El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-20
ByN. M.
Walker

setting sun and the caps white with a
touch of green here and there to give
tone TO the ensemble. The uniforms have
been ordered but are not expected in time
for the appearance of the Maroons in FL
Paso Saturday and Sunday.
Oil is being used in a number of the
southern league cities for the scalped
part of the diamond. II is a bit rough
on these white uniforms, but the FL
Paso management is thinking of adopt
ing it for the path around the sacks to
keep down the ankle deep dust which
makes it heavy for the base runners
Douglas now has a regular grille girl
baseball reporter. She is Lady Calrice,
but is no relation of our old friends
Jeff and Mutt" She writes live stuff,
and her point of view is different from
that of the regular persons who are
making living telling the story of the
games played In her last report she
appended a note to her story which
read: Pullman starred in left field"
The rest was fluffy ruffle dope by
fluffy rufffles girl, but good stuff jus.
the same
1t is now "Dinniford" over Douglas
way. The Irish lads compound name
has been denatured to single word.
Kane has also dropped his Horseshoe"
non de plume and is now called "Donf
Worry Kane.
Here is a bit aftermath from the re-
cent Cananea- Bisbee game which has
the spark of eternal sportmanship in it;
Are we downhearted? Nor
Our fast friends. the Chicago White
Sox. are away and going the distance in
fine form. When they opeend the sea
son. the usual popular demonstration
with all the trimmings of boquets,
wreaths and good luck horse shoes
were in evidence around the south side
park and old Connie and Hugh Duffy
came in for their share of the atten-
ton.
The FL Paso hats which were given TO
the boys from Chicago town. arrived at
headquarters several days before the
opening of the season and were not
worn by the players as they hurried
home TO show them to the kids and tell
them all about the place they came
from But the Sockets have not forgot
ten FL Paso and they are the warmest
friends this baseball burg has on the
map. The Chicago papers have been
filled with stories about Blackburne,
the shortstop who was here with the
Sox: Purtell, Duffy and the rest of the
men who hobnobbed with the FL Paso
fans on the night of the smoker For
six more months, these same players
will be in the spot light every day and
FL Paso fans will read of their doings
with the same feeling of personal pride
that they will of Anderson, Galloway,
Mills. Lamar and the others who have
gone away to make good.
Touching Second by John J. Evers
and Hugh s. Fullerton has appeared
from the press. This is baseball
story that Is supposed to put crimp
in the tome which recently appeared In
print under the title of won in the
Ninth" by Christy Mathewson- Evers.
the speedieSt little second baseman who
ever stabbed a man stealing second, ana
Hugh Fullerton, who was here with the
Sox. are the perpetrators of the latest
message to the baseball reading public.
The book is touted as inside baseball
in the big league, and if Fullerton and
Evers tell half they know Of the inside
game there should be reading to make
one dizzy between the covers of the
book.
Next winter during the closed season
for baseball. when the war correspond
ents are making all the copy possible
out of the meeting of the managerial
ma gnates in New York, il would be
fine thought to spring on the aforesaid
NJ MS that while the season may be