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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
Than Langford Most Kind
and Considerable of Boxers
Yobn L lack Dempsey Greatest FighRing
By Tad, Daffydl Man.

landed from Australia 1t was Barney
Farley's high hat and swallow tail
coat that Fitz wore when he had his
first photo taken. At that time he was
doing chores around Farley's training
camp for his grub. At any rate, here's
what Barney told q Frisco writer the
other day:
DO you see that stick?" said Bar
ney. as he held it out for inspection
That's present to me from Jack
Dempsey. That stick was always In
the hand of Dempsey, and when he
died he told his wife to send 1t 10
me- There it is-look at it That
a mans stick, and the man who car
ried it never saw the like OF himselr
at his weight or inches in this world.
What are the boxers of today but
a lot of rapscailions? Shure, it's me
that wouldn't go across the street te
LUX at them They have no science
of boxing at all, any more. They're
mauiers and dishwashers. nowadays
There's Dempsey; there he is" said
Barney, as he pointed to faded pho
tograph. That's him; that was man.
LUX at himI Do you see the stana
of him? Straight upl That's the old
school What are your modern boxers
shure, they stand IN q position ike
a duck with his wing shot or turtle
with the mumps. The way they stand
now IS no position for a man. They'd
mind We of man with the cramps
That's the way we used to stand.
repeated Barney, pointing at Demp-
sey's picture. I'VE were men IN those
DAYS. Lux at Dempsey. Shure. oilno
man could look at that picture ana
tell We Dempsey was fighter.
And he was fighter every men
of him. and q man to boot, in the
bareain, seen Dempsey fight often.
but the truth of IT is that never
saw a black eye on the man or
bloody nose about him until La
Blanche hit him that pivot blow. That
was q dirty blow, and no good came
out of 1t. 1t broke the great heart
of Dempsey, and shure there was never
a greater heart in the world TO preak-
"There's another man for you, said
old Barney, as he paced the floor. and
pointed to @ group picture. the proml-
nent figure in which proved to be Jonn
L. Sullivan.
.aThat was him before he fought Kill
rain. Lux at himl Do We see the neck
and shoulders Of him, and the face OF
him?
"And that Jackson that We see there
was a dactnt man.
wouldn't old Peter meet child on
the street and shake the hand OF 1t
and while he was shaking the hand
of the child wouldn't there be dollar
in the lufe Of poor old Peter to give
the child for to buy itself box Oh
candy"
The knockout" Brown who Is
o.+,he6 +o hox Willie Lewis here soon
ia not Dumb Dan Morgans Dutchman.
This Brown is a Chicago lad. He has
been boosted to the skies by Packey
Mcfarland, and they say that he's
terror. Packey came here on his last
visit with q swell black eye which was
given him by this same Brown Packey
declared that once when Brown missed
him he smashed through locker,
breaking three sides of it, but never
took a long breath. Brown IS Greek.
Some Greek. too. Mcfarland says
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
PAPKE LOSES IN A
FIGHT WITH BURKE
Championship Claimant Is
Outfought and Battered
bv BROOKLYN Fighter

New York. N " Aug 2s.-In a 10
round contest before the Twentieth
Century Athletic club last night Bill
lie Papke. Of Illinois. claimant of the
middleweight championship, was out
fought and battered at all stages of
the game by Sailor Burke, of Brooklyn.
Burke went to his man at every
stage of the fight and while he did
not show any scientific work he be-
labored the Illinois pug1list with a
will which earned for the Brooklyn
lite a hearty round of cheers as he left
the ring with scarcely a mark on his
body.
Both men fought poorly and Papke
seemed unwilling or unable to live up
to what was expected of him.
Papke was the first to enter the
ring and was followed a minute later
by Burke. Both men were over the
midd1eweight limit Of 158 pounds. No
weights were announced, but each
looked to be about 1885,
Among those close to the ringside
was the Marquis of Queensberry, who
was writing a descriptive story of the
fight for newspapers
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23

