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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-23
OPENING OF 4 BIC LEAGUE

1t was one Of those warm, clammy
days which bring out the crop of last
seasons straws a full month before
the H S & NJ stylebook DEGREES the
appearance OF the summer lid In the
southwest it would have been called
a peach of a day In New Orleans 1T
was sultry. sticky hot with the satu-
rated atmosphere Of the below-the-sea
level city.
Downtown the Shrine reunion crowds
Were milling through the streets in an
endless treadmill procession which
seemed never to get anywhere and
never TO cease. Car after car pulled
up on the Canal street loop. took on
its load of human freight and bumped
OF in the direction of the river 'Taxis,
loaded with fez crowned Shriners and
autos with their interiors bullying with
straw hated individuals in summer
clothes. chugged away.
Season "opens.
1t was the opening of the Southern
league season at the Crescent City
park and nothing short of deiuge,
much less a Shrine reunion could keep
the fans from responding TO the mag
net of attraction. the ball park on the
opening day. The street cars unloaded
their load of fans. the ''taxis" added
their contribution TO the cause and the
autos wheezed up in front OF the re-
served seat entrance and the wearers
OF the straw mingled with the crowd
and they all squeezed through the
gates and up into the big stand, which
had been the amphithcater Of thou
san dhistoric battles the season before.
sprinkling of bright colored fezes
were scattered through the grand stand
crowd and a blue shirt or a purple tie
In he InI 81
touches of color to the scene.
OIL Soaked Field.
Out on the oil soaked field the two
teams were warming up for the open
ing battle. 1t was Mobile against New
Orleans Wearing their pure white
home uniforms the New Orleans club
was in the field throwing. batting and
fielding with the snap of circus per-
Torrance. An unusual infield play or
a long run for an Outfield fly brought
cheers of approval from the baseball
hungry crowd Under the grandstand
the Mobile team members were working
out their sore arms and getting ready
for their practice time in the field. TIE
umpire and the two managers con-
suited at the plate, the visiting team
took the field for preliminary practice
and the interest shifted from the home
10 the visiting club
While the balls were cracking against
the bats and the fielders were chasing
around the outer garden. the bleachers
were filling with the real fans who sa,
with coats off and care free with the !
a abandon which comes from the know
ledge that no women are present in |
that section to prevent them saying f,
what they think Of bum decision OF |
a rotten play.
aRed" the ROOter.
Suddenly this 32nd degree roofing |
brigade set up a howl Instantly the |
grandstand caught the cue. It's Red /
Here comes Red. Hurrah for Red"
Ambling along the narrow board walk |!
as care free as the crowd which greeted |
him as hero. came red haired |
freckled face boy-man who wore al 4
imitation red feZ on his real read hair /
and held a cigaret lazily between his !
lips It was Red" the rOOter for the /
visiting team, whose presence was al
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-23
Sport Gossip About All
Sorts Of Sports and Things
By
7. G..
Turner

Remember your wife and babies,
Fitz, and poke him in the States
How could man better defend his
wife and babies than by poking some
body in the Stats?
There has been much said about JEFF
fries and his training Almost all that
has reached the ears of general news
paper readers about Johnson has been
of a discouraging nature. Reports have
followed reports, and all TO the effect
that the black champion is flunking
at his training.
But this is not true, by the best adj
vice obtained from Chicago. To be-
gin with, Jeff has a press agent who
floods the sporting columns with daily
rot about the big fellow. James J. JEFF
fries today went fishing" James J.
JeffrieS yesterday boxed with his un-
derShirt off, James J. Jeffries is still
a little fat, but all agree that within
two days he viii be in perfect condi-
ton" Can that be beaten? The only
recent thing that rivals il was the way
walker Weston was advertised until the
sporting editors became properly dis
gusted with it.
So a little dope about Johnson may
be of interest to the sporting public,
which as far as Ell Paso is concerned
are JeffrieS men to a man, or almost
At the offset II was considered i'm
probable by the few who knew. that
the black man would fail at his train
ing He always has been overly anx-
ious to meet Jeffries and he knows
too, what a good man Jeffries is, or
rather used TO be- Prompted. no doubt
by his great pride and vanity, Johnson
did thing, never before done by any
heavyweight champion. After winning
his title he sought a meeting with JEFF
fries. then retired. and not only formal
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-23
AUTO NOTES.

