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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10
By Bert
E. Couyer,
Turf Editor
Chicago American

nected.
The meat of the nut is then seen to
be, not a question of whether Chicago
wants racing. even welcomes it with
open arms, but that Condor the owner
of p beastly and -Ieechlike privilege
wants none of it so long as his "prIVl-
Iege'' holds good
Under the tentative plans, all three
tracks will be pOOled-Or rather the IN
terests, probably along Identical lines
of the Louisville merger. These plans
call for reputable gentlemen in all OF
fetal positions, with the gambling ele-
ment for years a dominant factor mere
abouts ostracized completely
The management of the windsor
PACING association. has by insane rul-
ines added considerable fire TO an al
readx seetbing cauIdron of scandal In
q word. those responsible for the Ilght
of dav being thrown on. the recent, Chlh-
Clonton-Henry- Pease-Kellcher-Palm et
al embroglio, have been denied the
usuaI "courtesies In palmer words
their representatives have been barred
from the track. The bloated bondhoIu-
ers of the Windsor association, Wou!u
have a few lickspitels believe. that IN
nuhIisning the details of this recent
scandal scandal in which the racing
nublic was mulcted out of thousands OF
dollars-the racing association had been
treated fairly. That the press was
justified in printing the news was
borne out by the findings or judges
Price and Nelson, who offoclated al
the Windsor meeting at the time, anu
later by the executive of the CahaolaH
Racing association, who uphelo the
recommendation of the judges
The Windsor course, however. mas en-
loved Just such reputation for many
wears, or since the management "es
compelled to pull up stakes from thlS
side of the border and seek the more
friendly shores of Canada. Season a1ter
season. scandal has been paramount an
fact an overwhelming feature OF the
race meetings held at this point, or un-
I'll only the riff raft of the turf world
now patroniZes its enclosure II wa
here if will be remembered, that the
famous might riders, sprang lnto tne
limelight 1t was also mere lhat Inv
diseraceful in-and-Out performers Oh
several horses, brought o4ilC a.
Dlungers and hOrsemen into the lime
neht of publicity In fact so PAD haS
hean the conduct of the sport over
there that it is only by subtle methooS
maj horsemen are now induced to shll
there Unfortunately. the association
Fat least so far as the lovers OF clean
wholesome sport are concerned) hdS
been able either through bulldozlng OF
satisfactory methods, TO subordinate tht
opinions of a few 1t Is haIuly a"'
wonder that the clean have reoelled-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10
ByH. H.
Shelton
Football Has Come To Take
the Place OF Texas Baseball

exnected He enjoys the distinction OF
having been picked by Walter camp
for his honor roll He played quarter
back at Michigan the past three years
and his work was largely respohslole
for that teams victory over PennsyI-
vania He will be assisted by w Il
Metzenthin. head coach at the uniVer-
si+v in 1907 and 1908, and assistant in
1906 and 1909 He is a veteran IN the
game and knows a great deal about the
Texas teams.
Training Season Open.
The training season proper opened
today September 10, and there
we're a number of men on the field or
the IL men who won their letter IN
defence of the team last year, k1rkpal-
rick. Walker, the two Leonards, Moore,
Ramsdeu. Spoonts, Persons MasslnglIi
and Bland are on hand. With these ~
as a nucleus the coach will have plenty
of material out of which to evolve MS
machine for 1901.
The Texas schedule this year is
hard one and will require strong
team to meet it With the uncertainty
attached to the new rules there Is
naturally little by which to judge the
outcome. There are few. easy games
on the schedule. Oklahoma, Kentucky,
A and NJ. L. S. U. and the indians will
all give the university run Tor It's
money
Where They VIII Play.
The full schedule is as follows; &c
tober s. Southwestern at Austin; Octo-
Der Is. Haskell indians at Austin; Oc-
tober %. Kentucky university at AUS
tin. October 29, Alabama Poly
technic or (Auburn) at Austin;
November 5, Baylor at Waco; NO
vermber Il, A. and NJ at Houston; NO
yember 10, Louisiana State university
at Austin; November "a, OklahoUa at
Austin.
Anold Kirkpatrick is captain Of the
team and H. J. L. Stark, manager
A. and VI. Lineup.
The A. and M. team was the cham-
MON of the southwest last year and
the students and alumni are hoping to
be able to repeat the performance
again this year. The season there Will
open October 8 and a schedule OF II
games. two of which will be played
by the second team Last year the
team went through the entire season
without defeat Charlie Moran, who
has been playing such excellent base
ball with Dallas, is head coach 1t was
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10

