El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-10
ALittle Sport; ALittle Gossip

IF all the members Of the worlds Z
cbampion Athletic team had hit in the |
timely fashion that John Franklin /
Raker has done this season, few OF the \
1Ssckroen would have been left on the f
bassocks this campaign and the proba- !
bi1i+ies are the White Elephan-1 would /
he xav out in front, instead OF trail (
in, the Red Sox and the Senators For
7 franklin is leading not only ms
efc.e,.la but also the National, IN oFlV-
80 80 - rT,ns-or at least ne was at the
eI6sa of business July 70, when a trlal
4Ia1ca on these statistics was struck
Baker has passed the three-q usLr te6
post in banging in taIles' , nv itiS fo1
tbe honor of being the tlmehesl MT
ter of the major leagues Dy Larry
DOYLE. the Giants captain VIZ = 81
third in the voting for the ChaiIlefs
National League trophy I9 ~, rTsse1f
and who if he Keeps up ms P1SSeI1
l,,7rrioa ne mace, vii pTobaDly run M 5n-
er this season. Doyle mas put t-S ~
ishing touches to u OF the. O1 alltS - =
lies and has been most paOs.lii- ,-siife-
the AIcGrawites' ninth innlns rall+ss-
Tied for third place in tAe LinieIy III IL
ters' League are iris speaker OF tIlS
Red Sox and Sam CRAWFORD q tli
Tigers, each with o. ana eiosely -
lowing them is Stuffy Mclnnes, WI
60 Niue+een men nave batted in fifty
or more runs thus far this season and
81 have hammered home DetWeeh ~
and so counts Frank Schultz the Na-
tiOnaI Leagues most Opportune cup
her ana Chalmers trophy winner IN
1911. is in the latter brigade and I y
Cobb, who captured the same honofs IN
the American last year N tns AVt
ner. OF the 40 men credited with Dat
ting in 40 or more runs, HYe are
Giants, four are Macknlen, fou. are lte1
SOx four are Tigers, three are FiTdtess
two are Maps, two are Braves, ana Two
are Reds. Additionally one t1tsAlsallasi,
one Superba and one White Sock flnds
representation in the present honor hsL
Boxing in Springfield, No, smut down
for nearly three months when organ
lied church societies prevailed upon the
district attorney to put the liz on the
Springfield Athletic club. was resumed
when Cliff Clark, of salt Lake Cityl
and Charley Short of Galena, went
10 rounds at 133 poanes before the /
Queen City Athletic club
Dave smith. the Australian cham
pion. has sailed from England Tor
these shores, looking for bouts sH1lIh
Will tackle Jack McCarren In f.ailadet-
phia a few weeks after he hlts mere
Then he is going to seek trouble with
Eddie MeGoorty and other middle
weights. Smith bases his claim 70
consideration on his yicSory over Biz
PapSe in their first meeting me
second affair he would rather not talk
about as he stopped when the reteree
finished counting ten over his body.
teaches Cross, though right on the
edge of the ocean, refuses to patron
lie it. water is not for fighters TO HOP
in writes Leach "as 1t slows them
up and also has a weakening effect
When 1 meet Young Jack O'Brien on
@edhesGay yen VIII see a different
man than the one that fought O'heefe
Phil is also getting in shape here for
his tussle with Lore the same even
Ing"
walter johnson is the first pitcher
IN either the American OF National
league to strike out 200 batters this
year Win Mondays game the Ma
tionaTs star has achieved total Of
200, which is just 40 more than Joe
Wood. his nearest rival Alexander
Of the Phillies is the leader of the Ma
tional league hurlers, with 12T to his
+. credit. Johnson won his twentieth
game, breaking even with the Red Sox
star, in games wen, and IS now one
game behind Marquard, who has p
to his credit as the National league
leader.
Carl Norris lost no time in notifying
New York promoters that he was
available after Johnson retired. Up
to date Morris has not been billed
for 80 consecutive matches, bouts,
mill scraps. or anything resembling
them
Some persons will take Abe Attelrs
20 round draw against Tommy Muir
ply as a come back performance.
others, however, also have the priv
iiege- OF taking it as drifting further
away.
Jackson, Miss. dispatch says the
rumor that Eddie Hanson has been
signed by the Philadelphia Americans
cannot be confirmed. Gene DemOnt
admits he would like TO open negOtia-
lions.
Mique Finn declares that the St
Louis Browns paid $4,000 for shOrtstOp
Walsh of the Mobile club. Taking the
yarn at face value one can easily
imagine why the Browns are trailing
Mack's players aren't a bit congenial
They quarrel a deal since O'Loughl3n
set Capt. d. Murphy down for three
days earlier in the season. Connolly
called Lord out in the eighth inning
on a close play, and Rube Oldrins
rushed in to protest Whereupon /
Connolly shouted He's out and
don't care" and ran away like a New
York policeman fleeing from ganao-
ler-murdereT.
pinch bf4tir- -aoDsals IN Frank "a