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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20
ARCADE.
HOLLAND TO FIGHT BERG

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.--
Betting on the battle between
Otto Berg OF Astoria and Fritz
Holland or Spokane Friday night
opened ut even money. The men
will go ten rounds in the main
event of the Dreamland show.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-11-20

COLDS Ceuse HEADACHE and GRIP
LAXATIVE BRoMO otiinipe removes the
caufe. There Is only one Promo Quinfpe."
Loo. for !signature Of u. w. GROVE. 25o.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16
The Fresh Bush-Leaguer
Little Stories About Baseball
BY w. A. PheLor-

of "busher kid
full OF
oldtmers club administer
what rebuf him his place and
ratified their
Of this Tyrus Cobb and there have been many
ambitious energetic
older and
looking oldste
gently
the path of ehquet and The kid proved
especially practical joke bit of hoTsepy
He fight"
the Georgia hills with large
should whffenpoofs
hustler, this to make his
couldn't
rafting along the
the shoes back the but yearned
shOehef lower and that
square
his face He'll who did it
n a
Gnning yOune1 prepared
waterighted
trembling
while old Bancroft, business of the Cincinnati club
m
Q right where stand!"
already
when reached Cincinnati they found him behind
in the baggage
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16
To the Junk Heap For Johnson and
Wolgast In Six Months Is Prediction
By A. FAN.

gave Wolgast an unmercifuI trounc-
Ing. His recent bout with the mex
perienced Jack O'Brien in Philadelphia
added nothing to his credit He won,
and that was about all He was tired
at the finish Then came the go with
Joe Rivers, in which the champion had
the stuffing knocked out Of him.
WOIEasf Lucky.
Ad was, no doubt, lucky in getting
away with the decision as he did
Rivers was handing out more than he
was getting, and the little Mexican, it
was proved, was fOuled. Consequently
the referees decision in giving WolgaSt
the verdict well merited the cry that
went up against it When the foul
occurred WOlgast was in a bad way
and il is a question whether he could
have answered the bell call for the 14th
round. No marks were shown on VOL
CAST as evidence of foul blow, and it
was over him that the referee should
have counted the fatal 10. 1t was an
unsatisfactory ending to the bout, but
it proved one thing, that there are sew
eraI lightWeights who can beat VOL
CAST and, if the champion decides on
another battle, either against Rivers,
Kitchie, Brown. Cross and possibly
Tommy Murphy. there will be another
champion crowned
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16
New York Giants To Tour World With
AII-American Team, To Interest Europe
In Great American Game Of Baseball

TT Is a certainty that there Will be
an old world tour of the Giants and
= All Americans after the present
baseball season ends. 1t was first an
nounced by business manager Frank
Bancroft that the trip would be taken
by the two teams that won the pen
RantS and then participated in the
worlds series But it seems that, as
the plan originated with John McGraw,
the Giants, whether they capture the
National league flag or not, will make
the trip, accompanied by a team com
posed largely of American league play
ers.
C. D. White, who has discussed the
details of the tour with McGraw, will
probably leave here the last week of
this month to pave the way He will
receive final instructions in a few days
and expects TO have plenty of time to
arrange for the accommodation of 80
OF more players at leading hotels, in
ocean steamships and aboard limited
railroad trains The Incorporation Of
the New York Giants-Au American
Around the World Tour at Albany on
Friday with a capital Of $4,000 makes
the trip a certainty.
It is learned that Roger Bresnahan
might be persuaded to go along as
manager of the All Americans. Mike
Mitchell, of the Cincinnati Reds, is said
to have been invited to play on the
All American team and invitations have
been extended to Ty Cobb, Napoleon
Lajoie, Joe Jackson, Iris Speaker, Ed
die Collins Chief Bender, Hal Chase
and other American league stars, it is
reported. McGraw has received prom
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16
THE SUSAN THIRD WINS
FIR 81, 2 4 CT ENOR IIpnAON On

Chicago III, Aug 16.-The Susan
III. owned by A. A Bennett of the
Jackson Park Yacht club. today won
the first of three races for the Sir
Thomas Upton cup at the water car
nivaI and regatta
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16

ises from MathewsOn, Marquard, Doyle
Fletcher, Snodgrass Murray, Devore
Chief Meyers, Shafer, TesreaU, Hartley
and Crandall to go with him, but if
some of them decide to remain at
home, no trouble will be experienced
in filling their places. In fact, the pro-
meters of the tour are sWamped with
applications from star ball players who
would rather travel all winter free of
expenses than remain IDLE.
The tour viii begin on October 25,
when the teams wE1 play their first
game on the Polo grounds. 1t has been
tentatively arranged to visit Philadel-
phia and Washington before going
west, where games probably will be
scheduled for PittSburg, Cincinnati,
Chicago, St Louis, Kansas City. Omaha,
Denver and San Francisco. The trip
at Honolulu, Toxic. Yokohama, Hong
Kong, Manila, Sydney and Melbourne,
after which the teams will come back
to Panama for several games in the
canal zone, to be followed by a visit
to leading cities in South America
Because Of weather conditions it has
been decided to abandon the idea of
playing in European cities, also for
the reason that the men must return
home in time to report for spring prac-
tice.
Men in control of the sport seem to
think that the tour will serve to intro
dUce baseball in foreign countries and
IN time make the game popular all
over the world. For this reason Nc
Graw and his fellow promoters will re-
ceive official endorsement and plenty
Of financial support
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16