OF all the plays l ever saw the
made last season. You may think It
odd that the greatest play ever saw
lost a ball game for us-but 1t is true.
Daubert made the play, made 1t per-
fectly, and yet It cost us the game
instead of winning it for us, as 1t
should have done.
That play shows just how much
luck there is in baseball! We were
playing New York and that team
seemed to have something on us-no
one knew what, If we beat them play
ing, hitting and everything else, the
luck took the game away from US
some way. They beat us, believe,
six times In succession In that series
and with decent luck we ought to
have won at least four of the games.
The least slip or failure to pull of
play beat US, and it seemed as If they
could make a dozen errors and blum.
ders a game and never lose or let Us
score It breaks that way sometimes.
The last game of that series We were
playing in Brooklyn and when 1t came
down to the ninth inning the score
was tied and they had men on first
and second with one out 1t isn't po-
lite to say who was pitching for US,
for some one might think blame him
for the defeat I don't 1t was just
the play anyone would make.
At any rate Snodgrass hit ball
fast and outside the plate and sent it
over first base so fast that I hardly
could see whether 1t was fair or foul.
In fact I think to this day that the
ball passed just outside the corner OF
first base, but the umpire saw 1t diff
ferenly and called 1t fair.
Daubert had been playing back Of
first and well inside the line, as he
did not have to hold up the runner.
/ was catching and was planning to
whip the ball to Jake If the batter
missed it and try to catch the runner
OF first. Maybe that accounts for
what followed. Jake was coming up
fast to be ready to take throw from
me when the ball was hit. He saw
that ball going past, and diving on his
side he slid across the base line with
his hands stretched as far as posi-
BILE, and caught the ball as he rolled
over. Our pitcher was covering first
base as hard as he could-and Dau-
bert, rolling over, snapped the ball
into his hands. Right there is where
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
MORE RECORDS ARE
BROKEN AT COLUMBUS

Columbus, o., Aug. 23.-World's rec
ords were again the order Of the day
at the International Breeders race
meeting yesterday afternoon Evelyn
W., q Cleveland mare, The Able and
Walter W.. lined up to try conclusions
with Earl, jr-, in the championship pac
ing sweepstakes. In the fourth heat
Earl, Jr., made the pace into the stretch
where Evelyn W. Joined him and IN
another hard finish beat the gray horse
to the wire by a neck In 2:02 IA.
1t was announced that this was the
fastest fourth heat ever paced in the
race, a former record having been set
at 2:02 ga by Robert j., in 1906.
1t was also announced that this race
was the fastest four heats ever paced,
lowering the average OF the former
record by almost second. the average
being a fraction under 2:03-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
Gossip of Games Here and
On Other Fields of Sport
(By Paul Nafe.)

good pitcher. He has the desired dol
lar watch windup," and when he con-
meets his big toe with the rubber, he
has the Bellevue company beat mile
nor quick delivery.
ST Louis, the tail ender in the
American league, trimmed the top
netcher, Philadelphia, Tuesday. That's
awful, but did you notice the two-hit
shutout the Athletics came back with?
Tyrus Cobb. although "a years old,
can safely be considered the greatest
bail player now IN the game. He has
lead the American league in batting
for the past two yeart, and bids more
than fair to land on the top this year.
In 1909 he lead with .377, in 1911, with
1884, and so far this year he is leading
with .430. He also lead in each of
the years in base stealing, and a con-
spicuous fact with him is that each
year he increases his batting average
Ty Cobb began his baseball career in
Augusta, Georgia, playing for $50 per,
but at present he is probably the best
paid player in the game; if not he
certainly deserves to be- Augusta
wanted to sell Cobb to Detroit for
$50, but the Detroit manager, always
known for his open heartedness.
planked down SIS. and Cobb has been
the leading Tiger ever since.
Who says prize fighting doesn't bring
in the coin? AID Wolgast seems to think
there is q little money in the game be-
cause he has already stored up s103.-
1910 in the last six months off his
now-I-lay- me-down-to-sleep punches.
Wolgast may have to stack up his
kale on his farm in a few years.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
As Told To
Hugh S. Fullerton

Tne pitcher couldn't turn IN ulne 10
throw, but as Daubert jumped to his
feet he grabbed the ball out OF the
pitchers hands and slammed it at me.
AS he threw his hand hit the pitchers
arm, the throw went wild, and two
runs scored. Crazy base running, and
the luck of having his hand touch
the pitcher as he threw, ruined the
finish of the greatest play I ever saw.
And the next day Daubert was roasted
by one critic who accused him Of bad
ball playing.
Copyright, by w. G. Chapman)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
BILL BERGEN.

luck cut In. Both runners were tear
ing around the bases under the idea
that the ball had gone on down the
foul line into the corner. The coacher
failed to stop the runner at third
base, and as Daubert rolled over and
made his wonderful play-retiring the
batter at frst-that wild base run
ner started for the plate. Our pitch
running at top speed and couldn't
stop. I saw Daubert leap to his feet.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23

