El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-18
Not Much Known of Him.
but His Press Agent
Says He Is Good
(By Alonty.)


New York, y. Y, Nov 1S.-It has
/ been bruited about that we are in the
midst of another foreign invasion Of
our wrestling field Giavonne Raicie
yich-that is the awe-inspiring handle
that preceded the arrival of his huge
/ bulk upon American shores. Cham
pion Graeco-Roman wrestler OF Europe"
I is the title Haunted in the face OF our
grapplers.
Wonder what is going to be foisted
upon the suffering American pub
/ lie this time. Mahmout, Hussane.
Zbyszko. Hackenschmidt-au of them
have proved first class comedians
Each caused a furOre Of excitement
upon his arrival. Each exploded when
1t came to a showdown
Our esteemed contemporary, Harry
Pollok, has the big Italian under ms
Harry's gallavantings in the boxing
game. So we are not at all surprised
By the announcement that Ralcie-
wish has been chasing Zbysko and
Hackenschmidt for the past three
years" Funny how nobody happened
ever to have heard Of Raicieyich- The
advance announcement continues TINS
fellow has won all the big tournaments
held during the past three years IN
Guiding those IN Rome, Paris, London,
City Of Mexico and Turin Once more
funny nobody. has ever heard Of him.
Top Notch Contests Scarce.
But let us hope that Raicievich viii
not be p Cheese" that he viii be able
TO put up a real exhibition OF wrestling
in event that ne ever hooks up with
GOtch 1t is undeniable that there are
lots and lots Of good wrestling fans
in the country who lament the paucity
Of genuine top-notch contests Like
other sorts Of American fans, they 90
not enjoy simply watching "a Wrest-
ling match" So let US hope that the
big frame and huge muscles OF Ralele-
vich, from Pisa. mean the revival or
- 1-a.~a rr~rs zaeHN IN hal
its place amongst our most popular
sports.
with things at home. judging from the
way in which talk Of his proposed
worlds tour has died out The big
fellow, one Of the squarest and most
popular champions America ever owned
is making hay while the sun shines,
abbing the kale that lies in wait
for him in this country. Maybe he
will go ahead with the foreign thing
later. Gotch is one champion whom
we can depend on to not do Billy
Panke" abroad A jaunt by Gotch
through Europe a this time would add
not a little to the prestige Of Uncle
as it is a dead sure thing that the
Hambodt farmer would toss over with
ease the Wanted wonders Of the con-
tinent
The winter baseball league has
opened its session with fanfare ana
bombast Here are some Of the early [
canards: Tom Lynch is TO be ousted /
from the presidency of the National |
league: each American league club !
contributes $1,000 to Ty Cobb's salary, /
in addition to what he gets from De- 1
trOit: John Montgomery Ward is Sc /
cretIv forming a Players Protect tive .
associa ton. and he intends to affiliate 4
it with the American Federation Of 1
Labor: RUDE Waddell is to be taken 4
back into the big leagues from the 4
American association; Ban Johnson /
owns stock in three American league /
clubs and two National league clubs
Pretty good start for the ink-sling- I
ers However, there are a few bona /
fide things to provide food for the 4
fans bred Clarke will hereafter man /
age the Pirates from the bench and /
win give Vincent Campbell the fleet /
Young St Louisan. his job in the out
field: Jimmy AlcAleer is now Boston
American magnate; Clark Griffith
will manage the Senators; Harry Davis /
will lead Cleveland; Jimmy Callahan
Will pilot the White Sox. Good mate
rial for "bugging bees" in that crop of
changes.
One Of the most closely watched men
IN baseball next year viii be Harry
Davis. erstwhile first baseman Of the
Cleveland team where Stoval left off
Davis will have fair material TO work
with. but he is confronted with
hoodoo" Of long duration Jimmy Nc
<A4tEE lAS AlAH ANdDe III AaNV anu AsNA-
The best he could do with them was
sixth. Bill Armour. with a remark
able array Of PLAYERS, could land them
no higher than third in the three sue
oeeding years. In 1905 LajOie took the
helm. In the years under him they
finished fifth. third, fourth. second
and sixth. Luck was the o. thing.
that kept Cleveland from a Dennant In
1903 After Larry came Deacon 5jT7
MCGUIRE. Under his leadership the
Mans headed the second division in
1910. After a few weeks of the 1911
season he became disguised and threw
up the Job. StOvall succeeding him in
a Temporary capacity. Stovall is the
hard luck man Of the season. After
running the Maps mp to almost within
striking distance Of pennant, he was
gently informed of the fact that Davis
had been contracted for sas{ manager
peXt year Stovan had worked his vTsv
rrHDulaCity among the CIere-
4ow he has
ly because
he pob be