El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-15

EAKE STALL who owns the crown
Connie Mack once wore, stopped in
~ st. Louis on his way from his IlIi-
nois home to Reelfoot, Lake. Tenn, to
join Iris Speaker and Joe Wood. on q
hunting trip. Stahl is trying to forSe-
baseball, but he can't
He was much interested IN Roger
Bresnahan's case and vOuchsafed the
opinion while there, that the duke
would collect on his unexpired four
year contract.
L don't see how they can cancel a
contract like that" declared Stahl- II
they can, then what's the use OF sign
ing up2 1 think the league Will rally
to Bresnahan's aid and If the league
doesn't, it wouldn't surprise me If the
Baseball fraternity does. This case de-
mands the attention of everybody in
baseball, and I think it is getting It"
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John Paula Jones, holder of the
worlds amateur one mile recoFd, mas
virtually admitted that he expects to
be defeated in the intercollegiate one
mile championship next spring. Jones
recently told a friend that he believed
Norman Tabor, Of Brown university,
is the greatest mile runner IN the
world. When that fellow learns to
run as he should run" said Jones,
you won't hear anything more about
any JOneses, Kivats or Jacksons.'
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The Kenosha- Wis. Athletic club IS
to stage a Welterweight elimination
affair, the first bout to be staged as
the semi-wiudUp to the Charlie White
Pal Moore match on November 30.
Among the welters who will contest
for hOnOrs are Billy Walters, Jimmy
Burns, Tommy Murphy Eddie Nearing
and Morrie Bloom.
Joe Thomas, manager Of Ruby
Hirsch, Of Chicago, is claiming the
championship Of the los pound boys
for his protege-
Frank Chance says Joe Tinker was
his best friend and always stood by
him. Then in the same breath he says
he would like to see Joe manager of
the Reds. Talk about ingratitude!
Eddie Campi, the san Francisco ban
tam, is now after the crown worn by
champion COulOn- Campi has an
nounced that he win mf1g1e IN the
bantamweiSht elimination contest on
the Pacific coast and see f. he can not
come out high enough to set match
with Johnny COulOn-
MahmOut is the man to whom expert
followers OF the game look Us the logi-
cal successor of Gotch There are
many who say that the present cham
piOn could not hold his own with the
alert and greatly improved European
GOtch himself gave color Il this view
by taking MahmOut into his camp and
paying him a salary as partner, using
him as a buffer against all champions
ship claimants. Beat MahmOut first;
then III listen to you" was the cham
pion's slogan.
According to a report from Cincin-
natl Garry Herman will allow Frank
Chance to do something that president
Murphy, the man who received all the
benefit Of the peerless leaders work
on the diamond, would not do. Herr
mann will allow Chance to buy his IN
conditional release for the price he
paid Murphy, and he viii be free to
accept the best berths in any league.
Since the Athletics defeated the
Cubs for the worlds championship in
1911, Connie Mack has released eleven
players, and two more will go before
another season dawns unless they
mend their ways Rube Oldring and
Chief Bender are on the probation list
Tyrus Cobb thinks he will have no
trouble with the Detroit club about
his salary despite the fact that he