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SPORT News &
Classified Section
SPORT News &
Classified Section
Thursday, April Eighth, 1015.
SPORTS, RECREATION, OUTDOOR LIFE CONDUCTED BY A. H. E. BECKETT ("BECK")
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Slim Attendance Has Forced Promoters to Offer Small
Purses, and Bookmakers Have Shortened the Odds;
American Novice Bump ed the Bookies So Hard
that He Captured Three of Their Stands.
By CRVMv
HN. Cuba April S The
Havana racing: venture of Curler
Brown seems to be a failure. The
Cubans do not understand the turf
name and thev hare shown bnt Jittle
i iterest in it.
The track itself is fast now In an
other vear It will be of whirlwind or
der The stands and equipment are
modern the best that moneg can build.
Some of the best thoroughbreds In the
world have been running there but the
crowds will not come.
The v. eather here has been beautiful.
te on Saturdays and Sundays the
c-owds rarely go over the UN mark.
Sometimes it is much less. The biggest
part of the crowd is made up of Ameri
can visitors.
The slim attendance has forced the
management to offer purses that are
rmll The horseovvners even those
ruth winning stables are barelv clear
in? expenses. Some are thousands of
tii liars behind the game now The feed
bills that constitute 'one of the main
costs of the upkeep of a stable are from
'wo to four times higher In Havana
man in the states. The horse owners.
is a result, have become discouraged
ind mini have vowed that they neer
will go back to Havana.
Track Hard to Reach.
Probablv one of the many reasons
- r 5 the crowd doesn't go to the track
3 because of the lack of rapid transit
abilities. If one doesn't own an auto-
irobile it takes nearly three hours to
n-ke the round trip from the city to
ihe park. The park called Oriental
ark is about eight or ten miles
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from the heart of the city and the
street car service is abominably slow.
Bookmakers Retrench.
The Cubans came In fairly larre
crowds it hen the track first opened,
but the gambling element has been
giving the track the go by since the
bookies have been lowering the odds.
When the meet first opened the bookies
offered good odds. The Cubans took
them up and manv big "killings" were
made That handed the bookies a real
wallop and they have been retrenching
since by shortening the odds. As a re
sult, the Cubans won't bet.
The worst that has been handed to
the bookies is by an American who
never saw a horse race until he went
to Havana. He's wealthy and went out
to the track one da Ho see what a race
was like. A friend coaxed him into
making a bet and be won. He's been
betting on every race since and his
luck .has been phenomenal. Hes $42.
M ahead of the game now and in ad
dition has won three bookie stands.
Takes Over the Stand.
He hit one bookie for 37S9 on one
race. The bookie couldn't liquidate. In
stead of making a complaint igainst
the bookie and forcing him to close up.
this American took over the stand and
takes a big share of the profits. The
next day he broke another bookmaker
and week later he rammed a third
When the bookies w ere unable to pay J
nun ac iook over ineir sunqa.
Brown Is Losing Money.
Brown, and those associated with him
in the new track, are discouraged. They
are said to be losing a barrel of money
every week but thev aren't going to
quit. They have a let of confidence in
Havana as a racing center and they
feel that when they open their track
next season that the crowds will come
in quantities.
FAVOR OLHLD
ATIUUHIS
Barney Oldfield. dean of Ameruan
automobile drivers, and looked on for
years as the peer of them all. Is being
made a strong fat orite for the 500
mile Indianapolis Speedway sweep
stakes which will be run in the Hoosier
city. Mav IS The "form chart" of a
winter handbook quotes Oldfield's
chances to win at S to 1. while Rene
Thomas, winner of last j ear's race, is
down on the list with IS to 1 against
his name.
Oldfield's winning possibilities in the
biggest automobile race run have been
materially enhanced bj the purchase of
a new car A few weeks ago George
HilL Old II elds chief mechanician ana
riding companion, quietly sneaked ov er
to England, and for man) weeks, wss
not heard from.
Hill was on a still hunt for a real
fast car. and has cabled that he has
been successful. In his message he did
not state what machine he had pur
chased for Oldfield, but it Is almost
certain that it is either the famous
Vauxhall or the Gerfnan Mercedes,
which won the Grand Prix in Europe
last year
Ran Well Despite Car.