Fat Lackey, probably the most IA
milisr figure on the local diamond on
Saturdays and Sundays. tells of very
interesting and remarkable ball game
in which he participated recently I'VE
Fat men," he said. played the skinny
ginks up in Arizona not long ago. and,
believe me, 1t was some game. 1t was
on that day we broke the worlds rec
ord for scoring, as the final score
stood SO to SO in our direction. We
began the game about o'clock in the
morning, and stopped an hour for a
square after the IL o'clock whistle
had blown, and at l o'clock we con-
tinued the fire works We were a lit
tie behind the lean ones when we went
to bat after dinner. SO our hefty boys
got together and we made % scores
the next inning" At this point he
began TO laugh, and continued: You
may, want to know why so many runs
were made by both sides Each side
played good ball, but (whispered) they
had keg OF booze on third, and each
man safely reaching third was given
three Texas size swigs. that's the rea-
SON.
The FL Paso baseball association
should pass a law against cigaret
smoking on the local diamond during
the game Only league president Art
Woods has declared himself decidedly
against smoking on the field during
the game, and several fans think that
some action should be taken against
It In all large towns where the game
Is played, the players would be fined
and probably canned from the team if
caught with a cfgaret while even in
uniform
TrimbIe, of the Hose. has way
of firing opposing pitchers SATURDAY.
out of two times up, he fouled IA balls;
IL he touched in his second time ap
That scheme is one Of the best known
TO wear out a pitcher, and Trimble
has 1t down to science.
New York now leads the Nationals
after drubbing Chicago in two hard
fought games. The Giants are a hefty
bunch of players and play good ball,
but they seldom keep up their pace
to the goal. They lead at present by
five points. The figures now show
that II the Cubs win Wednesdays game
they will again be four points ahead.
Donaldson, the new first sacker for
the soldiers. is dandy find. He isn't
quite as tall as Ross, but he has a
way Of ''scooping them all In for
close decisions.
Big Chief" Meyers. Of the New
York Giants is proving the sensation
Of the year behind the bat, and much
Of the credit for the Giants present
standing is due to his control of the
pitchers The once famous battery
Mathewson and Meyers-has now
changed in the opinion of the sports
to Vanguard and Meyers. Pitchers
may come, and pitchers may go. but
/ catch on forever" seems to ap-
ply to the excl Paso indian.
Miller. the new recruit pitcher for
the soldiers, has the 'makins of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
MRS. HARTMAN GIVES
GRAND STAND TO GOSHEN

Goshen, n. Y, Aug. 23.-The first
day of the Grand Circit races here at
tracted a big crowd.
It Is stated here that the directors
Of the association had been advised
by Mrs. E. H. Hartman that she had
given a new grand stand to the asso-
citation in memory of her husband,
whose efforts in behalf of the track,
made betless meetings popular.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23

Sam Langford is not as black as ID
is painted. Certain people have SAID
mean things about our Thammy. and
at certain times we believed them But
we're for Than now.
He had Jack O'BHen up at the
Twentieth Century club the Other
night in a whiriwind quarrel. and
right here we mas, say @ha- Than Ia
the niceset and most considerate rer-
son now welding gloves before the
American public He's a >numorist.
too. is Thammy So is lawn. He's q
fighter. too (when he has TO bel. this
same Thammy. But. above all, he's
awfully kind hearted.
Think OF a nice husky young mar
like Than almost breaking his back
to keep Jawn O'Brien on his feet. OF
course Than could have tumbled the
society pet with one dull thud, but
he didn't He slapped Jawn upon the
pouch and down went Jawn- 1t wasn't
hard, but then Than danced around
and waited until the tea expert re-
gained some breath.
For three rounds he looked wicked.
missed terrific welts and almost
sprained his wishbone, but his heart
is as big as his rep and he couldn't
hurt poor Jawn. All this time Jawn
was doing tumbling acts that made
an acrobat look sick He went down
on has back played groggy and looked
half dead, but still Than didn't get
sore. He just waited until the fifth
spasm and then slapped Jawn real
hard upon the listener and over went
the Philadelphia real estate man like
the fallen tower
It was rich. and both Than and
Jawn are TO be congratulated. The
members saw a whole show. Not one
act, but a whole performance, and it
was rich.
Battling Keefe. you know. the fell
low who is about to sue Billy Papke
for $4,000 for claiming the middle
weight title, is going to challenge
the winner Of the Frank Klaus-Johnny
Thompson affair. Anybody who will
challenge Francis Klaus to do battle
well-Quick, watsonl We have to
admire Mr.. Thompson's nerve. too.
even though he is quite some curly
wolf himself.
~One Round" Hogan is thinking OF
going out to Denver to box q lad
named White, who has quite a rep
out that way. He boxed Attell twice
and made q great showing. Hogan.
If he accepts, will leave for the west
IN a week or so. The "One Round
lad is just as sure of himself as he
ever was and feels that there's no
0ne OF his weight who can trim him.
''Wolgast threw me out yof his camp
after a one day workout" said Hogan
a bout the first time we put the gloves
on and he said that he thought he
could get along without me-
Old Barney Farley. the old time
handler and trainer Of fighters. still
believes that Jack Dempsey. John L.
Sullivan and Peter jackson were the
best men of their time Barney ought
to know a fighter when he sees one
He was the man who took Fitz into
his home when the Australian first
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
SURPRISES MARK SECOND
DAY OF TENNIS TOURNEY