any promoter has ever attempted and
put the rest in the shade by long
ways
After all the talk and booming OF
several heavyweight aspirants for chahl-
pionship honors, it has dwlndIed down
to AL kaufman. the American, and Bill
lang the Australian, as the most -wor-
thy opponents of Jack Johnson Some
of these new ''phenOms" may develop
within the next year or two, but at the
present time they do not look gooo-
saw Lang at Reno and he was so
modest and at the same time so SeH-
confident that he left splendid I'M
preston. He is young and strong ana
has a good reach. lie Is not what you
would call clever but still he Is shlItF
on his feet for a big fellow and Is not
afraid to take a punch TO lana one
Hugh D. Mcintosh, his manager, Is con-
fident that within IS months Lang Will
he ready to put against Jack Johnson
and not only that, but he Will have
strong chance of beating. him. john
son defeated Lang two years ago, when
he was inexperienced, but that VIII only
tend to urge Lang on.
Few followers Of the game have con-
fidence in the ability of boxers 10
come back Tommy Burns does NO.
agree with them and asserts that ne
viii break the hoodoo the same as
Battling Nelson did when ne won from
the late Joe Cans, after losing the title
Burns lost the title to Johnson ana now
he plans TO get another crack 1t 1t lie
has matched himself against Sam Lang
ford before Hugh McIntosh's club IN
london some time the coming fall OF
winter and should he win he VIII al
once challenge Johnson to another
meeting.
Jack has already promised MIN a
match. You cannot make Tommy THINK
otherwise than that he can defeat the
negro champion. Should Langforo win
then it would be black against blacH
for the title
In the meantime Hugh Mcintosh IN
tends to hold a series OF contests IL
England sort of elimination series
for the championship of Great Britain
with a view of selecting the best MAJ
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10
The Introduction Of Baseball
In the State of Texas By Joyce
By H. II.
Shelton

like wiIdfre. Soon Joplin was a city
of baseball teams. One of these cluos
decided a trip into Texas would De
pleasant and a paying summer Ndcd-
ton. O'Connor, Joyce ana cross sum
noned about them a dozen young EEL
lows. full of life and vigor. and started
for Texas Fort Worth was the nrst
town visited It was a city on the
frontier then The Joplin boys hked
the town so well and Fort worth
liked the style of baseball put up even
better so the. team decided 10 stay
The Joplin Giants became the Fort
worth Painters. This was the first
professional baseball team in the state.
This was in 1882
The game playing out at Fort Worth
after the newness worked of the team
went TO Waco. From there II drifted
to Austin, where from lack of support
il dfsbanded and the players went back
TO Joplin.
"Scrappy" joyce the Organizer.
..Scrappv" joyce went TO New York
for the winter Cross returned TO his
former home in New York Nike OCon-
nor was so pleased with Texas and
Texas people that he remained in Tex
as. wintering in Dallas and Fort
Worth. The next spring he organ
ICED Texas league and Texas went
crazy about baseball
''Scrappy' joyce broke into the big
league that same spring as third
baseman with Washington. Several
years later he was traded to New York
and became one of the best players
tn, world ever knew.
If anyone he's ever seen Mike O'Con-
nor play ball he has seen Joyce Their
STYLE is identical. Each carried chr
on his shoulderau the time and would
fight an umpire quicker than he would
take a drink
Joyce is now running saloon in st
Louis.
The First Texas League.
The league that O'COnnOr organized
included Austin, Dallas. Fort Worth
Houston and San Antonio. 1t LASTED
| three years and then went broke. The
next attempt resulted in north and
a south Texas league. These ran sew
eral years and then the two leagues
were combined with much the same
| teams as the first Texas league. Beau
mont and Austin dropped out and
Shreveport and Oklahoma City were
| taken in.
| Baseball now seems on a firm foot
| ing. 1t is probable that for many year:
| to come there will be a regularly or
gained circuit in the state and TIT
interest will grow from time to time
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10

