El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-26
4 Little Sport; A Little Gossip

~ HE name of the man who should
share the hOnOrs with the men
=. who starred for Boston in land
ing another torId's championship for
the American league did not appear
in the box scores IS not printed IN
connection with any game ana remains
out OF every speech and song OF praise
Only in the inner circle will the name
be mentioned, and only among the
members of the new worlds champions
VIII his services be appreciated me
name is Connie Mack
American league players and umpires
and managers maintain thar helnle
Wagner is the real strength Of the
Boston team and that Wagner deserves
so per cent of the credit for winning
the worlds championship without
Wagner the Giants would have beaten
the Red SOE four games IN row. sara
one of the Wisest three men IN base
ball Wagner being considered all that
listen TO what he says about Connie
BEFORE the worlds series Connie
Mack was asked to talk to US about the
Giants and how we had TO play them
TO beat them lie told US more IN ~
minutes than all our scouts discovered
by watching them for several weeks,
and all we could have learned about
them ourselves in a year ] doubt II
we could have beaten Kew \ ork with
out the knowledge that Mack put INTO
who was OutpOinted several weeks ago
in a ten-rOund bout at Albuquerque by
Benny Chavez Of Trinidad, has been
matched for return bout with the
Colorado boy.
Johnny Coulon, bautamweight cham
piOn, who was recently outpOlnted by
Kid Williams, the fast Baltimore POKER,
is after a return match with the niue
southern fighter COulOn IS so sure on
the result this time that he IS ready
10 wager $1,000 on the side If the battle
is 20 rounds instead of 10.
Outfielder Ted Million of the Sioux
City Western league club, has been
traded to the Spokane Northwestern
league team for Chick Hartley the
heavy hitting out1lelder OF that CUB
Freddie Hicks. the Detroit light
weight. won the dec-s~Jn over Hugh
Ross in eight rounds of slow battling
at Chattanooga, Tenn In the second
bout Chrlsty Nllilams kn0ckeo OUT Z
Kid" Mitchell in the seventh round
Johnny Dundee challenger for tie (
featherweight title, easily outpointed
Matt Brock OF Cleveland in ten-rOund (
bout at New Orleans
Packey Mcfarland has been com (
PEELED TO call of his bout with Jimmy I
Duffy, the Buffalo lightweight, on &C
him training for the bout
Kid Williams has been matched to I
meet Johnny Hughes, the English ban /
tam, in six-round bout at PhiladeI- I
phia on the night Of Nov 3 Williams /
Is guaranteed SlJt and 80 per cent OF (
the gross receipts for his end Of the I
purse
Hugh Jennings. the manager Of the j
Detroit Tigers, viii soon 90 into vagde- /
vile. Hughey is booked for ten weeks /
at $500 a week.
According to latest reports. Joe /
Tinker who managed the Cubs in /
the absence Of Frank Chance, has been |
the Cincinnati Reds next year.
Fight indications at present are that
Willie RItchie, the coast lightweight,
viii be WOlgast's opponent at san
Francisco on Thanksgiving. Unless I
WOlgast breaks his engagement with
promoter Coffroth or IS knocked out
by Joe Mandot on Nov, 8, he VIII prob
ably meet Richie at that time
Harry AckerIand, the wealthy Pitts
burger who purchased Frank Chances
holdings in the Chicago National base
ball club, is now anxious to become
will buy president Alurphy's holdings
Tor reasonable price and that he
WOULD take over enough STOCK 10 give
him the controlling interest
All fighters who appear in bouts
hereafter in Pitttsburg viii have to
undergo an eXamination at the hands
OF a physician before they enter the
ring. Such is the order issued by pub
lie safety director MOry OF that city
This precautiOn was made necessary,
the director says, on account of the
number of accidents because men not /
in condition were put into the ring to
fight
Billy Gibson. manager OF the Garden
Athletic club in New York, has signed 1
up fighters for two ten-round bouts