El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-03
DALLAS AND WACO
IN CLOSE RUN
FOR FIRST
New Tactics Give Waco Ad-
vantage, But Dallas Comes
Back Often.


Waco. which last week jumped Dallas
into first place and which team is now
contending with Dallas for the leader
shin. one day seeing one the leader and
the next day the other jumps into first
place Waco started the season IN the
cellar. a position the city had grown
used to- as nearly every season waco
finished there.
This year Waco adopted a different
plan. Manager Hardy. who had never
played professional ball, but who had
coached several college teams to vic
tory. was invited to take the team
Wise baseball men smiled They did
not believe in the experiment They
laughed a good. deal more when Hardy
snent the wirfter scouting on college
baseball campuses. His team, early
the season, was dubbed the school boy
nine. He has hardly a man over Il
years of age and the majority OF them
are playing their first season in pro-
fessional baseball
School Boys Make Good.
But the school boys have made good
They have gone into the work with that
vigor that won college games and II
they do not land the pennant 1t will be
a 1isappointment to their hackers The
men Of the Waco team are refined, edu-
Gated gentlemen, but have the grit ana
determination that comes of good blood
and good forefathers.
Dallas, which has been on the to-
boggan has won a few games lately
and and is fighting gamely to keep IN
first place No one seems to know the
reason for the big slump in the team
Malouey had the affection and support
of his men, there seems to be no in
ternaI dissension and no one can ex-
plain just what is the matter. The
pitchers have seemingly gone to pieces.
ro7a &c
on and says that his team will be back
in the prime of condition within
short time
Mcdonald Leads in Hitting.
Shortstop Mcdonald of the Dallas
Giants is leading the Texas league IN
hitting, according to the first averages
sent out by secretary Brice Hoskins,
which cover the period up to May H.,
, inclusive Dallas also leads in team
batting Mcdonald is shown to be hit
ting .4O5. Just Is points above the next
highest player. Kane Of Oklahoma City.
Mcdonald has been in 35 games. almost
every one played, so he is the real
league leader considered from all
standpoints. Kane has played in only
il games
Good Bunch with Bats.
The averages indicate that the Texas
league has got together an exception
ally aggressive bunch with the bats,
one being in the 400 class and 16 in
the 500 class Nearly all Of them have
been in sufficient games to warrant
the classifications The averages Of the
zoe men are as follows: Kane, Okla
homa City. .SS7; Wakefield, San An
tonic. -375; Landreth, Galveston, $40;
Nance. Fort Worth, 1888; Hornsby,
Houston 233: Belts. San Antonio, 1923;
wohleben, Waco, .321; Johnson, San
Antonio, -31s; Forsythe, Dallas. .3i7;
williams. Dallas. .315; Gray, San An
tonic. 3O6; Lemon San Antonio, .305;
Meek, Waco. .3e4; Evans, Dallas, -304;
Coyle, Fort Worth, .3O1; Hise, Calves
ton. 500.
The Pitching Class.
PEBBLES of Austin is shown to be the
leading pitcher with clean record but
as he has pitched only four games he
can hardly be called the real high mar
McAdams of Dallas comes next Hitn
seven games won and one lost. Gray.
of San Antonio has won six AMI lost
one Munsell, who started off in gOOo
shape. is maintaining a good record,
having won seven and lost only two.
Robinson of Fort Worth has. won six
and lost only two. Miller of Waco has
won four and lost one.
Forsythe of Dallas is the best first
baseman; Redmond Of Galveston the
best second baseman; Tulles of Dallas
the best third baseman; Hill of Hous-
ton the best shortstop; Powell of Hous-
ton the best center fielder; Whiteman
Of Houston the best left fielder, and
Jolly Of Fort Worth the best right
fielder. Wakefield Of San Antonio ana
Gibson of Dallas are tied for first
place as the best catchers. Dallas is
first In team batting and San Antonio
is next
Mcdonald, who leads the league In
batting is also making good in his
place as shortstop. ranking fourth
This is his first year in league base
ball and unless all signs fail he is GER
tainly a conner, who is destined for big
league company next year. He has a
clear head, is young, strong and Wen
built. He is playing with yigor, taking
care Of himself and proving that he is
in the game TO get the most eat Of it.
He is a man the scouts In the big
leagues, who are looking out for a real
live wire would do we'll 10 keep an eye
on II he is not destined for higher
things he Will prove 4 great disappoint-
ment over the showing he is now MAX
ing
Since joining the team, Frank New
nam, formerly with St Louis, seems TO
have Fingered up his teammates a
whole lot. He has got down to his old
umpire batting and the result is that
he has been on the bench He replaced
Salm, also a former St Louis player. at
first base. The latter went to third.
the place where he always played be-
fore going to the big leagues. He is
doing good work there.
The Fare SquabbIe.
The squabble over granting one and
one-half cent rate to baseball players
is still muddling up matters. Follow
ing the institution of suits by baseball
players TO recover the difference from
the railroads., the transportation men
issued an order refusing to grant any
further excursion rates for baseball
games on Sunday. This is hurting a
great deal. 1t has been customary for
two or three train loads of rooters to
go over on Sundays from Dallas to Fort
Worth, from Austin to San Antonio and
Galveston to Houston and vice versa
This is cutting down the revenue of
the teams very materially.
The league race in Texas this rear
is much closer than last year. Last
year at this time the leaders ere fairly
close but the tailenders andseven those
of the second division were out of the
running. Now there is chance for al
most any club to reach the ton inside