G. W. Kennedy has assumed charge
of the credit department of the Sturges
company.
J. r. Hafford has purchased a Cad
lilac 80 from the Sturges company.
d. d. Ferrel. southwestern touring
agent for the Carter car, was in the city
for few days this week. He has gone
on tour of New Mexico towns
Douglas Crowell now is connected
with the sales department of the Stur-
ges company
c. NJ. Barber has returned from
business trip in New Mexico.
The Sturges company have leased
new storehouse, and are enclosing their
general plant.
AS far as FL Paso is concerned, so
far, the touring season is dead one
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-23
No..

day. From the beginning 1T was evil
dent that William Riley would be a
bail player. His early bawIs were good
(joke), and soou as he learned to
creep, he used to peg his toys around
the room, breaking bricabrac and his
mothers feelings, as we'll.
The first real horse hide pill pegEed
by William was out in a vacant lot on
the petticoats of Pittsburg. The boys
all noticed that he pegged it with his
left hand, which, in fact, senator does
to this day. But the first real work
was done as pitcher for the Pittsburg
central high school team, which posi-
ton "iefty'' held for two years.
When, after finishing school and es-
tabIishing himself as the ideal of school
boy fans, William Riley came to Texas.
He didn't come to be a cowboy, as many
youthful adventurers do. He came to
play ball, which he promptly did. First
he launched out with Waco of the Tex
as State league. He pitched for two
seasons, beginning 1906 with that club.
Last year he signed with Portsmouth,
of the Ohio State league, still pegging
hot ones over the home plate.
But now William Riley is a first
baseman. His padded left hand slides
out and nabs every leather bullet that
for William. To put it mildly, William
is considered a -1find- for the FL PaxO
club, and il he pitched half we'll
ne works around the first bag he may
be doing something else next year.
William Henry being too long,
Lefty being too common, the boys
call him Senator, because Ii is rumor-
ed that another man named Jackson
was once senator and good senator,
too.
Senator jackson has never done very
much besides playing baseball. He was
once an oil eager with Texas COM
pany. hut that has nothing to do with
the history of Harbuck's Husky Heroes.
senator William Riley Lefty Jackson
is all right, even If he has more names
and titles than the law allows. He cnn-
not help that.
MOnday-WyIfe.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-23
"Cherchez la femme"

Cherchez la femme.
That is French. and it means. find
the woman" A French detective once
said it in referring to the solution of a
knotty case, and the French have been
saying ii ever since
Now, the point of il now. today.
here, is that it applies as well TO the
coming Jeffries-Johnson fight. Find
the woman.
All, here she is We have found her,
and very easily. II is no less than Mrs
Jeffries. What could be more easy?
AS usual. the woman has been the
power behind the throne-in this case.
behind the ring. She has bossed every
thing, from which side Jeff parts his
hair to when and with whom he fights.
Now. she has been discovered in
new way. Jeff wanted as trainer one
Billy Delaney, who on one occasion
trained him TO the heavyweight cham
pionship, after doing the same for Jim
Corbett
But Mrs. Jeff didn't like Billy He
parted his hair on the wrong side, and
his fingernaiIs were not manicured
with the proper taper. So Mrs. J. Sc
cured Sam Berger. who as a trainer
has proved himself ounce and as a
publicity artist, hog
So. on the day OF the fight. the fates
willing. the woman will sit by the ring
side and encourage big Jeff to victory
And big Jeff will know that if he loses,
the thrashing from his wife will be
worse, far worse, than any wallop from
a black paw
Perhaps. it will result, as did Fitz-
simmons victory. over Corbett. caused
in general, by the advice from Mrs
Fitz. who yelled:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-23

like H p Holt. of Las Cruces. dotted
his blue cap and announced the bat
teries in a clear voice Mayor Behr-
man, the pet Of every New Orleans citi-
zen. strobe from the home teams beuLn
with rod Of ribbon in his coat, took
the shiny white ball and tossed II over
the plate 10 signify that the Southern
league season was officially going.
Then the game started Red rooted
consistently and Loyalty for Mobile. the
inevitable girl who knows more about
baseball than her escort, explained
workings OF the squeeze and the dou-
bic steal TO her companion. the crowd
cheered each play and the game logged
along easily Until the eighth when It
was tied up by Mobile and won by a
series Of brilliant plays
The electric score board flashed thu
fact which was known 10 everyone,
that New Orleans had been beaten on
the home grounds in the opening and
the crowd filed out to go back down
town and watch the Shr;ners cut up.
Il was a successful opening OF what
promises TO be a successful season IN
the Southern league
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-23
CACTUS LEAGUE DOPE
ByM. M.
Walker

