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ALD L SPORT News & Classified Section SPORT News & Classified Section "Wednesday, -April Twenty-first 1915. SPORTS, RECREATION, OUTDOOR LIFE CONDUCTED BY A. H. E. BECKETT ("BECK") E PASO HER c ittfi IIITS GUIS IS SLGW ABOUT Jack Hepburn, at Nogales, Is Keeping the Wires Busy In Effort to Secure Franchise For His Town, But Douglas Is Considered the Best Town Because Of Its Location and Greater Population. nr ": NO word has been received from John J. McCloakey since be went to Douglas on Monday night His announced intention was to form a stock company in that city and immedi ate! get busy with the arrangements to have Douglas in the Rio Grande as sociation. The fans there have shown considerable enthusiasm over the league proposal but have been rather back ward in putting up their checks for stock subscriptions. In the meantime. Jack Hepburn has kept the wires and mails busy with telegrams and letters about the fat roll of real money which he says will talk to the effect that Nogales is rad ' There is no question about No gales being anxious to get In. They would hardly let Billy Quigley leave there when he recently visited that town A couple of the fans acted as Billy s guard and insisted that he stay there. Douglas, however, is the better town of the two, both from the point of population and as to location with re gard to the rest of the circuft. Several Douglas men have put up substantial checks for subscriptions but they have not et reached the grand total that Kogales has already collected. Practice will be held every afternoon this week by the El Paso team at Wash ington park. Umpire Stirling, who is coming from California and has an excellent record, is due here tonight. The schedule meeting of the Bio Grande association has been called for next Sunday morning at the Hotel Shel don in this city. James McAvoy, who will hold down short or second for Las Crapes, was with Salt Lake City last season. He started in with the Xodeste. Calif, team and made good. When the Salt Lake club went into the Coast league. Blank enship had too many lnfielders, as he secured a good bones of players from the old Sacramento club., McAvoy was a comer, but Blank couldn't hang on to him as he was carrying too many play ers, so Jimmy drew a release. Jrm Barnes, a red hot baseball fan of San n Boyland: MORE complaints are coming in that managers are making en gagements for their teams and tnen not fulfilling their agreements. This is hardly fair and the players as well as managers should fee on hand when a game is scheduled. It isn't sportsmanlike to make a date for a game, have the other team on the field and then not show up. The games scheduled for Wednesday In the Grammar school league were postponed on Tuesday by J. H. Stlne. supervisor of recreation, so as not to interfere with the annual picnic of the high school at Washington park. The Socorro Juniors have organized with the following lineup: Bartlett, If; McBride, 3b, Hammell, p; Gallegos, ss; Eaton, cf. MeCuteheon. c; Stephenson, 2b, Hilton, lb. Smiley, rf. The Dunlap Grocers have organized with Tommy Nelson as manager and would like games vith any teams whose players average IS years. They want a, ?ame for next Sunday and will tackle rCHAUIERS Lets Open (Cool), Light (Cool), Durable Summer Underwear sEfc 31 This Label on Every Garment xffiSsffav.'.,';y?"y i5AV.WKa.!)B!Ws. I Ask Year Deakr " ft IT j'CHALMERS Lets HAYMON KRUPP & CO. WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS 314-316-318 South EI Paso St El Paso, Tex. TO JOIN LEtt HET BECK."' Francisco and member of the California legislature, is a strong admirer of Mc Avoy and he strongly recommended the player to Hurley. On the strength of Bis record ana My mess boost. Hurley decided to give the youngster a chance. Another youngster who will get a trial with Las Cruces is Alfred Lee. who hails from Fort "Worth. He is SI years of age and is said to have some class. If he can deliver the goods, he will be a regular. The early arrivals for the Maekmen were out for their first practice at Washington park on Tuesday afternoon and showed considerable ginger. fi Toa should have a look at the club which Jake Bauer calls a bat. He hunted around the local sporting goods houses all of Tuesday morning until he found a fence rail that suited him. Jake says he is golpg to bust some home run records this season. Johnny Hayes is wondering what sort of a sunfleld there will be in the new park. He is afraid that the sun is go ing to be pretty bright for the man In center