El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-25
SPORTLETS,
CBy Tim.)


That fellow that was going 10 meet
f: Jack Johnson must be incommunicado
/ Even Gent Jim's tongue has stopped
/ wagging d spell.
Maurice Rath, infielder for Cleveland
was released Wednesday to Baltimore
He was secured from the Philadelphia
Americans by the exchange of outfield-
! er Bristol Lord.
/ Cray made a two Dagger, Schaefer
made a single, and that enabled Wash
! ington to beat Chicago in the 10th in
/ ming of Wednesdays game.
Nearly every race at Butte Wednes-
I day was won by long shots and out
siders- Aunt Polly, at so 10 l, took
! the last event from fair field.
Rowan and Rucker pitched 10 in
ming battle at Cincinnati Wednesday,
and Brooklyn was shut out by one run
1t was an errorless game.
Zous, owned by S. c. Hildreth. We'd
nesday won the $4,000 Adirondack han
dieap at Saratoga. It is merely the
! latest addition TO Lucky" HiIdreth's
long list of victories.
1t was an awful victory of II to 1,
Chicago made it three straight against
Boston Wednesday.
Bender struck out II batsmen at
Philadelphia Wednesday, and Cleveland
lost, 1-3. 1t was a clean sweep of the
series for PhiIly.
Riggert made a home run on a ball
which did not leave the grounds in the
fifth of Wednesdays Omaha Wichita
game.
Due TO the good pitching of Benjamin
Franklin Hunt, Boston won to vic
tory over St. Louis. Hunt IS the left
paw who came from Sacramento. Cal
Ray Harroun lowered the practice
record by making a lap, slightly over
eight and one-half miles. in 1912, at
Eigin, Ill, motor track. The races
will be run on Friday and Saturday
with what is claimed to be the most
representative list of stock cars ever
called out by road race. The list of
drivers is a distinguished one.
For the second time in his career,
Beals c. Wright, Of Boston, met defeat
Wednesday in the final round of the all
corners lawn tennis tournament on The
Cacino courts at Newport, R L, Thomas
C Bundy, of Los Angeles, beating him
6-3, So, SIS. 1913 in the final match
Tombors, the brilliant young Pacific
coast player, will meet champion Wi
liam A Larned, OF Summit n J.. {, de-
eide the national title for The coming
year Wright won the national cham
pionship in 1905.
The Harvester. aolIer Of the worlds
trotting stallion record OF 2:02, made
last week at Buffalo, driven by Z. r
Geers. Won the first heat OF the free for
all trot in 2:08 1-2 at Younkers grand
circuit meet Wednesday and later, when
called upon to break his Dwa ecord, he
took the heat and race in 2:O3, de-
spite a retarding wind
Jim Jeffries went hunting in me
mountains at Los Angeles Wednesday
just in time to avoid a subpoena cor him
TO appear as witness in court today
and testify whether he and Jack John
son had prize fight in Reno, July f.
This is the important question II Ire
case of the picture show men who were
arrested in Arcadia last week for dis |
playing the reproduction of the contest
before an audience there. They were |
charged with conspiracy against p,-b- |
lie morals and will be placed on trial |
in Pasadena today.
Interest in the great race at Gales /
burg, Ill, in which Hedgewood Boy |
nosed out his rival. Minor Heir, IS so |
intense that another race was arranged |
between these great stations for to-
day. Wednesdays feature was Ross !
KS mile in 2:O1 81
Roy Gill. who was on the pitching
staff Of the Ell Paso club until he left |
for Philadelphia TO try out with the
league club, has returned ana /
IS anxious to get on with one of the
Cactus teams for the re-na nder Of the
season. Gill is a big husky with a lot
Of gray matter under his cap and a
pitching ability that IS far above the
average