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SPORT &
Classified Section
Tuesday, May Twenty-fifth, 1915.
SPORTS, RUCREAXIOM, ODTDuuK LIFE CONDUCTED BY A. it . BECKEil f-BECK"
iCLnlliLE;
W BESTIE SIX M EMI
Douglas Drops Out, and Las Cruces, as Fifth Club, May
Have to Follow Suit, Unless Douglas Franchise Is..
Taken Over by 'Another Town; Best Players Will .
Be Absorbed by the F our Teams Remaining.
EL PAso will not have league base- , of the most promising prospects In the
bail this week. The original "j"- 5Lj!ar.Jl?Jrei2"ii.
... ,, . ... , i spitter that Is a peach and It was this
schedule called for the Mackmen j blLil whJch beat the El Paso team last
to cume back to play the Farmers, bat . Sunday.
tv hen Houslas dropped out of the league. Andy McNeil, the shortstop, will be
through failure to pay Its players able to catch on. and it is whispered
ti d to keep its leagae obligations, this that he has a chance to beat out Nig
1. ft five teams. Las Cruces had been I Purine for the second bag position
i-cpins up to the mark but did not j with U Paso, while McG 11 vray looks
1 ave the required funds to strengthen ' sood for a first Base position and may
a couple of positions which were show.- j be grabbed by Tucson.
'g -weakness, while Bill Hurley was! ,
a-.xious to get back to the farm. -With A new schedule will be drawn up lm
nheat selling for 1.60 a bushel, the 'mediately for four clubs. Albuquerque.
I. m beats baseball this year. i Phoenix. Tucson and El Paso now ap-
Xemuorarlly. at least. Las Cruces will ' pear to be all well balanced. Three of
r.e dru.iDtd If some other town takes tBe cities nave oeen giving grano. sup-
a
BECK'S" AMEN CORNER
BT "DECK."
. r the Douelss franchise and nlayers.
it is r.ot unlikely that the circuit will
g-o t ick to six clubs, for the league is
x nus to play fair with the little city
t. the alley.
lrl s men will be held together
y. re IMs seek. If It is decided to con-
tit'iie t ith four clubs, practically all the
rr"-n Tion with the Farmers will find
't s with the other clubs, for Hurley
port to the game. Albuquerque has
been making a lot of noise, but the at
tendance has not yet been, very good.
However, it is believed that with good
teams playing in the Duke City thero
will be a bis Improvement.
It had been arranged to release the
first batch, of official batting and field
ing averages this week, but because of
the switch in the arrangement of the
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v . - .-.. .. ,.., .:,.., . mnwttratarv C1DDS. it R3.S Den UWlUtA IU I1U1U uu
Ival'io and r -er will likely go to the the averages for a week and complete
3. al club and Russell to Albuquerque, them tap to last Sunday, thus brJnKlng
Tlak may go to Tucson, which dub in all the figures for the two clubs that
Is looking for a good outfielder ," X. T "I""?," ""I
cm tLkf a turn in the box.
Toots Bliss will join the J31 Paao dub, , week.
t- n;iorarny, at least, dui may w
switched to Albuquerque later on. Joe '
S-aton may catch on witb one of the
Jeiue clubs or may accept a position
with a semi-pro. aggregation as pitcher,
for Joe broke into the game as a trlwler
Bid pitched great "all for Seattle for a
c i pie of seasons
. '
Mr Vi oy needs a rest, for he has been
or the sick list. Once be gets In shape.
h. will have no difficulty catching' on. ,
rfieiger and Goldie will lie able to catch ;
en a roth are gooa oumeiaeia.
likely be ready for release early next
.
The Las Cruees fans feel rather dis
appointed at being dropped, and they
held a meeting Monday night to talk
things over. X. C. Frenger, in particu
lar, feels Tatber badly, for he has done
a let of work to get the Farmers into
the league and into form. One thing
t. aIm nnii fliat is that Las Cruces
will get Its 1a back If it Is at all pos-t
slble to put in a sixth club. .1
pODR clubs compose tie Rio
Grande association now. The
Douglas deb forfeited its franchise
by failure to pay its players and
to pnt up the deposits agreed upon
at the or-iniiation of the league.
The las Cruces club was then in.
the unfortunate position of a fifth
wheel to a cart. , The Fanners have
not yet disbanded. They may get
another chance, for there is a bare
chance that Bisbee, which has been
after- the Douglas franchise, will
take it over, put a good1 man" in
charge and get right into the race.