garden and Is figuring on Ty Cobb's stunt of sun glasses for the very bright days. The Las Cruces diamond is already In pretty good shape and it won't take long to fix It up. Hurley will have the diamond ready and his team in good shape for the game with A. & M. col lege at Las Cruces on Friday. Manager McCIoskey has left it to the writer and Frank Caplinger to line up an army team for a game at the new park on Sunday afternoon. Applications are in order. No loss than five makers of balls have submitted prepositions to the league this season. There seems to "be some real competition. Fairly good progress was made on the grandstand at the new park on Tuesday, but the contractors are not overexerting themselves now that Mc CIoskey is out of town. The contract; however, calls for the park to be fin ished Saturday noon. School Sports, Juvenile Sports. Boys' Amatenr Sports, and 3?evrs and Gossip of the Future Greats." BY "BECK." any team near their age. They will use the following players: D. Rodri guez, c; .Salazar. p. M. Concha, lb; F. Nelson, 3b; F. Garcia, b; S. Palraa. ss; S. Martinez, rf; Gonzales, cf: Almaras. H. Their substitute's, will be G. Terango and M. Barza. t The Magdalena Juniors are using the following players: Padilla, If; McCIure, 3b; Lentz, p; Carter, ss; H. McCIure, cf : Railston, c; Burlingame, 2b; Manse, lb; Hopkins, rf. Starting Saturday, all the class A games of the Grammar School league will be played at the new athletic stadium of the high school, where a fine diamond has been laid out. WELSH DEFEATS "RED" WATSON. Hudson. Wis, April 21. Freddie Welsh, lightweight champion, won a newspaper decision over Red Watson, the Los Angeles lightweight. In a 10 round bout here Tuesday night. Wat son tried continually for a knockout, but the superior cleverness of the Eng lish fighter kept him out of danger throughout. theBo3yBreathe Chalmers "Porosknit" Union Suits never cause a "short-waisted" feel ing nor cut in the crotch. No flaps to gape open. Full elasticity up-and-down in the seat stretches easily with every move. The fabric is so open you can see through, it so must be cool. FORsEN AnyStrle F0KBOTS Cfi- Shirts ana urawers oc OUC per garmmf 6UC FOKHEK n.oo FOE B0T3 union suns cn Any Style OUC CHALMERS KNITTING CO. Amsterdam, N.Y. JtlM MaMtrt f Ckmlmtrrt Sfrime US XmJUJ Vmin SmUS. Fttl anj fPimttr fTnfktt theBodyBreathj I uTira Many Say Wells Ought to Be at the Front Fighting For His Country. London. Eng . April 21 The Wells Moran fight at the London Opera house, in which Bombardier Wells, the Eng lish champion, added yet another to the dramatic defeats of his career, has started a storm of questioning as to why an able bodied man with the mili tary title of -Bombardier" shonld be taking part in boxing matches instead of being with the British army at the front. "We do not wish to criticise Wells." remarks the Daily Chronicle, -except to say that, first, his famous opponent. Carpentier. is now serving with the colors in France, and, second, it seems to us improper that he should retain a military title in the prize ring when his public performance proves that he is in a fit state to go into the field." Welb Supports Families. Wells's reply came back by return mail. It was as follows: "My duty is clear. I must stay where I am, nnd I think my reasons are good. Could 1 see my way clear to go to the front I would be the lightest hearted man in Eng land. I have been in the army, serving several years in India, and I secured my discharge to devote myself to the science of boxing, at which, despite a half dozen defeats, I suppose I may claim to have attained some pro ficiency. During the war I have boxed several times on behalf of war funds, thereby doing the litUe bit that lay within my power. "Two of my brothers are at the front, and a third was the first man killed in his regiment. I alone remain at home to support ay wife and children -and the other members of the family dependent upon me. If I had so ties, I should be off to the front without de lay." Agitation Against Boxing. In this connection, several of the newspapers have renewed the agitation that professional boxing be suppressed until the end of the war. The only prize fight worth entering at present." writes one editor, "is the gigantic struggle in France." Lady Randolph Churchill, on learning that a considerable number of women were present at the Wells-Moran fight, wrote the following statement for the newspapers: "I should hope that wom en had something better to do than to watch sham fighting at this moment." There is plenty