SPORT and
Classified Section
J SPORT and
Classmed Section
Thursday, November Eleventh, 1915.
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' SPORTS, RECREATION, OUTDOOR LIFE CONDUCTED BY A. H. E. BECKETT ("BECK")
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Iiine Smashing Brand ot
Football Proves Surprise
to the School of Mines.
Plaj ins a hard, line-smashing brand
of football, the Fourth Field artillery
team defeated the School of Mines In a
good exhibition of the gridiron sport
at Rio Grande park on Wednesday
afternoon, the final score being 14
to
The brand of football pat up by
th. soldiers was a considerable sur
prise for the School of Mines, on its
ret ent showing, has been rated as
one of the best elevens in the south
west Line Smanbes Bring Score.
Ti firs: score was made in the
rsecond period, when a series of hard
line smashes, combined with some
cleer trick plays, enabled the soldiers
to ( arr the pigskin over the miners
line The soldiers scored another
t ui-hdown in the final period.
The miners were on the aggressive
must of the last period and tried des
perated to keep the ball in the sol
diers termor. The artillerymen then
liail r- al chance to show their de
fence and their line stood firm against
the bucks of the miners.
Soldiers Want Games.
The soldiers are looking for games
w 'b ant good teams in the southwest
ai i would like to hear from any man
agers -nho have open dates on their
Schedule
The teams lined up as follows:
Artillery Position Mines.
Trban R. E . ...S. Walker
Sniuer V.R.E ... .McQnatters
Galligan R. G Fomeroy
Green C. Black
Van Horn L. G Foster
Lo. France -L. T Frazier
Pirmienter UK Cochrane
Lieut. Swing .. .Q.B.... Race
Levis F. B O.Walfcer
VU pier R.H.B.. Worthington
'S.'Jgb L.1LB Biggs
CHAMPIONSHIP OF SOUTHWEST'
HAY BE DECIDED AT EL PASO
Silver City. X. St, Nov. 11. If the
challenge is accepted. El Paso may be
ch isen as the battleground for a foot-i-m"
game to be staged soon after
Thanksgiving to decide the 1S15 foot
b?!l championship of the Southwest.
By defeating the University of Ari
zona here Tuesday, to 8, the State
Kormal has first claim to championship
lienor, its only r!al being the State
Cr liege team of Mesilla Park. Because
the Normal three weeks ago won from
a. Stte College team composed largely
of s-cond line men. the college claims
th' victory does not count against Its
varsity eleven.
The Normal Has not peen oeaten tnis
par It i willlnsr to Dlav toe biaie ,
Oollesre. -oreferably at El Paso, and
If not there, then at Mesilla, Park. j
The Kormal. which defeated El 1-aso
Hull school here last week. 10 to 7.
will play a return game with the Pass
City team Saturday. The Kormal au
thorities are now endeavoring to sched
ule a Thanksgiving game here with
the Texas School of Mines, of El Paso.
13TH CAVALRY BASKETBALL
TEAM BEATS MARFA HIGH
Marfa. Tex., Nov 11. Marfa high
school opened its basketball season
Tiiesdav, plawng the initial game with
troop C. lith caalry, as its opponent
The soldiers won the contest Sd-S. Both
teams displayed excellent team work
nrd neitner side suffered penalties on
louls The game was featured by many
spectacular plays and long passes by
both sides. I
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Marfa High school Tyler, left for- j
Ward bnare, ngni lorwaru; jtaruu.
center T Cline. left guard. Adams,
right guard. W. Cline, right forward.
Troop C Clark, left fosward; M
Jain. right forward; TWolhelm. center:
Jchneider, left goard; St John right
mard.
JTIXTir CATALItY BASIL.V
WIXS PROM 13TH CAVALRT
Douglas. Ariz., Nov. 11. The Ninth
cavalry foothall team easily defeated
the team of the ISth cavalry in a game
pla ed here Only three troops of the
"""th were represented in that eleven
The captain is trying to arrange a re
turn game Thanksgiving day in which
th full regimental team will take
S-rt.
ALL UUIlHT POOT11VLL
TICKETS ARE DISTIUHIT1SU
West Point, N. T . Nov. 11. Every j
t"-ket of the army's allotment for the '
, plaved in New York November ST, has
i he'Ti oistributed.
WirXCErOi 1JEVOTES LAST
DAIS TO LIGHT PRACTICE
Princeton. N. T Nov. 1L The
Princeton football squad finished its i
last hard scrimmage of the season here i
"Uednesdav afternoon and will devote
todav to light signal drill only. I
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Giant Manager Bought Perritt; Then "Rebel" Oakes of
the Feds Raised His Price and McGraw Had -to "Come
v Back With Another Raise to ''Keep "Pol" Whose
Showing Past Year Was Bush League Variety.
