El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-16
BASEBALL AND
BOXING DOPE


Inc long sltencecpi Bathing NelSon,
former lightweight champion of the
world. and one of the greatest fighters
that ever donned a glove, has been
broken Bat has been heard from. but,
poor fellow, he can't get away from
pulling something new Yet. Bat is
original and is a great money getter.
His latest is that inasmuch the
promoters are not going Wild over a
return match between him and VOL
CAST, the Dane plans 10 promote the
next contest himself, guarantee VOL
CAST the s12, 600 he asks and take the
balance Of the show himself. Nelson
believes a $4,000 house will see the
fight.
That isn't bad dope. but Nelson will
have his hands full handling Wolgast
and watching the receipts and all that
goes toward running show success
fully. Some might term Nelson nutty
for such a thought. They have termed
him that before. but Nelson has proved
that he prospered. He had moving
pictures of his fight with Hyland taken
and all laughed at his move. Well.
BAT cleaned up a nice little fortune on
them.
When Nelson's fighting days are over
and he must rest on what he has
earned in the ring ii will be found
that Nelson is far short of the financial
standing at which he is rated Nelson
has been drawn into many wildcat
moves and has sunk fortune. 1t is
said that he could not realize $4,000
on all his holdings. Bat has earned
over 5000, OOO
Rube Waddell, greatest of all the,
southpaw twirlers, and at one time
the greatest pitcher in the business
will never play ball again, is the re-
port that comes out of Boston It is
said that the elbow of his pitching
arm is broken, the result of the curve
thrown by Cicotte which hit Rube. Too
bad that a man of his ability should be
taken from the game through ar ac-
cident like this.
Charles Mullen. the Chicago White
Sox general utility player. was sent
to Washington by president !Comiskey
to take up first baseing after the Old
Roman had received a telegram from
manager Duffy. Comiskey felt badly
over the injury to first baseman Gan
dill and said everything possible will
be done to get the player into condi-
ton as soon as possible. Conmy thinks
well of Mullen and believes the young
ster will be able to hold down the jib
until Gandn RECEIVERS. Comiskey was
well pleased with the showing of his
team in its first eastern game
The following bulletin was issued
yesterday by B. B. Johnson, president
Of the American Baseball league: Re
leased-By st. Louis to Vancouver z.
Kusel; Internationally, Ii Lave. BY
Cleveland to Indianapolis, R. Higgins;
to Baltimore, P. Cooney; to New Or
leans. r. Spencer; to Portland. S. A.
Gregg; to Waterbury, s. Griffith: to
Toledo. G. Boice. II. Kirsch; to Kan
sas City. S B. Nichols Contracts
With Cleveland, E. Koestner, G. Sto-
vail.
President Fogel, of the Phillies,
brought McQuilIan and Moore. two of
his star twirlers, home from Cincin- !
natl to discipline them for their poor
condition He is not going to trade
them or sell them, but force them to
get into shape and put a penalty of a
heavy fine on the next offence Fine
them this time. Don't wait until the |
next. for it isn't their first offence. |
Manager Chance has the system. Warn
them once, then heavy fine the second |
Iiiiio- 1OO many Trials are not good
Baseball players all over the country |
should realize and are realizing the |
fact that the men in the game today |
are far in advance morally and intel |
lectually OF the men who played years |
ago This statement does not mean
that there were no smart ball players |
years ago. That would not be true |
But taken as a class baseball PLAY
ers today occupy a higher standing |
In the community than they did years |
ago. and they are gradually stepping |
up instead Of down The players have |
elevated themselves. They enjoy this |
higher standing because the moral tone |
of the game has risen gradually
Baseball players should realize that |
their financial status will become bet |
ter as their moral plane is raised. This
statement maynseem a bit strange But |
look at it in tQS manner. With the
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