of opinion, however, in favor of continuing the boxing matches. Eugene Corri. the referee, sums up this side of the argument in the statement: "Boxing Is a stimulus to the fighting spirit, nothing is better calculated to maintain the spirit of Britsh pluck: boxing does not hinder recruiting it rather encourages it." "MAVERICKS" SUGGESTED FOR EL PASO TEAM'S NAME A fevr more names have been sug gested for the El Paso baseball team. Among the late arrivals are. "I submit for vour consideration th nickname 'Bluebonnets' for the El Paso ball team. As you know, the bluebon net Is the Texas state flower. "Mrs. C. E. Buchart, "3322 Montana street." "As I hope our dab will be king of them all, I respectfully submit 'Lions.' "F. B. Garcia. "SIS South Ochoa street." "Considering the locality In which the El Paso team will belong, why not call them 'Dobles'T "J. M. Tyler, El Paso postofflce." "Why not "Mavericks'? That has a good cattle country sound and Just cov ers a shirt front. "X. M. Walker. Jr., SU Corto street." EVAXS IS WITH LBADBRS IX GOLF TOCn.VAMB.VT San Francisco, Cal April 21 -Charles (Chick) Evans, jr., western amateur golf champion; E. Chandler Egan. for mer national champion; Jack Neville, northwest champion; Harry K. B. Da vis, California champion, and E. H. Bankard, of Chicago, were winners in the first round of the Panama-Pacific exposition amateur golf championship today. Evans easily defeated C. E. Montague, of San Francisco, 11 up and 16 to go. "BeckY Amen Corner BT CCH00L board members are sot overenthnsUstic over the propo sition to turn over parts of tie school grounds for tennis cosrts, to be used both by the children and by adults in the evenings. The new .board goes into office in. May and it may be that some of the new mem bers will be more favorable to Xt. Stine's plans. "WISCONSIN thought so highly of ths proposition that its state legislature hired Prof. Ward, then in New York state, to work up the idea 01 playgrounds and social centers at all schools in the state both for tlae children and the adults. It has pnved a great success in the Badger state and eventually w&l be in Texas. 1'DANGERS" appears to be one of the most popular names sub mitted in The Herald's contest to pick-a name for the new El Paso ball' team. "Maekmen," "Boosters" and "Steers" also find favor. Which would you choose? , C0LDIER fans win be interested in the announcement that the first exhibition game of the new El Paso professional baseball team will be with one of the military nines. The sporting edtior of The Herald has been asked to select the fastest army team at Fort Bliss or Camp Cotton for a game next Sunday at the new park. It's a big centrac Help me out and give me some pointers en the best team. Company C of the 16th seems to have some class and will get the call unless there is a better team available. pAKE a squint at those new mri forms for the El Paso team at Feldman's. They look pretty nifty and will look niftier when on the players. T MAKES A i6excojet rAtevsB.v i AWAVoMT,uve BOWLING A special two man team bowling match took place at the Wigwam al leys Tuesday night, Babeock and Fritz boating Sherman and Campbell. The scores: , 1st Id 3d 4th 6th Tls. Sherman ..162 18C 1S7 224 16S S17 Campbell.. 145 1CS 172 1ST 18 817 Totals ..27 3S2 US 421 33 176 1st 3d 3d 4th Sth Tls. Babeock . .19S 1M MS 1SS 1S3 S9 Fritz 268 1M 21 214 182 1M Totals ..484 372 361 JS9 3K ISM McLain and Davis have challenged the winners and will roll them five games on the Wigwam alleys on Thurs day night. PRIZES ARE OFFERED FOR COMMERCIAL LEAGUE Tfc next BiMtimf Af the Cam-nrall Amateur Baseball league executive cmmtt- tee wuj oe nera at ne euice or presMmt William Pelphrer on Friday eretstiis: A loTinir cop baa been offered for the beat battlac average; a pair of shoes for the moat stolen bases, and other prises are In prospect. The Feldmans bare booked a mascot. They felt that they needed one for Beit Sunday when they hook ap with the Pari ties. The bakers bars the greatest bonch of pretty boosters In the city, and manager Howard Rix. of the photographers, has been busy trying to figure out something to counteract the rooting of the fair ones. With master Ben Lewis Clements on their bench, the Feldmans believe they can win. 8heltn-PayBes meet Bverybodys on Son day and It should be a good game. The strength of the Macleans at bat is coun terbalanced by the fast work of the depart ment store men In the field. All four teams In the league have prac ticed almost nightly this week and several new men are being tried oat. FOSTER WINS 99 