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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

been losing ground despite the fact the
team undoubtedly has the best pitchers
IN the league. A likely penuant winner
at one time has been gradually losing
ground and viii hardly be able 20 finish
IN the inst division unless there IS
remarkable rally On the road trip the
team lost the first 10 out OF y games.
six being BY the shutout route Yet
five of the games were lost by a margin
of one run, showing that had the pitch
ers had batters behind them another
tale would have been told. Beaumont IS
obviously a much stronger defensive
than offensive team and this fact has
prevented them winning many games.
If the boys ever got their batting eyes
back Beaumont viii play an important
part in the pennant race
Waco has been consistently playing
ball and has been 4 first division team
from the Jump There seems to be little
doubt this team VIII finish IN this d.
vision and IS not yet out Of the running
for the pennant- A safer bet would be
that the team VIII end the season in
fourth place. Considering the fact the
team IS made up OF youngsters with
little league experience this viii be 4
good showing. If manager Hardy can
keep his men together next season they
ought to be a pennant winning aggre-
CATION.
Dallas has been showing an increased
strength That organization Is the rival
OF San Antonio and Houston for the
pennant. Bad luck got the team off
slowly or Houston would never have had
the lead the team now has. The PEN
nant viii undoubtedly Law among the
three teams mentioned with the rela-
tive pick being Houston San Antonio
and Dallas. The owners of the Dallas
team have spent money freely to
strengthen the team and good results
have been obtained. That team Is fight
ing San Antonio hard for second place.
bred Lavender. the manager, took hold
OF an unprOmising team ard has been
working wonders with It.
Galveston mas only mediocre team
which viii not be in the running. With
Fort Worth making gains as she Is now
It Is an even bet that the cellar cham
plOnShIp Will 90 to Galveston before the
end OF the season Curly NalOney, for
mer manager for Dallas. has worked
hard with the material he has and
should have done better.
For the first time there IS little kick
ing on the umpires IN the Texas league.
Harry Howell, formerly Of the St. Louis
Browns, Is the latest addition to the
staff and he has been making a fine rec
S-H- - - plOA1tlHS ny Ms experiences
as 4 big league pitcher Another good
man that has been annexed to the staff
Is Mckee. He Is a little fellow as UNI
plres 90, but has a good eve and lots Of
grit and Is making a hit with PLAYERS
and fans alike. J. Ross Helm. a pitcher
released by Galveston recently. Is also
an umpire now. He knows the rules and
has made good. There Is no complaint
against Van Sickle either and between
the four the Texas league Is seeing the
best umpiring in its history and much
OF the troubles president Allen had last
year have been removed as a result.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

San Francisco, Calf, July 6.-There
have been white hopes and white hopes
but assuredIy no possible restorer OF
pugiIistic prestige to the Caucasian
race ever developed under circum-
stances similar to those which m ked
the coming out of big Charlie Miller
of san Francisco.
Miller is Herculean Roumanian
with literally no sense of hUmor With
him every incident of the days exis-
tence is as serious as a smash on the
law. once. out at Colma training camp,
they fixed UP an electric chair with
push button attachment Tor hln' anG
it was a long time before they could
explain the joke to him he tnOugnt
the conversion of the chair into a gal
Vanic battery was due to some YaSary
of the climate or that maybe It was
something he ate that affected MS
When Miller first became enamOred
of prize-ring pastimes he was employed
as a mOtorman on the street cars. he
used to present himself at the training
quarters Of any prominent pugll1st VINO
happened to be undergoing preparation
for a match, and volunteer as Sparrlng
partner.
ter, the harder they slugged him, the
better he liked il. once Stanley AeIcneu
picked the largest pair of gloves he
could find and noSged at Miller WlInoul
stint The mOtOrman was knocked out
that afternoon. but the next day he
was on hand again ready to take his
medicine 1t got to be that he was
quite a drawing card around the camps,
the attendance being visibly swelled
whenever it was known that big Charlie
Miller was to appear.
In time Miller became stand by
with promoters Of fOur-rOund bouts in
san Francisco, and he continued to be
the heavyweight comedian Of the
Queensberry ring. He loved the stress
of fierce fighting, and he had an utter
disregard for punishment
But he did not catch on TO the
technique Of things, somehow. OF the
ordinary leads and counters of boxing
he did not seem able to obtain a grasp.
AS they used to say of Sharkey IN his
cub days he could not hit the post
office unless you let him swing at It:
With the Friday night patrons MllIer
became as popular as with the habitues
Of the training camps. He was matched
with scrub heavies of Indifferent caliber,
and he performed with tOlera bic
share of success. It was a by-wOrd,
that Miller never shirked the issue, no
matter who he was Op- osed to, and he
could always be depended upon to fur
ringmanship that could not be duph-
Gated in any part of the world And
he continued to take himself and every
body and everything seriously
Charles Highly HOnOred.
one night at Dreamland, they brought
a German band from one Of the street
corners to serenade Miller when he en-
tered the ring. Then. the announcer
presented Charlie with a string OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06
About Automobiles
and Automobiles

