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EL PASO HERALD-SPORTS, RECREATION and OUTDOOR LIFE By A. H. E. Beckett ("Beck")' it WHEN STBHIT IT EM Says Bases Were Full and Cobb, Letting Some Wild Ones Pass, Settled Down to Business, But Failed to Hit the Good Ones; Seco d Happiest Moment Was When He Knocked Out Seven in Four Innings. Hy KUAN NJCW IUK&! X'D. ti. le iit' plest moment or my life"' "Wild Mil" Donovan, who la serving time as manager of the Yankees. Iiattsed, looked off Into space for a moment or so, and then his face beamed "Why, I lived that happiest moment last summer in Detroit when I accom plished what some folks claimed was the Impossible the' striking out of T Cobb, with the bases full,' answered 'Wild Bill." "Oy Pleh started the game and was knocked out of the box. I didn't have any other pitchers to shove in, so I went In myself. I passed the first bat ter The next one went out on a fly. So did tho third. I hit the fourth bat ter In the ribs with a round house curve, and filled the bases by walking the next Detroit hitter. Up Cnine Tjtub. "Then came Ty Cobb, lie was grin ning and the crowd was kidding me in a good natured way. I shot up one to Ty and It was wide. The next one vas wide. Ty kidded me by asking why I didn't put 'em over. The crowd was citing me the merry ha-ha and telling me mat you usea ioi pucn er. Bill. Uut that was 0 years ago' Well, then I hitched up my little patties and tightened my belt I shot the next ball over for a called strike I put the next one In the groove and Ty didn't make a swing at It It was strike two Ty fonled off the next two. Cobb Sladr R Mistake. With the count two-two Ty proba blv figured that I'd waste a ball in an effort to get him to swing at it But 1 fooled him I threw a roundhouse curve and right Into the grooTe. Tv mede a riotous swing at it and missed "I had struck out Ty Cobb with the bases full, and the ovation that I got FBIJ)MAN JUNIORS sent in an an nouncement that their average age is IS years and the average weight 8 pounds. "Let 'em come" is ti eir mivlee. Who's next' It's time the teams were getting organized. Send in your list of players, notes on your games, challenges, etc. Get busy now' Two boys took part In the trapshoot of the Pass City uun club at the traps near the Country club. Sunda. and handled their guns like men. Trap shooting Is a good clean sport If you own a shotgun, arrange to take part in the next shoot Call up Ernest Hughes at Feldman'n and he'll tell you how to join the club. The Grammar Schools Baseball league is to be started again very soon. Arrangements are now under way to secure the use of Washington park and IKwaibly also of Rio Grande park for these contests. If you know any sport Or athletic news of the bos' organizations, act as a reporter and send the dope In to the Boyhuid department The Saturday Evening- Poet news bojs have decided to organize a base ball team and will hold their first practice on Monday. They are anxious t secure baseball suits and will en deavor to arrange a regular schedule of games for the season. They want to arrange games with the Feldman Juniors and the Sunset school teams. In Boylaid WHAT'S A JITNEY? Fne cent a nickel. For five cents a railroad will-carry you two miles in elegant cars. For five cents this government will carry one oz. of-mail to the ends of the earth. Five cents will hire one dollar for a year. Twenty nickels will open a SAVINGS ACCOUNT And ghe you a flying start towards independence in years to come. i Ife pay 4 per cent compound inlcrest on savings deposits. $1.00 Opens An Account. American Trust and Savings Bank "EVEB.YBODYS llK gSSs WHERE 10 BUY fc. S? ACCESSORIES N IWK AUDITORIUM GARAGE: STORAGE AND REPAIRS. raone 480. 1. n. B0RDEHLAND AUTO SUPPLY CO. LEE TIRES VhAlX AJTD PUNCTiaiE pnoOF THE QUALITY TIRE Republicl Tires Hand-Made 5000 Miles' Guarantee. ELK AUTO SUPPLY CO., 500 MESA. H. M. HATCHBErIA,rrh.r7S:rd "" vlrinnri fio. ..- 1 1. H. U. 1 TUCKS J CHEVROLET GILS HAPPIEST HOT ic r.. iir.Mii:. tl at Sunday following that little trick, was the greatest that ever wns given to me during m baseball career. Cobb's Alibi. "And. let me tell you this little Bill v.at. sort of proud about that little stunt " "Did Ty hae any comment to make afterwards" "Not to me. but I hear .that he said to one of his teammates that the rea son he fanned was because C Pleh had such a craxy delivery that it threw him ofi his stride and he wasn't back in it until after he faced me that first time." Bill paused a moment Second Happiest Moment. "The second happiest period was In Washington last summer," he added. "Carroll Brown worked for us and was knocked out ot the box along about tht fourth or fifth inning. The game sremed hopelessly lost for us and so I signaled that I was going in to pitch. 