- HE baseball leagues all over the
country are rapidly closing
4 their seasons During the past
,,-aal- Tho Tri-State league, the Eastern
Carolina league. the Texas league, the
Connecticut league, the OhiO-Pensyl-
vania. league, the Carolina association
the Missouri Iowa Nebraska Kansas
league. the Virginia league, the COTTON
states league and the Southeastern
leagues closed
This is releasing many first Grass
r,Iavers TO the major and other leagues
Of higher class and will increase the
effectiveness OF those teams by the al
dition of new blood
The closing dates for the other
leagues are as follows: National league
october 49, American league, October
9: Eastern league, September 10
American association. September %
southern league, September Il; PaclIlc
Coast league. November 6; western
league. October 3; Northwestern les-su e'
Santenber 25: New York State league,
Se3tenber II: Three-I league. Septem-
her IS: Central association, September
1S- ohio State league, September Is;
Minnesota Wisconsin league, Septem-
Der y.
The worlds Championship.
During the past week Philadelphia
has taken such long lead in the
American league that it has almost
cinched the pepnant. Detroit will nave
a hard time finishing better than third
Snort critics generally cOncede the
worlds series will be fought out De
tween Chicago and Philadelphia-the
east and the west That Phladelphla
has q chance 70 win the worlds chah-
pionship is conceded. and that the team
4 exhibition against
Chicago which that team has yet had
/ 10 go up against
In fact. it looks as if the worlds
championship would depend upon
! shades of difference.
Comparison of Batteries.
! Taking the two teams in detail, there
&c inst one point where the Cubs are
acknowledged to have the edge Here
John king. who will undoubtedly
catch all of the games of the world 5
/ series, and Archer, as his unders tudy'
= have ANYTHING the Athletics can show
badly beaten. Thomas and Lapp are
merely useful men behind the bat,
while King is one of the real artists
/ of the game. though he has undoubted-
I Iv gone back a bit since the last
worlds series But on the present
form the Athletics have the best of
I it in a pitching way. Brown, the main
! stav of the Cubs. is not on edge this
season Overall has been TO the bad
a good part of the time. Pfeister is not
starring.
Philadelphia. on the other hand has
four pitchers going in fine style
! Coombs is showing phenomenal form
and he should be good for three OF
even four games of the big series. But
Mack need not depend upon him fo1
! that, as he has Bender, Plank and Nor
gan. These three are also going al
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10
w. w. Naughton On the
Denatured Boxing Game

owen Moran. the English lightweight.
aDDeared in the star bout of COffrOth's
show his opponent being frankie Burns.
an Oakland youth who is regarded as
promising lightweight 1t was try
ing experience for Moran for the reason
that Burns appeared to think it would
be sufficient glory for him if he could
prevent Moran from sending home one
decent punch
At any rate some sucn idea must have
possessed Burns in the first five rounds.
He covered up like a hedge hog and
Moran stood close, peering here and
there in quest of one vulnerable spot
that was not barricaded- Moran be-
came so absorbed in looking for open
fngs that for once he forgot all about
defensive tactics, and as a result when
Burns finally stood erect and decided
TO trade. il was no hard task for the
novice to reach the Englishmans head
A couple of unlocked for pOkes came
as a surprise to Owen. but he quickly
adapted himself to circumstances ana
the left hooks which Moran offered by
way of counters, made the Oakland
saDIine act cautiously again He ola
not cover up as much as formerly, bug
he was very fleet of feet and all things
considered. Moran had the time OF Ire
piIing I'D points enough TO ensure him
a favorable ruling
! And he did not get it even then, FOR
two ont of the three newspapers
thought that Burns deserved a draw
With all respect to different scr1bes'
T consider that Moran showed far bet
ter than his opponent The little Eng
Iishrnan took all kinds Of chances WnllS
irving to force Burns TO loosen ana
fight. If any credit is coming TO Burns
! II isn't so much for what he did, as 1or
what he prevented Moran doing
Moran is popular with San Francesca
fight patrons and when the time comes
a9afn for signing boxers for 20 ROUNDS,
/ an affair Of that kind with Moran anu
| Ad WoIgast as principals would appear
/ to the local sports Moran and Wolgast
] are very evenly matched physically ana
/ box along the same lines They Dolh
/ infuse plenty of vim into their WORK
and a. bout between them should prove
/ extremely exciting
/ While Moran gained his first ideas OF
( F.oxine, in his own country, it has often
! beer remarked that he has patterned
| himself after the American men OF the
ring. owen himself admits that such Is
| the case He says that while ne was
| learning the 'ins" and outs OF the
| game he paid particular attention TO the
| methods of visiting American boxers
| no figured in bouts at the Na1lond'
| and other clubs in London be con
| ,-incad bemsilf that the American style
oe bnxing was best and he schoots1
| himself in it and held fast TO II
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10