By FRANK
NEW YORK, Nov. 11. The Country
person who bought a gold brick
didn't feel half as badly after he
discovered his error as Jawn McGraw
does these days whenever he thniks
about that "Pol" Perritt deal.
Jawn got a gold brick in "Pol"
which is bad enough. But the worst
part of it, from the McGrawian view
point, is that Jawn spent hundreds of
dollars and many anxious hours in try
ing to keep -Reb" Oakes, the manager
of the Pittsburg Feds, from outbidding
Jawn for the goldbriek.
This is the yarn:
Perritt used to pitch for the St. Louis
team and Jawn decided that he'd do a
heap better in a Giant uniform. So at
the end of the 1914 season Jawn en
tered into negotiations with Miller
Muggins, the "David Harum" of base
ball and Miller lived up to his nick
name by letting Jawn have "Pol" for
a considerable bit of booty.
Began Flirting With Feds.
Well, springtime came In due course,
but "Pol" didn't come to the Giants.
Instead, "Pol" began flirting outrag
eously with the Feds. Oakes wanted
him. He asked "Pol" how much Jawn
wanted to pay him and "Pol" told him.
"ril boost that total Jl9 per
season," said Oakes.
"Oh, very well I'm yours." quoth
"PoL"
"Pol" left his home for tie purpose
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of reporting to the Pittsburg Feds. In
roe meantime. Mcuraw began to won
der why "Pol" hadn't put in appearance
at the Giants camp. In the nick of
time, as the dime novels put it, Jawn,
learned that "Pol" bad been quite un
true to him that he had been lured
away by Federal coin.
McGraw Sends Kluaella.
McGraw got busy on the wires at
once and learned that "Pol" was on
his way to the Pittsburg Feds camp.
"Go thou and head him off." wired
Jawn to Dick Einsella, the Giant ivory
hunter, who was then in Mississippi.
"I want Perritt. I need him. Outbid
the Feds."
Kinsella jumped the first rattler
after he had learned the Perritt route,
and headed off "Pol" somewhere in
Georgia.
"Greetings," murmured Diek. "Cmon
in and have some sasaparilla or some
thing." It was a warm day and "Pol" con
sented. Then the Business Stuff.
"Where ya goin'?" asked Dick casual
like after the refreshments had been
served.
"Oh. me?. Tin goin' to the Pitts
burg Feds camp. I'm eonna Dlav with
t them this season," responded "PoL"
No, you ain't," asserted Dick. "You're
gonna play witn the Giants."
"I am not," remarked "Poll.' "I was
flggertn' on doln" that a while ago, but
I changed my mind. J gotta right to
"BECK'S" AMEN CORNER
TT c. BENNETT, of the Tenth
cavalry, is anxious to hear fitm
boxing promoters in this part of the
country. They are about as scarce
as hen's teeth in El Paso but some of
the New Mexico promoters may get'
in touch with the trocper at Nogales.
DECATJSE many of the soldiers
could not secure leave, today's
baseball game at Rio Grande park
had to be postponed but the game
will be played on Sunday afternoon,
with either Cronicker or Graham on
the mound for "he soldiers and Lewis
and Hill for the professionals.
AAIDLAND'S polo team is coming
to El Paso to play the army
officers during the military tourna
ment at Washington park. The
games should be well worth attend
ing and local fans will have 4 chance
to see a real polo contest. The Mid
land team comes here with a fine
reputation while the army aggrega
tion boasts of some real stars.
JWIESILLA PARE football circles
are still agitated over an inci
dent at Saturday's game when a
football writer for an, EI Paso .morn
ing paper was compelled, forcibly, to
give np notes he had made of the
Aggies' plays. The Aggies assert
these notes were intended for future
opponents of the college team while
the sport writer insisted that they
were legitimate newspaper notes
The Las fruces Citizen severely
criticises the newspaperman editorially.
YEARLING FILLY BREAKS
WORLD'S TROTTING RECORD
Lexington. Ky.. Nov. 11. A world's
record for a yearling trotting filly was
made here at a meeting of the Ken
tucky Trotting Horse Breeder's asso
ciation Wednesday, when a yearling
bay filly by Prince Ansel-IIla-Moko
trotted a mile in S:17 1-S. She is
owned by the Woodland Stock farm
of Woodland. Calif.
The former record was held by Miss
Stokes when she trotted the mile over
the same track as a yearling in
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change my mind whsn the other fellows
offer me mari money."
"How much more did they offer youT
queried Dick.
"Pol" told him.
Klnnella liaises Back.
"Well, ril beat that," said Dick. And
right then and there Dick is reported
to have quoted "Pol" a salary of 90
per year under a three year contract.
