El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-20

seize he cOnunued doing this unit a
club member came over TO satisfy his
curiosity It's this way said the
president. Il throw over one worm,
then another, and maybe a dozen all
told When the fish think Pm on the
level III begin throwing the hooks into
them"
There is much dissatisfaction for
lovers of clean boxing in the victory
at New York this week of BOmbardier
Wells. the big English smasher, over
Tom Kennedy. Wells is such clean
fighter, and such clean sport that
many Americans wished he would
come over and clean out the whole lot
of white and black hopes. His defeat
at the hands OF Al Palzer was regretted
because Palzer's is the slug-slug style
of fighter with little boxing science.
Let's hope the Englishman VIII have
good luck next time. too.
Johnny Hayes. winner Of the 1903
Marathon at London, who witnessed the
running of the classic event this year
says The heat cooked the Americans
in the marathon. It was South Africa s
day. Americans cannot run in sucn
heat Indeed, the men from all the
cold countries wilter. The colder the
country the worse the athletes failed
in the race. Under the whitening sun,
kolehmainen, the star Finlander, was
no better than our tailenders
President Charles Comiskey, Of the
:
that Hal Chase, Of the Highlanders,
might come TO his club we had no
chance to get Chase" said Comiskey
without weakening our club more
than Chase would have strengthened it.
no trade would be agreed to by New
York that would not leave a hole in
the home team that it would be i'm
medlately necessary to fill Up with
good player" Comiskey didn't make
known the names of the players men,
toned in the attempted trades
Americas victory at the OIympiad
this year Is popular with all save the
English and the English representa-
tives are the storm eenters of many
critics. The Swedish press bristles
with burning onslaughts on the unfair
tactics Of the Britishers in many OF
the events in which they took part,
particularly those which they man
aged to annex. John Bulls winning
of the water polo tournament was
only due to reckless. unfair playing"
says the Stockholm Dagblat a very
conservative newspaper
Connie Mack, manager of the worlds
champions, and Bert Leopold. Of Al
tOona, have purchased the Reading Tri-
State franchise and players and viii
operate this club under the name of
Reading Exhibition company. The
franchise originally belonged to Al
toona. but when the business fell of
the club was transferred to Reading.
Failure to post the $4,000 bond required
Dl the lEaB uG resulted In the FRANCHISE
being forfeited and president Carpen-
fit. g 80
Joe Rivers's debut as an actor has
been attended by a wholesale Iacera-
ton of feminine hearts In fact, Joe
has proved to be simply a knockout {
as a matinee hero The proof there-i
of is the daily tribute of mash notes /
that he is receiving at the theater=I
where he is doing an act Joe's part
as an actor is classic in its simplicity.
The heroine Of the play cries for help
Vow. Like that. And then joe
The first break in the quartet OF
great pitchers that helped TO bring two
American league pennants TO this city
came when Connie Mack. manager of
the Philadelphia Athletics. announced
that ne had released Harry R CCy'')
Morgan to the Kansas City team Of the
American association. Morgan came
to the Philadelphia team in 1909 as
the result Of a trade with the Boston
Americans.
Rube Marcuard has a "break" coming
his way. If there is anything in past
performances. Rube's record has soft
spots throughout its brilliancy that
indicates he may run back to a pre-
historic form at critical moments and
disturb seriously. the hopes of John
AIcGraw. For example, the year that
Rube earned his greatest reputation as
d performer for the Indianapolis
american Leaguel- club and won the
title of "S11. 600 lemon" frOu-the public,
he had a peculiar break that indicates
he is temperamentaL
When the Central states tennis cham
piOnship tournament is played next
season IT is expected that the winner