DILL HURLEY has an offer from
his home district, western Canada,
to handle a ball dub there. As Bill
has a big farm in Alberta, hVranch
prefers to be in that part of the
country, where he caff occasionally
run over and see how the crops are
getting on. Bill has proved himself
a thorough sportsman down here and
the fans will be sorry to see him go.
JN THE event th-t the Farmers do
disband, the players will have
little difficulty in getting berths, for
McCloskey needs a couple of young
pitchers and Hurley his four good
ones. It would e no surprise to see
Ray KaUio and Sam Ber with the
local dub, while George Reed can
find room for Lefty Russell and pos
sibly Black. El Paso willalso likely
take Toots Bliss as a relief catcher
for his brother.
COMMERCIAL leaguers are going
to have a chance if the Rio
Grande association deddes against
continuous ball in El Paso. The
amateurs are playing good ball and a
Sunday of the amateur artide, sand
wiched in between a couple of weeks
of jre. ball, should draw well.
-
DAY, Ariz., is getting the baseball
fever and has just signed Orville
Kilrey, a former American assoda
tion and Coast league twirler, to do
the mound work.
TACK COOMBS may "havg noth-
ing," as the critics declare, h,ut he
keeps on winning his games, so why
worry?
WALTER M'CREDIE, manager of
the Portland Coast league dub,
tried to dedde whether it is better
to be a big frog in a small pond
(the Coast league) than a small toad '
in a big pond (the American league).
He dedded on the -former. McCredie
was offered the management of the
Cleveland club in succession to Joe
Birmingham, who was canned, and
he declined to accept
""TENNIS takes the place of base
ball here this week. The Border
States tennis tournament opens at
the Country dub courts on Thurs
day morning and will continue for
about five days. The tournament
will bring out some of the .best,
players in the country and lovers of
the court game should make it a
point to attend.
11
"Knockouts I Have Seen
This is the sixth of a series of stories on famous knockouts
knockouts which have gone down into aragilistic history either on ac
count of turning a losing battle into a winning one or because of
the sensational manner in which they were landed.
By ED. AV. SMITH.
The first same In El Paso under the
imw flrtaneftment may not take place
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:onnelL the pltcner. s one acre.
McConnell,
1 icajto Feds Win In 14tn liming
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vVkitc Sox Win Deaoite Seven Error
Br "BECK."
THK Federals got into the extra
Inning game c-i Monday when the
Chlfeds tied the score against the
Xuffeds In the last of th' ninth and then
won out in the 14th on ytack's JitaeJe..
Timely hits in the seventh gave Buffalo
two runs but Johnson was then re
placed by Brown and the Buffeds were
never dangerous thereafter.
(
With the bases full ta ie-Jast of
the ninth, Crandall hit to the right
field fence and Miller crossed tbe plate
with the runthat gave thef-SJpnfeds a
victory over the TerrapinsCVS lo L
It -
Timely hits off MoseleyBKve the
Packers a victory over tbe Newfeds,
: to i
Seven errors would ordinarily be
enough to lose a major league game,
Set despite this kind of fielding, the
w hite Sox beat the Yankees, S to 4.
Home runs by Brief and Fournier, a
triple nd a double by Russell, and a
doable by "Weaver bdped the Kowland-
Ites to put It over who tsuis crew.
Laudermilk was wild the first half
of the game at St. Louis but then set-.
tied tewB and pitched airtight ball, the
Brws3"TfeaUg the Ifed Sosc, 4 til
The Sox got only two hits off Laader
rallk but eight passes helped them get
their runs.
Ha sermon's unsteadiness resulted In
two 'pase to the AthleUcs in the sec
ond Inning and three hits followed,
giving the Mackraen four runs and a
victory over the Indians. '.
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The Tigers nattered down the Sena
tors in the sevfflith and eighth innings
and grahbed Monday's game. 4 to e.
Covaleskie allowed only four hits.