"The terms are suitable to me." quoth
"PoL" "but before I move from thli
here Spot I wanta know what Jawn
McGraw thinks about 'em. If he fusses
about it 111 go right along on my way
to the Feds camp.
McGmTT ?anctlonA Deal.
Dick quickly got in touch with Mc
Graw, told him what he'd quoted Per
ritt. reiterated Perritt's ultimatum, and
Jawn quickly sanctioned the deaL After
Dick concluded his conversation with
McGraw he had "Pol" draw up the
papers and after he had assured himself
that the document was an Iron clad
three year affair. "Pol" changed his
route, headed away from Augusta. Ga
where the Oakes crowd was working
out, and went along with Dick to the
Marlin camp of the Giants.
His rlaylng Fro-ity.
Perritt became a Giatn at a reported
salary of J SOW a year, and this is what
he did in 1915 to earn it: He worked
35 games and won but , 12. He was
knocked out of the box so often that
everytlme he entered it the betting was
J to 1 that he wouldn't last through the
game. He pitched a brand of baseball
so weird that it became a joke around
the circuit.
That's enough to oiake Jawn sorrow
ful, but the sadness increases when he
recalls that he must keep "Pol" for two
years longer and pay him !WM for
each of those years.
And. in the meantime
"Reb" Oakes is patting himself on
his left shoulder blade.
BY BECK."
CUPERIOR judge Graham, of San
Francisco, ruled in a divorce suit
last week that insistence of the hus
band that the wife learn to be a
baseball fan and rooter is not cruelty
and a ground for divorce. Thought
all the women were screaming for
"votes for women!" If they want
"equal lights for alL" Jet them be
good baseball fans like tne men.
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pARL REEVES announces that he
will leave for Phoenix on Friday
night to drive his National in the
150-milft auto race in connection
with the Arizona state fair. . Walter
Smith will also have his Fiat in the
race. Reeves was iven credit for the
fastest official lap in the Tucson
race, his mark being 3:55 for the
course. A big 120-horsepower special
racing car, which was officially de
clared "oat" went back after Reeves's
time had been announced, and made
a lap in 3:52 but this was not offi
cially recognized. In Phoenix, the
El Paso drivers will compete with
Barney Oldfield, Earl Cooper and
other noted drivers but they are con
fident Of making a good showing.
ONE minor baseball league reported
105 games postponed lor bad
weather during the 1915 season. It's
a cinch bet that it wasn't the Rio
Grande association for only one game
daring the entire season had to be
postponed because of rain. That's a
record which will stand for some
time. The postponed game was m
the first series at Tucson.
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SHOW HUW SUPPLIES ARE PAGKED
Army Officers Will Also Enter Gaily Decorated Pleasure
Cars in Prize Contest; Strings of Electric Lights Will
Be Used ,in Street Decorative Scheme, It Is An
nounced; Local Firms Arranging Displays.
BY
i r-THE section of the big automo-
Tbile parade on Friday evening.
December J. which is to be given
up to 'the array trucks and pleasure
cars will be one of the striking fea
tures of the big show. Judging from the
reports which come from Fort Bliss
and Camp Cotton.
The big trucks of the commissary
department will be utilized in carry
ing military bands, floats showing the
method of packing army utensils and
supplies, camp life among the soldiers
and so forth.
Officers stationed along the border
who own motor cars will have some
finely decorated machines in the pleas
ure car division and predictions are
being freely made in army circles that
many of the prizes for the bst decor
ated cars wll go to the officers.
1M1I Announce Prize List
The parade committee Is now work
ing out an allotment of prizes to toe
various divisions and the prize list will
he announced about the end of the
week. There are about 5 prizes, rang
ing in alue from 1 to MM. to be
given to the best decorated cars and
trucks.
One of the members of the general
committee has suggested that there
should be a cash prize of $106 for the
best decorated car or truck In any di
vision of the big parade. This matter
DASKETBAIX fans are reminded
that the usual weekly games of
the Church leagua will take place at
the Y. M. C A. on Friday evening
and those who stay sway will miss
some real fun.
T7VERYB0DY in El Paso is boost-
ing "El Paso Automobile Week"
and if the number of inquiries re
ceived at the chamber of commerce
can be taken as a guide, there's go
ing to be a real crowd from out of
town.
LJOWARD MORROW, the Benton
Harbor middleweight who is now
fighting at about 162 pounds, writes
that he is anxious for some bouts in
this part of the country. Howard
fought Jack Herrick at Juarez and
made many friends among the local
fight fans. He is now at his Michi
gan home and states that he has not
been in the ring all summer, for the
boxing situation in the east is poor.
