El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-23

With the close or the NauOna- anu
American league seasons less than
month off the list OF 800 hitters shows
a pretty big shrinkage since the be-
ginning Of the season Earlier in the
campaign there were 80 and over OF
the heavy stckers VINO could find
the sphere, but slowly and surely the
pitchers seem TO be locating the weak
points Of the batters. In the Nationals
there are only ~ 800 men, with nine
OF that number under $40. In the
der the 80 marx jackson, ~ asne1
and clark continue 70 lead the Nation
ais, with the following scores, respec-
lively; .367, .345 and ,s4S The three
American leaders are- Cobb, as Jack
son, 1893, and LaJoiel 1913. For the
greatest number OF games, HOblltzellr
Cincinnati, and kOnetChy, St. Louis. tie
IN the Nationals, with l35 games each
with 134 games, leads, with Baker
Athletics, a close second, with 4Ss
games.
Ia! Now for the gum shoe work. Il
comes from Gotham that Sherlocko
Connie Mack has acquired dark Ian
tern and IS sleuthing around the Polo
grounds, with an eagle eye on tbs
Giantsr POroue YOU ask. IT'S thus
Connie has an idea, from whence ac-
quired we know not that the Gotham
ties viii win the bunting. After won
derful deduction Of this kind the next
step IS simple. Connie thinks he wiz
also win the rag. Now to the point.
Watch your winning opponent, get all
his points, and then beat him in the
worlds series Marvellous, WatsO, you
guessed Alright. So Mack has a corps
Of eagle eyed spies trailing around
after the Giants and they VIII continue
on the trail the rest Of the season. just
so they don't crack the safes made
by the Giants no damage VIII be done.
Jack Sheridan. dean or the American
league umpiring staff, was presented
with a gold medal by the league when
he resigned Heaven knows what the
fans WI present him with.
Not that Il makes much difference
one way or the other pennantwtse, but
Marty O'TOole and catcher Billy Kelley,
that pair OF high priced ball players
who lately pitched their tents in the
Pirate camp, are both badly bunged up
O'TOOle has a Crfmp in his salary wing
and Kelley has a blunged up finger
Chance has practically conceded the
flag TO the Giants and is now busy try
ing to reOrganize his team for the 1919
series He needs a new first and third
sacker, another good Outfielder and an
other catcher to assist Jimmie Archer. Z
Chance can never play first again and
Doyle viii neven develop into a third
baseman- And a hard hitting fielder is
sOrelE needed. In addition, Chance
needs a new pitching staff. But in
these eEtravagaut days. with S22,50
almost q bargain rate, this latter viii
be his hardest work In the whole re-
organization. With the exception OF
miner Brown, the cubs haven't a re-
liable twirler-and one pitcher cannot I
win a pennant
So while the Giants and Athletics are /
dividing the worlds championship I
money, Chance is going to try to fig /
ure out how he can make a real, old I
time machine out Of the Cubs again
The report that Johnny Evers IS to /
manage the Cincinnati Reds next year I
continues TO crop up. President Mur- Z
ply OF the Cubs, has made the state I
ment that he viii release Johnny per I
chance he nails the JOB.
Another large consignment Of foot I
BAN gloom has arrived The univer-
sity Of Chicago IS about to close shop /
candidates. The crepe hangs out at
northwestern because only 20 candi-
dates showed up for practice Harvard \
Weeps because last years men are not I
showing up and Yale is IN the dumps
On general principles.
Pittsburg is very sore on Lynch's
staff OF jumps. The list Of men who
have drawn fines and suspensions this
year is long one, and the Lynch
gang, as they are known in the
smokey City, has been little more
liberal than the rest.
After being called everything that
mas any bearing on yellow, Johnny
kllbane has proved that he ls right
there with the goods and has accepted
Joe RiVers's challenge So as to COM 4
pletely still the uncOuth howl that the
Los Angeles sports have been raising
against him, he demands that the win
ner take all. The date has not yet
been set, but after resting Up a few
weeks, Johnny's manager says he viii
fix the date.
The loeal baseball season ends with
the two games that are TO be played at
the park on sunday. The Globe Mills
have already nailed the pennant. but
there is stiu second place 10 fight for,
and Sundays game VA decide whether
The Sox OF Soldiers come IN for sec
7nd prize
There have been some good. fast
games at the park this season. the
games are about the only recreation }
AIRY Gardner YanI