With a fast car under him. Oldfield
will be far and away the American
favorite in the speedway event. Last
year, with a car miles slower than pret
ty near anything on the track, the vet
eran exerted everj ounce of his won
derful skill and was alwavs pressing
the leaders. He led every Americas
pilot to the tape, and defeated everal
of the foreign invaders who were ex
expected to make a clean sweep of
things Now, with as much power as
any of them, Barney will be looked to
as the upholder of Tankee honors.
Neither of the two cars which Old
field will use in his exhibltkms with
De Lloyd Thonrpson at Washington
park. Saturdav are eligible for Indiana
polis, in spite of the fact that they are
looked on as among the fastest ma
chines In the world. The Fiat Cyclone,
used by OM field in his race with
Thompson, has too large a piston dis
placement for the speedway event, and
the front drive Christie, piloted by Old
field in all his short speed trials. Is
not equipped to run more than two or
three miles at top speed. Were the Cj
clone eligible it Is a certainty Oldfield
would use It at the Hoosier capital, for
he looks on it as a remarkable speed
wagon.
Most of El Paso's Team Is Signed Up
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Clubs In League Secure Players
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-rOHX McCloskey announced this
I morning that, with the exception of
J a couple of pitchers, he has signed
up the team which will represent El
Paso at the start of the Rio Grande as
sociation. McCloskey has secured some
good men at salaries which will permit
him to keep well within the salary limit
of this league He has not announced
the names of all his men but says that
Duddy will be at third with Jack Pen
dleton at short Stony McGlinn will be
one of the pitchers, but the veteran
will devote roost of his efforts to de
veloping young pitchers. Jack Lewis
will likely get a chance to try for a
position as pitcher
McCloskey has one young pitcher
coming from San Diego who is said to
be a wonder Mack has not yet secured
his signed acceptance of terms so Is not
announcing his-name, but the youngster
is said to be about 30 years of age and
one of the leading nemi-professiona!
pitchers of California. According to
one critic, he has a afew ball "as big as
a balloon He Is also said to be an
expert in the use of the spitban.
Bill Hurlei is preparing to start his
workouts at Las Cruces either Saturday
or Mondav Bill is going to give a trv -out
to several likelv youngsters from
up the valley and will also have such
men as Bert Daniels, pitcher and i tili
ty. Sam Beer, pitcher Kallio, pitcher.
Toots Bliss catcher
Klttv Brashear is lining up a fast
team for Tucson while Herb Hester has
already started wiring for his, players
for Phoenix. Owing to the continued
illness of the wife of Joe Mathes, it is
' unlikely that he will get oat here in
time to start off with the. Silver City
dub, so it is now planned to put BUI
Quigley and his team from Oakland
right into the city Quigley has bad
his men working for two weeks aad
they are reported to be in fine condi
tion. George Reed isn't making an awful
lot of noise at Albuquerque. He has
his stock company lined up and has
been working quietly on the player
question for the past week and is likely
to spring some surprises when he an
nounces his lineup
It can be safely said that all the
teams in the Rio Grande association
begin, to loom up as the fastest class D
outfits in organised ball. Men like
Duddy. Daniels. Hurley. Brashear. Bliss,
Beer, Mathes, Quiglev and McGlinn are
not usually obtainable at the salaries
which the clubs can afford to pay in
class D but the retrenchment proceed
ings in the higher class leagues are
flooding the market with fine players
and good men can be obtained cheaper
this season than ever before
As ai instance of the talent av ailable
it mav be mentioned that the Chicago
Cubs have offered the clubs In this cir
cuit their choice of seven men but it is
unlikelv that the offer will be accepted
unless the plavers will consent to con
siderable cuts in their salaries as one
of the contracts calls for $300 a month
and others from ISO to 3!25 Tbe indi
vidual player limit will likelv be placed
at S 150 per month in this league
Shells Ruin Europe's Best Golf Coursa
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Leading Golfers Can't Join British Army
By FR.UK
THIS story appeared recently in
Pearson s Magasine.
