El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-23
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Lot of windjauans Done by cury Negro Deal

: and Louisville. and within the next
two weeks when call a meeting OF the
league 70 be held in either Chicago or
St. Louis the public can then Judge
for ITSELF. whether or not we are four
1lushing.'
Murphy. the Cubs manager. has
brought an idea back with him from
his recent visit 10 the Canal zone,
which, II utilized. may revolutiOuize the
manufacture Of baseballs. While in
Panama he ran across what is known
as an ivory nut 1t is porus, sight
~ resilient and is a substance used for
making buttons On seeing this sub
stance the scintillaJiug brain Of the
cubs owner, Immediately received the
Illuminating thought use II Tor the
centers Of baseballs, instead OF cork.
So Murphy has brought back a lot OF
the stuff with him and intends TO do
the e.x..peTimenting act in manufsetTiIr ..
ing ivory nut centered baseballs-
Here's q chance for an infant trust
right off hand
Old captain Arson, one Of the most
valuable initial sack guardians that
ever raised dust on a diamond. is going
TO play at first for the Cubs on their
preliminary southern training trip.
Arson was never the Hal Chase in
fielding, but when II came TO landing
out the leather for home runs and
other performances that brought TALES
on the home plate Arson was whale.
sack without a glove, and that with
such star hurlers as Ed Williamson and
Fred Pfeffer shooting away at him.
Those two throWers made records for
themselves that have not been equaled
to this day, Williamson still holds the
worlds record. One thing sure. Arson
viii draw a great deal more than his
salary whenever ne appears Tor he IS
decidedly a favOrite with the fans.
Buck Grouse, middleweight. hailing
from Pirtsburg has practically closed
deal with Hugh Mcintosh TO go to
Australia and fight six battles. Grouse
recently defeated Leo Houck and Frank
Klause.
The patrolmen Of New Xork's police
department VIII begin TO learn scien-
tific wrestling next week, with no less
g person than Tom Jenkins, IS in
structor- Commissioner Waldo, Of the
New York police has decided that
knowledge Of wrestling will enable Of
dcers 10 arrest offenders with less
brutality. so they are to begin 10 learn
the mat game. In a short time, when
bOWery block goes to hand the hot
stuff to a COP. he viii be surprised to
be neatly boWled- over with IA half I
Nelson or maybe a toe hold Jenkins
IS at present instructor OF wrestling at
West Point
Jack Denning, the New York fighter,
who so cleverly defeated Marcel
up for a contest with Nike Gibbons
classed as the ST Paul marvel Both
pugs are high class boxers with a
scientific knowledge Of the game, and
The tremendous demand for seat reser- I
vations for tonight's 60, evidences /
Sotharn's interest in high class boxing.
Chairman O'Nen has made the an
nOuncement that the boxing commits
sion win investigate the Abe Attel
Knockout Brown contest that has
aroused so much fuss. If the charges Z
that Atteu stalled are proved he viii
be barred from further boxing IN New
York Il shall not condemn Atteu
until the probe is finished" asserts
O'Neil. ~but / have re-
ceived many complaints that we shall
Investigate