JAKE DATJBERT, ex-manager and
now captain and first baseman of
the Dodgers, has found that fame in
baseball isn't always fame in poli
tics. He ran for alderman in the
59th Brooklyn district last week and
was overwhelmingly defeated.
A BE ATTELL told his wife, Ethel
M. Attell, according to her testi
money in a divorce action at San
Francisco la,st week, that he was
tired of married life. He left her and
she sued for divorce, which she was
granted.
BECK.
will be taken up again wlwn the com
mittee has an idea of the available
funds.
Blectric Lights For Decoration
Decoration of the business streets is
to be undertaken on an elaborate scale.
The chamber of commerce has placed
at the, disposal of the committee the
many streamers of electric He ts be
longing to that organization and these
will be hung in the business district
for night illumination and decoration.
Another luncheon for all the automo
bile. Mr and accessory dealers will be
held at the Sheldon grill on Friday at
12:1S o'clock, when It is expected that
there will be an evetwlarger attendance
than last week, when about 5 deal
ers and their assistants put in an ap
pearance. .
The Model Auto company will start
an elaborate scheme of decoration at
its big plant on west Overland street
next week. Passageways are to be
fenced off throughout the various de
partments so that visitors, may see all
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Discussions at San Fran
cisco Conference.
San Francisco, Calif, Nov. it. A de
cision in the matter of salary reduc
tions, the subject that occupied much
of the time at Wednesday's session
of the National Association of Pro
fessional Baseball leagues, may be set
tled Friday when the convention re
convenes. In the interim, according to instruc
tions approved by the convention each
classification will hold separate meet
ings and prepare for Friday's session
an outline of their ideas on the salary
question.
The committee on credentials seated
W. A. Rourke, of Omaha, as the repre
sentative of the Western league. This
Is the first time in eleven years, it was
pointed out. that X. L- (Tip) O'Neill,
has. net filled that poaltion.
O'Neill was president of tie league,
but its members voted him out in Sep
tember. O'Neill, they said, claimed to
have a contract by which be retained
the presidency until December IS.
Confer on Salary Limit.
Representatives of each league in the
association were Instructed to report
what salary limits would be acceptable
to their organisations.
Charles Ebbetts. president of the
Brooklyn Nationals, according to J. H.
FarreB, secretary of the association,
who issued an official report of the
meeting, advised the minor league men
not to establish a standard salary limit
for all leagues.
Leacncs Should Make Own TJatta.
"Baseball can be saved only by sen
sible regulation of salaries." Farrell
said. It would be foolhardy fortbis
convention to attempt to fix a general
salary limit for all leagues. Each,
league should set its own figure to
which all dubs should adhere rigidly."
Among other questions, there were
discussed at the meeting a proposal to
establish .for each league, uniform
training dates, player limits during the
playing season, maximum salaries and
a limit- en the number of players held
in reserve during the winter.
Coast Leaguers Prominent.
Pacific coast league representatives
were appointed chairmen of three of
the five committer named by Michael
H. Seaton of Rock Island. Til, presi
dent of the association. They were
W. W. McCredie of Portland, nominat
ing committee. A. T. Bavama. San
Franeisuo; constitntional amendments,
and F. W. Leavitt. Oakland, resolutions.
yr p. Corish. of Savannah. Ga, was
named chairman of the credentials
committee and R. H. Baugh of Birming
ham. Ala. chairman of the auditing
committee.
FOOTBALL MEN VICTIMS
OF MOTOR ACCIDENT
Silver City, N. 3C Nov. 1L Coach J.
F. McKale and four players ot the
Arizona university football team had
a narrow escape from death or serious
Injury when an automobile t in which
they were riding plunged down a, S0
foot embankment.
Two Arisonans. Oscar Porter and
Hammels, were pinned under the car.
-but were not seriously hurt. Stockton
of the Silver City Normal had one les
broken in two places. It was feared
he was also Internally Injured,. t
operations of taking apart and put
ting together cars
Sweeney Aluo Has Flans.
Instead of "telling It to Sweeney
Sweeney is telling others of the ar
rangements under way at the Cleveland
Square garage for making a good dis
play during show week. Mr. Sweeney
has not announced the general plan of
his scheme but asserts that It is a
Joe Bukey escaped from the clutches
of the doctors long enough to
spend a day at the Western Motor Sup
ply company and then he got "real
worked up" as his associates say. over
"Automobile Week" and the medical
men got charge of him again but Joe
is reported on the road to recovery
now and the Western Motor Supply
company Is going to be "in the swim
during show week.
Decoration of the lobby entrance to
the Saxon show rooms is progressing
rapidly and the workmen will soon
start on the big stock room at the rear,
which will be made Into a "reception
salen" for the week.