book for the Bisbee-El Paso game
Kelly, first base; Graham, third base
Flake, shortstop; Pullman, left field
Deacon, second base; Kerwin, right
field: Grindle, catch; Marshall, pitch
Hanson, pitch: Doan. pitch. The local
lineup remains as 1t was last week with
the exception of the shift at second
where Lamar was sent in to relieve
Earthman.
Doan, the new staff correspondent of
the pitching department with the Bis
bee Maroons, is a recent recruit from
Sacramento. He is said to have every
thing pitcher needs and he will be
sent in against Ell Paso in one Of the
two games. Gilman was the offering
Saturday for FL Paso and Harden or
Wylie Sunday.
Goodness, CIarice. but don't those
Douglas fellows play rough: Now they
are romping on the pet little project
OF getting a pet little name for the
local roundup outfit which is in camp
at Washington park. Go as far as you
like, they say, but whatever name is
selected 1t will make no difference with
the Arizona cowpunchers, for the men
from home will always be known as the
could they have meant by that? For
the information of the tenderfeet pres
ent will Douglas kindly explain to the
meeting. the technical def1nitation and
application of the term "Tehanner" Mr.
Daniel O'DOnovan Dinniford Douglas
has the floor.
Douglas continues TO have a chronic
case OF gloats over the fact that pitcher
Pitts was released by Bisbee and went
to Douglas and made good. Pitts
pitched against his former team the
other day and got away with it. Now
the Smelter sons are rubbing it in on
their neighbOrs of the hilltops. Doug
las has even gone far as to suggest
that Bisbee sent all of her team to
Douglas to learn the game. which was
a bit unneighborly since Bisbee is up
and doing with the lark and is going
TO be in the running at the final quar-
ter post. The chap who laughs first is
sure of his laugh all right, but the
other fellow always has the benefit Of
the doubt
Ray Brown. the good looking utility
man of last years FL Paso team, is now
with Wellington, Kan, Of the Central
Kansas league. This is Duck Gowan's
old team.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-23
By N. M.
Walker

ways required to make a ball game in
New Orleans complete. One man n
the stand said Red" lived on cigareIs
and cOcoa-cola: another said he was
always drunk At any rate he was
always loyal to his choice the visiting
team He called to the Mobile PLAYERS
by name, they shook his index finger
in friendly greeting through the wire
screen and the crowd cheered its ap-
proval.
The Game Begins.
The umpire and the managers, hdv-
ing finished their consultation about
ground and playing rules, posed for n
three cornered picture, the newspaper
writers gathered on the press bench
and umpire Page, looking for the world
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-23

N ITCHER. pitcher, who is to be the
~ new pitcher? This time it is
Stanley Page, Of Waco. who Is
touted to work for Ell Paso in the fu-
ture big games. Stanley stands six feet
two with or without stockings and is a
batter in proportion to his size, accord
ing to little Dolly Gray. who knows
them all. Gray is now with Waco and
manager Harbuck is dickering for him
He will not reach here until next week
and will make his first appearance with
the FL Paso club at Cananea next Sat
urday and Sunday That is if he con-
meets with the Tea & Pea out OF Waco
in time
Louie Lamar is again in uniform with
.'EI Paso" across the bosom Lamar IS
working at second with the locals and
will probably be retained permanently
in one Of the inieid positions II he hits
ND TO his old time form. Earthman is
on the bench for the present, but VIII
be given ample opportunity TO work
in the different positions in the games
to follow
Mackev and not Woods VIII be the
local umpire until the FL Paso club gets
lined ND with the two umpires who
have been signed by Vic. WallIng Tor
the alleged league Woods, ACCORDING
to Robert Krakauer. one OF the Greet
ors Of the club. was 10 have been given
a trvout Saturday and Sunday, but
manager Harbuck announced Saturday
morning that Mackey, the old standby
OF last season. would wear the honors
and chest plate of the umpire In the
two games with Bisbee.
There is q little three cornered love
feast and reunion in progress right
here in FL Paso. Via the T & p. came
one Frenchy Lamar, late OF FL Paso
and later of Shreveport. He met and
greeted his old teammate, Fat Wylie.
he of the Merry Widow haircut Of 1909
Saturday when Bisbee arrived. Pink
Grindle was the first man off the train
70 meet his two old friends All day
Saturday these three players were in
separabie, moving around town three
abreast and greeting the old guard who
watched them work last year in the
HUE uniforms of the early season series
of games good trio that triangular
collection OF baseban players and in
the welcome words Of the New Orleans
reunion. Ell Paso says ''Glad-U-Kum-'
Here is the way the switch list Of the
visiting club looks on the official score
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-23

