El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-31
SMOKER To
TIL: VISITING
PLAYERS
Lots of Fun in Basement OF
the Chamber of Commerce
With Sox as the Guests.
HATS PRESENTED
TO ALL VISITORS
Some Uncalled For Stories
and Moth Eaten Badger
Fight Mar Things.

More than 400 fans smoked with the
White Sox at the White Sox smoker
Wednesday night BY $50 the base
ment of the chamber or commerce was
filled with local fans all anxious TO
see the Sox and the stunts that had
been planned for their entertainments
The visiting ball players were seated
Immediately in front Of the platform
and the newspaper correspondents had
the place of honor 10 the right of the
stage. The remainder of the big base
nent was filled with the FL Paso
smokers.
Mayor Sweeney delivered the first
and only rhetorical spitball over the
plate at the beginning of the smoker.
His honor was introduced by y. NJ
Walker and the mayor got away with
his end of the game with all the hon
ors of a world champion pitcher Hugh
Duffy was to have responded to the
mayors address of welcome, but the
Mexican hot stuff at the press ban
quet across the Rio retired him TO his
hotel after the dinner closed But the
Sox let the mayor and the Ell Paso
fans know that they appreciated the
welcome by the cheering they gave for
the mayor
Something Doing All the Time.
From the close OF the welcome adj
dress to the closing number on the
program there was something up ana
doing every minute. The orchestra
played Mexican music, the chime ring
ers played duets and o. D. Davis sang
Take Ne Back to Chicago Town." as
only o. d. Davis can sing. and then
sang Take Me Out to the Ball Game
with the Wild Cat chorus for accom-
paniment-
The first athletic number was Aus
traIan Billy" Smith against fireman
Ross for four rounds. Old Billy was
shifty on his feet and as cunning
with his mits as he was the day he
! wiped up the Mexican foothills with a
mutt who thought he had a chance
with this facsimile of Bob Fitzsim-
mons Ross, who is as husky as fire
| man Flynn, of Pueblo. mixed things
with big Billy and the round was
| spicy go with Billy's comedy thrown in
| for good measure.
Wrestling and Boxing.
| Kindig and Sewell, two clever wrest-
| lers from the Y. d. c. A, went TO the
mat for fall in high class exhibition
| of the game. This was the highest
class athletic act on the program. Kin
dig requiring five minutes ana 25 sec
| onds TO put SewelTs shoulders to the
| canvas Brown brothers. two fast
working local fighters. did a Jeffries-
| Johnson fight in miniature. Frank
Smith, the Sox pitcher. who acted as
| referee. selling a clean shirt separating
| the black from the white in the breaks.
| White Brown got the decision from
/ black Brown by the use of a French
! blow delivered by the foot on the
| Achilles portion of near negroes anat-
| omv. tho shin bone. Two Mexican lads,
! with skins the color or newly made
coffee. went three rounds with consid-
cradle splitting of claret and waving of
arms.
Jack Dawson acted as announcer for
the athletic features; T. H Schneidau
was referee.
Col. Collier who is here in. the in
terest of the San Diego exposition, gave
a talk about San Diego and told some
stories. One of the boosting party from
San Diego also sang
Mexican Stunt.
Mexican senorita and a youthful
cahellero from one of the moving pic
ture theaters gave a series of Spanish
and Mexican dances to the accompani-
ment of a typical Mexican orchestra.
This was the one touch of the native
tcolor on the program and was enjoyed
immensely. especially by the visitors.
The only. Objectionable features on
the program were number of ques-
! tionable stories which were told with
out regard for the feelings Of the bust
ness and professional men who were
present. One. was particularly objec-