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HERALD
SPORT and
Classified Section
SPORT and
Classified Section
Monday, October Eighteenth, 1915.
SPORTS, RECREATION, OUTDOOR LIFE CONDUCTED BYA.H.E. BECKETT ("BECK")
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SOLDIERS WALLOP THE PITTS
! an ewa ,
Graham Grabs Another Victory While Leyva, Pedregon
and Brennan Are Hit Hard and Both Teams Indulge
in Comedy of Errors; More Misplays Than
' Hits in Final Game of the Series.
BY
--H MPIONS. of EI Paso. bv. virtue
I a six victories In eight games of.
the city championship series, the
ru'li infantry Baseball team Is now
turning its attention to the Kansas City
leaguers, and when the all-stars arrive
there for the game at Rio Grande park
Wednesdav afternoon, they will
1 1 "ip into an aggregation that has been
inspired b success and is playing bet
tc baseball than it really knows how.
urida's frame was not a classy ex
hibition of baseball on the part of
e.ther team, but it seem that the teams
must upset the kettle of beans on the
SpMath It happens regularly The
er id ' rs were on the long: end of a 1 to
2 core, after the scorers had put in a
M of extra work In. compiling the to
ta a
Game Proves Interesting.
The gime wasn't quite as bad as the
r" re would indicate and about 1009
fa is hail an afternoon of fun. The
Tun trs Kicked the ball around so much
that one might be forgiven if he sot
an Mea the bakers were trying to ploy
f otball, but the soldiers were not far
b - in d when It came to the boots.
Things happened in the very first ia
r ng Pete Leyva made such a good
e'lo-ning in the 13 inning: same last
. w.ek thut he was sent to the mound.
Iite'a support was uncertain and the
d k t Airier had little other than bis
r n,i and a prayer on the balL The
c inatton resulted in six runs for
tr soldiers in the first three innings,
l'edregon Relieves Leyva.
Mui.i-rer Simms Davis and CapL Dar
nell had a conference and Pete was sig
na'eu to the bombproof while Pedregon
hoisted his lengthy figure on the pitch
ing mound. He retired the third man In
the inning and then lasted two-thirds
of iht next inning In that inning, the
fom th the bakers weren't sure whether
the were plarng soccer or baseball
an', piled up four fat, imcv errors,
icith Two hits, one a triple by Caporal,
ihe- counted for four runs.
"apt Darnell again visited the infield.
He derided on another change, and
. Red Brennan doffed his sweater and
Went to the box. The southpaw pitched
;-oori halL but his support was so bad
t at it was no support at all and the
p Miers continued the scorinc. With
good fielding:. Brennan would have held
the soldiers scoreless while he was on
tl " mound for the soldiers did not earn
a run off him
(rnham In Fine Form.
Tn th, meantime, a smiling, red-faced
pr nt e nan owning: up to the name of
t.-ham was giving: the Purity batters
their troubles aed then some. Rotten
f'MmS by the-soldierS'ln the first two
Inninps accounted for a pair of runs,
lut the army bunch settled down when
th hakers began to ascend.
There were only four hits credited to
tJ.e bakers in the game. One was Dwy-ier-s
bunt in the second inning. He
triefl to sacrifice and popped one that
fell back of the drawnin Infield and
went for a single. The next hit was
wnen Mortimer lifted a short fly to left
field- Caporal made a great run for It
but when he touched it, the ball was at
his 6hoetops ,and the scorers"decided
that it would go for a hit,
Filleman lilts a Triple.
The first clean hit was a nice drive
1 Ritchie Filleman in the seventh. It
went for three bases, but there were
two out at the time and the fans
i fn-ered when Graham whiffed Morti-r-er.
the star clouter for the bakers.
Calemia drove a clean hit to center In
the eighth It should have been good
foi two bases, but Joe Isn't very fast
o i the paths and was contented with
or ? station He tried to steal second.
Ti t found that Augustiak's throwing
a-n vas in good condition.
Caporal and Head nit Well.
Caporal and Head had field days with
tl e stick, each clouting four hits. Bren-
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oft nan and
Adkins starred in the error
column, with three misplays each.
The box score of the game follows:
2th Infantry. AB. R. H. PO. A. K.
1UU. ZD Z 4
Sachanan. ss .... c l X
Glunore, lb 3 1
.Graham, p S e z
L'Sarage. Tf c S
March, lb 4 z
Senders, of........... X z
Caporal. tf S X 4
Totals
Purity.
