El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-15

The double defeat of the Cubs by the
Pirates on Thursday coupled with the
second win of the Giants from the Bean
Eaters gives New York a lead of 80
points. This is the highest lead since
entering the home stretch.
The millionaire baby, Marty O'Toole.
is again with the Pirates after short
layoff, caused by strained flipper. AL
though 1t was at first believed he
would be out OF the game for some
time, bonesetter Rees did not find any
thing seriously wrong with Martyrs
salary wing, and after one treatment
dismissed him temporarily. O'Toole
will rFturn for & full treatment after
pulling the Buccaneers UP to second
station.
The double header which Chicago
plays at Pittsburg today viii leave
the team standing: Chicago, win both,
.613; lose both, .597; one and one, sos;
Pfttsburg, win both, .591; lose both,
-576, and one and one, .5S4-
The National Bean Eaters have had
three off days, three rains and have
won three games this month They
must pray for rain in that ciudad.
It is now announced that James r.
McAleer, manage of the Washington
Americans, has closed the deal for the
purchase of the Boston Red Sox- Nego-
tiations have been on before, but Nc
Aleer wanted all or none" OF the
stock, and Taylor has been trying to
effect deal whereby he would still
keep portion Of the stock. 1t is
probable that the managership Of the
Washington team will be filled by one
OF the present players.
Dust off the checker board and We'll
have nice, exciting game until s
o'clock, but mind, no later than s.
won the scrap with the official nix
punch and Messrs. Wolgast and Nc
Farland will have to HE themselves
hence-or thence, as the notion takes
off the scrap In New York, where they
have q sensible boxing law, all this
extra car fare would have been saved,
but probably they'll land In one of
those towns in Wisconsin with an in
dian name end nobody will go to the
fight because they'll be ashamed to buy
ticket to a place they cannot pro-
Rounce. The latest named place is
Manitowoc-with the accent on the X.
The university of Chicago suffers
bad setback in it's football team in the
loss of Eberle Wilson, last years quar-
ter, and Ralph Young. the 1910 full
back. Wilson has been ruled Ineligible
last spring, and Young has decided not
to attend the university this year. With
the loss Of these two players, not
single man of the 1910 backfield will
be on hand This season.
And now they are trying to stop the
Johnson Wells bout abroad in the name
Of Christianity. In the name Of the
Humane society would be more fitting
James John Callahan, Of the Blanco
Sox, had some pretty hard luck in |
the game with ST. Louis on Wedn eSday. i
He first injured his right hoof in the |
seventh, nearly broke his arm in slid |
ng in the next inning and twisted his |
knee in making second in the ninth. |
However, neither of his eyebrows were |
damaged.
Hope springs eternal in the boxing
ing" to murder a perfectly good bro
hide, and hope will have to do some
all springing to convince the fans who
tudy past records that Carl Morris is
real white hope. After the sad af-
air in Chicago, 1t looks like promoters
would give the de-arh public a run for
is money, but 1t certainly looks as If
he Norris Flynn match will be an
,ther fake. Morris has been in some
cry tame fights, the last one, with
like Shrek, he fought his hardest
gainst an old timer and worked the
ull 10 rounds to get the decision For
he Flynn light ne has trained poorly. |
Ie is overweight and flabby. And he
lever allows anyone outside of his
partners to see him work out.
olely for the sake Of the box office
e is being touted as a second Jack
ohnson, and the match will in all
be one of the rawest fakes
ulled off in years.
The news that Able AtteI has signed
10 for a bout with Mat Wells comes
s good news to the fight fans. Attell
as been out Of training for some time,
ut he is a game little fighter, and If
e can get into condition by September
0. the date OF the fight, he will give
Wells a good deal better fight than
K. o." Brown did.
A new league record was made by
Buck" Corners, the Jackson South
IN Michigan league) first baseman, in