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The evening world., 1911-03-25
GRA ADMITS
HIS NEW PITCHERS
WILL NOTAI 4
Giants Managers One Ain Has Been to Add Strength to His
Twirlng staff, but 1t Looks Doubtful if He
VIII Be Able to Do So. ,
Will Be Able to Do So.
BY BOHEMIAN l. G

ONar Correspondent Of The Evening Work With the Team)
Dallas. Tex, March %.
THE New York Giants. nifty strong. took Dallas By storm this morninG
and one OF the largest crowds At the season = expected TO zee them
4 play their farewell game here before starting for the East The
whole crowd came in from Marlin early this morning. and from the general
tone of conversation Il d evident NAs the men sesl very conAdeu, Of vim
ming the nag Of 1911. The rssuisr ere al nt The only cripple IN ne
lot 10 Arthur Fletcher. and his sfnsut = . orbunds In the neck. He
will NOT b ahla "a nlH fol asysrAl daV
The evening world., 1911-03-25
. ABLES IN
Chase Blames Defeat
on Doyle for Leaving
When HilltOppers Led
ESPECIAL 70 Tho Evening World

Augusta. Ga. March %.
Hal Chase Is blaming the de-
feat Of tho Hllltops by the Boston
Nationals on the fact that our
Forty-second street friend. JACK
Doyle. went away when the High
landers had a couple OF runs to
the good. Jack accompanied the
team here In the morning. but
had 10 hike It back to New YORK
before the game was over to sec
that that DAILY and Moore three
cushion match az his academy
next week IL run all right. He
was something OF a mascot. re-
gardless of whatever else may
have been said about him, and
now enjoys the friendship or
every player Of the team he roots
as hard for as though he were
an owner
The evening world., 1911-03-25
>vcCoy Nny Meet ChoynsLi.

KID Mccoy /, going to fight again IN 'h,a.
d.I'ii. xitirn six weeks. iis opponent In hl'
nov, Lout vii probably he Joe 'hoynsh' the
old time heavyweight. slo has ~onn"nlci 10 w,
him a slxruund bout At the American y, ', "
vrroy .ay. IA, h. sntsc.i that he IL just ss
80 IA he ey.r was and that the only INN.
Ia. LACKS is Judgment Il dlfan'e. -
The evening world., 1911-03-25
Kilban- and Monte Att-u Draw.

CLEVELAND, March ~2I-Jonnny XII
bane OF Cleveland and Monte Attell OF
Pittsburg fought ten fast rounds 20 a
draw here. kilpane injured his right
hand early IN the bout and could do
nothing with 10 but push it mo Attelrs
face M clincuos after the second round.
Aticll did .ome good blocking and ey-
capel a great many OF K!!bHue's offer
inRs.
The evening world., 1911-03-25
wh9%tou,A
Don't Know
Big MenIn*@
-0nmMm 81
No. 4--Russell Ford.

who lost his Job on account Of rain.
Watkins was then applied to by a ord
a release and II came.
Then followed the scene which saw
Ford "sandoasgins his way into base
ball" Belden Hi was managing the
Cedar Rapids Club of the Three-Eye
The club had had a very bad
losing streak. Thirteen games in a row
had been put on the wTong side OF the
record books.
say, Mr.. HIM." began Ford. without
even as much AZ being introduced 20 the
mogul OF the club. you have been los
ing a lot OF games. I'm going TO so In
there and pitch for your club to-day.
| can't do any worse h has ocen
done FOR the past thirteen games
Ford went In tho box that afternoon
and gave Cedar Rapids fans a big sur
prise. lie won his amt Then he got
a contract and the next year saw him
the star pitcher OF the club. His great
pitching succeeded in winning the pen
nant for the club IN 1905 and made Cedar
Rapids one OF the best ball towns In the
West
The evening world., 1911-03-25
Griffith Got Ford.