Newport, p I, aug. 23.-Surprises
marked the second days play of the
National Lawn Tennis tournament. the
biggest surprise being the defeat of
Fred B. Alexander and Harold H Hack
EFT, four times winners of the national
doubles championship, by r. D. Little
and G. F. Touchard, of New York. The
veterans did not relinquish the title
without a hard struggle, one set 60
ing % games before they won it. their
! only set. Little and Touchard won rs,
1915, 6-S Ga
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
MEADOW WINS FEATURE ON
LAST DAY OF BUTTE MEET

Butte, Mont, Aug. 23.-There was g
large attendance at the closing of the
meeting of the Butte Jockey club that
ended yesterday. Meadow, carrying the
heavy impost of 124 pounds, easily cap
tured the feature event, the Mooney &
Murphy handicap, at mile, beating one
of the best fields brought together here
this meeting. Dacia, at II to 1. caused
a surprise in the third. coming from
the rear and winning easily from the
favorite, Work Box
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
AmericaA League.
BLUM PITCHES SECOND
NO HIT. NO RUN GAME

Fall River, Mass, Aug. 23.-Fof the
second time this season Blum OF the
Fall River team Of the New England
league has pitched no hit no run
game Only one opposing player reach
ed second base
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
FENCE BUSTER
BODIE IMPROVES

Ping Bodfe, fence buster Of the Chi
cago White Sox. who not only has
failed to deterioate as was predicted
by some detractors at the beginning OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
BOWLING.
& *"~:a.

Critchetts three broke the Cactus
club alley record Tuesday night when
they hung up record of 2SS5, So pins
above the former record Of 2S22- Each
man bowled two games over 200.
Critchett, 256 (high game) and I'll:
Hill, 211 and 2o9; Carr. 216 and 2OO-
Critchett also took high total with s72.
Carr made two strikeouts.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23

American League.
Washington at Detroit.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
New York at Chicago.
Boston at st. Louis.
National League.
Pittsburg at New York.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
ST. Louis at Boston.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23

You can easily sell 1t. Call Bell rs.
Auto 1115, tell the girl what 1t is and
The Herald will Sell It No bother. no
formality.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
NO GAMES IN THE
AMERICAN LEAGUE

No games will be played today in
the American league, the Boston,
Cleveland game at Cleveland, being
postponed It was the only game sched-
uled.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
Totals .s2s SGT 53s SCI 5s2

Totals 1873 567 $50 SCI 90 $3.50
High game, Critchett, 256.
High total, Critchett, 972.
Strikeouts. Carr, 2.
On Wednesday night the last game
in the three man tournament will be
between two top teams, Sukermans and
Houcks. Houck can win the first place
by taking all six points, which will be
difficult.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23

WESTERN LEAGUE.
At ST Joseph RH. E.
Denver 900 0O2 000-2
ST. Joseph 900 900 900 4 l
Batteries: Denver, O'Brien and
spahr; st. Joseph, Chellette and Cos
sett
At Omaha- RH E.
Omaha 200 ESQ 00x-5 1
Lincoln .... oil 900 000-2 1
Batteries: Omaha, Demott and Ar
bogast: Lincoln. Wolverton. Fox and
Stratton.
At Des Moine@ RHE
Pueblo 1890. oo2 600 ooo-2 2 /
Des Moines 100 o01 001-3 8
Batteries: Pueblo, Jackson and
Shaw; Des Moines, Hueston and Ul-
towski.
At Sioux City RH E.
Sioux City .-....120 600 1917 10
Topeka 100 600 1908 16 1
Batteries: Sioux City. G. Clark. Bar
Der and Miller; Topeka, P. Clark. Mil
Ter and Chapman
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
At Indiana Observation-Disclosures O; India
napolis 1.
At Toledo-St- Paul g; Toledo o
At Columbus-Kansas City 10; Col
umbus 2.
At Louisville-First game. Minneapo-
lis IL; Louisville s. Second game
Minneapolis 8; Louisville A.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23

