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ASO HERALD
SPORT News &
Classified. Section
SPORT News y
Classified Section
Friday, April Twenty-third, 1915.
SPORTS, RECREATION, OUTDOOR LIFE CONDUCTED BY A. H. E. BECKETT ("BECK")
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ALEXANDER IS
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Six Events Are Scheduled for Fourth Annual Tourna
ment for Border States Championships; Dollar Din
ner and Annual Meeting Will Be Features of the
Gathering of Tennis Enthusiasts in May.
BY TAD
STEALING HIS ACT
Copyright. ISIS. IntratlonJ News Service
BV "BECK."
THE
arr
ho-
full program for the fourth
rruai tennis tournament lor tea
bo-der states championships in
''" southwestern district, comprising
sia'os of west Texas, Arizona and
w Mexico and Sonora and Chihuahua.
Mexico under the auspices of the
Tnited States Lawn Tennis association,
at the El Paso Country club, opening
Arav 57 l.as just been Issued and Is
rw being- sent broadcast by E. E.
"The tournament committee of the El
Pio Country club, extends a most cor-
m invitation to you to participate m
tli border states championships, which
o-- sch1iild by the United States
xj?wn Tennis asosciation to he held
'-oTner-rinfr May 27, 1915," reads the
e nation nhich opens the printed pro
gram 1.1st or Events.
Th events are open to all amateur
F'jers and consist of the following:
Men's singles Winner is entitled to
Ti.id the trophv cup one year. The cup
ust be won three times to become the
Troportv of any holder. W X Horrell,
Pnoenix, Ant. present bolder
"Mens doubles Winners entitled to
r'd i-iphv cups for one year. The cup
t- t be won three times to become the
-' pertr of anv holder. W. A. Horrell
and Jack Ainsworth, Phoenix, Ariz.,
.i-fsent holders.
eterans' singles, for all players 40
' ir of age or over Winner is en
i jed to hold trophv cup for one year.
1 r e rup must be won three times to
' come the property of anv holder. Dr.
tt Ikerson, phoenix, Arix, present
i"lnVr
e'erans' doubles, for al! players 46
e i rs of age or over. Winners are en
"it!ed to hold tropin cups for one year.
The cups must be won three times tq
' ei oine the property of any holder. R.
P Green and Rupert Moore, Globe,
nz present holders.
omen's singles for southwestern
open championship '
Consolation singles.
Prizes In addition to trophy cups,
p-rmanent cups will be given winner
ard runner up in each event.
"latches In final round men's sln-jrl-
s and doubles will be the best of
Tip sets All other events and matches
wi 1 be the best of three sets. Advan
tjre sets throughout.
1 -m-iee must be made to E. R. Xeff,
.r Neff-Stiles company, EI Paso,
T. .as before soon, Tuesday, May 25.
' entrance fee of $1.50 for each player
i all single events and SI for each
I'-wer in all double eents will be
' rged and check must be sent at
t me entr is made
Hours of Play.
T la -n ill begin at y a. m and 2 p. ro.
e . h da and players must in all cases
3 a at uch times and on such courts
rr.? be asstgnlesT t them by the
o-nmittee. The schedule -of soattlres
..rd as nearly as possible the llisjl will
be posted at the eltrfr house, and any
rlac- not appearing: within 15 .min
THE grammar school teams will get
nus again on Saturday morning.
The class A games will be played
i tne new high school stadium while
fie class B teams will battle at the C.
A A grounds.
Managers of all teams are reminded
1'iat the must field fun teams for their
sames or forfeit- They will not be al
jowed to sho up with eight eligible
Ilaers and expect to pickup an extra
man at the grounds The rules distlnct--.
"tate that they must have nine eli
jr.ble players for every game. It is
Wter to be on the safe side and have
10 or 12 men on hand.
There is a letter for Ah in Hickman,
eA.B.K.Coi?is
"Because he dresses weU" that
may be a woman's reason, but
it's a pretty good reason anyway.
Costs little to dress weB o
more in fact, titan to dress
otherwise; all depends upon
whose clothes you buy.