AT that time Clark Griffith and the
New York team were at Atlanta train
ing. They had Roy Castleton then and
they left him with the club as ground
rent and gave him his choice OF who
ever he wanted from the club in the
fan. Griffith picked me. but he had TO
give 500 and leave Castleton with the
club, and that Is how l came to the
IIilltops."
The evening world., 1911-03-25
Tried The "Spiffer."

The Atlanta Clubs scouts had been
Watching Ford. who was then nothing
more than a curve ball pitcher. He
used n curve once In a while. but relied
chiefly on his speed. Atlanta drafted
him anyway, and 1907 found him with
the fast Southern League club. Ford.
who Is ever a student Of the game
which sets a million al 'dany" every
year. saw that the league was too fast
for the kind OF twirling he could deal
out. and II came to pass that he adopt
ed the sp!t-ball. All he knew about Il
Was wha was printed. Jack Chesoro
was then in his prime. and Ford used
10 sta ~ late o nights reading any
thing the big HilltCpper would say In In
'terviews on how the ball vas pitched.
lie had the idea. but putting It into eff
feet was something harder, and so Sid
Smith, who Is now catching for the
Cleveland Club. and who was then with
Atlanta, and George Winters. an out
fielder, showed him the trick.
"They could pitch the spit ball all
right" says Ford. but what they
showed me improved upon. Their
hands were not made right for the
delivery OF sIch n ball. Mine were, and
It was the spit ball that I used almost
altogether IL winning games which
counted so much In winning the pen
nant for Atlanta that year.
During the winter ! studied and
studied and worked or the proposition
of n bali following the course OF the
leas resistance. | worked on the theor.
OF the bore Of guns and rifles. l knew
that II tie bores were not Just perfect
a bullet would not go straight. ]
figured that the seams OF the ball
played an awful big part in tho curving
- --I go ft 90 h- sc
of the splitter Just as an Ordinary pitcher
would do a dry ball. II look a long
time TO make the thing practical.
practised hard every day and finally ]
got the ball down just where I wanted
II. n then ] went along in the sum.
mer of 1908 and had another successful
Ncar. but the pennant wasn't ours.
The evening world., 1911-03-25
Vaughn and Fisher to
Pitch, To- Days Game May
Result Differently.
From q SiaN ~CoreFnndent of TIE Evening
World with the Team
Augusta. Ga. March 2S.

Augusta. Ga, March 25.
~Ay fans vc have rot 10 be- honest
o,. ,',,. u,,fo ur,,oo.o,,,a.. 90
- oo' = '''Ia -
E's.ei"'s :" '''n I'm 49,.
got 70 ADMIT the doWnrlght truth tha'
the IIIlltoppers are not In as good
shape as they should 10 to tackle such
"A W.ry Young bunch as the old Polo
Grounls Idol. Fred Tenney, has cavor,-
49, aro,,d bo,o ., glva son. ~ Two
.e '. Na,o,oI
o'''' ''"."A 80 '', --''h"e
run I1F 'le ""s' ''o'u 1aVN' HI'Nou W
with superior o'.t.HH ana Dehg Where
they We're nv : we sum anu sLpStau.e
OF tnht victory oo'F t'r HIshIaHue,S
ana I'E ne o''eHt y 1 .toHo ""p uu
not t't thc'r mo',.Is paPe' Mr W.,
say INA tAr s'nl' va " |" " VINE" the
last ~iillLlopPer Ment 'CHn "iu
but' srea' so"u'rSS, 'osSr p men nare
The evening world., 1911-03-25

Would You wash your
hands in the same water
used by eyerybodyt
Why then sacrifice your
face with ~ererybodys
blood - stained shaving
The evening world., 1911-03-25

hruSh3 Ask your Barber Tor The Sealed
Sterili2ed Cup, Brush and soap.
The evening world., 1911-03-25

eli INN Fulton 81. 4 Nostnnd Az. Twice
JVlIUV Mat. 10 & 25c. Ey. 10 to T5c. DAILY.
The Great ALBINI, Franklin Ardell 4 CO. lin
& syAyany. PRESS ELDRIDGE. orHERA
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-13
Democratic Victory In Arizona