MILE OKLAHOMA AUTO RACE Oklahoma City. Okla, April 21. Claud Foster won the S9 mile Oklaho ma championship automobile race here this afternoon for a purse of 21000. Time, two hoars, two minutes, three and one-half seconds. Thomas was sec ond and Schaf fstall and Chandler tied for third place. BECK. """THESE men look more like yoHng professional men than profes sional baseball players," said a Las Crates business man when he gave some of Hurley's players the once over. They don't "look like pro fessional men." They are profes sional men. Baseball is now as much a profession as law or the medicine and players in organized baseball are under more strict dis dplifie than students of the other professipns. The writer i3 person ally acquainted with more than half the men already signed by this ' league and feels perfectly safe in sticking up for them. "WITH the hot weather approach ing, it will seem more natural when we can swelter on the bleach ers and watch 'em line 'em out. Oh yea lucky seventh! "OC0RER" wants to know whether to score a time at bat when a player lifts out a long fly on which a runner scores from third or ad vances a base after it has been caught It counts as a sacrifice fly and the batter is not charged with a time at bat v VfISCONSIN towns of under 10,008 population may be excepted from the workings of the new boxing law in that state. The small towns charge that when an important bout is staged, the little towns are simply deluged with thousands of visitors from the large cities, necessitating a larger police force than they care to maintain. "AVERICKS" is the name sag- 11 gested by K. M. Walker for the El Paso ball team. As his reasons, he says "it has a good cattle country sound and just covers a shirt front" Yes, but all the players may not have as big a beam as the man who suggested the name. DIFFERENCE Copyright. DU. latersadeatal XmlmiK ALL FEDERAL GLUBSABESTrfQiAiG; CIRCUIT BBaLI IHJBED All Eight Clubs Have a Good Chance For the Pennant, on the Present Showing; Every Team Has Strong Battery and Shows Well in Hitting; St. Louis Looks Slightly the Weakest. BY FRANK THE Federal league promises to furnish fandom with the real major league brand of baseball and a real battle for the pennant There are eight dobs in the junior league and eight dubs look to have a chance for the 'big honors. There never was a league in which the whole circuit seemed aa evenly balanced as in the Federal league this year. The Pittsburg dab seems one of the best looking outfits that ever was gathered together. It is a team that seems to be strong in every depart ment and with a secondary outfit al most as powerful as the first Then there's those Indianapolis Feds who rank .as the greatest slugging outfit in baseball history. The team had nine or ten .100 hitters last year and the team, as a whole, averaged dose to .M0 in dubbing. It seems Just as strong even stronger this year than last and the team that beats In SAAArrNrWSrArWWW Kelly Springfield ArAArrrkrrV G.& J. U.S. TIRE CO. lAAAMAArVNArWVWM 308 T ires 1 1 I ires G. MEN' KB. dianapolis probably will be the team that gets the pennant Whaln Ilave the Pitchers. Joe Tinker's Chicago Whales certain ly will be in the fight Josephus has the greatest collection of pitchers in the Federal league. He has a fine lot of catchers, a wonderful outfield and an amaxlngly fast infield. Those Baltimore fellows who put up such a game fight in 114 threaten to repeat in ltlS. The pitching staff has been strengthened greatly by the ad dition of "Chief" Bender, the old Ath letic star. "Snipe" Conley. a Cub last year, is to make his debut as a regular this year and it's a cinch bet that the kid wonder will win two-thirds of his games, at least Another dub to watch is Larry Schlafly's Buffalo aggregation. It is speedy, it has pitchers that are real pitchers, a fast infield with the "Peer less" Hal Chase as its particular star, and a fine outfield. Also it has catch ers that can hit throw and catch with the best men in the business. Sloufrds WU1 Improve. On paper, the St Louis team doesn't look overly powerful. But it has a manager who has the ability to win pennants no matter what sort of ma Bigger Mileage Guaranty Adjustments Made Right Here Double Tire Satisfaction Better Tires and Better Service Kelly-Springfield Guaranty 5000 miles round tread 6000 aBes Kan't SHj Ford Cars 6000 rafles round tread 7500 mile Kan't Slip Go nr . gl J. I ires You'll find them bere in all treads and every wasted size. Guaranty 3500 to 5000 macs. 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