El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-09
Army-City League Notes


J Do GRANDE ball park is beginning
N to appear more like a regular
baseball field every day. and the only
thing that is lacking in making it one
OF the fastest fields in the district is
a sodded diamond. Dugouts have beer
installed for the use Of the contend
ing teams and the club house has
been in use for several weeks. while
the city has arranged TO cover the
main grandstand with rubber roofing
Just as soon as workmen can be re-
leased from other duties The grounds
viii now De maintained by the park
officials and not by the league, and
teh diamond should be in excellent
condition for the weekend games. as
they can be worked on daily.
Coincident with the return OF over
seas veterans the standard Of base
I ball Is being steadily improved and
FL Paso fans can safely assert that
I the brand dispensed every weekend
par with any on the border. Richard
Filliman, one time shortstop OF the
Weston and Purity teams: Grover
Cunningham. Fred Bunson and many
other fast men. are back on the job
and are adding strength to their re-
sDective clubs. II is small wonder
that Fl Pas0 is not behind any other
city in real baseball
The Pitchers mound could IN
dergO a slight Improvement II n
In such position now fhzf II is n
handicap to both right and left
hand tvsirlers and could be built
up in such a manner that II would
he much more convenient for the
bOxmen.
Some fast games are scheduled for
Saturday and Sunday. as the Tomp-
with their accustomed pep and ginger.
The Saturday afternoon fray wiz
bring together the 1905 and Terrier
teams. while the first Sunday game
viii be between the 1905 and Eighth
Engineer clubs. which PLAYED such
sterling brand OF ball Sunday. In the
second contest Duty's Dodgers and
the Terriers will meet The schedule
Is an extremely busy one for the 4SO5
and Terrier teams, and all three
games should be extremely hard
fought and well worth attending.
One Of the most remarkable things
about the two games last sunday was
the extremely short time The first
game required 1 hour and IS minutes
and the second 1 hour and u minutes
The fans were Immensely satisfied. as
the players were put through their
PAGES by umpires Harry Kane and
pitchers in both games was remark-
able. and particularly IN the second.
when Gomez and Atkins put forth
their best efforts
Grover Cunnfrghnu seems TO
have hit his stride and is hating
and fielding like n Texas leaguer.
He made three pufouts in the
shortStOP position in the Satur-
day game. aside from slaInrninE
out four hits and bringing in
three runs. Grover seems to be
equally Mt home In the ouffieId or
on the diamond and Perkins can
he CONGRATULATED on HIS success in
landing him.
Nal r R. Neyland is Immensely
gratified at the success Of his team
in winning two games last week. The
pitching Of Rees has also been the
source Of much favorable comment on
the part Of the fans. and the Engineer
team as a whole has played splendidly
during the past three weeks
Following Its losses last week. the
Zone team now has q layoff and there
is little doubt but that Maj. James
Conlin viii put his players through
stiff workout in preparation for
the contests The recent games en-
Dhasized the contention that the team
Is D4lAL dIOuIO lilc NlltnflE OL 4lu4-
cahy and II Is only when this sterling
twirler is in the box that the supply
aggregation can count upon bringing
home the bacon.
Many fans regret the losing
streak of the Zone team. hut nm
ficiDate n renewed drive for the
pennanf on the part of this club
when the schedule II resumed.
Had It not been for that slightly
wild pitch in the first inning OF the
second game Sunday II would have
required some extra innings to set
the sS05 and Dodger teams. Atkins
famed five batsmen and Gomez eight.
The latter pitched a one hit game
also The 4S05 team took its defeat
Eamely and will undoubtedly make a
strong comeback when It fares the
Terriers Saturday. II everyone on I
the team worked as hard as two or
three OF the PLAYERS victory would be
assured in = big percentage Of the
games yet to play,
Manager Cliff Perkins OF the
Felduun team has an extremely
fast IrffeId at present and pros
poets look exceedingly bright for
the aggressive piIOt II he ran hold
this bunch together WaIferschfed..
Cunuiuebapa and Ortega are all
extremely fast men
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Weiss the little pitcher recently I
acquired by Dallas. Is an offsnring Of I
the FL Paso LEAGUE and is but ore !
OF the boys who have gone from this 1
city and made good on other dia- !
monds. FL Paso seems to be the