FUieman, ss ....
Mortimer. lb
Calerala, c
Meaeea. 3b.. ..
Davis, cf. ........
Darnell, rf,
Dwyer. lb........
Fisher, lb X
Adkla. If 3
Leyva. p ......... 1
Pedregon. p. ......
Brennan, p ....
Total- 32 2 4 27 S 11
2Mb Infantry 213 M4 11 1
Purltys 11 2
Summary Three base hits. Head. Caporal.
Filleman; sacrifice hrU, Gil more (2). livl;
stolen bases. Head. GUmore 2). tiranam.
Sarace. Dwyer. Adkiaa: doable play. Morti
mer (unassisted) : bits, off Leyva S and C
ruaa in 2 2-3 ianMgs, off Pedregon 2 and
4 raaa In one teniae, off BmuB 4 and 4
runs in & 2-3 uutfaga: atrack out. by Leyva 1
s. by t'edreg-on z. by urenaaa s. by Breeaan
10. first base on balls, off Lejna z, oft
Graham 2. wild pitches, Brenaaa 2. hit by
pitched balls, by Leyva (Sooders). b Brea-
nan 3 tMorch. Gllmore. Graham) by Gra-1
bam (Adkins), passed ball. Calemla 2. first !
base on errors. Infantry 7. Purltys C: left oa j
bases. Infantry 9. Purltys 8. time of game, t
Z.6S. umpires. Kane and Ferro.
ALL STARS WILL
VISIT THE COAST
Chicago. IIL. Oct. IS. Baseball stars of
the American and National league began
arriving here yesterday, preparatory to a
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Americans Klefer. Ayers, James and Har
per, pitchers. Henry and Cady. catchers,
Hoblltzel. first base: Mullen, second base
i Schanc;. third base, shanks, abort stop.
I "Walker, Roth and strunk. outfieldere, Pipp.
utility.
Nationals Coombs. Alexander. Pfeffer and
Vaughn, pitchers. Miller and MeCarty. catch
ers: Daubert. first base, Evers. second base: t
Gron. third base: Flsber. abort atop. Carey, j
Kllllfer and Magee. outfielders.
Leaving here, Tuesday night, tbe Athletes t
will stop one day each In Oshkosh. Minneap- i
oils. St- Paul. Sioux City. Omaha. Lincoln. I
Columbus. Grand Island. North Platte, t
Greeley. Denver. Colorado Spriaga. Pueblo, j
Cheyenne. Lick Springs. Salt Lake. Pocatello. !
Twin Falls. Shoshone. Boise. Baker. Ore..
Pendleton. Spokane, Seattle and Portland.
Thereafter the players will entertain at
the California exposltlona.
BASEBALL COTTRIIIUTIO.NS.
From the Alamogordo (N. M.) News.
A newspaper syndicate furnished an
alleged report on the world's series,
purporting to have been written by Tris
Speaker, the great center fielder for
the Boston Red Sox. It is a good bet
that the dub who prepared this junk
for Speaker's signature is the same one
who writes the colorless bunk that
Christy Mathewson signs. The two are
among the greatest ball players the
game has produced, but before they
can reach first base In the game or
writing they must employ a real writer
to do the work. Trying to palm off as
their own this inocuous stuff is not im
proving the standing of these two great
stars of the diamond.
CO 1ST LEAGUE SCOKES.
Saturday's Game.
At Salt Lake 2. San Francisco 9
At Vernon 3. Oakland 2.
At Los Angeles 1 . Portland t.
Sunday's Games.
At Salt Lake 11. San Francisco It.
At Oakland 7, Vernon 4 (mormag game.)
At Oakland 0 Vernon IS (afternoon came)
At Vernon- Los Angeles 13. Portland 3
(morning game )
At Los Angeles 3, Portland 1 (afternoon
game.)
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EsORSETS UTEST
WAS IT
Gridiron, Gladiators of the Michigan Agricultural College
Are Wearing Form-fit Corsets f or Protection-Against
Onslaughts of Enemy; Criticising the Umpires is
Popular Among Baseball Players.
BV FRANK
"T-l MOM that historic seat of learn-
J- Ing and culture, Lansing. Mich.,
there trickles in the news that the
football gladiators of the Michigan
Agricultural college now are wearing
corsets.