'When I walked into the box old Clark Griffith began to give me the ha-ha and the razzle-dazzle. He yelled something about "Old Men's Home' at me and told his bojs that 'here's where we make a million runs ' Fanned Seven Senators. 'WelL now. you know I'm not the pitcher I used to be. The old whip has stiffened up a bit through added jears ano lack of steady w.ork But I haven't forgotten how to throw twisters, nor haTe 1 forgotten some of the weak nesses of some of the clubbers. "And I worked on the weaknesses of those Washlngtpn hitters, with Griff taunting me and with the crowd yell ing something about 'has-been' at me. I worked four full Innings and struck out set en of those Washington club bers When I began moving down the bcs Griff's yells became fainter and fpinter and when I'd annexed seven scalps Griff had become almost tongue tied " School Sports. JnTcntle Sports, Boys Arantenr Sports, nnd 0 Jem and Gossip of the Tutnre Greats." nr "BECK." but will not be ready for another month or six weeks. If a league Is fcrmed. the new team will enter and marager Albert Kvans suggests a Playground league, independent of the Crammar Schools league, with three divisions, accordkns to age or weight Manager Evans's phone number is 22J7J. JIMMY DUFFY OUTPOINTS TED LEWIS TEN ROUNDS Buffalo, N.'T. Feb 52 Jimmy Dutf of Lockport outpointed Ted Lewis of New York, in a ien round bout here Monday night Duffy had the better of the fight in three rounds, Lewis one, and the others wre esen. Duffy weighed 142. Lewis 141. In t eir first bout at Boston. Lewi knocked out Duffy in the first round. MAGIBL AMI 1IHIS.CII AIIC SUBSTITUTI3 IIOXIMi CAJID Milwaukee, Wis.. Feb. 23 Art Magirl of Oklahoma and Mike Hirsch of Chi cago have been substituted to head a boxing card before the Cream City Athletic club here Friday night, the match between Bichle Mitchell. Mll v aukee. and Frankie Callahan, Brook lyn, haing been called off on account of an Injury to Mitchell's hand Ma girl will weigh in at 15.! and Hlrsih al 159. If jou nant smoke buy cigars. If ypu want tho most forjour money buy our ccaL It C. Semple. successor to Southwestern Fuel Co. Phone 5J1. Adv. . 320 nu street iMiItE S. i.r.. T0M HITE, Mr. CORKER MYRTLE AND ICAKSAS Automobiles MJ "aa""" CiU1' "T . OsWnnrl Afrt csiOH nr. 407 Myrtle Ave. Tel. 1142. 5-Pass. Model "490" for $635 Here. TRY0N MOTOR SALES CO. Phone 7269. 411-413 Myrtle Are. AN EVENT "XWX K"J VOO J pOSTPOfe rVty CAJS ) -roPAV- t Gtrrx J sTjoTHAe- OtO JtVFF flTHerjoftc ATHLETES competent to take part in the national Y. M. C. A. Hexathlon are reminded that the time for the contests is getting mighty close. El Paso made a fine showing last year and it is up tc the local athletes to make good again this year. Practice will do it CPRIUG training for the major league clubs has started. The Yankees have departed from New York for Macon, Ga. In fact, if the schedule is carried out, "Wild Bill" Donovan will haTe his men batting fungoes this afternoon. fc pAT M0RAN, manager of the Phillies, is a brave man.j It takes a brave man to tell the home fans that his team isn't good enough to win the pennant but that's what Moran has confided to the Quaker boosters. However, be has hopes he will be able to land a few good men to strengthen the club and put it in the pennant scramble. if piTTSBURO lawyer who is s "walking bug" went to Barney Dreyfuss the other day and sug gested that the best training for the Pirates would be to have them walk to the training camp. But can you imagine some of the pampered young baseball pets hoofing it about 700 miles? It will take a good imagina tion. MEW YORK sport writers are hav ing all kinds of fun over the sudden "illness" of Jess Willard. They quote Tom Jones as saying Willard hai "a cold'' and then pro ceed to suggest that the cold is in his feet. The scribes seem to have an idea that when the trainers got hold of Jess they found that he was so badly out of condition that it will take several weeks to get him in shape and that the "illness" was in vented to gain some much needed time. AS the New York state laws posi tively forbid a championship fight, the announcement of weights for the various boxing divisions by the state boxing commission stems to be something in the nature of a big joke. -f M0 RECORDS were broken in the International Bowling congress tournament at Minneapolis. The high score for five-man teams in three games was 2882. made by the Centrals of Minneapolis. Last year the Doris team of St. Paul won the event with a score of 3004. The next big tournament will be the A. B. C. at Toledo. MARLEY 21$ IN. DEVON W IN. COLLARS aFOR.25 CENTS CLUETT PEADOUr 6 CaiNCTEOr KX For Good Looks a woman must have good health. She can do her part by helping natureto keeptheblood Eure, the liver active and the owels regular, with the aid of the mild, vegetable remedy BIECHAftfS FILLS Ursrtt Sale of Anr M.ikhi. In tl. W.rJA Sold rcrrnrliw. I !,. 