And that brings us to '
Kirschbaum
Clothes
$15, $20, $25 and tip to $40
ih. pelj. shape-retaining and
satisfactory Suits that look well
through eerv day of then- serv
ice, because they are pure wool
anI guaranteed.
In Boy la no:
"?i
utes of the time scheduled will be de
faulted. The committee reserves the
right, in case of emergency? to change
anv or tne toregoing regulations.
The rules of the United States Xa
tiooal Lawn Tennis association will
govern the tournament.
The foot fault rule wiy be strictly
enforced- "The server shall before
commencing to serve stand with both
reet at rest oeninu il e. further from
the net than the base line and within
the limits of the imaginary continua
tion or ine nan court and side lines,
and thereafter the server shall not run.
walk, hop or jump before the service
has been delivered, but the server may
raise one foot from (and. If desired.
replace it on) uie ground, provided
that both feet are kept behind the base
line until the service has been deliv
ered."
Contestants are urged to cooperate
witn rne committee In the effort to
eliminate violations of this rnle.
The annual meeting of the associa
tion will be held at g p. m Thursday,
May 27. at Hotel Paso del Jforte.
Dinner In Planned.
A dollar "get together." dinner for
all tennis plajers will be held Thurs
day night May 27. at i p. m, at Hotel
Paso del Norte roof garden.
An informal dance will be held at the
Country club Saturday night. May !.
List of Committed!.
The tournament committee consists
of E. E. Xeff. chairman: Robert Kra
kauer, H. S. Beach, L. W. Pritchett W.
W. Gordon, G. G. Morse. Freeman Bai
ley artd Sterling Blackshear. J
The entertainment committee con
sists of L. W. Pritchett chairman: Em
mett liines, Alves Dixon and W. R.
Jamison.
Capt Douglas Potts will be the offi
cial referee and the schedule will be in
charge of Lieut. S. W. Cramer on
Thursday, May 27: Lieut It A. Jones,
on Friday, Hay 28: Lieut J. D. Elliott,
on Saturday. May 23, and W. G. Walz,
on Sunday, May 30.
Association Officials.
The officers and and directors of the
Border State Tennis association are: E.
E. Neff, honorary president El Paso; J.
M. Lawton, president Tucson; P. E.
Jette. vicepresident Mescalero, N. M.:
Dr. Jf. M. Cornell, secretary treasurer.
Las Cruces, N. Ml; W. IL Browning,
Pecos, Texas: Norman Carmlchael, Clif
ton. rix.; W. A. Horrell. Phoenix,
Arix.; Henry Poppen, Blsbee, Ariz.; J.
J. Ormsbee. Hayden, Ariz.; A. T. Thom
son, Morencl. Ariz.
"Bill" Horrell writes from Phoenix
that there will "be at least 25 entries
from that city and that they will bring
along a fall line of "lame lucks and
ball room athletes to assist with the
social entertainment"
Dwleht B. Heard, nresident of the
National. Livestock association, sends
Word from Phoenix that he will be
here- to enter the veterans events and
will bring along a. whole carload of
irienas wnue ne Dopes to see a whole
trainload from Arizona. ',
School Sports, Juvenile Sports.
Boys' Amateur Sports, and
News and Gossip of the
'Future Greats."
BY "BECK."
manager of the Lone Stars, as this of
fice. He should also get in touch with
Dudley Ellis, captain of the Las Cruces
team, by telephone Friday night If he
wants to have the Las Cruces boys come
down here for a Saturday game.
Managers of all teams which play on
Saturday are asked to be sure and bring
in their scores and lineups to this de
partment either on Saturday afternoon
or early Monday morning.
What are the boys teams in the coun
try towns doing? We have beard from
only a few of the out of town clubs and
would be glad to have some news of
more of them.
20TH DNFANTRT TEAM
BEATS HIGH SCHOOL
In a clean game, company C, of the
20th infantry.' beat the High school
team Thursday at Washington park.
Williams, of the High school, struck
out 11 men. and Walters, of the sol
diers, struNc out eight It was a
pitcher's battle entirely, with the odds
in favor of Williams. A new lineup
was tried, with Madison Madd In the
catcher's box and Palmer Schumacher
back at shortstop.