Hugh D. Mcintosh, the Australian
promoter. has arranged for many I'M
pOrtant fistic engagements in various
parts of the world In addition 10 Sc
curing Billy Papke, the great mlooIe-
weight; Ray Bronson, the lightweight
Jimmy Clabby, the claimant Of the wei
ter weight title; and others 10 go 70
Australia, he has signed up IoIlnIs
Burns and Sam LangfoTd for England
also Bill Lang, Al Kaufman, Joe Jean
cite and others. Not only will he give
contests in the above named countries
but ne will also stage a big contest IN
Nevada if the opportunity presents It
self
Mr.. Mcintosh also signed up Packey
Mcfarland to go to Australia and meet
four Hghtweights. He offered Packey
a big guarantee with a privilege Whloh
would have Melted the Chicago boy So
600 to $4,000 easily and ais Ga lg con
test in England. After having signed the
contract Mcfarland. at the last moment,
notified Mr.. Mcintosh that he could not
go. as his mother would not permit him
To do so and stating that she wanted
Packey to quit the ring for good al
though she admitted that all Packey
money was made in the arena Mr. Nc
Intosh, when he visited Mrs. McF arlaho
and found that she was so set against
PackeY gong TO AnIlpOuSSs save NP ms
efforts to induce the lightweight to go
Mr.. Mcintosh had purchased Packey' $
passage and is out the money Tor the
same, besides a great deal of trouble
and inconvenience. Should Packey go
to England his contract with Mr. NC
Intosh will still hold good. Cyclone
Johnny Thompson was also offered a
nice thing to go, but Johnny could not
leave the little ones at home and de-
clined. There is a chance that Tom
Zones and his protege, Ad Wolgast, Will
go abroad for Mcintosh Mac says he
will give as much as the other clubs
in England for the contest and PROB
ably a little more. In the interim Ray
Bronson will try and cop of the honors
and force both Mcfarland and Wolgast
into contests with him, either on his
return here or in England Mr.. Mcln-
tosh plans to hold bi-monthly contsstS
in sydney and Australia with the Amer
lean stars alternating. It is certainly
the biggest venture in fistic way that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10

his work which was responsible Tor
the great work of last season. L. H.
Andrews a graduate of Yale in 1907,
will be assistant coach. He comes with
a very good record.
w. Scott Moore, the phenomenal
pitcher of the A and NJ baseball team,
who lives at Brady, will manage the
team Roger H. Hooker is captain.
Hooker and Barnes will be tackles.
Both were selected last year for the
all-southern team. Holm will return
to play guard, and Ward will be at end.
Both of these men also qualified on the
an-southern. Gretchen viii be back to
play guard. Flincham. the indian full
back, will also probably be in his place
again.
A. and MS Schedule.
The full schedule is as follows: Octo-
Der s, Fort Worth university at College
Station; October II. Austin college at
College Station; October IS, Texas
Christian university at College Station;
October 20, Kentucky university at
College Station: October %, Arkansas
university at Fayetteville, Ark; No
vember l. Texas Christian university
at Fort Worth; November IA, Texas
university at Houston; November 10,
Southwestern university at College Sta
ton; November %; Tulane at Houston.
BayIOr's Games.
The schedule of the Baylor univer-
sity is as follows: October /, Daniel
Baker at Brownwood; October 8, Austin
college at Waco; October IS, Haskell
indians at Waco; October "a, Texas
Christian university at Waco; October
%, Polytechnic college of Fort Worth
at Waco; November 5, university of
Texas at Waco; November IS, Texas
Christian university at Fort Worth:
November "a, Southwestern university
at Waco
T. P Robertson is captain of the
team; Smythe, the manager, and Ralph
Glaze of Dartmouth, the coach.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10