10cj 2Sc V V r-x"9 - "BeckY? Amen Corner BT "BECK." ARROW IN COURT Copyright 1916. International News Service -ntgislered United States Patent 0lc. f-ZVOGe. cooi-T voiT ( TWO DOOfif V - ) cUAJTD;ue ) ) -Tet-c vr ujIEUE- 1 ( foTea6wy V PCTtCHCT ,-300 6 e StttMAUT- i'- r N r- ' Ho-or coopt-2 T -v. sweT) I I BREACH OF pMM.e j -E& ( fivT f r SAtery ftfsr k &0 TfOO H67W. A thc pftf eft- Jroay fj ) lfc TfVfV J-JARRY KANE announces that he has received his contract as um pire with the Western league for the 1916 season. Harry was the only indicator man to go through the 1915 season of the Rio Grande league. It was his first experience as a pro fessional umpire but be showed a good knowledge of the game and was favorably recommended to several higher grade circuits. "DOLLS of Tat, Not Cold, Cause Willard to Ask Postponement of Bout With Moran," is the head line over a Chicago story of the postponement of the Willard-Moran tight And the headline pretty well sums up the story. QNCE more we have an explana tion from Johnny Kilbane as to the breaking of his contract to fight oeorge Lhaney in Baltimore. Kil bane says he fears the police may interfere in the Oriole City and order the referee to give the decision to Chancy. But Johnny can't get away from the fact that he considers Chaney has a mighty good chance to win. He's stalling that fight off as long as he can. He offers to fight Chaney in Cleveland, his own home town, when he won't go to Chaney's burg. Johnny's a fine champion with the reverse English. TACK BRIXTON was given credit J for a shade victory over Ted Lewis in New York lately, but the announcement that the state boxing commission is about to investigate the bout makes it evident that the commissioners think that more than the verdict was shady. 4f gALTIMORE fans are not taking kindly to class AA ball again. They think the Oriole City should have the major league brand. Jack Dunn is to manage the Orioles in the International league and reports are that he will have a pretty tough job. The advent of the Feds into Baltimore spelled disaster for Dunn and he had to transfer his club to Richmond, Va. He is now starting again in Baltimore without a bank roll and he's going to have a hard task. ""HICAG0 sport writers have de clared war on Heinie Zimmer man and dedare that the sooner he quits talking and kicking and gets down to playing baseball the better it will be for the game. TOE MANDOT got a referee's de J cision over Johnny Dundee in New Orleans Monday night but the telegraphic accounts of the bout are not very enthusiastic. The talk of the winner meeting Freddie Welsh on March 4 seems to have been all bunk, for Freddie is in Chicago and due to box in Milwaukee on March 6. EACH CROSS is about done as a fighter. The Bowery dentist has been in the game for ten years and has had some tough battles. He is just a little over 30 years of age and can so longer stand up to a tough opponent. At that, Milbura Saylor, who took his measure Monday night, is no youngster. He is 27 years of age and has ueen fighting for over eight years. REMEMBER that there will be a City league basketball game' at the "Y" on Wednesday night and there is also a prospect that one of the postponed games will be pulled off, giving the fans a doubleheader. LEONARD KNOCKS OUT ' MURPHY IN LAST MINUTE Philadelphia, Va.. Feb. 2? Benny Leonard, the Xew Tork llshtweisht knocked out Jimmy JIurphy of this city, in the last minute of a six round bout here Monday nlBht. Leonard outpointed Murphy throughout the en tire six rounds. In the sixth, he. hooked a right to the Jaw, floorlnc Murphv. The latter, without waiting to rest. Jumped to his feet, but was met by rights and lefts which ren dered him unconscious for three minutes. WereoTGo &- I UPiAf AX M3UR. I I Ann trna. iUAi J-- -fsiBLTi -.