J. D. Bukey, secretary of the Ell Paso
Automobile club, is making a tour OF
cities in Arizon and New Mexico He
has a bunch of the Borderland route
buttons along, and is boosting hard Tor
the auto highway.
DR.. E. r. Carpenter has purchased a
Ford roadster through the Tri-State
Motor company.
J. Y. Hardy, general agent OF the
REQ, is spending a week in Ell Paso-
His headquarters are at Dallas.
Thomas A. German, the street rail-
way motorman- automObile enthusiast
has a new Interstate, purchased
through the Donaldson Auto company.
It is a 1913 model and has some novel
features, including electric lights, an
electric starter with a ''gas" starter as
auxiliary.
DR.. A. J Adams, agent at Maria for
the REQ, is spending a few days in FL
Paso.
The Fl Paso Automobile clubs Ca
nUtillo-Lanark road project is hanging
fire. There remains much of the
pledged money to be paid. Officials
have declared they viii stop this work
unless the promised funds are forth
coming. 1t is planned in the future to
90 the work on contract
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

was short and sweet with the I-told-
you-sO stuff, in fact, less rampant
than he was when he first quit FlynD's
camp in high disgust The result whis-
pered louder than Tommy could hOlIer
FLYNN fouled so as to let himself out
and I knew he would do it and said so.s
remarked the sage of Syracuse And
as for Curley, who has been bunking
the public, something ought to be done
F1ynn2 All he needs is to have his
head examined, that's all What's the
difference between that and hitting
you on the head and takin' your coin
away from your
Fred Herbert, of Fit Bliss. wants to
know the true name OF Jim Flynn and
his nationality. We cannot find that
he has a true name, but the dope book
calls him Andrew Haynes, and gives
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

right uppercut with which he floored
Albert was a beauty and everybody
present thought it was a case of cur
tains" for Americas pride and JOY in
the white hope" line.
Though defeated, the BOmbardier
made a tremendous hit with the tai
ent" Pitted against a man who out
weighed him by 40 pounds, science
awaited little. The great bulk and
strength and recuperative powers Of
the American overwhelmed the SUI
periOr skill and agility of the English
man. Wells is very handy man with
the gloves and a wonderful puncher,
too. but it viii call for a man of Pal
zer's own size or greater averdupois
and offensive ability to drop him to
the mat for the full count Of 10.
At that the contest ought to stand
Palzer in good stead. He must now
realize he is not invulnerable, and that
defence plays a very Important part in
the art of boxing When man weigh
ing 40 pounds less topples him to the
floor for a near" knockout. as Bonn
barber did in the first session of the
pastime, it is time the recipient of the
wallop took up that branch of the
course, which includes study of de-
fensiVe tactics. Otherwise 1t is only
question of a very short time until the
now magnificent specimen of athletic
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

the speedy and wondrously clever Kill
bane.
The bantams are at it again Johnny
Coulon and Jimmy Walsh are quarrel
ing over the ownership of the cham
pionship title. 1t is all a question of
a couple of pounds, this excitement.
CouIon insists 116 pounds is the eX-
IRENE limit for bantams, while Walsh
contends a higher scale of weights
should prevail COulon's contention Is
well sustained according to the author
tiles who compile the dope in TINS
country. But in England and AUS
tralia the limit is set at 118 pounds.
It is about time that those who pose
as authorities in matters pertaining TO
the rules governing the pugilistic
game get together and put this weight
thing on a safe and sane basis.
weights are not things to trifle with
and in other countries the various
divisions are not of the flexible variety
as is common among the light classes
in America The sporting editors OF
the u. S. n could take the initiative
in the matter of weight reform and
help to guide US out of the chaotic
state that prevails at present.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