"But," adds the dispatch, probably
censored, "the corsets are not ex
actly like women's corsets and they
are called form-tits. And, furthermore,
these form-fits are-not worn 'with the
.same idea in mind that the ladies have
when they wear them."
Protection From Enemy.
The corsets, as we understand mat
ters, are being worn, by halfbacks and
ends, primarily for the purpose of pro
tecting their hide and ribs from on
slaughts by the enemy. However, the
I dainty, little Lansing girlies, who have
seen the boys all dolled up la their
corsets claim that it improves their
looks, and their shapes, 98 percent and
makes them look "Just too sweet and
dear for anything."
It eeems that a chap named Julian,
who owns the fishy nickname of "Carp,"
started the fashion. "Carp" cramped
himself into one of those form-fits last
year, and not only did it protect his
manly form from wallops by the enemy,
but it caused the fair sex to remark
ever and anon about his superb figure.
And now, the other chape, having
grown a bit jealous of the loving
glances that were heaved In the gen
eral direction of Monsieur Julian last
year also are wrapping corsets around
their young persons, now pulling tight
the laces, and inviting the girls to look
'em over.
Criticising the Umpires.
Making sarcastic remarks concerning
the umpire's eyesight always has been,
and always will be, the long forte of a
ball player. Otto Knabe. the peppery
manager of the Baltimore Feds, re
cently unburdened himself, and here's
1 Steve Evans, outfielder of the Balti
more club, hammered the ball over the
fence. It was a fair drive but umpire
Johnstone refused to permit Steve a
home run. In fact, he wouldn't let him
run at alL
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" de
manded Knabe rushing at Johnstone.
"That was a home run hit."
"I disagree with you." replied John
son, polite and refined like. "It may
have looked like a home run to you,
but legally, it was not."
"Why not?" howled Knabe.
Stepped Out of llox.
"Because, sir." gurgled Johnstone.
"the batter. Mister Evans, stepped out
of the box as he was about to smite
that ball, and under the rules and regu
lations that govern this diamond game,
that was an illegal action, and there
fore. Mister Evans cannot have any
home run."
"How do you know he stepped out of
the box?" snapped Knabe.
"Because, I saw him do it, sir saw
him with my own eyes "
"You did, hev' Huh! I can't believe
it because I am convinced through
past dealings with you that you cannot
see that far."
And Knabe walked away, a feeling of
triumph percolating through his sys
tem, because hadn't he told the umpire
that the umpire was pretty nearly as
blind as a bat
How Hush Rebuked nn Ump.
This happened during one of the
Tiger-Brown games in Seotember. at a
time when the Tigers still were in th
pennant fight and battling every inch
of the way
Umpire Hildebrand called a strike on
Donie Bush and Donie roared. Donie
fouled off the next and when the third
ball floated over the plate. Dome per
mitted It to go b
"Strike thr-ee-e loure out" celled
Hildebrand
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ter with you?"
shrieked Bush. "Cant-
cha eee"'
And then, as an after thought. Bush
turned around as he was walking baek
to the bench, and shot" this at the um
pire: "Say Mister -HHdebrand. If I
were a pitcher, and you umpired all my
games, I'd never lose one."
rOLICE CHIEF LOSES LIFE
IN NEGKO G. Mil LING RAID
Galeaburg. Ill, Oct. It. Lynn. Matthews,
chief of police, was shot and killed last
night while leading a raid on a negro gam
bling house. When the officers burst Into
the place one of tbe negroes opened fire oa
them. Tbe chief fell with a ballet wound
throagh his right lung. He died In a few
momenta. A pistol battle between tbe offi
cers and negroes followed and when It ended
It was foaad that the man who bad shot
Chief Matthews had oacaped.
LEAGUERS BEAT AMAKILLO.
Amarillo. Tex.. Oct. 18. The Kansas City
Leaguers had an easy time winning from
the local crab, here Sunday, by a score of 19
to 4. Lambeth's pltcatag featured tor the
Leaguers.
"Beck's" Amen Corner
BT
fEORGE DUDDY is winning fame
as a slugger in the Coast league.
At San Francisco, recenUy, George
peled the ball over the right iield
fence for the only score of the game
between the Oaks and the Vernon
team. When 'he appeared at the
plate fer the rest of the game, he
was generously given four balls each
time, though Piercy was twirling
great ball. He held Oakland to four
hits in the game while Burns, of
Oakland, allowed Vernon five hits.