- wjo rndw -jarfJl . Im. mm i ..A i . CAIroV'.' wHWWr AOUrlAJOJ pop- TOl- I'UU DC SITTIN&- AJ . aVOCrtl cHMAtV coofs-rq Ggtmg. "A. AUIWrHMA f Amo A SlOTUOVW I UjCRC J7f,jPifJ0- ATA OAR AHVTtZ VlKUMMAA) wW BMKi .ST'S- Speaker Is Said HI:- -:h- To - CoLL Actually Recives $15,000 "Cast By D.VUOX NEW TORK, Feb. 22. Bert Berg, man, of Bridgeport, Conn. the home of Ray Keating. Battling Lerlnaky and the munition factories propounds a brace of queries. "What," Inquires Bert, "was the re ported salary of Trls Speaker, of the Boston Red Sox, for tho season of 1J1J? Also, who is the highest priced player in either league?" Which provides us with a text for a long discourse. The reported salary of the Lone Star Ranger for 1915 was $18,500. When Trls returned to American In March, 1514. -nith the baseball delegation vhlch made a tour of the world, he was tret by Joseph Lannln, president of the Red Sox, and signed to a two year contract at the above figure, according to the minors prevalent at that period. Wc never heard Mr. Lannln say that he was paying Trls 118,500 per year, but neither did we ever hear of Mr. Lannln denying the rumor that the Texas go.getter was receiving that salary. We never take much stock In the salary figures given out by the mkrn&teiL s.s ther are inclined to en large upon those matters, partly from i Xorce or haoit ana partly Decause oi a mistaken Idea that it Is a boost to baseball, but In the Speaker case we are constrained to belleva that he got almost as much as stated. We believe he got around $15,000 per season, any way. It was war time In baseball when those baseball tourists returned and money meant nothing to the magnates, so it Is possible Speaker really received the 118,500 so lightly mentioned then You mav recall that Bob Hedges, for mer president of the St. Louis Browns, met the home-coming tourists with Lannln and other baseball notables, ann lugged the baggage of one Lefty Lcverenz, a southpaw pitcher, finally saving the woung man from the clutches or the Feds at a salary said to have been J480O per jear Afterward Leverenz pitched about one game of baseball for the Browns, and It was no great shucks of a game, at that, so all of Hedges'svporter work -went for nothing. Lefty- has since passed to the minors. Cobb Gets the Money. "Returning to Trls, we find that he was sUDDOsed to be the highest salaried active ball player in the game tor th past two years, that supposition being based on the $18,500 salary. If Trls received $15,000 he was probably get ting no more money than the redouta ble Tyrus Raymond Cobb. We are not pretending to speak, with any authority, but we are Informed by people who ought to be in a position to know, that the Gem of Georgia gets all of $15,000 from the Detroit club, and he will add several thousand dol lars more to his Income In the course of the season In various wavs. Cobb Is now very likely the highest I salaried active player In the land, as the war Is over, and It Is said Trls's salary has slunk back to $10,000 per I ........ H.&. A 1...,.... aA,A n,1.A A.l ...l.f. TCtll. A uc A can u.... tvi.ii.at, ni.i. Cobb as a gate attraction. No other player In the country, with the possi ble exception of Mathewson, has been as good a drawing card the past few vears as the star of Dixie. Number of appearances considered, .Matty has probably produced more money at the turnstile than Tjrus. but In the aggre- I gate Cobb's record In that respect. could it be definitely computed, would doubtless be found to exceed Matty's, for the reason that Cobb has been In the came nearly even' day. Let it be said to the credit of the New Tork club that it ha never at tempted to take undue advantage of Mathewson's name and fame, nor sought to make capital of the great pitcher by hlppodromlng him In any way. Had it pursued the policy of announcing In advance when "Big Six" was to work a game. It could have doubled the at tendance and the receipts for that day at least for a time. . The Fnn Objects. It would have been a bad policy In the long run, however, for the curious baseball fans are quick to resent any thing that partakes of the commercial ballyhoo It connection with their game. One da last summer the announcer at the Polo grounds -went about the field nroclaimlng to the crowd that the lanks and the White Sox would play a doubleheader the, following dav. and that Ed Walsh would pitch one of the games That trifling Incident aroused no 'ittle adverse criticism. The fan can figure for himself Just when a certain pitcher is duo to work, granting that a staff Is In good condi tion, and working In turn, but he likes to think that the manager Is going to look his staff over Just before the game anl ,"sp the hurler who seems best qualified to work that dav And that, or course, is what the sensible manager does. We seem to be drifting far from Mr. .i'Kan and his on-ries but we might add the real reason Chris Srathewson has served the Giants so long Is be cause of the sa Ing pollcv that has been nurueil with him by John J. McGraw. Many another Breat pitcher has come and gone In Matty's time Just Jjecause managers took advantage of their will ingness to work constantly Mathew son ha been willing