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-23

team. Bob Whaling showed up so we'll
"a HEAVIER along in 1905, that the Oak
land club kept him on the payron for
three months-until he sprained his
arm
BarOldy used to be some pitcher"
around Solomonville. and later pitched
for Clifton with much success. Guy
nup twirled two no hit games in the
canal zone during 1907, and signed
contract to do slab FORK for the Lowell,
Mass, team the following season. Ma
laria got his goat.
Tom Whaling came to Cananea to oc-
cupy the mound and FL Paso fans will
remember him winning several games
against Ballinger's unsupported club.
Rienhardt was pitching wonderful
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-23
arbuck's Husky Heroe

Senator jackson, 1sf. Base

When senator Jackson was born he
was very young. When vet child his
father and mother named him William
Riley, never dreaming that some day
he would he senator. But, as Ella
Wheeler Wilcox used TO say, ''n rose by
any other name would smell as sweet"
names.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-04-23
Fl PhsO FIRM SELLS 125
TAX|CAbs To MEXICO CITY
BALL PLAYERS.

The Herald wants to print all
the news about. amateur ball
games in FL Paso: those already
played OF 70 be played Bring
in your notice about future
games and reports of games
played. If they are played on
Sunday, send the report to The
Herald Sunday afternoon or
early Monday. All reports must
be signed by the person sending
them in, but the names will not
be printed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-30
PLAN A PANIC
FOR EFFECT
ON THE VOTERS

New York, July 30.-Certain great
capitalists who are powerful in poll
tics are planning to bring about a
panic next October, according to Ru-
dolph Spreckles, the California sugar
millionaire, who is in New York. 1t
will be a purely artificial, manufac-
tured panic, he asserted, and its pur-
pose is to brighten the public into the
support of the interests the manipula-
tors control. Part of his information
was gathered abroad, Spreckles
ayerred. The Pacific coast man pre-
dicted unless the people wake up a
terrible time is coming.
"The financial control of this country
is today centered in the hands of two
great interests said Spreckles. when
the two men in control of these inter
ests Engage in battle with each other
for the supremacy a revolution, tho
most destructive the world ever has
seen, will follow-a revolution that
will not only paralyze or wreck many
Of our great industries and overthrow
unnumbered financial institutions, but
will imperil the safety of the govern.
ment itself. The only force that can
prevent such a disaster Is the people
themselves, whose good sense and
patriotism on many occasions hereto.
fore have rescued the country from
threatened destruction"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-30

]. w. Wilbur, the famous Boston
millionaire who astonished Perth
Amboy four years ago by employing
such odd means to boom and sell
property, will recommence opera
lions here in a month or five weeks
to dispose of property valued at
$4,000 for which he is now ne
gotiating through N. Adolph Neil
sen agency. Wilbur, 1t will be re-
membered, opened two tracks on the
former occasion, one a Fords and
the other In the vicinity of the Rah-
way Reformatory, and began whirl-
wind operations to dispose of them.
He located in an office in Smith
street and featured his sales by pre-
senting visitors with pictures, arti-
c1es of clothing, clocks, watches, and
in some instances, small barrels OF
money.
Under the same conditions, Will
bur will dispose of the land about to
be purchased. Wednesday, Mr.. Will
bur and Mr.. Nielsen viewed a tract
near Fords and the big real estate
man made an offer Of $4,000 for
the property. Two more tracts near
Railway r being negotiated for,
and it Is expected that all three deals
will be consummated within the
next week or two. For the last
two tracts Wilbur offered $4,000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-30
LIGHTNING FLASHES.
Many Things Concerning Them That
Science Cannot Fathom.