JUST how good Graham, the star
flinger of the Army league, is
will have to be proved in Wednes
day's game with the Kansas City
leaguers. "Rusty" Rustenhaven, a
big league star two years ago and
still a mighty good flinger, will work
for the leaguers and if Graham can
return his team a winner he win be
certain of a good job in organized
ball next year, should he care to
buy his release from the army and
accept.
JJARVARD evidently has a better
football team this year than
Yale. Virginia beat Yale, 10 to 0,
while Harvard triumphed over Vir
ginia, 9 to 0, though all of Harvard's
points were through field goals and
the Crimson is not far enough ahead
of the Bulldog to do any crowing.
Yale showed better form last Satur
day by beaUng the strong Spring
field Y. M. C. A. training school,
19 to 0.
pRINCETON and Syracuse appear,
right now, to have the strongest
teams in the east Princeton leat
the Orange, 3 to 0, in their annual
game and on Saturday the Tigers
trimmed Lafayette, 40 to 3. The
Orange simply toyed with Rochester
on Saturday, the score being 82 to 0.
Cornell and Dartmouth are also
standiog the season well.
TEE
JlTOt' NESS W JOIN MAJORS:
Wm SHOULD lEM HULLS
Crawford Predicted Rise of Breaker of Cobb's "World's
Record for Consecutive Hitting; Players Take for
Granted They Can Leave Box on Foul Hits; Will
Federal Raid Create More Cases Like Marsan's?
JOHNNY XESS, once known as a
member of the 1S3 Madison club of
the Wisconsin-Illinois league, and
more recently as the breaker of Ty
Cobb's world record for consecutive
hitting, will probably go to the "big
show" this fall. Right now hels play
ing ball for Oakland in the' Pacific
Coast league.
If th majors grab him, and if he
makes good, he will owe his rise' to ac
quired ability In Hitting a "hook" curve.
Smiley Smith, manager of the Madison
Lteam when Ness was a member, tells an
Interesting story of how Sam Crawford,
of Detroit, predicted the rise of Johnny
as a first sacker.
"At the close of the 1W9 season,"
starte Smiley, "the Madison club sold
Ness to the Detroit Americans. Johnny
Jolned the detrolt team at the close of
our season.
"The Tigers came to Post park, which
BECK.
flTY championship honors have
gone to the 20th infantry. The
Puritys did not make as good a
showing as had been looked for
against the Army leaguers and a
coterie of Commercial league fans
believe that a much stronger team
can be gathered than that which
represented the league in the series
just dosed. Sr. J. T. HcCamant has
undertaken to pick an all-star team
from the Commercial league and if
he succeeds in doing so, the new
city champions will gladly give the
all-stars a series of games.
JACK DILLON'S drawing powers are
strongly defended by some "Fan
of New Mexico," who hasn't the
courage to sign his letter to the
sporting editor. If he wilf send his
name, the letter will be published.
Incidentally, the sporting editor
takes occasion to repeat his state
ment that Dillon ran out on Howard
Morrow and will continue to repeat
it despite the assurances of the New
Mexico fan. If the fan wants the
names of the dnbs, etc, he can be
given them. No effort has been made
to belittle Dillon but he is not as
big a card as his manager, Sam Mar
burger, would have us believe.
nil BROWN has about derided to
J bring his Miami team here for
games with the all-star Army
leaguers on Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, October 29, 30 and 31. The
trip will be a good advertisement
for the little mining city and Brown's
team is not to be snuffed at as it
has several men who have made their
marks in fast company, notably Ben
nett, the second baseman and cap
tain, who managed the Seattle dub
in the Northwestern league for three
years and who was in the major
leagues for three seasons.
- BY BRIGGSl
is between Beloit and Janesville, one
day in the early fall for an exhibition
game with a picked team from Beloit.
I played with the Beloit bunch against
the Tigers, who carried Sam Crawford
and a number of stars.
"After the game I approached Craw
ford and asked him how he regarded
Ness's chance of making good.
"Sam said. Well. Johnny is going to
be a great slugger some day, but he
can't hit a hook But that's nothing for
him to worry over."
"How can Ness yearn to hit a hook?"
asked Smiley.
