El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-07
FL PAsO FANS To GIVE THE WHITE
SOX BOYS SMOKER AND MEXICAN HATS
Big Time Is Planned When
the Chicago Team Reaches
Ell Paso On It's Return
From California.

Smoke with the White Sox at the
White Sox smoker
This is the slogan adopted for re
big baseball get together smoker, to
be held at the chamber of commerce
on the night of March so, in honor OF
the Chicago White Sox ball team,
which is coming here TO play series
of two games with the FL Paso team
There will be something doing every
minute of the time the smoker is smok-
ing The entertainment committee IS
already at work planning funny stunts
10 amuse the Sockets and make them
forget their sore shoulders and Charley
horse underpinning- No Marathon
speeches will be allowed at the smoker.
The chairman will be provided with
a good long hook, and the speaker VINO
exceeds the time limit of two minutes
will be yanked back into his seat with
out ceremony. OF course, this does nor
include Comiskey and the old war morse
division of the Sox. They will be per-
mitted to talk until daylight II they
wish, and there will be an appreciative
audience there TO listen TO them tell OF
the good old days.
Big Ball Men to Be Here.
Invitations will be sent out this week
to the representative baseball men or
the southwest to attend the get together
smoker for the Sox. Daniel A. O'Dono-
van. of Douglas will be one OF the IN
vited guests; Victor Walling. OF can
anea, will be another, and he Will De
asked to bring along Gutierrez, the
Mexican pitcher who made such hit
with his work against the White Sox
last year The Mexican boy who fool
ed 'em with his quick return VIII be
given the honor of pitching against the
Chicago team, should it be possible Tor
him TO come Frank Harbuck, the new
Doe will
be one of the speakers at the smoker,
and an invitation to his friend, Leon
Kahn. will be included in the list of in
vited guests
Hats for the Sox.
As souvenirs of the smoker. the White
Sox will be presented with immense
Mexican straw hats. and Charles Comis-
KEY will be given one of the big, felt,
charro hats with silver trimmings
These will be presented between stunts
with the request that they be worn on
the remainder of the training trip 10
Chicago The newspaper men who are
making the trip with the White Sex
special will be cared for by sPecIaI
press committee, and they will be shown
The time of their lives while they are
here. Hugh Fullerton, the best writer
on baseball matters in the country, Is
making the trip with the Sox, ana Is
writing the story Of the trip Tor the
Hearst syndicate of newspapers hugh
p Keough the Chicago Tribune man,
, U-bo writes snort stuff under the title
esRv Fl k" will also be with the speclal
! train. George Rice. the veteran base
hall writer on the Chicago News, VIII
also be with the party All OF THESE
men are writer's of national reputation
on baseball matters, and as they are
covering the dOings of the Sox IN detail cs
| the two games in Ell Paso and the So1
smoker will be given abundant space
! in the papers for which they write
MEXICAN luncheon will be arranged for
! these writer's to be given by the news
paper men of the city in the restaurant
! Hidalgo, in Juarez-
The Program.
| Tho nrogram for the smoker will in
cluda a series of sparring matches be-
tween local fighters, hurlesque Jel-
! fries-Johnson fight. q pie eating con-
| test a Snanish dance with typical Mexl-
can music for accompaniment and other
| Mexican stunts. 1t is the plan OF tne
committee having this part OF the
| smoker in charge to have something
/ doing every minute
! Refreshments will be served during
| the evening and there will be cigars
| TO burn. To finance the smoker, a can
| vaseine committee will be announced
| This week which will sell tickets Tor
the smoker to ell of the fans IN town.
/
each. and any amount which is left AFTER
/ the expenses of the smoker are paid
vii he subscribed to the baseball fund.
Ccmusitteex Named.
| The committees which have been
named for the smoker are: EAecull'e'
Edgar Kayser. E. P Kepley, Art
Woods. ". S Crawford. T, III. Schnei-
dau and \. NJ Walker; reception. may
or Joseph U. Sweeney, Col }. r. HUI
| e+oD n NJ PAYNE. H s. Potter and
T F. Neff: entertainment and refresh
ments. Jack Dawson. Charles Moss, w.
7 watson. Ernest Morrow and T. H.
S,,hneidau; finance. John W. FISHER
Vincent Andreas. D. S Fennell, Edgar
Kavser and Art Woods: boosting, Frank
| Harbuck. E. P. Kepley. W. S Crawford,
| Fred T. Hardiker and n. NJ. Walker.
The canvassing committee to distribute
| the tickets among the FL Paso fans will
! no named as soon as the finance COM
mittee can have a meeting and select
the members of the committee