T7HE Texas league baseball season
has closed with Dallas the pen
nant winner by the smallest per
in the history of the game in
Texas The north Texas team GER
tainly deserved the flag, for it was
won fairly and against some very
strong teams All of the first division
teams were well balanced and until
the last week it was any Of five teams
race.
During the winter the managers will
be busy looking after new material.
These managers will be for the most
part the same as last year. With the
exception of the leader of the Okla
homa City indians the berths are well
filled. Hunter Hill says he was only
'fooling'' about going back to the farm
and retiring f>om the game for good.
He will handle Houston's destiny again
next year No man in the league made
an equal showing with Hill, material
and hard luck considered.
Managers of Teams.
Norris will be back at the head of
the Fort Worth Panthers, Maloney is
good enough for Joe Gardner Dale
Gear fills the bill at Shreveport, and
Donnelly will try Galveston out again
next year Ellis Hardy has been Sc
l6cteQ TO manage waco anu replace
Brooks Gordon Leidy of San Antonio
is said to be scheduled to go, but no
official announcement to that effect
has been made.
It is hardly possible, even if Okla
homa City stays in the league, that
Red Downey will be manager again
next year. He only replaced Jay An
drews after the latter was tin canned
He is a pretty good player, but by no
means up to leadership form. He may
be popular with his men and all that
but there is something lacking.
Don't Want Winter Games.
There is a movement on foot among
the Texas league baseball magnates tC
discourage their men playing winter
baseball Several teams suffered this
year as result of too hard work OF
their players during the winter sea-
son.
There is no provision in the Texas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10
Texas League Scouts Watching
Some Cactus League Players
By HORACE H. SHELTON

1eaeue contracts against a player TAX
inc mart in winter baseball in the
warmer states, but every player in
the league will be asked to take a
three months vacation between the
end of the season and reporting time
This. it is believed, would bring the
men back to spring practice in better
form than if they played ball all win
ter.
Players Go South.
Several Texas league players were
with teams in Arizona, New Mexico and
the southern portion of California all
last winter The result was when
they came back to begin to play in
Texas they were tagged out When
the summer heat caught them they
went all to the bad. Nine months of
baseball is enough for any of the play
ers, say the magnates.
The past season has also tended to
show that players brought here from
the northern states do not play as good
hall as those from the south and west.
The climate is too severe on them.
They are also more subject to attacks
of malaria.
Galveston this season had a splendid
team. but when the hot weather came
the team went all to pieces. Donnelly
Q
Illinois. Indiana, Ohio and other states
in that section
Cactus League Attracts Scouts.
| Scouts from Texas will look over the
! PLAYERS of the Cactus league Of west
| Texas. New Mexico and Arizona. 1t is
| believed men from there would be bet
ter suited to Texas than from any
where else. In case WingO Anderson
/ is permitted by the national commits
sion to sign there will be considerable
| competition among the Texas teams tC
| get him. There are several other play
ers in the Cactus league who have at
! tracted favorable attention and who
will be invited to join the Texas league
| The Southwest Texas league also
/ proved a very fertile training ground
and a number of youngsters from there
will also break into the Texas league
next year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10

to put against Lang of Kaufman later
in the season. There are several leaves
over in England just now, among them
Bombardier Wells, Gunner Moir, Sron
Hague and Sergt. Sunshine, but none
of them appears TO have the class nee
essary for the title fight. OF the lot
Moir seems to be the best. However,
a series of that kind is liable to develop
a good man and for that reason it will
be interesting to watch results.
The lightweight muddle seems to
have been given a rest of late. AID
WoIgast has not been the busy cham
pion Battling Nelson was, and the
chances are he has not reaped the
benefits his crown would entitle him to-
Ad has not had a real fight since he
won the title from Nelson, except his 10
round bout with Jack Remond in Mil
waukee last June. He has had offers
TO meet Freddie Welsh abroad, but his
demands are too nigh to suit the Eng
Hshman and as a result there is moth
ing doing. The same applies to a meet
ing between Ad. and Packey Mcfarland,
except it is weight in addition to the
other.
They have agreed on weight for 10
round bout, but not beyond the num-
Der Of rounds. Owen Moran is also arter
AID for match ana the west S>lU0 CIUO
of New Orleans has made an offer for
the same, but there seems to be nothing
doing Ad should get busy while the
sun shines. for he may not have the
crown for many years. The log1cai
match is with Welsh, but AID forgets
that Freddie is just as big a card in
England as Wolgast, being champion
of Great Britain, and he will not &C
cept Is or 30 percent for his end Welsh
can make the weight and therefore
there would be no dispute on that ac-
count
Welsh has a right to challenge for the
title-more so than any other-and
Wolgast should be in duty bound to
recognize that challenge within rea-
sonable time. Tom Jones, who manages
Wolgast, is out for the best Involvement
possible. but he must also be willing To
recognize the other side, to certain
extent. It is the one lightweight battle
which would decide the worlds cham
pionShip.