El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-23

STAR.
they have to acknowledge that the
play this year has been fast and spir-
tied.
In the first few weeks of play two
triple plays were made. both in the
National league. The New Yorks wip-
ed out three of the Brooklyn players
at one fell swoop in New York and du-
plicated the feat a few days later in
Boston. Dahlen's Daisies pulled off a
three ply killing at the expense Of the
Doves also. Iris Speaker. who Jim
McAleer says is the best outfielder in
the country. already has made a dOu-
BILE play without assistance. Il rare feat
for a center fielder. Ty Cobb in the
second game played by the Tigers this
year beat Briscoe Lord of the Maps
out Of hit by throwing Larry LajOie
out at second. Cobb. who. like Speak
er, always is trying, came in fast on
Lords low liner. just missed catching
it and then threw to second and re-
tired the king Of the Maps
Addie JOSS, pitcher. inventor and
sporting editor had the honor of pitch
ing the first no hit game of the year,
but there are many captious critics
who aver that he should not have
been credited with this performance
On April 20 the slender Clevelander
got the best of Frank Smith in q pitch
ing duel by the slightest of margins
l TO O. Bill Bradley fumbled Parents
unintentional bunt. and the scorers
first called it a hit. afterward changing
their minds and charging an error
against McGuire's tall and capable
third baseman
Bradley says he was to blame on
the play, but many fans who witness
ed the game aver that a point was
stretched in Joss favor to let the 'hu-
man slat" make his second appearance
in the no hit colony Walter Johnson
of the Washingtons. Frank Smith OF
the Chicago White SOx and Earl Moore
of the Phillies let their opponents
down with one rap in nine innings.
Of noble four baggers and cleanup
swats there has been a bountiful sup
York Nationals and Tex Erwin of
the Brooklyns seem to have made
the longest loop-the-loop cracks of the
campaign. McGraw's Outfielder and
Dahlen's backstop each hit the ball
over the high right field wall in Phila-
delphia. Players who have hit for the
circuit with the bases in congested
condition in the first few weeks Of
the campaign are Norman Elberfeld of
the Washingtons, who turned the trick
on April 90. and Jake Stahl of the Bos-
ton Red Sox, who came TO time with
drive of this kind on the following
day.
Roger BreSnahan of the st. Louis Car
dinalS. Charles Louis Philippe Of the
Pirates, Bob Bescher of the Reds and
Larry Lord Of the Boston Red Sox
have either doubled or tripled with the
bases all tenanted and swept the has
socks clear of their inhabitants Iris
Speaker came mighty nigh making
himself more popular than ever with
his admirers recently when in an
eighth inning assault on Gray and
HOvlik Of the Washingtons he almost
got two home runs in one round
On Iris first appearance at the plate
he drove the ball out of the lot, and
on his second he again sent it beyond
the barrier. but drive No was foul
by an inch or so. and he had to re-
turn to the batters' box. Speaker SIN
gled on his second trip to the plate
in the same inning and is the first ma
1or league performer who has got tive
hits in one inning