The final score was 1 tfl In farftr
. of the soldiers. Lineup:
I Soldiers Martell, If: Morris, ss.;
Freerick, lb; Longmyre, c; Persinger,
2b. Jeffers. 3b: Sommers. rf: Duncan.
cf: Walters, p.
High school F. Scotten, If; P. Schu
macher, ss: L. Croom, lb; M. 11 odd, c:
L. Sheay. 2b; A. Briesch. Xb; G. Deer,
rf ; W. Moeller. cf; F. Williams, p.
Summary: ' X. H. R.
Col C 2 1
High school 2 1 2
"BECICS"
QATTLEMEN are just as fond of
dean sport as any other men
and this is proved by the entry of
Dwight B. Heard, of Phoenix, presi
dent of the national Livestock asso
ciation, for the old men's singles and
donbles in the Border States tennis
tournament x
A THLETICS and fat stock shows
are listed together on a. special
folder just issued by the Panama
Pacific exposition as a guide to the
' special attractions. Wonder if they
meant anything by that? There axe
a couple of weight men in New York
city who might qualify for both.
QONNIE MACK is, according to
eastern writers, just going to
give the Philadelphia fans "their
money's worth" and not try to set
any more baseball records. Maybe
that is why Connie wrote, in a let
ter which the writer saw the other
day, that "other clubs can pay more
for this man than I can."
. PIUE IEH
Approaches Top of National
League; Superbas Drive
MarquardOutofBox. '
BV "BUCK."
Grover Cleveland Alexander, some
times called "Dodo." and at other tiroes
"The Iron Man." is tne hero of Phila
delphia baseball fans at the present
time, xne jfmuies openea ine iau&
league season on the road and won
six straight games. Grover did his
fair share of the oitching and won
his share of the glory. The opening
game in Philadelphia was played on
Thursday and Alexander was chosen
for the mound duty. Hess worked for
the Boston Braves. For five innings
it was nip and tuck, both pitchers
doing fine work. In the eighth, five
hits, two stolen bases and errors by
Gowdy and Hess, gave the Phillies
five runs and the victory. Alexander
issued only one pass and fanned seven.
He has been, the leading pitcher of
the Phillies since he was grabbed by
the draft route from the Syracuse
club of the New York State league four
years ago and seems to be improving
every year. With the great Mathew
son sliding back as he grows elder,
Alexander is fast approaching the top
of National league pitchers and will
soon be recognised as king of them
alL
Rube Marquard pitched a no-hlt no
run game for the Giants last Friday
and the New York hero worshipers
at once and got busy and declared that
the erratic southpaw wsuid establish
some wonderful records this year. He
has already done so. On Thursday he
was foolish enough to tackle the Su
perbas, who roosted or' the. lowest rung
of the National league standing. They
fell on Rube with shouts of glee and
drove him from the mound in the sev
'enth. Nap.Rucker started for Brook
lyn, but was replaced in the third by
Dell, who did good work for the rest
of the game. The Superbas won, V
to 4, and thereby clambered oat of the
cellar position.
"Wildfire" Frank Schulte got his
-first home run of the season off Mead
ows, of the Cardinals, Thursday. The
Cubs were rfut for a batfest and got
nine bits, includiing the homer, a dou
ble and a triple, off Meadows, and
Doak. These netted them nine runs,
when mixed with taree St Louis errors.
Meadows evened up for the nomer
Schulte hit off his delivery by slam
ming one off Vaughn. Vaughn was
replaced by Pete Stasdrldge in the
sixth and he held the Cards to two
hits in three innings and fanned three.
Babe Adams pitched steady ball In
the opening game at Pittsburg and the
Pirates won from the Reds, 8 to 2.
Douglas was knocked ont of the hoc
in the third inning. President John
K. Teiier, of the National league,
pitched out the first balL
The White Sox are not winning any
great reputation as sluggers this sea
son but, though onthK by the Browns,
"Pants" Rowland's men beat the St
Louismna by a score of 5 to 4. They
got all their runs In the eighth inning.