his nationality as Irish-s German Amer
lean. However, Flynn is generally sup
posed to be Italian We asked Tommy
Ryan for you, Mr. Herbert, and Mr.. Ry-
an said, "Ah, don't know what he is,
unless he's just nOthin'-" We are sOr-
~ the argument can't be decided I'M
less you care to take the above refer
ence, which is from T. S. Andrews
worlds Sporting annual, the best aU-
thOritE published.
We received a letter today from F.
p Flynn. boxing promoter OF little old
New York Flynn wants to know about
the game down this way He has
Knockout Sweeney, 122, New YOrk's
youthful boxing phenomenon" who has
fought IS battles and never lost a
newspaper decision Who can Knock
out Sweeney
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

son Square Garden. New York, on June
IS The dope now indicates that either
PaIzer, Wells or McCarty will later be
pitted against the survivor of the john
son-Flynn Independence Day battle.
McCarty is 80 years old, well over
feet in height and one of the few
handsome men in the fight game Dur
ing his entire early life he was out in
the open working as a regular rancher,
and he grew up a wonderfully power
ful chap. He weighed around 2SO
pounds.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

by whipping Tim Logan, the hard-hit-
ting sailor Before the McCarty-Logan
fight, McCarty's claim to distinction
was based on his spectacular perform
ance with Morris, and on that only.
While McCarty failed to knock Logan
out, he forced his opponent to clinch
in order to avoid the sleep-punch, and
he also scored a clean knockdoWn.
Negotiations are now under way to
bring McCarty into the ring against
the winner of the match between Bonn
barber Wells and Al Palzer in Madi-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

teen sane as regards firecrackers and
slvrockets, but it certainly was not
sane in the world Of padded gloves,
padded on the backs. While basebail
prOdnced good sport nationwide. two
terrible fiascos resulted in the realm
of swatdom. And we had the pleasure
of seeing locally something Just as odo
as possible-WOrse than possloIe-
1t still seems foolish to say anything
about the Johnson Flynn song ana
csnce. ONLY one thing to say is that
IL is over That's the best news II
ended Just as it should have ended
DOlicei Bloody murder IS chaSte ana
refined compared to it. And the pub
lies money!
The WoIgast- Rivers affray was at
least a boxing battle. But fouls spoiled
if and an unpopular decision made II
worse. Our little local affair N the
over river town also was ruined by the
unsportsmanlike conduct Of parucl-
pant, and fouling-
One thing is sure, bifity bang sure.
If Distinguishing, mind you, not
slaughter house scrappinG-can live
another five years in a CIVILIZED coun-
try. it will have to be cleaned, swept
clean as a New England kitchen 1t IS
the greatest sport in tho world, and
fight fans ought to weep like fishes
over its fate.
With FLYNN fOuling a negro at We
gas, eutpointed by the black in science,
with Wolgast fOuling q Mexican at
Los Angeles. OutclaSsed by the Latin.
and with Moran fOuling negro at
JuareZ. Outboxed and administered, It
il high time for white hope, a good
clean white hope who at least can do
the first and best thing, take fair
licking and take 1t like regular man.
What did I tell your Tommy Ryan
was the happiest guy extanL But he
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06
RIXEX PITCHES
SHUTOUT GAME

Boston, Mass, July s.-Rixey. the
Philadelphia Nationals recruit pitcher
from the university Of Virginia. held
Boston without score yesterday.
while his teammates were piling up 10
rims Only two Boston men reached
second base.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

wv THAT it is all
over, and the public's
pennies are counted
TO the last iitney, it
is well to ask that
whisSered query,
w hithcr are We
drifting2" Or, it
may be we are not
drifting, just stand
ing still. pausinS be-
fore the final brodie.
his inglCriOus
fourth might ave
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06
Oh, Goodness, Gracious Me, They
grandmother WhiteHOpe; Another!
By W. W. NaughtOn

He Is Hungarian GOuas Elephant Strong Ok and He
YouC Can't HurtH Him; lie Comes From Out San
Way and Story's About Him.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