TEXAS LEAGUE.
At Oklahoma City-Oklahoma City
2; San Antonio 5.
At Waco-Waco 4; Houston 8.
At Dallas-Dallas 9; Austin 5.
At Fort Worth-Fort Worth g.; CAL
weston 8.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23

SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
At Atianta-Atlanta II; Montgom-
cry 2.
At Nashville Nashville 10; New Or
leans O..
At ACCOMPLISHMENTS d; Mobile 5.
At Chattanooga-Chatt 8;
BIRMINGHAM O.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23

WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
National League.
Pittsburg at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at Boston.
Chicago at New York
st. Louis at Brooklyn.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23

At Brooklyn R.H. E.
st. Louis ....001 003 100 0-5 5 1
Brooklyn ......100 200 lei Is Is 9
Batteries: St Louis. Steele, Harmon
and Bliss; Brooklyn, Burke. Schardt
and Erwin.
At New York R. H. e.
Chicago ..120 020 00o-5 s o
New York $500. 002 600 031-6 IL 1
Batteries: Chicago. Brown and Ar
cher; New York. Ames, Crandall and
Myers.
At Boston RH 3.
Boston 900 $50 DO Is 6
Cincinnati 49,. Alb 100 002-11 16 8
Batteries: Boston. Young McTighe,
Griffin and king; Cincinnati, Keefe.
Smith and Mclean.
At Philadelphia- RH. q.
Pittsburg 49,. coo 900 600 8 2
Philadelphia 49,. 21o 600 00x-3 o
Batteries: Pittsburg, Ferry. Hendrix
and Gibson; Philadelphia, Alexander
and Madden.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
At San Francisco r. H E.
Los Angeles .................-1 o
Oakland 10 0
Batteries: Los Angeles, Hall and
Smith; Oakland, Pernell and Mite,
At Portland R. H. E.
Sacramento l
Portland 8
Batteries: Sacramento, Hunt and
Thomas; Portland. Koestner and Kuhn.
At Los Angeles r. H. E.
San Francisco ................6 IA 1
Vernon 100
Batteries: San Francisco. Suffer and
Schmidt; Vernon Breckenridge, STAN
field and Brown.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23

Miller. the new recruit pitcher for
the soldiers, has the "makins'' of q
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
AMERICAN LEAGUE.


AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Chicago r H Il.
Chicago 100 020 0ox-3 10 1
Washington 1000 100 000-1 8
Batteries: Chicago. White and Block;
Washington. Hughes and Street.
At st. Louis. first game r. II. e.
ST. Louis 060 900 020-S 10 3
Philadelphia -. 900 DOL 010-2 0
Batteries: ST. Louis. Mitchell and
Kritchell; Philadelphia, Danfortn,
Kranse, Martin and Thomas.
Second game r. H E.
st. Louis .... 900 900 600 2 4
Philadelphia NJ o20 300-S 10 L
Batteries: st. Louis, Petty. George
and Southwick; Philadelphia, Morgan
and Thomas.
At Detroit r. II. q.
New York 400 100 010-s 10 4
Detroit - oil 900 020-4 1
Batteries: New York, Ford and
Sweeney; Detroit, Mullin, Willett.
Works and Schmidt, Stanage. Casey.
At Cleveland RHE.
Cleveland 100 900 00x-1 0
Boston ..... 600 900 600 o
Batteries: Cleveland, Gregg and
Smith; Boston. Pape and Carrigan-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
WHERE THEY PLAY TOMORROW.

American League.
Boston at Cleveland.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23

Old Barney Farley. the old time
handler and trainer of fighters, still
believes that Jack Dempsey. John L.
Sullivan and Peter jackson were the
best men OF their time Barney ought
to know a fighter when he sees one
He was the man who took Fitz into
his home when the Australian first
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-23
8 $ 8 = e = (. 8 8 = q 8 :
BASEBALL RESULTS.
Tuesdays Games.

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