El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-18
By Horace
II. Shelton

would come nearer delivering the goods
It's dollars to doughnuts that this team
can beat any similar organization picked
from any class league IN the entire
country
There Is relatively no change in the
standing of the teams IN the Texas
league The different cities are going
on at about the same old gait, San An
place with Galveston good third and
Dallas coming strong The last named
team is showing some Improvement.
From the way the teams are showing
now II would look as If every week
would see them more closely punched.
The second division teams are being
strengthened and are constantly gaining
on the leaders. In 80 days there Ou0nt
TO be so little difference between them
that a few games might put any OF
them in the lead.
So far this season it looks as if the
pitchers OF the league were gaining a lap
OF two on the batters. There have been
a mere scattering of those games wherein
the sun scorched fielder's tongue, the
batted bali and the splnitered bat have
been the main features. For the most
mart the pitchers have gone on with the
chores and have continued TO ship the
sphere past the batter with considerable
more regularity than the batters have
slipped the bah back at the pitcher.
it is almost a cinch, unless some bet.
ter swatters show up, that the end of
the season will not see any OF the stick
artists in the Texas league in the 300
class and the majority of them viii De
below the 200 class. This Is all due TO
the fact that at no time since the Texas
league was organized have there Seen
as many first class pitchers as at pres
ent.
One and two hit games are common in
the Texas league, extra inning contests
plentiful and scores of L TO 0, to and
3 to 2 are the regular OKder OF things.
This only happens where the pitchers are
4 1. 1t is true that the fielders are do
ing some fast work behind the twirlers,
but it takes a high grade artist in the
box TO produce such results.
Shontz, the Dallas Giants wonder.
has had hard shedding since he hit
south Texas. Up to that time he had
won nearly every game he had pitched.
Since that time he has not won one.
Both San Antonio and Houston bounced
on him hard.
Umpire Bandy is now in trouble.
The Oklahoma Indians are after his
scalp. They say he recently robbed
! them of game
Eugene Moore, the tall left hand
member of the Pittsburg worlds cham
pions, who was purchased last year
from the Dallas team, has been sent
/ to the New Britain club of the Con-
necticut league. The moving of Moore
is the result of the fact that he is
replaced by another former Texas
player, Webb. The latter belonged to
Pittsburg, but was released TO New
Britain with a string attached. He
pitched such wonderful ball with the
team that he was recalled to Pitts
burg That necessitated reducing the
pitching staff one man s1d Moore was
sent 10 New Britain Pittsburg retains
string on him
1t looks like Spencer was to be in
valuable to the Galveston Sand Crabs
/ inthe fnf1eld- After pitching one game
he has again been put on the third
sack and is doing nice work there
Mig Perrine. the ex-big Lacquer with
. the Oklahoma Indians, Is having
! slump. His work recently has been of
: 2 very poor order
Umpire Wilson Matthews is about
the only one of president Aliens staff
who is getting away with the goods
( this season. His work gives almost
/ universal satisfaction
Miller. second baseman for the In
dams, is now putting up an excellent
game of baseball. II he keeps the lick