The Lajoteless Nape started ont to
set a few records this season by actu
ally getting Into the first division. On
April 14, 114, the Naps dropped into
last place and. except, for a short
period of two days, June St and July
1. remained in the dungeon. TJiey trot
off to a. good start this year but have
already started to slide, ana are al
ready back In the second division. Sam
Crawford, VKt and Leach, of the Ti
gers, had a lot to do with the defeat
of Cleveland in the first game on their
home grounds, Thursday. Four bunched
hits and an error by Mitchell gave the
victory to the Tigers in the fouttu
inning.
With two runs needed to win, two
out and two on bases, Wagner poppeu
an easy fly to Murphy, of the Ath
letics, at Boston, Thursday. And Stur
phy dropped the ball. Both runners
scored. 'Nuf sed.
Shaw, of the Senators, was as wild
as a hawk when the bases were empty
bot mighty stingy with hits when
the bases were full and the Yanks
lost 5 to L McHata and Brown were
both fait hard.
Bedient let the Baltimore Feds have
seven hits, but kept them so scat
tered they did no harm, while the
Buffeds bunched their hits off F.
Smith and Center. Hal Chase soared in
the second, following a pass, a steal
and a single and after Dalton had sin
gled in the fourth, he came along with
a home run.
I
Harry Moran, who quit the Tigers
for Federal company last fall, got Into
the limelight on Thursday by pitch
ing a two hit game against the Brook
lyn Tiptops, one of the hits being a
fluke. Newark got only four hits off
Wilson, but they were mixed with
passes so they did the most good and
Newark iron, 2 to 0.
Columbus broke into, the winning
column In the American association on
Thursday by trimming the league lead
ers, Indianapolis, 4 to t.
Rain played havoc with the Texas
leaguers on Thursday and only one
game was played, old Juptter Pluvhis
holding the stage at Fort Worth. Gal
veston and Dallas.
AMEN CORNER
BV "BECK."
J7L PASO is still getting advertis
ing from the victory of the local
Y. M. C A, in the national Hexath
lon contest. Who says that a goed
athletic organization is not a paying
proposition for any city? Keep in
mind the southwestern field and
track championships on May is and
boost for some more records and
some more good advertising for eer
city.
JTNGLAND is not letting the war
interfere with its sports to any
noticeable extent The soccer cup
ties have been cut ofc to some extent
but the three big soccer leagues
played the full season. Boxing is
opening up again and now we have
the flat racing. Any person who has
resided in England or in any of the
British colonies knows the import
ance of the City and Suburban
handicap, which was run at Epsom
Downs, on Wednesday. When the
big stakes are being run off, it is
evident that the radng season will
not be interfered with by the war.
k JZwe$fC V5J DOCTOR i ,Ojg rv
ii m i I 1 ' Msassssssss.
Jack Jormson Went Hign But Fell Hard
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St. Louis Feds Carry v Muck Dead limber
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BY JOHN
t T. LOOIc Me.
-April 32. Every ,
now and then the bouncer gets
) ' busy and runs some Inflated party
out of his little Paradise. When the
ejected person stands on the outside a
lookln' in. he realizes for the first
time what a major league ass he made
of himself by not observinlg the house
rules.
The picture of Jack Johnson, de
teriorated from a swelled coon flash
ing with diamonds and the world's
championship .glory, parading the
streets of Chicago wtth. all darktown
at his feet. Into a private citizen ot
nowhere, fat, 46 and welcome in no
country, lenser than his dwindling
funds hold out is an edifying one for
all to contemplate, especially those who
think fate will forever take any kind
of treatment from the man who is on
top.
Sentenced to rpam the rest of his
life away from friends and home, John
son feels no better for the fact that
he brought his troubles on himself
by arrogance and folly at a time when
he thought he could override race bar
riers and other laws because of his
championship position. No sympathy
need be wasted on him.
Moral: The higher they climb the
harder they fall. And nobody spreads
the life net
No G. Waahlnctons Wanted.