enough, but Mc BY TAD ; H Get $18,500 a Year :: - -::- ::. B.UXVOV. Graw always refused to permit him to overtax himself. If Mr. Bergman means by his ques tion, "Who is the highest priced player In either league?" what man cost his management the most money In point of purchase price, we can answer that by saying Eddie Collins. Edward stands the Chicago White Sox $65,000. We are not guessing at that figure, or taking rumor for it we have the authority of a man very close to Charley Co miskey The "Old Roman" is one mag nate who has no desire to let it bo known that he deals In large sums. In fact, he has made a strong effort to keep the public from getting the full details of his transactions. Collin Cost Most. However, It is pretty certain that he paid $50,000 to Connie Mack for Collins, and then gave Eddie $15,000 to sign. lljviLvx l 3aBk HsaLJ QBk Bll " " NEW SUBSCRIBERS PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS New Telephone Directory ATTENTION All new listings and changes of every nature must be in our handson or before February 29th to insure insertion in the new edition going to press March IsL Please Call at Contract Office. Telephone Building, 510 Texas St. cr Telephone Contract Office,3780 The i Tri-State Telephone Company HE "UNION STAMP Is the Peaceful, Up lifting, Educational, Economic Emblem of the Organized Shoe Workers It aims to secure bigger, better and happier work ing and living conditions for Union Shoe Workers by Progressive means; never by destructive meas ures. BUY UNION STAMP SHOES. Boot and Shoe Workers' Union 246 Summer Sired, Boston, Mass. Write for list of union shoe factories. Affiliated with American Federation of Labor. DUNDEE LOSES TOJOEIiOT Verdict Awarded on Score of Better Infighting. Goes 20 Rounds. New Orleans. La.. Feb 22 Joe Van dot. of New Orleans was awarded t referee's decision over Johnny Dundee of New York at the end of a -'0 rou i boxing contest held at a local arei Mtnday night The lightweights we re&arded as evenly matched TUand' securing the decision as the result c" quicker infighting action, it wa. claimed. Harry Stone of New York challenge J tht winner The first IS rounds were about even r divided, Mandot being awarded seven and Dundee six. with two giving no advantage to either contestant 1 Mandot took the lead from the 1 JC round and until the end. and was li no danger except in the 1Mb when Dundee had a decided advantage The only time when It appeared a declsl e blow might be struck was in the 1 round, when Mandot staggered his oi Jionent with a heavy right cross to the aw. Dundee recovered speedilv When the final gong rang boti men were fighting-furiously In the rente o the ring. Neither fightT wes forced to the ropes at anv time all th boxing being done near the centT the ring. Weights were given O' t i maangers of the fighters ai folUTis" Mandot 125 and Dundee 107 1-1 The) fought at catch weights, however. SAYLOR KNOCKS OUT CROSS, FIFTH ROUND Cincinnati. O, Teb 2." Milbu t Sa lor of Indianapolis, knocked out Leach Cross here Monday night in tho fifth round of a scheduled ten round bout It was Savior's fight throughout the third. Cross took the count of nin three times Cross lasted through t e fourth by clinching, while in the fift round, after being knocked down twi e his seconds threw up the Bponge the count of nine with Cross on the floor and apparently unable to rise. Added to this is Edward's salarv, which is said to be $12,000 per year Collins is not much of an Individual drawing card, but h is a. mightv fact i In assisting a team to victories, and enough victories make a drawing ear" t of any team as a whole. It is not be J Heved that Chlrsty Mathewson gets as much as $12,000 a year. Walter John son is said to get Just that, despite rumors to the effect that he was to receive $17,090 per season. Benny Kauff will probably nrove a strong enough card to repay the fiianTs for their investment In him. whether he makes good or not If he lives up to his Federal league reputation, hm value will be all the greater, and, utore'v' over. It will be permanent Jim Thoroe. J has never yet made good as a big league ball player, but James very like ly represents a certain profit as a draw -Ing card. At least, he Is scarcelv a loss The White Sox used to have a fellow who was a great card, though he was not much of a ball player That was Ping Bbdie. heralded as the fence buster of the far sticks. Frank Bak -. Just purchased by the Tanks, will prove a big card for a time, or until the now elty of his return wears off, but even If Frank performs 'a complete come back he will never rank with the real turnstlle-twirlers of baseball. JT&S WORKERS UNION UNION TAMP w