The aim of golfers is, of course,
to go round the coarse with as few
strokes as possible, and the man with
the least strokes wbxs the game. A
plater realised, this once, and- decided
to engage a caddie who would help aim.
"Caddie." he said to the hoy who came
up to him, "can you coast -
-Tessir." said the boy.
"Can you add up"
-Tessir "
"Well, what's five and seven and
four
"Twelve, sir"
"Come along." said the golfer, "you 11
do."
And be engaged the boy on the spot.
Here is a golfing story that appeared
in the March issue of the Golfers' Maga
zine An English officer was perched on an
observation post in the Belgian sand
dunes directing the fire of the British
cruisers, which were lying in close and
shelling the German lines. Tbe fire of
tbe English war vessels seemed to be
singularly effective, but with each hit
the officer grew more and more melan
choly, murmuring to himself. "What
frightful damage' What dreadful de
struction '
"What on earth are you complaining
about asked an astonished comrade
' Don t you see that vou re giv ing them
the range exactly right"
The mournful officer pointed to the
German line
"That land over there comprises the
best golf course on the continent.' he
said 'I played over it only last vear
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And now look, what the shells are doing
to it"
Just then a shot from the sea
screeched overhead and the officer
raised bis field glasses to study its ef
fect. He dropped them quickly
"There goes the sixth green, he said
with a sigh.
The war has reduced golfing to a
minimum in Great Britain writes Rob
ert E. Howard in the Golfing Maga
sine
Howard points out that Vardon Ttav
and Taylor, "the Golfing Triumvirate
of Great Britain." could not go to war
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RV "BECK."
DE A BOOSTER! Have you pur:
chased year ticket yet' for the
opening game of the baseball seas
en? If sot, get it at the chamber
of commerce today.
Send In All Your
News Of Southwestern Sports
Managers of all ball teams in the southwest are requested to send their
lineups, news aad Botes of their ptayers and reports of aH their games to
The El Paso Herald.
The HeraM is anxious to -whit, all the sport news of the soathwest-
If you have any breery Mens abont the athletes of your own town, send
them in to tbe sporting editor.
Boost, doot knook. If the otter team wws a game, don't be afraid to
admit a defeat. All the world loves a good loser. ABd if you wra, doa't
jeer the defeated team. '
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A N0NYM0US writers might bet
ter save their postage than send
in letter- to The Herald. The let
ters simply go into the wastepaper
basket, unread.
JUNE drivers shouldn't worry
over the new traffic regulations.
They should hit the trail for Alaska.
Between Fairbanks and Chitina,
320 miles, the fare per passenger 11
5100.
JACK CURLEY says the ban on
fight movies in interstate com
merce is to be removed at once.
Jack seems to know in advance a lot
of what happens in the future. Some
fortune teller, believe me!
A LL the fans who "hoped Willard
will win" are now joining the
"I told you so" brigade.
pAPT. RICE, the Cuban plantation
owner who refused $15,000 for
a lucky penny, never was a news
paperman. Any scribe weald have
grabbed that bunch of kale so quick
that a movie camera would have
been put on the blink, trying to
record the movement.
CEVEN weeks more to the opening
of the Bordr States tennis
tournament. Hone too much time
to get El Paso's future champions
in shape!
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"JAVAIfA promoter dismissed,"
says a headline in a New
Orleans paper. Don't worry. It's
only Dick Klegin being fired eat of
the isolation hospital for starting a
false alarm. He didn't have the
fever.
TF YOU would like a season pass to
the home games of the El Paso
baseball team, get busy and suggest
a nickname for the team. If year
suggestion is adopted and it happens
to be the first of that name sub
mitted, you'll get the pass. Get
busy.
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New York, April S Jim Coffey, the
' Dublin Giant ' administered a severe
besting to Carl Morris, of Oklahoma, in
-i 10 round bout here Wednesdav night.
"offe forced the fighting nearlv all
the wav and twice hid Morris grog(;
is the bell sounded. Both fighters an
heavvcifebts.
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