El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-13
TEXAS LEAGUE Has
ANOTHER MIDDLE
To SETTLE
Demand For Resignation Of
President Allen Causes
Tangle In League.

QhSlC LII 1CClS OCs
San Antonio. Texas. May 1s.LBy the
action Of five of the eight clubs OF the
Texas league signing a petition re-
questinS president Wilbur P Allen to
resign. matters which have not been
too peaceabIe in the league since the
opening OF the season. have been mud
died up again The clubs signing the
petition are Houston. Galveston. San
Antonio, Dallas and Fort Worth. Il
is claimed that president Allen has so
much other business that he cannot
give the league the proper attention.
and for that reason il is desired TO
replace him by another man who will
nave nothing else to do, It is claimed
the salary is such as to justify a
president in doing nothing else Pres
ident Allen is q young lawyer with a
growing practice. While this is the
reason assigned. it is probable that
the bitterness created over the pen
nant squabble of last year, and the
TACT the umpires have not been popu-
lar may have something TO do with
the matter
Barred From SIeepers.
Another incident which has aroused
the indignation Of the ball players,
and which may result in costly ntiga-
ton with the railroads is an order
F, refusing to sell sleeping car accom-
mcaatfons to baseball players while
they are travelling on party rate tick
ets- This order means the PLAYERS
must Fay full fare or they must ride
/ IN the chair cars when moving from
city to city at night The players re-
Iuse 10 DO this. claiming they cannot
| work without sleep.
Recently. over the protest of the
railroads. the railroad commission OF
Texas granted party rates to baseball
! players This became effective Nav
1 TO- The rate under this order is ~
/ cents a mile while the regular fare
| IN the state is 3 cents. The railroads
immediately issued orders to their
! ticket agents to refuse to sell berths
/ efther IN standard or Pullman sleepers
20 any persons travelling on such
/ tickets
The baseball clubs travel thousands
OF miles in a season. generally at
night, and for that reason are soreIv
aSgrleved at the action taken by the
railroads to nullify the action of the
railroad commission If the railroads
| position is upheld it will mean all
| baseball players will have 10 nav f,,1T
fare The league is not in anv too
good financial condition and II might
| result in a serious financial loss be-
FORE the close of the season.
| Dropping Down the Ladder.
/ As result Of poor pitching the San
| antonio team has been graduaIly slid
! ing down the percentage ladder There
is rot one dependable twirIer on the
s.ah- rms IS hard luck. in view Of
| the faet the team this year is the
| greatest batting aggregation ever ssaT,
IN Iexas- There are always enough
| runs batted out to win anv ordinarv
| game, put the pitchers have been req
ularly throwing away the game.
Perez a Cuban. who defeated The
Detrolt Tigers in two games when
mat team played in Havana. was
slgned by San Antonio ne -
tried out in two games ana 80
such a poor showing that he had -
De released He was hampered 49,
| lally oy the fact he could rot s-aal~
OF understand English. ard this -
vented proper coaching. Pitcher -
mas also been released He failed 81
uIeIy 10 get into anything like de-
pendable form
me greatest improvement in fight
ins aDlhty made by any team is a.
shown by Waco Manager ua-s, .'''1 :
eoilese coach, and who is dependi1o -
win the pennant mainly on coIIar-o
piayerS OF no professional experience
, mas succeeded in whipping the vo,--,,~
sters into most excellent shane 80
= now IN the first division. and n,al--
ins al the other teams struggle n
49, IN the lead If his men improve
with seasoning as they have been do-
ing 1t would be a surprise 70 No 80 ~.
10 see waco land the flag.
Trouble In Oklahoma.
mere Is considerable trouble nm
In Oklahoma City now. when nm.
last played there manager DaviS -.
huseo 10 pay more than $50 guarantee
80 'ne league rules call for 800
wa stipulated oklahoma CITY was
the Only one to pay that amount go
, Davis is making a test case w. -
the team comes to Dallas If Is c1ai-,,os
1hat the guarantee there will be baId
: out untn the 500 is paid Right tben
? anu there VIII be precipitated a test
20 snow what rights and privileges.
: oklahoma City has in the league
II is reported that big Ben Shelton
.ne most popular player and manage,
ever seen In Texas. is to be signed nv
Dallas in the capacity of assis+an,
manager. Ben tried to make the tear
last year, but had taken on too n,5ch
: lesh- resides. being a cotton broker
: ne could not afford to leave his bust.
. ness an the time In the CAPACITY al
assistant manager he will not bar,
: 70 devote his entire time to the tear
anu VIII De able to look after his bust
ness He would be welcomed bocl
INTO the league with open arms.
McAdams. OF the Dallas team las.
year with Waco. is proving the sense.
tional twirler OF the Texas league n.
recently pitched both games Of .
oouhle-header against Waco. winnins
I Doth- The first was by score of II
10 l, and In the second he shut ON
MS opponents. the game being won b,
score OF to 0. It is his hard worL
that is keeping Dallas in the lea eu.
e leadership Munsell is also doing frs
class work for the team. Torrev on.
OF the standbys Of the team last wear
e has not been able to get in shane mi,
season and the result is that Dallas 4,
not showing as well as the fans ex
pected.
Play Poor Ball
e Houston and Fort Worth continue n
d play class of ball which is very dis
:, appointing. These two teams whS
were among the league leaders las
year. and of whom so much was ex
? pected this year. are now fighting fOl
> the cellar championship Houston ha
, a number of veterans Of last year. bu
: neither they nor the recruits are max