While Pierce held the Braves to two
hits, the Cubs fairly hammered Ames
and Crutcher. winning by a score
of 9 to L Wildfire. Frank Schulte gpt
a home run and a double. Heinle Zim-
merman three doubles and Saier two
doubles.
ome
Pointers On Golf
-i- X teeing up the ball, the amount of
I wet sand used tinder the ball is or
Jfc. some importance to tbe game. Most
Eoafi golfers use a low tee. Take a
small bit of sand, press it In the hand
a -id place it on the tee. where you can
get a level stance with your feet on
a level with the ball, and place your
1 and gently on top, so the sand will
be hignest under the palm. Mace the
ball on it firmly enough to hold It.
Take a firm grip on the drlTer, with
your left hand, one and one-half inches
f re m the top. The grip should be more
In the fingers than in the palm of the
land, with the fore and center fingers
and the thumb around the club doing
most of the work. Do not grip so that
it strains tne muscles, dui jubi so you
laie complete control of the club.
Then place your right hand as dose
as possible to the left, but not gripping
1 ands on the club so that the T?"
formed by the thumb and the first
finger of each hand are nearly on a
straight line on the top of the club and
In line with the center Of your head.
Practice Sirtnglng DrlTer.
Practice swinging the driver from I
the wrists. The wrists must be supple .
in an golf shot, keeping absolute i
control of the club with the left band. '
Take your stance so that your right
toe, left toe and the hole will be in a
straight line and address the ball
t meaning to place the club head on the
irround. lmmediatelv back bf the ball). !
i ith the face of the club, head at right
a: pies to the line to the hole, and at a
.istar.ee from the ball measured with
the bodv slightly bent at the waist.
The club and left arm should make
practically a straight line from the
back of the ball to the left shoulder.
Bring Club Up In Circle.
The stroke: Bring the elub back
near the ground for a short distance,
and tip In an easy circle, turning the
body from the waist, bracing-with the
right knee, allowing the left knee to
bend slightly, bearing a porthm of the
weight on the ball of the left foot, and
swinging back only as far as comfort
able, not fast enough to put you off
balance.
Swing down, the same line and on
through, keeping pressure on the club
until the ball has left it. which is about
three feet from contact, completing the
circle by allowing the body to tnrn at
tbe waist ,
The weight now comes on the lert
foot and the ball of the right, the right
kr.ee bending, finishing the circle by
following tbe ball in Its line of flight
with the club heal as far as the
dub and arms' reach.
Remember to relax the muscles. This
will take the Jar from the contact
Movement of Head.
Any movement of the head before the
contact will be fatal to the shot; let
the club on its .follow through, bring
ycur head up.
Keep your eye on the spot ton the ball
where you want to hit, and no move
ment of the foot other than the shif
of weight during the swing.
The easiest way Is the right way in
golf.
Don't work just play.
Hit the ball quick, but not hard.
The meaning of a sliced ball, or slice,
is when a ball goes out straight for
some distance, then curves to the right:
when it curves to the left is Is called
a pulL With a lefthanded player this
is reversed.
The toe of the club ls-the out end of
the club head, the heel is the insMe end.
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DO you remember the young fellow
they used to call The Tipton
Slasher?" His name was Benny
Yanger and he was an Italian lad from
the Chicago south side who could battle
like a tiger.
Benny got to be a great card around
Chicago one of the best we ever had.
In fat- and for two verr excellent rea
sons. He was at once the best liked
and the most cordially hated fighter in
the business. Half of the crowd went
to see him kick the other fellow and
half went there on the long chance that
he would be .beaten to a pulp.
When a man is disliked he usually Is
a good card. Ills enemies are there to
see his defeat. They wouldn't miss it
for anything.
It is doubtful if we ever had a knock
out in Chicago that created the same
amount of discussion and at the same
time raised so much bitter feeling as '
the night at Tattersali's, on istn street,
back In 19W, when Tanger got a knock
out decision over Tommy Mowatt in
a six round battle.
Mowatt, Unknown, Could Hit.
Mowatt's right name was Moore and
he was a conductor on a south side
street car line. He surely could hit
with his right hand, as he proved that
night at Tattersali's. Tanger went at
him fiercely and was manhandling him
severely for three rounds. A big change
came soon after that.
Down "Went Yanger.
The fighting conductor got that right
hand over and down went Tanger. At
the same time the roof nearly was lift
ed off Tattersali's by'the frantic yells
of the astounded crowd.
Tanger was a game land and got to
his feet only to be knocked down again
and again. Benny contrived to weather
out two desperately bad rounds In
which he got a severe drubbing. But
Mowatt beat himself trying to keep the
Italian down, and in the sixth round,
Yanger, coming with a great rush,
swept tbe conductor oft Ms feet.
