El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-25

self so much in Johnson that Billy
Delaney was secured as a trainer for
the smoke. largely through his ef-
forts. Larkin won $4,000 on that
mill, besides the gratitude OF Johnson.
who is said to have declared that he'll
repay Larkin with any favor that he
asks. Both Larkin and Bronson are
TIE best Of friends, and both have
minis OF money.
Now the question is is Nevada going
to let these yankees stall their little
plans?
Tommy sKilbane is said to have
changed his mind about going to the
Pacific coast for fighting engagements
and viii seek matches in Ohio
pennsylvania and Canada
Tom McCarey says that Los Ange-
les viii soon have the bulk Of the
boxing champs within its borders
tommy hllDane, Johnny CoulOn and
Abe Atten are already on the way.
and Ad WOlgast resides on the ground
We VIII soon have all the real champs
out with US except one" said Nc
Carey, end to that one we don't in
tend to extend an invitation"
Abe Attell declares that his bout
with Knockout Brown was strictly
on the level
Z did the best could. I was out
weighed and outpOinted by younger
and stronger boy. I had all my gen
eralship into play to try and change
the verdict but he would not fall
I2r It, put Kept tearing in all the
"A left hand stomach punch in the
fourth round took all the fight out
Of me, and the only thing that kept
me together was my ring experience,
which has brought he through many
q hard battle.
Brown is the toughest lightweight
IN the world today. / thought / could
fa-l-~ D
decision / was surprised when he
not only Out-Iought me but Out-boxed
me in different styles. He has i'm
proved wonderfully in his boxing and
pest man In his class in the country
Thusly- does the fighting Abe sum up
MS performance
The san Bernardino baseball fans are
enjoying the sight OF some big stars
in action, in their local baseball games.
BIG chief Meyers Of the New York
eSiants,. who is wintering at his old
home In the S B. valley. is PLAYING
regularly with his home team. just 10
keep in trim. Dave Altizer of the
Cincinnati Reds, captains the team
while playing short stop and Roy Hit.
OF the Pacific Coast league is doing a
little pitching.
The outlaw leagues are growing
aWfully pert and sassy. If organized
baseball attempts to attack the new
league it VIII be fought under the Sher-
man antitrust law, according to presi-
dent John T. Powers Of the outlaw
organization We don't seek any fight
with any persons or combinations"
said Powers, but we have the
statutory right to exist and to compete
with the baseball trust, and we in
tend to do So"
land club Bill Bradley, who has late
" been with the Toronto club of the
Eastern league, has been offered the
management Of the outlaws in Cleve-
land This is putting a serious aspect
on the earnestneSs OF the outlaws
Bradley in his prime was one of the
greatest third basemen that ever lived
The only man who has the right to
challenge him for the honor is Jimmy
Collins Brad" always was recognized
as a player Of exceptional cleverness.
and today there are no better ffelders
than he. Bill could take the stars Of
the two major leagues right now and
post them up a bit on accuracy in
throwing from third station to first
The reason for Brad's leaving Cleve-
land for the Toronto club was a slump
in his batting.
A new manager is TO be appointed
for the Montreal International league
team this year, and the choice seems
to be between Fred Tenney, who led
the Boston Nationals last season. and
Billy Lush, the former Yale coach.
HugneV jennings seems to be willing
to trade George Moriarty for a dark
horse pitcher on the Washington team
The deal viii be settled II made al
all, at the St Valentines day meeting
Of the schedule branch OF the American
league.
Here we have been priding ourselves
on the American national game OF
baseball and how scientific il has be-
come in its development in the last
quarter of a century and right in the
face Of II all, two learned highbroE-
Psychologists Of London and Berlin
mosey Up and with a lot Of old sIa ~
OF stones dug up in northern Syria. trv
TO show that a game similar TO our
baseball existed in 1900, B. c. ana
that the catcher wore a perforafe6
mask made of the dried shell OF native
gourds. The race that played fhaf
game bore the cognOmen OF Hittites
but this must nave been before Jim
8IcGuire and Cy Young broke into the
game.
Eddie Harlan. the Princeton athletic
star has signed TO coach the football
and baseball squads OF Johns Hopkins
university. He is great baseball
coach and has had much baseball ex-
perience playing on the Outfield for
Princeton and Is a streak on the bases.
Harlan was turned into a pitcher when