Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-06-25
CRAYS SLUGG|NG
HARD; DAN BUSY
FIXING WINDOWS
Team in Great Shape for
Sunday Battle at Santa
Fe; Balls Lost in Practice
Cost S100 a Month.
BY DANIEL o. ORTIZ.

"Crash," went the sound as of
broken glass. A woman came out
Of q house crying, IAN earthquake,
an earthquake" Two men going
by In front Of the house on South
Third street, just east OF Barelas
ball park, went 10 her assistance
and asked her what the trouble
was, and crying, she answered,
either an earthquake, or war has
broken out" and pointing TO a vim
dow In her house, she said, 'ilook
at that window smashed, some-
thing with an awful shock hit Il
80 hard that the whole house
seemed to shake" and she looked
around with q sigh of relief as II
thankful that the buildings around
were all Standing up and not an
other affected by the awful shock.
While the men were looking at
the broken window, the crack OF a
baseball bat was heard and a ball
dropped on the street close to the
electric cars track. "Ohp said
one of the men, Il know what
broke your window; the Grays are
at batting practice just across the
street."
Gallegos Smashes One.
YES" said little boy who had
come close to the house to exam
inc the smashed window. And
Teen Gallegos is at bat and batting
leftshanded, too. One of his long
fly balls broke your window"
About this time out came Dan
Padilla, the pilot of the Grays, and
sent for a man to fix the window.
Then Another.
We were sitting on the players
bench watching the batters hitting
the pill hard, Gallegos having al
ready having hit several balls eutA
side. They were all taking their
turn at the bat when Gallegos
came UP again for the third time
and hit another almost at the same
place where he had broken the
window.
Somebody shouted: "Wait I'M
til they fix the other window be-
fore you break another one" Just
at this time the electric car had
stopped on the street, when one of
GallegoS high ones sailed just
few inches over the car and an
other crash was heard. Padilla
sent fellow to investigate and
report was brought back that an
other big window had been broken.
Chavez Clouts One.
A. few items to the Grays' ex-
pense account were added lyester-
day as follows. To two Windows
broken. at 81 each, and four balls
batted over the fence and lost at
~ each, total Of $22 for one af-
Lernoon's practice. Gallegos was
for the two windows
and three of the balls and Manuel
Chavez for the other bail that
cleared the fence between right
and center beyond the track and
lost.
"And we were lucky" said Dan
Padilla, that none were lost on
foul balls yesterday as USUAL"
Dan says 1t costs the Grays very
close to 500 per month for base
balls for practice alone.
All In Trim.
The team is all in good shape for
next Sundays game. Dan says that
he is SO confident of winning again
hat he Is already figuring his club
of games won and he
5ays he has already added next
sundays game to the won col
INN.
Padilla says that the talk about
he Wrangling last Sunday is going to
ceep the fans from going is not TRUE.
He says the fans are more enthus-
astic now than ever before, and
he little arguments last Sunday
have even stimulated more rivalry
IND interest.
He also wants 1t known that for
he last eighteen years he has been
teams, he has always
seen treated nice in Santa Fe and
he says 1t Is q pleaSure for him and
his players to go to the Capital
,ity. AT least 800 people will ac4
the team Up there next
sunday and they will be treated to
me of the best games of the sea-
ION, as both teams are losing no
line getting In good shape.
AZ to the pitching selection,
Dan Is still as silent as q sphinx
,ut the guess of the fans Is that
Modesto Gomez will adorn the
,lab next Sunday, while Toots Tel
er and Ramon sandoval are also
hard every day and each
i reported to be In rnid-seasori
term.
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