CERTAINLY is Democratic year. in Of
naturally Democratic
partv for expression Republican party,
which has usually party this viii not
however insure long The state is
evenly The Republicans have Won
before and they again year. leavings
Il is probable political history many
20 percent Of the ballots
split making the result doubtful at least so
far as plu1a figure in the
election eay and the whole
campaign and congressman especially and also as to the governor
personal allegiance and appeal rather than on party records
This manifest Independence of voting habit is mighty
another time another party
long make for cleaner politics cleaner in politics.
efficient government St party alignment belongs " ne past ~
Organizations instruments to make effective chosen lines Of
policy organizations that they rule instead of
Of ought to be demolished
shown their Independence Of the
tyrant party regularity" They have shown that be good
Democrat or good Republican obey party
this tthat it
s that the mind of the average Arizona voter is open other consider
the enan o party managers
Republican candidates for Of the offices to be
sincerely regretted obviously
Republican ticket, wondered
radicahs passing Arizona statehood
nominees Of the Republican party especially since some OF these nominees had
strongly opposed popular features
whole felt rather conservative element than the Demo
n election.
Like Mexico Arizona only beginning to fight
before either win settle
victory for party With lew exceptions state the union has nor
party alignment,
elections generally settles party
Of Of
departs party
temporary departure
party afaon
good loyal Mexico Arizona Texas
everything demanding for the development Of this
region.
leading Republican candidates Smith Ralph Cameron Wells
Jack Williams clean, they
party
dubbg plainly
popularity the wisdom Of their choice candidates.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-13
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN

weighing 800 pounds to the burrowing
snake. but five inches long and as thin
as q goose quill They range from the
harmless garter snake to the giant king
cobra, whose venom makes that OF a
rattlesnake seem harmless in comparl-
son.
The collection Of toads and frogs in
the National museum is very complete
and representative one. The number OF
species Of these batrichians is small as
compared with the number or lNlnB
species OF birds. fishes and reptiles
There are approximately one-fOurth as
many species Of tOads and frogs as
there are Of reptiles, One-etghth as
many species as there are Of fishes, ana
only one-tenth as many as Of BIRDS. Yet
to the student Of zoology they are IN
many ways the most interesting OF all
the forms of animal life In the first
place, they bridge the greatest gap IN
the realm OF vertebrate evolution. A
tie higher than the fishes, they are
preyed upon by both the reptile and
the fish
The frogs and toads are preserved,
like the reptiles. in jars Of alcohol
Some OF them are very large, while the
smallest specimens ar surprisingly min
ute. One Of the exhibits IN the collec-
ton Of systematic zoology in the mu-
scum shows the story Of the frog from
the egg to the mature adult. There are
with two in front and others with two
behind. Some are so much ike the
lower classes Of lizards that IL Is diffis
cult TO tell where the line OF demarca-
ton is TO be drawn
TOmOrrOw-Fishes and invertebrates.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-13
The HeraId's Daily
Short Story

me hOpelessly insane, while the third
left me little hope Of recovery.
I hurried back to the station, entered
the first compartment handy and
strangely enough there was aDfelloW
passenger asleep in the furthest cor
ner.
The train started. The man woke up.
Good Lord. il was the same passenger
had met in the morning, the insane pa
tent
do you come from abroad?" I asked.
"Oh no. he replied. I have been in
Berlin to buy a castle on the Rhine"
Il suppose have the pleasure Of ad-
dressing baron ROthschild?'
Yes sir
at the next station another passen-
ger entered our compartment
Take off your hat" ordered the
baron"
7 don't see why
Then baron ROthschild" got angry
and began to beat the new arrival. I
pulled the emergency brake, opened the
window and cried that a passenger had
suddenly gone insane, WhereupOn 1 took
hold of the baron" that he should not
get away the second time.
The next moment the door was
thrown open and I found myself face
TO face with one Of the alienists, who
had examined me and declared me
hopelessly insane. He gave a sign to
a couple Of brakemen, who overpOwered
and bound me.
Ny sufferings lasted a couple Of
hours, until the mistake was discoy-
cred by a relative of the baron"
I have never again used my key
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-13
TROUBLE RENEWED
IN THE COAL FIELD
Believed Probable that State
Troops VIII Be Sent to
Boulder County

