El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-25

! they will be swinging the willow in
| grand shape and then will come the
! time when all the other teams in the
| league had better keep their weather
! eye out.
| Houston has not yet got its regular
| lineup to work. When the team Is
shut of its cripples and the men are
! playing regularly there is no telling
just what kind of a game the aggre-
cation will put up as. it has been able
/ to keep at the top of the heap through
all sorts of vicissitudes.
Hills suspension is off and he is
playing again. The same is true of
Salms. Truesdale is coming and just
as soon as the catching staff is out OF
the hospital the fans will have an ade-
quate opportunity to size up just how
strong the Buffaloes really are.
The team is a little weak in the
pitching staff and hut for the heavy
smuggling the team would Nhave been
much lower in the percentage column
All Of which goes to show that batters
are what win the game after all is said
and done. Houston is fortunate In
having almost every man on the team
a heavy hitter and a hitter IN pfnches.
The scrap between that team and
San Antonio promises to be exception
ally interesting during the next few
weeks, for at present there are no In
dica lions that they will have any seri-
Gus rivals for the top Of the ladder
before the first of August.
Despite the fact that it is costing
the Texas Baseball league an even
$1,000 9. month for the services of four
&c nprfainlV lack
ing in the possession Of competent
men.
In the early days of the league the
indicator holders got only 800
month. Now he gets $3.50 and MS "A-
penses from place to place as we'll
While that is no fancy salary +or
competent umpire ia :najor league com
nanv. VET it is as good as is paid IN
most class B. Gag les. and Texas Ger
tainly ought ID have more competent
men,
Since the beginning of the league
season there has been a constant
change of umpires- Altogether ten
men have been on the staff of presi-
dent Allen. The staff at the outset was
built I'D of Matthews, Westervelt. Bush
and Jeffries In addition Page Bligh,
Weyhing. Flynn. Curtis and Dunlay
have worked.
Bush left after a short stay. No
doubt he could not get along with some
of the managers. who made 1t warm
for him. but to the fans he looked like
one of the best umpires who ever han
died an indicator. Westervelt resigned
because he did not care TO work any
longer with president Allen, saying
that official did not keep the players
suspended after he announced his "un-
ishment. He is now with the Virginia
state league.
piggy" Page. who. by the way.
manag ed the San Antonio team for enc
season, left the service of presi lent
Allen to become manager of the Cor
pus Christi team in the Southwest
Texas league. Weyhing umpired two
or three games and was ordered 10
San Antonio He disappeared en- "oute
and the league lost another umpire.
Curtis and Dunlap only filed in for
short interval. Bligh has been umpir-
ing but a short time now and it looks
as if he had the material in him TO
make good His work so far has been
both clever and satisfactory.
Despite attacks with shoes and fists
one Flynn is still on the job. He gave
such a good account Of himself when
alta cked by the Fort Worth players
that others will probably be a little
slow about jumping him. He has won
the respect Of the PLAYERS and ii is
generally hoped that he will make
good.