War time baseball figures may be
viewed with the same confidence we
place in a cold storage egg. When
ever a club owner tells you the attend
ance at his park was lz,Mt on a certain
afternoon you know at once that the
visiting club was satisfied to be paid
off for-wn 8& attendance.
The office or club secretary, at pres
ent, is plainly not open to any mem
bers ot the George Washington fra
ternity. Carrylnc Dead Weight.
One of the toughest little features
of the St Louis Federal league's fight
is the fact 'that it must carry so much
dead timber; men under contracts but
who are unable to lend the club assist
ance. At present this list includes
Boucher, Hugh Miller. Larue Klrby and
Marsans. eBtween them these men
stand a club about 315,660 In annual
salaries, not to mention several thou
sands purchase and bonus money used
in landing Marsans and Klrby, plus
legal fees In the Cuban's case.
It's a pretty hard drag on an aspir
ing organization, desirous of getting
ahead financially.
Newnrlc a Bis; Ilelp.
An attendance of 15,646 at the Feds
park at Newark, N. J, makes it plain
that the circuit switeh from Indian
apolis was justified Not only will
the team be better patronized by the
566,666 or more population Newark
CIRCUS tonight! Don't miss the
Dippydrome at the "Y." Youll
see some fine athletic stunts if you
can find time to get around to the
gymnasium tonight. If you can't,
jost remember that it will be re
peated Saturday night.
JOHN McGRAW seems to be play
ing out of luck. Two days after
hs canned George Chalmers, the
pitcher came back against the Giants
and pitched a two hit game.
Wouldn't that frazzle yon?
COME idea of the advertising being
given this part of the country
through the Rio Grande league can
be gaged by the fact that one middle
western baseball team and a cham
pionship team, too wants to move
out here and hop right into some
franchise.
RIVBItS BEVTS BURNS.
Kansas City, Mo. April "3 Joe
Rivers of Los Angeles won a decision
in a fast ten round bout with Frankie
Burns of Oakland here Thursday ntgut
E. WIUV.
taps, but it will afford an outlet fer
senday activity in the east something
hitherto lacking In an three major
league clubs. This feature alone will
give the Feds an advantage over or
ganized baseball.
At present the Kansas City club
seems to be the weak factor in the
attendance calculations of the Feds. If
the Terriers can hold np their heads
among the first division fighters this
city will not be the dead one it proved
last season.
But none knows better than the lo
cal boss of the Independents that fail
are by the St Louis club will mean
total neriect by the fans.
uo yen believe JCfeMer Jones and
his bunch will Be "trying. BoT
Wouldn't yon like to be the contract
player caught "soldiering" on Fielder
Jones this season?
Lajole Comes Baek.
After going httless in three rames.
Napoleon Lajole came Back to life in
Saturday's contest with three sate hits,
thereby pleasing more fans through
out the country than would be pos
sible for any other player.
Lajoie is still perhaps the most wide
ly esteemed star in any league, in
spite of his 'waning prowess, and be-
cause of the memory oi the truly great 1
player and hitter he once was.
In one respect Connie Mack made
no mistake in signing Larry, since he
is still a valued card at the "gate."
And you can never tell he may come
back, as the Philadelphia writers say
he has. In that case, with Frank
Baker relenting ana returning to third
base, the limping old Mack macuine
might start a genuine pennant spurt
Comebacks late In life have hap
pened. Adrian C. Anson pulled one dur
ing his Z2d year as a major league
hitter. The previous season A. C had
fallen down badly in batting. Bis SZd
effort In the tlonal game he batted
.107. Cheering news for the Quaker
City fans.
Money Well Invested.
Branch Rickey's $16,666 going HP
battery, Severold and Louoermllk.
looks like the best Investment ofa
big chunk the local club has made.
Severold Is a sure shot to stay, and is
both a hitter and catcher of AA1 abil
ity. His hitting alone is worth the
price paid for the pair.
Loudermilk, if he can keep the pace
ho showed his recent out, can afford
to be wild and get away with a lot of
victories. However, wildness at this
time is not as costly as it will prove
later, when the attack grows more
deadly with Increasing team efficiency.
If both these men make good It will
mean S50.606 to the club in one sea
son; for they will about put the team
on the map
But this Is just an If.
