El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-10


of heroic understudy, who consented
to allow the 200 pound Jake to walk 1p
his spinal column and escape the mir
ing herd beneath him By DONG al
Annette Kellernan over their heauS,
From football and baseball he went
to the Boston Americans, baI no. ~
stay. He is a come back W ME IN
college, Jake also developed a genus
for sWatting the bail The BosIoh
manager saw him do il with MS own
eyes and signed him on the spot Win
lakes eyes FILLED with persplLsss u y Il
from a home run and the CRIME OF t1s
game. He played with Boston ana then
with Washington. After belnS sus-
pended he returned to Boston as man
2ger and big stick artist In the mean
time he has acquired a pain law win
a sock fuI Of money and Jake is the
proud possessOr OF no, not q Htue
Jake, but an interest in the Boston
club. Guess that is going some lot a
rah rah, who has not yet celebrated MS
35th birthday anniversary
Galveston is staging a series of beach
auto races this week as part or the
annual cotton carnival, which has been
N progress there since Thursday Gal.
weston beach is an ideal place to hold
these races and some Of the big men
of the speed mania game are al the
Texas gulf port 10 participate IN the
speed and cotton carnival Ralph de
Palma, the hard luck driver who ran
ahead in the Decoration day races at
Indianapolis until his car blew up
will be the star at Galveston and is ex-
pected to win number of the prizes
il his 5inx does not pursue him to the
Texas town.
At last it has come. Old Cy Young
is done Veteran of all veterans in the
game, he has been pitching alengs sea-
son after season winning a few games,
losing a few and giving general salts
faction to his managers By working
winter and sumner to keep his pitch
ing arm in condition he has been able
TO keep his name on the salary list
players. But it was the final wheat
straw that broke Cy's pitching back.
he was beaten by bunch OF rank
amateurs aCy undertook to pitch for
a team OF his fraternal brothers back
in Ohio and he was able to stay but
two innings against the opposition
club amateurs- That got old Cys
nanny He has decided to quit and has
selected the end of the present season
to do it
Where are the heroes OF yesteryear?
Answer; They have followed the popu-
lar songs of last season in musical
comedy. the Mobile skirt, and. the
the heroing crowd than Connie Mack
the once peerless one OF the Philadel-
phia Athletics. has been forced to cut
his magazine stuff and go back with
the minors IN the popular favor Of the
baseball public a hero must be an all
time winner and Connie has been IN
able to connect up with the winning
brand this Season. Clark Griffin, who
was hOcted cut Of Cincinnati by the
disloyal Red fans, has taken Mack
niche in the hall Of fandom fame along
with Jake S1ahl Of the Boston Ameri-
cans. The way Griff has developed
z winning club out of the perpetual
tail enGers Of the national capital, has
won for him the applause of the multi
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tial box This sort of thing has a
wholesome taste to # Cincinnati has
the greatest buach Of crabs in the
game. They refuse to support the home
team and the result is the home team
usually loses Griffith went 10 WASH
ingtOn and with an even break and
free Feign turned out good club. And
he is getting credit for 1t from the
fans. who are helping him to win.
There is good deal of human nature
in the history of the Washington man
ager that might be learned with profit
by other baseball towns and otder
baseball crowds.
Mike Murphy, the greatest trainer Of
athletes modern athletic development
has developed. has decided to retire
from the active game Of making sprint
ers fit and establish a retreat for
tired nerves aud their owners. Murphy,
as trainer Of the Olympic heroes, won
a world reputation for his methods OF
will bring out tRe best they have to
offer Is trainer OF the University Of
Pennsylvania track teams, Michael has
a Consistent record extending over
many years. When he announced that
he would quit the strenuous game for
the more peaceRLle one of restoring
lost nerves to their former health he
was given a banquet by the college
dons and the undergraduates and he
was made as much of as a certain
other college Is making of its former
president ar the present era of presi-
Dental politics
New York is determined to give
Harry Wolyerton, the Pacific coast
manager, an even break in his effort
to develop winning team of the 7High-
landers Wolverten- has been having
all kinds Of hard luck this season, his
first as an American league manager.
But little Of it has been his own fault
and he has been unable to correct the
errors of long standing in a day. He
was hooted by the fans as a false
alarm and dire predictions were made
regarding the time it would take him
TO travel back TO the ninoT5- Instead.
WolyertOn is to be given another
chance next season to bring out
headliner team Of the Highlanders and
it he succeeds as Clark Griffith has