Many Things Concerning Them That
Science Cannot Fathom.
A young girl In charge of two chill
dren, sheltering under a tree on Chisle-
hurst common, was struck by light
ming and kllled-one of those dreadful
Instances Of the sort of personal touch
with which lightning seems to select
it's victim, for, though n child is re-
ported to have been thrown down, neil
Their apparently was injured. There
are many instances, of course, of this
strange selection, due In most cases
probably to some accident of clothing.
There is a we'll remembered case which
happened some years ago at Cam
bridge, when three young men were
walking across an open space of
ground, and the middle one Of the
three was struck dead, while the 9TH
ers were untouched. The inquest
showed that the young man who was
killed had nails in his boots, whereas
the others were wearing boating shoes.
The phenomena Of thunderstorms
have been the subject of much study
In America. But If thunderstorms can
be classified, they are still not thor
oughly understood. We do not yet
know what are the exact conditions
which lead to a discharge of electricity
in the form of q lightning flash from
cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth.
We cannot reproduce thunder and
lightning in a laboratory. We do not
know what Is the origin of the cleo
IRRIGATION manifested in a storm. -
London Spectator.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-30
On the Verae.

A woman and her daughter were at
sea during rough weather. After a ST.
lence Of some time the mother asked,
Are you seasick, dear?"
mo, 1 think not" replied the daugh-
ter, but I'd hate to yawn.-Ladies'
Home Journal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-30
MAGNES|A co.
STOCK WAS A
SOCIETY FAD

New York, July 30.-Many persons
of prominence invested money in STOCK
of the Magnesia Asbestos company
the president and secretary of which
were arrested on a charge made by
Mrs. Mary Nevins Blaine Bull, widow
of DR.. William Z. Bull, the famous
surgeon. After hearing Mrs. Bulls
story, Magistrate Krotel held each OF
the prisoners In $4,000 bail. The pris.
oners are John Qualey, president, and
Harvey Wiley Corbett, secretary and
treasurer of the corporation.
Mrs. Bulls charges apparently will
interest many persons who decided to
invest money in the magnesia compa-
ny. When she appeared In court.
wearing mourning and leaning on a
walking stick, Mrs. Bull was accom-
panied by Preston Satterwhite, a
brother-in-law of w. Gould Brokaw
and prominent In Newport society. He
said he had invested $1,000 In Qualey's
company and asserted other investors
were Clarence Follis, who took $4,000
of the stock; A. S. Anable of so Leon
ard street, who also invested $4,000,
and Mrs. George Holt, who lives in
Paris, who invested $4,000. Mrs. Bull
said she knew twenty persons, includ,
ing women, who had put money into
the concern. The amount she put into
1t, she said, was $4,000. She produc-
ed in court Cancelled checks for $4,000
and $4,000 to support her charge.
A stir In educational circles resulted
from the arrest of Corbett, who has
won prominence as an architect. He
is an associate professor in Columbis
university's school of architecture.
Easy.
what do you do to keep your hands
looking 80 niceY" 81 don't do any
thing."-Buffalo Express.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-30
ARE
RUSHING WORK

Reports of building operations
gathered the past week give the in
dication that the building industry
is advancing. Contractors in most
every part of the city and about the
vicinity are kept fairly busy and
some new contracts are let almost
daily. The various labor unions re-
port times good. Most of the trades
have all available men at work and
there seems to be a constant demand
for carpenters and masons. Business
Agent Adolph Koyen, of the Car pen
ter & Joiner's Union, says the de-
mand for union carpenters Is great
er than the supply at present.
Several plans are out for bids
and In some instances contracts are
about to be signed. Carl G. Chris
Jensen has a new contract, details
of which he will make public next
week. Architect j. H. Dayton Is
drawing plans for some new work.
The architectural firm of J., N. Pier
son & Son is drawing plans and
specifications for three residential
houses in Metuchen, the junior mem
Der of the firm claims, and it has
plans underway for school changes
in Woodbridge Township.
Jens N. Wester has plans out for
a handsome new residence, which
he contemplates erecting in Water
street, near Gordon street.
Peter Larson is contemplating the
erection of q ive-room residence for
himself in Meade street. The struc-
ture Is to be two stories high and of
brick construction.
Work will shortly be commenced
upon two houses for Shangold broth