El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-29


vuIgse the young wonders name for
fear the premature publicity would
block the deal
The managers Of the Texas univer-
sitv - otbalF teams have been elected
Pearson. Garrett, of San Antonio, was
elected rs manager and GeOrSe Hyer
of Houstt pm, and Ben Rice, of Austin,
assistantst for the football team of the
university for the season Of 1912. This
is the first time that two men were
selected asS assistant managers. The
purpose is to create competition for the
berth of maneager, the assistant proving
the most efficient in the opinion Of
the athletic Cd uncil to be elected man.
ager for the fol lowing year The man
agem ent of then baseball team IS to be
in the hands Of waiter Dealey, OF Dali
las. with Karl GPettis, OF Clifton as
sistant mana ger The baseball team
will play a SEIZED S1ie OF 20 games and
win take the longest trip of any team
the university haE had for several
years The trip INCLUDES. games with
the Southwestern university at George
town, with Auburn polytechnic at Au-
burn, Ala, and with Tulane univer-
sity at New Orleans. Games viii prob
ably be also arranged with Oklahoma
City.
More hOnors are sOiAPg. to Ty Cobb
He has been spending 1the past week
in Detroit undergoing the highest
rites Of the Masonic order. In the
work Of the cOnsistOry, (Which lasted
four days, he viii become member
Of the MOslem shrine If ne succeeoS
in getting past the Arabs VINO are
seeking to tag him out on fhe bases.
Ty had put in his application Tor Ilrst
degree for the cOnsistOry in I Boystons
Ga, but after deciding to make DetrolL
his permanent home, he had a nara
time getting his release. 1t WatS unal-
" arranged by the aid Of the Nj chigan
sovereign cOnSlSUOry-
Carl Morris is one Of the mos6 sin
cere young men that we've seet IN
vars and vars He was Working( like
a horse yesterday afternoon at the pew
Polo club. Carr only stands about D
feet in his socks, and he was playing
the other shrimps up there who m9a-
sure about feet in their SHOES
There's a pair to fill in with any tin1e
Weber and Fields get sick.
Sporting Life chirps thusly about ouk
kid Mccoy and the Australian col
ored boxer. George Gunther, met at the
Sale Wagram, Paris. on Wednesday
night in a ten-rOund contest and Nc
Coy got an extremely narrow decision,
without showing anything great Gun
Their forced most Of the time, although
many Of his blows were wild and IN
effective, and the Americans show
ing has little to recommend him for +
championship hOnors.
SLOW and al times using his elbows
suspi-iously, McCoy's punches for the
most part lacked force, ana apart from
several right uppercuts, did nothing OF
Importance. 1t was far from great
bout, both men boxing with little fire,
and this fact brought cries OF diseon-
tent from the onlOOkers.
Most Of the leading was undOubt-
eddy done by Gunther- He was at his
man from first to last, never giving
him a moments peace, and Mccoy at
times countered with the left. but, as
with Gunther, there was little steam
behind the blows. Gunther twice slip
ped to the boards, but was up at once,
swinging rights and let's all over the
place.
1T was a very uncOnvincing contest, /
the decision meeting with a mixed re-
ceptiOn- Gunther scored in the first
fourth. seventh and eighth rounds, and
Mccoy had an advantage in the fifth
sixth. ninth and tenth rounds. The
second and third were even
Frank Moran challenged the win
ner, and there are possibilities Of a
contest being arranged between him
and mccoy"
That a concerted effort will be made
on the part of the major and big minor
leagues to prevent the successful opera
ton Of the United States Baseball
league is asserted on good authority
There is every probability of the In
ternatiOnal league being represented
in Greater New York in 1913, if not,
indeed, this year. The scheme is to
transfer the Montreal franchise to the
major league territory of Long Island.
Such a scheme would necessitate the
consent Of both National and American
leagues, and especially the Endorsement
Of the Giants. Yankees and Dodgers
An International league club owner
said today that the major league clubs
would not oppose the plan, especially
Fa Cd fae Of Colin 11,74 1ea
went so far as to try TO materialize
their plans Of a Gotham invasion.
The international schedule could cas-
lily be arranged so that there would be
no conflicting dates with the SUI
perbas. OF course a club on Long Isl
and would in no manner affect the at
tendance Of the Giants OF Yankees.
1t was intimated that the chief OBJ
stacle in the path Of the Montreal
franchise transfer to Long Island lies
in owner sam Litchenhein, Of the Roy
ais Owing to the terms Of the Inter
national league constitution such trans
/! fer could not be made without the
consent Of Litchenhein. This gentle
man has steadfastly refused to consider
such q move and has kept Montreal in
the circuit to the great financial en-
barrassment Of his colleagues. The
principal objection to Montreal is its
isolation from the other cities Of the
circuit. A transfer would make
more compact association.
George Burns, one Of the recruit out
fielders Of the Giants has sent in his
signed contract Burns was procured
from the Utica team Of the New York
state league, and Joined the Giants on
Their final western trip last season
Burns hit for -289 with Utica.
The Newark club has purchased the
release Of catcher Harry Smith from
the Brooklyn club and sold the release
of pitcher George W. BOice to the
/ Trenton club of the Tri-State league.
Manager Stalings, Of the Buffalo
club of the International league, has
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