El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-28
Sports and
Sportsmen

tune, will come down from the noun
tains, enter their canoes and paddle tc
the island for an exhibition of their
religious rites and dances, the people
of their tribe watching them from
points of vantage on the shore. Upon
the conclusion of their dances they will
retire and the Indian braves will start
upon their annual beaver hun.
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| Three members of last years Chi
cago baseball team will play as New
York Giants next season. They are
PITCHER Virgil Carver. First Baseman
John Camel and Third Baseman
Strong. They come to New York in d
trade for Jack Doyle. Fans who know
the quality of the new men say they
will greatly strengthen the Giants.
Carver is regarded as a crack-a-jacE.
He stands feet 21a inches high. He
made a big hit last year. His delivery
has what is known as a big brake"
and his speed is marvellous. He is
right-handed.
Strong is little. built on the plan of
Billy Keller. He is a left-handed bat
ter. good thrower and is fast on the
bases. Camel is brother of the noted
Charley Camel of years ago.
In addition to these men the New
York club may sign Jimmie Casey. the
little Brooklyn third baseman. who
was farmed out last season to Detroit,
and Cresholm Conner. of the Connec-
ticut State League. The latter is 4
brother of old Roger Conner.
The great DAILY estate sale of thor
oughbreds will take place at New York
are from the late Marcus Days Bitter
Root Stock Farm, at Hamilton, Mont.
This is the largest sale held since Aug
ust Belmont's immense breeding was
sold ten years ago. The sale Will oc-
cupy three days. A number of for
eign buyers are especially interested
in the great Hanover horse, Hamburg
Even in Australia interest in the future
of Hamburg is felt The entire num-
Der of thoroughbreds to be sold is an
nounced to be 191.
In the catalogue. eight royalty bred
stations, ninety-eight of the choicest
brood that money and care could COL
lect. and all supposed to be in foal:
twelve race horses in training that will
be each three years old at the time
they are sold. and sixty-six of them
two years old in active training and
being fitted to race in the coming
spring. are named to be sold. They
represent cost to Mr.. Daily of nearly |
81 900 .00G
According to authentic reports from
the east the Players Protective asso-
cation is about to go under. 1t is |
claimed that the officers of the asso-I
citation have been looking out for
themselves instead Of their brethren
and there is great deal of dissatis-!
fact1on in the ranks. Players are sign
ing their contracts secretly FoXey
Ned Hanlon of Brooklyn has succeed
ed in signing five of his players al
ready and can sign McGinnity as soon
as he comes up to Macs figures. But
speaking of McGinnity and Hanlon re-
calls the fact that with the exception
of Noodles Hahn and Ed Scott of the
Cincinnati Reds, Hanlon has had the
three greatest pitchers in the past few
seasons and after they had done such
great work for him in the box one
season he would not raise their salary l.
for the next, and two of them Joe Cor
oett and Jay Hughes have quit him
cold and McGinnity will do the same
unless he gets the raise he asks for
What will prove one of the most in
races witnessed in this coun-
,ry in many years will take place in
February in California. when four 81
he greatest jockeys in the world will
'ide four of the best three-year-oids
IN the coast. Plans for the race have
,een completed, and unless they mis-
AIRY, Tod Sloan will ride Brutal. the
colt owned by Prince Poi
liatowsky; Sam Loates, the crack
english jockey, will have the mount
IN Articulate; Lester Reiff, who led all