Near the end of the rouno. with Mow
att all but helpless, but still on his feet
milling with grim determination, Eddie
Santry tossed in the towel in token of
defeat. Mowatt kicked it out and
fought with referee Slier and everybody
else, claiming he was a long way from
being beaten. The crowd was with him,i
bqt the referee recognized the act of
the seconds and gave Tanger the de
cision. It went as a knockout, as Is
customary In such cases.
Santry now is a state representative
and" author of one of the boxing bills
CALLED
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BECOMES A BOXER
introduced at Soringfleld this winter.
The Mowatt people always blamed him
for the defeat. It was one of tbe most
thrilling bouts ever seen here and made
Mowatt a star.
Xever Again Beat Moirntt.
Strangely enough, Tanger never
again was able to beat Mowatt. though
he had four cracks at him. They.boxed
six round draws in 191. ISO! and IMi
and the following year went 2d rounds
to an even thing in Kalamazoo. Mich.
Benny could beat men who could beat
Mowatt, but the latter had something
on him. Often such things are noticed
in the pugilistic game-.
Tattersali's was the scene of .other
famous knockouts and it wits in the old
building, now torn, down, that McGov
ern and Gans pulled off their ho-rible
"barney" that closed boxing. We'll de
vote a chapter to that at a later day.
Mcovern was one of the greatest ring
sensations -we ever had around here.
And it was in this city, and bj the
way. this same building, in which be
had a couple of mighty close calls from 1
deiaat. nut ne was going at nis cest
during the times he was battling here
and always "got by" with everything
he attempted.
Jaw Blow Broke Ankle.
Speaking of the mighty Terry recalls
a quaint incident in his career. Did
you ever hear of a man hitting an op
ponent so hard In the Jaw that he broke
his ankle? Well, they claim that's what
happened one night in New Tork when
Terry was fighting Tommy White, a
Chicago veteran. Anyway, Tommy's an
kle was knocked askew by the punch.
No. we wouldn't vouch for it, but lfs
Interesting, isn't it?
PITCnEIt I.EO.V VB.D SUSPENDED.
St. Louis, Mo., May 15. Hugh Leon
ard, star pitcher for the Boston Ameri
cans, was suspended Monday on the
arrival of the team here for not being
In good condition.
MTArtLANO AND GIBBONS AFRAID:
E Tffl MT
NO flNE CAN MMK
They Have Been Offered $1000 a Round for 10 Rounds,
but Both Dodge; Gibson Finds He Has a Gold Mine
in Heavyweight Coffey, and Now Sets JHis Fig
ure at $10,000 a Fight ; May Make Fortune.
BY FRANK G. MEXKE.
NEW TORK. May 25.pckey Mc
Farland Is afraid to meet Mike
Gibbons and Mike Gibbons is
afraid to meet Packey. McFaHand.
That's the only conclusion one can
draw from the absolute failure of the
matchmakers to get the two Irishmen
into the same ring.
Neither can offer the excuse that the
purse offers are insufficient. Nor can
they offer any other real excuse. Both
nine have been guaranteed S1.W each
for ten rounds exactly S233.33 a min
ute. That's the largest offer ever made
gitcher nearly ruined his arm, said
lugbey. "He used to spend most of
his practice time shooting the ball to
the catches, putting as much stuff
oa it as he could. That practice hurt
hU arm. When Cobb came into the
league he had an arm that was more
powerful than any outfielder in the
t business. Trying out curves robbed it
of some of its power and you can bet
on it that I won't let any of my other
infielders or outfielders hurt their
arms trying to throw curves."
A fellow naned Olmstead. who has
to any fighters who were not cham- leguuve Jol to Michigan haa earned
??-.. T-fJS SThit1??.'08 t &'!; th ndylng enmity of the golfers in
waukee club made that offer. A New ,h. wi..5- .,..! . ,, .
Tork syndicate that wants to stage the
match Is willing to duplicate it. But
Fackey and Mike won't get together.