"Ness is in the same fix I found my
self when I came to the big leagues M14
first time, which was quite some time
ago. I conld't hit a hook and was sent
back to the minors, going to Shreveport
In the Southern league There I was fed
on 'hooks' until I thought I would get
nothing else. For a time I didn't hit.
but after a while I got so I could hit a
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CBOD SUPPORT
BIN SUES
Nearly 5000 Fans Saw City
Contests; Players Divide
About $700.
city duunoioaanlTi hMuhali
series is over aad as It la usual to announce
the financial standing of th world's series.
those la charg of th "miniature world'a
mill" bar decided to do likewise.
Eight Samoa wore played in tbe series.
the Stth Infantry winning six and the Purl
tys two. Of these gam, three were played
on Sunday aad tbe Sunday gamea drew an
average said admission of nearly 12e The
weekday saaaoa were not nearly as well
patronised and tbe total paid attendance
for tbe aerie was 45SC The pasaea would
make the total attendance around Saa.
The total caah receipta were about 31304.
Including sal of boxes, etc Expenses, such
as salary of umpires, advertising, rent of
park. etc.. amounted to about S5v9. the
dlvisioa for th two teams being.
Winners to Split S40L
Wlaaiag team, tbe 2th Infantry, gets
HL:5 while the losers, tbe Purltys, will
split up J27 76 The soldiers have about
14 players eligible for the cut, ao they
will split up about tl each. The bakers
have to divide among about IS players.
Check for tbe players will bo turned over
to them oa Saturday Collections for tickets
sold at tbe army canteens and other places
have yet to be made but manager Simms
Davis, of the Purltys. manager Lieut. C H.
Danielsoa of the 3th Infantry; president tv.
Pelpbroy of the Commercial league, and
president Lieut. CoL E. V. Smith, of th
Army league are endeavoring to have every-
xniBS cieana up oj in ena or in weelc
Blame Grounds for Defeat.
Simma Davla, manager of the Purity, was
well pleased with the patronage but dlaap
pointed with the result of the series. Ho
stated that had the games been played on
the Puritys' diamond at Washington park
fiiere woold have been a different story to
tell aad attributed ths poor showing of his
team to the strange diamond.
Lieut. Daaieiaon, manager of the 30th.
Infantry, was well pleased. Ho thanked the
press of the city for the publicity ana sup
port given tbe sertea "1 believe that thla
series has helped baseball In E4 Paso. The
fans were not treated to major league base
ball but they saw some good and Interesting:
games." said the army manager. Th offi
cer believe that Graham was a big factor
in th victory for bis team and. gives great
credit to the young pitcher.
More Came Coming.
On Wednesday, the 3th Infantry will meet
the Kansas City Leaguers at Bio Grande
park, when Graham will have a chance to
shew his real work. Rutenhaven. a south
paw, with a puzzling delivery, win work for
the Leaguers. There will be a mHUary band
In attendance.
Next Sunday, a return glme win likely be
played between tbe Mth. Infantry and th
Sheitoa-Payaea. who won a snappy contest
from th soldiers on Saturday and on th
following Friday the Miami team, will open
a three game series here.
hook almost as easily .as a fast, straight
IbalL
.TCB. X IUU1SL, Will BATQ III gll
through the same experience. Howev
er. Vith his ability. I believe he will
learn to hit a curve and will be In the
big show to stay before many years."
Sam Crawford's predictions seem like
ly to come true this year.
Tlayera Dost Know Rules.
Sanborn, of the Chicago Tribune, re
cently wrote an article about the man
ner hi which batsmen step out of the
box whenever a, foul ball Is hit, despite
the fact that, according to the rules,
the pitcher Is entitled to keep right on
pitching as soon as the ball is put in
play. Sanborn contends that the play
ers seem to take it for granted that
there Is a rule which compels the baiter
to step out of the box every time & foul
ball is hit and that nine out of everv
ten ball players don't really know the
rules.
That Sanborn is right In the latter
conclusion is the opinion of many. Two
years ago a freak play come up and the
critics thought they would ask several
star players to decide it or give their
interpretation of It, The first half
dozen were not sure and stated that
they did not know the exact ruling on
the play. "When asked if they had not
studied the mles they replied that they
had never even read the rule book.
Some of the stars may have been
missed, but in the next few weeks the
erltics asked practically every player
who happened along and found Just
five players who had read the rule
book through. Some hedged about and
said that thev did not exactly remem-
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