IOften Forget To Write
Anything To Fill Up
These Tuuo Little Corners.
WHEN WILL BOXING TAKE IT'S
FINAL BRODIE? JUST A QUERY
By Timothy Turner

Three Dsgra Compliment
eHopeW Take
Far-What Tommy Saws
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

~ nInisbment absorbed, even in VIC
torv. Those who are advising the big
fellow will do well to take the tip,
if they have his interests at heart.
Give this boy a thorough schooling, IN
certain branches of the science be-
fore sending him to certain siaught
nv orr dark-skinned brethren of the
padded glove.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06
HOUSTON, LUCKLESS, GOULD STILL
LOSE TEXAS LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP

San Antonio Returns After Winning Two thirds of the
Games Away from Home, Fattening the Average,
and the BrOnehos Are Hopeful-Austin
Will Be the Goat; Beaumont Pitch
ers Are Good, and That's All.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

/
Give This boy a thorough schooling IN
certain branches of the science be-
fore sending him to certain slaughter
bv our dark-skinned brethren OF the
padded glove.
Johnny KiIbane, featherweight cham
piOn, will need a body guard If he con-
tinues to turn dear car 10 lhe aP-
peaIs of Johnny Dundee for match
Dundee is an Italian who adopted
Scotch fighting mOnicker, and threat
ems to invoke the aid of the Black
Hand to convince the champion he IS
entitled to a crack at the honors-
Kilbane and Dundee were matched
TO box 10 rounds in this city about
two months ago, but few days before
the date set for the bout Dundee was
canned" and another boxer suDstl-
tuted. The alibi of the promoters at
the time was the rather mediocre
showing Johnny had made a few days
previous in an exhibition with Chi
cago Charley White, and which they
claimed injured his drawing powers
Whatever the reason Dundee did not
get the chance to match his skill with
that of AttelPs cOnqueror and that IS
why he waxeth WrOth at the champion
and the LEGAL promoters who stalled
him out of the contest. Since that
time Johnny has met and defeated the
best of the division in the east Re
in the worthy attempt to arrange
u round bout with Kilbane at the
latter's home city of Cleveland, but
fate seems to have picked him out as
a mark, as negotiations were called off
Dundee is regarded locally as the
one boy of this ueighborhood who
stands the chance of holding his own
in match with Kilbane. and the lat
ter may think so, too, as he has not
exhibited any great desire to mix it
with the little Daso. The champion
evidently prefers to await the arrival
IN this country of Jem DriscOl and
will not risk his reputation in a bout
with a clever boy like Dundee before
talking business With the English
champion. Driscon nd Kilbane would
draw capacity business at the Garden,
and that's too big a proposition to have
blocked by the Dundees and their like.
A Driscou-Knbane match would
prove a treat to fistic lovers. I am
sure. When the Briton was last here
he made a big hit with local sports
by outbOxing the supposedly invincible
Atten. Jem is duo to light on our
shores in the very near future, and
although coming over without any
thing in the way of a contract or piece
of paper of ally description binding
him to box klbane. it is a cinch John
is the bucko he's after.
Despite his advanced years, as ath-
letes are reckoned, JeI.4 is as good now
as at any time during his long career
Those who saw him triumph over Jean
Posey, French champion, proclaim him
unbeatable. There is no disputing the
fact that DriscOu is one of the fast
est and most scientific boxers who
ever graced the featherWeight division.
He will prove worthy adversary for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

This upstanGA young Nebraskan,
40 got a n start in his race
jIistil when he floored
cunt of ten, has
pugh white hope
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06
PaIZer Ought To Have Some Boxing By ia
Schooling Or Get His Sometime Sure HH''',
By James J. COrbett
Ex-HeavyweIght Champion OF
the World.