Need
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The famous 'Dundee7' System Is widely
Imitated. We have no connection with
any other store in this city, and there
fore urge yon to come to the right
place.
Ve Are Tailors, Not Agents
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WARNING
II YORK KIRS Mi Wi;
ID GAMES PRODUCE DELIRIUM
Sixteen Runs Made in One Day and Marquard Pitching
Air Tight Ball the Next Is Enough to Start Gotham
Going; Same in Cleveland; Magnates Cut Down
Season Passes and Railroad Mileage.
BT FRANK
Ni
EW YORK; April 21. One swal
low doesn't make the summer
but 1b this town they've come to
believe that two victories mean the
pennant for the New Tsrie Giants.
The Giants, if you'll think back a
bit won the opening game from Wil
bert Robinson's Brooklyn Dodgers; The
score was something like 16 to i. The
15 runs were made mostly! on hits.
The fact that the club did quite a bit ot
hitting on that day convinced the
rabid Gothamites that the Giants are
back with the war clubs this year.
Batting and pitching are the tw
main essentials for a ball club. As
stated, the Giants did. some batting In
WeU, Richard Marquard went into the
tne opener. Ana now as to pitcmng:
box the next day and surprised the
whole civilized world and part of
Brooklyn by shutting out the pesky
Dodgers without allowing a hit
And then the folks on Manhattan
Island went Into a delirium. What
has happened since and what may hap
pen later on doesn't matter. The
Giants (according to the rabid) are ab
solutely certain of competing in the
1315 world series. Didn't they club
out IS runs in one day and didn't
Richard pitch air 'tight ball the next?
Cleveland Same Way
Conditions somewhat similar pre
vail in the dear, old Cleveland, on the
banks of Lake Brie. Everybody fig
ured that the Indians were due for a
terrific lamming every time they ven
tured into battle. But the Indians
tackled the Tigers in the opener and
twisted the orange and black taiL And
then Cleveland slipped a mental cable
and has been thinking pennant
thoughts ever since.
Oh, yes, the Indiana were trimmed on
the second day out. bnt that doesn't
matter with the develandars. They
won the opener and they've won other
games. Sure, they've lost others too.
but what matters that? They've won,
haven't they? And now. In the Forest
City, where they have hungered In vain
for a pennant for lo. these many years,
they have come to believe that 1315
will be the year when their hunger is
satisfied.
Baseball isn't it a funny game?
Magnates Cut Free List.
In keeping with the retrenchment
a New
Have it tailor-made. Your bet
ter judgment will tell you that
tailor-made clothes cut to your measure to
fit you and you alone is certain to give you
satisfaction. They are cut on Ikes that
yield grace to the figure because they con
form to a mail's shape. $25, or even more,
could sot male a man look more stylish or
more prosperous than do our Fifteen Dollar
Suits. Come m tomorrow and make us prove
it.
Ask Oar Salesmen to Sho& You Our
Specials for Spring and Slimmer Wear.
G. yCESKE.
policy, many of the magnates this year
have pruned the free list In other
years the clubs slipped season, passes
to nearly everyone of pi amlminee in
the home town. Bot tale JlftwMt is dif
ferent Season passes wwi doted out
sparingly and to those only who were
of ultraprominence. Just the ordinari
ly prominent were overlooked.
The belief exists among the mag
nates that denying passes to the large
fleek who used to get them before will
result in bigger gate receipts. It is
figured that the free list crowd of
other years now will be forced to pay
to see the games and that this will
mean several thousand dollars added
to the income of each magnate each
year.
Save in Railroad MHeage.
Another saving that the magnates
will make this year Is in railroad mile
age. They have trimmed all the cor
ners In making their jumps, thus sav
ing from several hundred to a thousand
miles. Kach club carries on an aver
age of 21 men on each trip. The mile
age averages about 21-S cents when
Pullman fare is added. That means it
coats a team about 53 cents to travel
each mile. If 1666 miles is saved, that
means a saving of 5536 each year for
each dub, or a total saving of nearly
313,666 annually for the It clubs In the
Dig leagues.
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