Denver, Colo, Dec. 13.-After several
DAYS of comparative quiet 10th strikers
and operators In the northern Colorado
coal fields today are reported to be on
the alert According to reports received
here the strikers have renewed their
efforts to persuade nOn-union men to
leave the mines. while the operators
were engaged in providing every COM
fort for the men to keep them from
deserving.
The Boulder county coroner today be-
gan the inquest into the death Of Charles
Davenport. The hearing was held be-
hind closed doors in spite of protests by
citizens. miners and operators.
At noon the committee of the Boulder
commercial association appointed TO N
vestigate conditions in the coal camps,
met to consider its report. The chief
feature Of the report was expected TO be
a declaration on the need Of state
troops in the coal camps.
While a complete count had not been
made partial returns Indicate the cleo
ton OF Thomas H Williams as presi-
dent of district No. Is, United Mine
Workers of America. over John c.
Thompson, and Edward /. Doyle as sec
rotary treasurer over William Crawford.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-13
Broken TOYS

<< WILL all Charity
% the children Of poor"
woman's Charity day
This touching incidents Of Christmas time that bring
the tears And Christmas time through these
centuries opened that cannot be
5Te5 because their fully understood be talked
in matter fashion
Think all last Christmas Think Of
the cracked dolls wheezy from which
the fur enp the useless rubber balls the
building blocks garden tools without handles the loco
motives the without horses
buckets rus and pes the
chairs the monkeys that no longer
climb the iron frogs pebbles
forgotten
through the tiny knife with the broken blades
magic Of with broken
that gather around house where children
the heart to throw and that only clutter up the
place good anyone there the gie Of it.
when wildly And
interests
theyca reH
Better all Charity, the
p
lzrge contract certainly Christmas right
heads his beautiful because
spontaneous the little folks who the gifts
Of children Of the
Christmas period gives
those resolutions Of reform O. that follows
If now emperor George svelas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-13
IA Years Ago To-
From The Herald OF 1au
This Date 1897

fornia.
Senator Turney's wife is visiting at
Alpine.
jim Buchanan came up today from
Ysleta-
E. F. earle. of Eddy. has moved to
this city.
G. r. Heron has gone to Butte,
Mont, on a visit
]. A. FriedenbIoom returned this
morning from a New Mexico business
trip.
A. w Clifford, founder Of the san
Antonio Light. is here from few days
at Las Cruces.
sam Dwyer of san Antonio, brother
to James Dwyer, of this city is here
for a few days.
Rev. c. J Oxley has been appointed
to the pastorate Of st. James Methodist
church at Galveston.
Prof. c. C. Brannan, of Trinidad.
Colo, has come to FL Paso to live. Prof
Brannan is a violinist.
DR.. Davis has returned from Alagda-
lena, N. NJ. He reports the mining out
look very good, especially in the way
Of new prospects.
Alderman Whitmore, wife and sister,
Mrs. Morgan, Will leave Saturday for
Jacksonville, Fla, where they will at
tend a family Christmas reunion.
Inspector 7. z. Shears, Of the Hart
ford Boiler Inspection company, is in
town looking over the steam plant OF
the water works station. the sheldon
block. ice factories and the smelter
plant
At the meeting of the local lodge Of
the Knights Of Honor last week, the
following officers were elected: A
lille, dictator; Morris simon. vice die
tator. and A. G. Foster, assistant dis
tator.
Misses Myrta and Florence Comfort
entertained about 80 of their American
and Mexican friends Monday evening
at the home Of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Scion Comfort in Juarez. Souffle's
orchestra furnished the music for the
occasion.
A large number attended the elocu-
tionary entertainment given last night
at the First Methodist church by Miss
Harrison. The first number on the pro-
gram was the Broken Pitcher" rem
dered by Misses TrUmbull, Shelton,
Jones and Ullman.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-13
THE COURTS
EIGHTH COURT OF APFEALs.

