El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-24
HILL IS SLATED To
MANAGE ST. LOUIS
BROWN TEAM
Texas League Managers
Success Attracts Big
League Attention.

San Antonio, Tex, June 24.-That
proposition has been made to Hunter
Hill, manager of the Houston team In
the Texas league, to manage the ST.
Louis Browns is the statement OF
Doak Roberts. who is owner Of the
Houston franchise. Hill has made
big success in handling the Houston
team and the men and is considered
by many to be big league material.
He has been a minor league manager
for three years The first year he
brought home pennant for Houston
by the development cf wonderful
strategic club. Last year he almost
repeated the feat and the pennant win
ner has not yet been officially. decided
between Houston and Dallas, the title
being clouded
Has Lot of Pet Names.
Garvin, who is making great sue
cess of managing the Oklahoma team
and who is keeping what was last year
a tailender and a failure, at the head
of the league, has coined lot OF pet
names for his indians which accord
with the generally accepted cognomen
for the team Cowan Is '-Snookums,"
rat casey Is D4S Nh1Si 1AO1c III LIZ
Wall" Johnson is 'Insurrecto.
Drucke is .sWampum," Kane is Chief
Walloper," Noyes is wild Wolf" and
no on down the line. The showing
made by Oklahoma City is marvellous.
Garvin took charge Of the team when
II was in the hands of receiver. The
men who purchased the franchise at
public cutlery were none too well sup
piled with money. There had not been
time enough to do any spring scouting.
He took over players who had last sea-
son had a very hard time keeping out
of last place With these men, and
little new material, he has built up
team which has showed Waco out Of
first place and which is leading the
Texas league with every chance of
winning a pennant- The result is that
Oklahoma City is baseball wild and
which promises to make the invest
ment for the new concern good one
from a financial standpoint
Many doubted the wisdom of select
ing Garvin as manager. His expert
ence as a manager had been limited to
% days with the Muskogee team in
the Western association, but his sue
cess so far has amply sustained the
Judgment of the owners in selecting
him.
The race in the Texas league pre-
sents a unique case The fight for the
pennant so far has been between Waco
and Oklahoma City, the two teams who
last year fought each other for the
cellar championship Neither was ex-
pected to have a show this season.
Both teams have managers who never
had any experience as managers In
my hon Vor hox oh
hold and are beating out the more ex-
perienced managers and are running
their teams with a payroll which it is
pretty certain is rs percent less than
any other team In the league.
Lavender an Umpire.
bred Lavender, former manager Of
the Fort Worth team, has been added
to the staff of umpires in the Texas
league. He has been managing a team
In the South Atlantic league for the
past three years. He knows the game
thoroughly and as the league is badly
In need of good umpires there are
many fans who are sincerely hoping he
will make good. Mickey Coyle, an old
Texas Lacquer, is also being given a
chance. "Jiggs" Donahue, the old ma
jor Lacquer, who is making rather
mess of the management of the CAL
weston team, is also said to be consid-
erfng jumping that job and trying his
luck as handler of the Indicator.
To Invade south Texas.
The north Texas teams will be in
south Texas for the next three weeks
and there will probably be some start
ling changes in the percentage col
umn during that time. Just at present
Oklahoma City, Waco, Fort Worth and
Dallas are. monopolizing the first divis-
ion. Yet the teams are so closely
punched that two, games can change
the relative standing. With San An
tonic, Austin, Galveston and Houston
playing on their home grounds it is
more than likely that the next ten
days will find two, If not three, of the
north Texas towns in the second d.
vision. The race continues the closest
and most exciting this league has ever
known and the fans are worked up to
a high pitch of enthusiasm.
San Antonio is back on home grounds
now. The team has been. making
better showing in the last few weeks
and is steadily gaining in fighting
ability The best find of the season
was landed by manager Leidy when he
got Toner from Bay City, of the South
west Texas league. He was considered
by many as too light to make good as
twirler in the Texas league. but has
been delivering the goods right along.
He is nothing but a youngster and has
a great future if he Will take care of
himself