Albuquerque fans are no
with a tight salary limit, there's go
ing to be & real race in the new league
and Albuquerque can be counted in
according to the delegation here for
the convention
The race in the City Basketball
league is becoming really interesting.
There are two games on the Dill for
Saturday evening and one promises to
be a real battle while the other may
on the done. the Cactus club should
have a fairly easy victory over the
1nllers, though the latter may make
stil further changes with the result
that the team viii be much stronger
than on Wednesday night The Cactus
club is just a full game ahead OF the
Wall five in the league standing and
Demar Bowman's crew cannot afford
10 drop a game
The second game will be between
the Walz and Mines teams. Mines
PLAYED a greatly improved game on It's
last out and while the Musicians are
now in second place, they are going
10 have no easy time The Mines play
ers are getting a fine combination ana
if they can show as much improvement
Saturday night over their last game as
they did then, the Musicians viii find
themselves opposed by team fully
their equal
Ad Wolgast has sprung many odd
stories on the fight fans but the star of
them all comes from Chicago and is
sponsored DE ia w smith. sporting
editor of the Chicago American, and
reads
Here's a new one that Ad sprung on
US the other evening I knew that he
had done a lot Of game, even fOolishlv
game things IN the ring, and asked
him what he considered his greatest
feat in this respect
He thought for a little while and
then answered slowly
Il don't take any particular credit
for whatever gameness ] have shown
in the past. You see, II just came
naturally TO me. at least 7 guess that
was the way il was Nobody ever hurt
me much in the ring so that 7 could
feel il at the time. I've stopped a lot
of pretty stiff punches, but as far as
I am concerned can say truthfully
that 7 never felt much sting to them
al the time. The excitement Of fight
ing I guess made me forget Of course
after a fight is over and you've been
pretty well hammered. you feel like
you had fallen off the Masonic tenn
pie or something Of the sort
The one thing that hurt me most
in all my life and what consider was
the gamest thing ever did-and it