Judges PetieoIas, Mckenzie and HIg-
gins, Presiding.
Wednesday was regular motion day
IN the court Of appeals. the following
cases were brought up
Mecca Fire Insurance company IS.
John BlOhOpOlo. appealed from 61st dis
trict court Of Harris county; appellants
motion for rehearing OTerruled. The
cause Of the litigation was a suit on an
insurance policy for $1,000 $500 OF
which was paid. The defendant how
ever. wants judgment IN fun, saying
that he signed for the other amount
under protest.
Josephine Crosby vs. Richard De
Palma ct al, a suit involving the title
to a grant in Tsieta known as "the
Priests Lands" appealed from the 34th
district court Of Ell PasO county; mo-
ton filed by appellant for rehearing
overruled
Two cases have been submitted for
Thursday
One is the case OF J. II. Frost vs. v.
Grimmer. appealed from 55th district
Of Harris county. a suit to recover a
certain sum of money alleged to be
due to Grimmer for services as archi-
tect in putting up a building erected
by Frost.
The other is the Trinity County Lbr
company VS.. o. 7. Holt et al. appealed
from the 61st district Of Harris county.
a suit growing out OF an alleged In
Jury resulting in the death Of John
Holt
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-13
THE NEW PLAY
Margaret Ellington in Drama That Pictures Stun Life
By ]. W MeCONAUGHY

a ISIS MARGARET ELLINGTON
Nv who left US some time ago with
the understanding that she was
going to devote the rest OF her lie
wrestling with household accounts
has returned to Broadway.
With a view to the spirit Of the oc-
casion the title Of the play which bring
back Miss Ellington is "Kindlingr=a
hoUsewifely idea-and most of her trOu-
bles in the evening develop out Of the
fact that she may be the mother Of a
future citizen
1t is not a cherry sort of play. but
Miss Ellington was the target Of a null
titude Of plaudits. The general feeling
seemed to be that what home building
had lost Broadway had regained.
The new piece is by Charles Kenyon,
and he does not lay himself out TO give
you a pleasant evening. The play is
pitched in a level Of society that most
Of US like to forget about, excepting in
those rare moments when we feel like
being real men and women. Mr.. Ken
yOn has painted his picture faithfully,
and the effect Is necessarily moving
and unpleasant. II you feel that you
can get along with only few laughs
for one evening and would like to gain
a few Impressions Of the struggles Of
the submel ged against a crushing con-
ditiOn that they did not create, Miss
Ellington and ''Kindling" will help you
The scheme of the thing more or less
supports Mr.. Kipling in his much
abused female of the species effort.
He remarks that a Woman's contentious
are her children, and Maggie Schultz.
the heroine, is about to become a
mother She has seen the pitiful weak
lings-the Apasty faced. skinny limbed
sad eyed children that have been
brought forth in the unsanitary tene-
ment that is her home. All OF the laws
that men can make are nothing 70 her
II she can get the money to 20 to wy
omi9g," where her coming child can
have a chance to be a strong and clean
built man.
y Only One Scene.
1t also touches on the work Of those
men and women who have received a
bigger share Of what we consider desir-
able things In this world than they feel
they are entitled to, and Il illustrates
the many angles Of their earnest and
patient efforts at redistribution.
There is only one scene. It is the
combination kitchen, dining and living
room Of the Schultzes in an unwhole-
some tenement Schultz is stevedOre
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-13