A fine pair of Irishmen nit!
v
Billy Gibson discovered a gold mine
when he grabbed off Jim Coffey some
eight or nine months ago. ' Gibson,
who had just quit his Job of match
maker for the Madison Square garden,
recognized hidden genius in the big.
lumbering Irishman. He took him
under his wing, hired a few fellows to
teaah Coffey ring science, groomed
the Wolverine state by trying to nut
through a bill that would make Sunday
golf illegal. He would have a fine
of JZS slapped onto all persons who in
dulge In the game on the first day of
the week.
Olmstead seems to have the peculiar
idea that a person should spend all of
Sunday In church and that getting a
bit of recreation on that day through,
the playing of golf Is wicked.
Olmstead has about as much chance
of getting his bill through as Jack
jonason nas or regaining the heavy-
him anTtnen SStvSTSSmt IheheTt ! - Plo-ahtp-Just that much.
heavyweights In the came.
Coffey today ranks head and shoul
ders above all heavyweights except
Jess Wlllard. He is a tremendous
drawing card, and Gibson now can dic
tate his own terms for Coffey's ap
pearance in the ring. He's set his
figure at Sle.OOv per fight.
and no more.
STALLINGS IS SICK, BUT
CRIPPLE EVERS IS ON DECK
Boston. Masa, May 25. The Boston
Nationals nrobablv will be withont the
!?"' .'J" ??L "?"'! ,. guidance of manager Georsre T. stall-
1 ?!w" ?!- -.: &SWWS?S maoMimIlalllt
ley win nave emraeu moreiuan ". I Cant. John S Bvera who h . .
his home In Troy. X. T recovering
while under Gibson. And Gibson will
get a nice slice of that. ShoaM Cof
fey ultimately win the heavyweight
title It will be worth at least $&,
to him and Gibson certainly will get
SlO,0ttof that.
Quite a nice discovery- for Gibson,
eh?
"Wanted, at once; several dozen star
football players. Apply coach Cavan
ifugh. Dartmouth university."
That's the kind of advertisement the
Hanover institution is thinking of in
serting in the papers. Graduations
will wreck the ltl4 Dartmouth eleven
and will also take a large number of
the best substitutes. The freshman
team of 1914 didn't develop ana real
players, there are only a few players
of any worth in the sophomore team Of
last season, ana, au in ail. uuogs cio
from a broken ankle bone, vu e-roe.-t-
ed here to take tp the managerial reins
today. He is able to get about on
crutches.
COLEBGB rUlKV PITCID3S
XO HIT. XO R-V GAME
Middlftbtrry. Vt.. May 85. Pitcher
McLaughlin of Middlebary college
pitched a no hit, no run game against
St. Lawrence university here Monday,
the score being it to 0. McLaughlin
walked a man in the first and second
innings, but retired the side In one.
two, three order thereafter. Ke struck
out 12 men.
LORD JOINS BUFFALO FEDS.
Chicago, 111-. Mar 25. Harry Lord
not look a bit rosy'Ior Dartmouth m jomea tne Burtaiso Federals here Mon-
lslS. I day but manager SchlaOev said he
probably would not take part in a game
Hugh Hennings won't let any of his except as a pinch hitter until later in
players, other than pitchers, do any the week, not having played enough
"warming up." i so far this season to be in the best
"Ty Cobb's ambition to seeeme a
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FRANK G. MBNKE declared in The Herald Friday that there are two reasons
why Phiany Boyle of Lowell, Mass., became a prize fighter. One is because
his parents hitched the name xf Phinny onto him; the other is an offer of
?5 that lured him into his first ring; engagement.
The parents of this youth thought Phinny was a very pretty monicker to
hang on to their boy. The boyhood acquaintances of Tamay thought it very
pretty too, in that thought it too pretty for a boy and called its owner a
"sissy" that is, they called hiin a -sissy" once just once, and when the fight
was over they, too, dedded that Phinny was a good name for any boy to wear.
So it was his name and the fistic experience that brought Phinny to his good
local reputation as some bare knuckle bruiser.
Then on his 19th birthday anniversary he was given a ticket to a priie
fight by a friend. A tough young boy named "Eyke" Evans was slated to box
a Bosto nboy.. But the bean eater -did not show up, and beeaae the manager
offered ?5 to anyone who would stand up to Evans for a few rounds, Phinny
got busy and during the first round ended the fight with one hard smash on
Evan's jaw.
That is two years ago, and since then Phinny has arisen to such height in
the featherweight division that with another six months of experience he will
dethrone Johnny KJbaue if Johnny Kilbane will give him a fight.
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