He Licked Wells English Blows and Defence a
Didn't Know o Self He Had Better
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

What did I tell your" Tommy Ryan
was the happiest guy extant But he
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-06

One night at Dreamland, they brought
a German band from one Of the street
corners to serenade Miller when he en-
tered the ring Then. the announcer
presented Charlie with a string Of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-20
CHILEAN sTEvEDoREs.
FerociouH Class Of Men With the
Manners of Savaees.

a FernciouH Class Of Men With the
Marners Of Savaees.
At Carone; the principal coaling polr
on the west coast of South America, il
is customary for cargo boats to ship
twenty or thirty Chilean stevedores, In
addition to the repA lar crew, to break
out the cargo when 1t is consigned to
various ports farther up the coast. A
worse looking lot of cutthroats than
these seagoing longshoremen 1t would
be hard to find even among the ban
dts of southern Europe or the old time
pirates of the West Indies. Swarthy,
understood. dirty and clothed In non.
descript rags. they are about the bot.
tom notch in the scale of humanity.
What they lack In intelligence they
make up In ferocity and animal cum
ming. Even crew of Kanakas will
refuse to berth or mess with them
Every man of them carries a knife
and they are commanded by an over
seer who is addressed as captain"
and exerts u certain degree of author
ity. They do their own cooking while
aboard ship, each man serving as cook
for a week, at the end of which time
he resigns In favor of the next In line,
OF course the captain" never de-
scends to mental labor, not even to
work the cargo. He stands by with a
cigarette between his fingers and d.
reefs his men. The table manners of
these semisavages are the manners of
the stone age. Neither knives, forks
nor spoons are used, but every man
grabs for himself and Grams as much
as he can into his mouth at once, greed
LILY tearing the meat apart with his
fingers and cleaning up the grease
with piece Of bread, which also does
duty as napkin before 1t Is swal-
lowed. A number of sheep generally
are taken out on these tramp steamers
and killed when fresh meat is needed.
When the Chileans learn sheep Ia
going to be killed they crowd around
with tin cups or basins to catch the
warm blood. which they drink eagerly.
They also bring chunks Of bread and
sop up every drop that falls.-New
York Press.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-20

FOR RENT-Five-rooms on Brunie
street, down stairs, $12.50; one
four-room house on Arledge street,
$500; two four-room houses on Ber-
nice avenue. $500; one five-room
house on East Southern avenue,
$500; one fourroom house on Edna
street. $500; one five-room house
on West Seventh, $500; one four
room house on West Fourth, $500;
One five-room house on Court
street, $500; one five room house
in Pool Addition, $500; three FIVE
room houses on East Pine street,
$500 each; one five-room house on
First avenue, $12.50; one five-room
house on Nora street, $3.50; two
seven room houses on Jacl
street, $12.50.-F. r. perkins.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-20
THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS.
Head longs. Long Exposures and the
Ordeal of Looking Pleasant.

Ordeal of Looking Pleasant.
An event was the taking OF the first
photograph in the olden days. when
photography was still hampered by
pitchforks and long exposures. There
are few good baby pictures of oui
fathers. The fond mother and father
Sit bolt upright, frozen or petrified,
while between them is very starchy
little dress surmounted by very
bury little spot which represents n
composite of several partial likenesses
of the hopeful
But II was with the child of ten or
twelve years that the old time photog.
rapher succeeded best, the child that
has reached the age capable of feeling
the tremendous responsibility Of hav.
ing picture taken. Every old album,
such as used to grace the center table
In the front room. parades before you
long array of these conscientious
young people undergoing the terrible
ordeal Of Sitting" Loving mothers
spent hours combing those smoothly
plastered locks tightly back and bind
ing them uncompromisingly behind
with irreproachable ribbon bows. At
the last moment, after the operator has
screwed the iron fork tight up behind
the trembling head and has pushed the
huge camera here and there, ducking
In and out under the black cloth In a
most awe inspiring manner. mother
has slipped into range and given just
one more pat to the starchy skirts and
one more tug at the big sleeves. Then
there came the awful command. Look
pleasant" which the victim did by a
remarkable effort of will, usually at
tanning somewhat the expression which
comes over the face of strangling
cat. Five minutes later the artist
announces that "that will do" and
the family feels the same relief that
comes to friends with the announce
ment that the patient has survived
the operation and is resting comforta-
bly."-Detroit News-Tribune.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-02-20
Pain and Sudden paath

In angina pectoris, agony spasm Of
the heart, there are two chief features
pain and sudden death. The pain Is
coming and going, intense, peculiar,
strange, awful, usually in the chest
around the heart and spreading into
the shoulders and abdomen. Death,
which comes in higher percentage
than In any other known disease, for
few ever get over it. is usually sudden,
often, as the poet says. life struck
sharp on death" There are indeed in
this disease many mysteries remain
ing to be cleared up. A father and his
four children have died Of angina pee
toris New York Press.