and is opposed to children In tene-
menlS. His wife tMargaret Illlugtou)
IS afraid 10 tell him that he is to be a
1athers and she takes Mrs. Bates,
genial, strong armed and whole souled
irish woman, into her confidence. This
part is taken by Annie Mack Berleiu
and she nal it bright spot on q
somber background.
Steve Bates. the old washerwOman's
son, IS a typical producer Of Che third
or Fourth generation Of hardy Deasantry
In the Sitting moral atmosphere in
which he was raised. His cheap and
stylish clothes are bought with money
Wrung from the girls Of the dance halls
and he lets his mother do what work is
70 % De done Or. TAYLOR, the young man
VINO Is in love with Alice, pretty and
rich settlement worker, and sworn
friend Of Mrs. Schultz, tells both %
them that child born in that house
cannot be healthy
Mrs. Bates has lived in Wyoming and
she recommends that place, pointing to
Steve as an example. But il costs mon
ey TO so to Wyoming, and just as Mrs.
burke-Smlth, Alice's aunt. and her es-
eort, Mr.. Rowland. have finished look
ing them over in naughty stunning
way Schultz comes on strike. He
rather likes the Wyoming idea himself
out they haven't the 800.
Aids in Robbery.
Mrs. Schultz goes TO work for Mrs.
burke-Sm1th as a SeamStreSS and, des-
perate over the Wyoming idea as the
Steve IN a robbery Of the house. Her
share IS Alice's diamond brooch. which
she Is able to pawn for Sl13. The 20
lice suspect her and steve and she begs
her husband to leave for Wyoming at
once. She tells him that she has Dor
roWed the money from Alice and he
catches her in the lie Alice lies to
help her. and she is caught Finally
Mrs. Schultz tells her husband why she
did IL and then he lies TO 90 20 Jail in
her place. There is an n round big
league contest in mendacity.
Finally, Mrs. Burke-Smith, after lis
tening to something OF a scene, decides
she has been a hard, selfish old woman
and withdraws the charge Steve has
disappeared and all the Jewels have
been recovered So they go TO WyO-
ming, anyway.
Miss Ellington has two speeches as
the cllmaXes Of the two strongest
scenes. Byron Beasley. as the husband.
was good. clean character, and George
PrObert was excellent in his antithe-
sis as Steve Bates. Helen Tracy was q
typical society summer and A. G. Ken
yon distressingly immature doctor.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-13
One-Sentence Philosophy
GLOBE SIGHTS.
lAtchisnn GIoba.l

Not many Of US have an opportunity
TO show he-Oism in facing the can
mons mouth, but nearly every day We
can be heroes in taking the blame
when It belongs to US instead Of try
ing to shift it on to some one else.
Somehow we can never get over the
notion that when the price OF an ar
ticle is Ia cents, the dealer is a mean
man unless he IS willing to give you
two for a quarter.
Don't look at the president Of any
Of the banks, the heads of the whole
sale houses or big retail stores, or the
leading lawyers, to find out about the
latest styles in clothing. Hunt UP the
boys who are on a salary Of $3.50 per
week.
We confess to great admiration for
the old fashioned woman who had
great respect for father" that is, her
husband. This fine type of woman al
ways tried to see tha1 father" liked
his home, and found it comfortable.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-13
QUAKER aTEDTTATIOys
(Phflsde1nbfa Reoo,-5

Tt is genertlIy easier to locate o,,r
enemies than to know who our friends
are.
Even the man who can't write his
own name can make his mark in the
At least the thermometer is one thing
tnat can always be depended upon to
rise to the occasion.
Hoax-'-See the barber waxing that
mans mustache" Joax-"And see fhe
man waxing impatient"
A woman viii marry man with an
impeachment in his speech, so long as
ne has none In his pOcketbook
Wigg--Why is it we never hear of
any women after dinner speakers %
Wagg-"I suppose a woman tells all
she knows long before the dinner is
over"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-13
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Chicago NeWs.)

You can't afford to bank on a man
unless he has plenty Of sand.
A close friend is all right-until he
declines to lend you money
Every man is more or less brave IN
til his bluff has been called.
Most people viii do as you wish-if
II Is in accord with their wishes.
Most men are philosophical least
they seldom practice what they preach
And a mans idea of his own i'm
pOrtance decreases as the gray in his
hair increases