I OF the infieId before anyb5dy can get
under them Similarly, most ground
balls that are jabbed into that terri
tory are Wagner's prey. He covers all
the wide stretch between Steve Yerkes
and Larry Gardner. and neither Gard
ner or Yerkes needs move far out of
ms position, for Wagner trails away
INTO their territory.
He takes his balls ''clean"-that is,
he gets the grounders and the Founders
squarely in his two hands, without
so many infielders. If the hits are too
wide for a tWOhanded stop, Wagner
has a spectacular way of Stabbing
them with one hand. the bare one or
the gloved one alike.
Makes Bullet Toss.
Then comes the throw. Wagner does
not wait to get into position. He
throws from nearly any position. Hits
to deep short field are likely to be safe
ones unless the stop is quick and
IhlS is Heine'S' Specialty-bullet
throws No other infielder in either
league can beat him at them. The
ball goes with tremendous speed, in
a straight line, and is rarely inaccu-
rate wagner now and then fumbles
one or throws aWkwardly when some
BODY runs in front Of him; that is one
OF ms lew weaknesses. But all in
1elders have the same trouble-it is
natural.
Wagner covers second base for most
When the runner starts off first
"Helne" usually waits to see if it is a
hut and rum play, and is drawn out
or position less by those plays than
any of the other shortstops. Other
wise he hikes for the bag. He takes
the catchers throw on a run usually
in one hand, then blocks off the base
completely so that the runner can't
touch it That catching is wonderful
wagner has been known to keen on
running towards the bag and swing
his left hand away out behind him to
nan a3 a Wild throw in that direction.
All OF this without stopping, and an
other motion puts it on the runner.
Not Afraid of Cobb.
wagner is fearless. He is one of the
lew who pay no attention to Ty Cobb's
steam engine feetfOremOst dives For
instance, in the Detroit series, Wagner
calmly sat before the bag and waited /
for Cobb to slide in. Ty was out.
"Heine" has evolved a play that gets
the runners off second, even when they
take short leads. He and Joe Wood
are particularly successful with the
play.
This is "Heine'' Wagner in the field.
At that he does not hit in the 500
class, but he is q very timely swatter
and advances home runners more fire.
quently than his average would indi-
cate. He is sure at the hit and run
gene, connecting even when he has to
fling. his club at the ball to stop a
''pitchOut"
Catchers frequently think they de- /
tect the hit and run signal whl - |
upon they order the pitcher to throw I
wide, so as to fool the batter and /
catch the base runner Wagner reaches /
tor these and hits them On the Eases /
be is speedy and alive to advance him
self and the others. He is daring and f.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16

" OURTH of July events in the realm
of pugilism were sort of hand
L writings on the wall. And those
writings seemed to spell that another
six months will see the passing of two
namely. Jack Johnson.
premier of the heavyweights, and Ad
WOlgast kingpin of the lightweight
division.
While it is true that johnson won
his fight, and was entitled to the deci-
sion. as far as the bout went, II
seemed to many at the ringSide that
II was only a matter of time that
Jack would tire out and quit, or would
hasten the fight and put Flynn out
But those nine rounds were fought
before the chief of police of Las We
gas called a halt and the nine rounds
were enough to tell the story of John
son not being the Johnson who beat
Jim Jeffries at Reno two years ago.
Johnson didn't have the sting to the
punch that sent Jeffries down and out.
Against better opponent than Flynn
il is not unlikely that today he would
be an exchampiOn.
Whom Did Jack Beat:
jim Flynn was never a near cham
plOn- His only right TO the match he
got with Johnson was the beating into
fall He is the kind that held cham
plonshlps long ago He is a ripping,
tearing fighter without much idea of
the finer points of the game-the
scientific requirements of the later day
boxers He can take a grueIIing-
that's all But he had enough to show
that Jack Johnson had slowed up, tl-at
the two years rest. and all that goes
with idleneSs, did the black champion
no good, and that a really good man
Will take his measure. johnson may
believe in his own conditions now and
probably viii make good his threat
that he will fight no more.
It's true that none of the present
white hopes can beat Johnson no v,
but there's niger in the woOdpile
who can That fellow is Joe Jeanette
johnson knows the power of this fell
low No amount of money is music TO
the ears OF Johnson when Jeannette's
name IS mixed up in it Its diScOrd
then. Right now, in his inside pocket
Johnson has an offer of S20,0 600 to box
Jeanette 10 rounds in New York city,
and another offer of $4,000 from Paris
to fight this same Jeanette in Paris.
johnson Seems Afraid.
There amt no answer" was John
ed him the missive containing the Of
fers- And there probably will be none.
But, if he does fight and viii take the
Paris offer, which will call for 20
rounds or more. and the fight takes
place this year johnson will be an ex-
a pin in this prediction And while
about il, jab the following, too.
It's about Ad WOlgast. Ad is not
the fighter who beat Battling Nelson
in that gruelling 30 round battle at
COlma a little more than two years ago.
went recently took some of the fight
ing spirit out of him. On the occasion
of his first start. against Willie Richie,
he was submitted to a fine lacing. The
bout was limited to four rounds. Lucky
thing it was for the champion Ritchie
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16

" HE name Wagner is not to fade
from the list of topnOtch ball
Il players for a while yet. The i'm
mortal Honus has not yet gone back
far enough to cure pitchers of ague
when he goes to bat, and Boston has
another Wagner who is leading the
speed boys in their dash for the Amer
lean league flag
If Heine Wagners arm comes back
into shape we will have a baseball team
worth talking about-Wagner is the
only problem If he's Wagner we
know just Wen do"
President McAleer, of the Red Sox
made the comment before the Red SOx
started on their training trip this year
Then he observed
This Wagner fellow is a wonder.
Last fan he was discouraged His arm
never come back / met him in the
fail, told him to take it easy, forget
about his troubles and work himself
gradually into shape. I told him we'd
stick by him until he was his old self
comes out"
Wagner's arm did come back; it is
better every day of his life, and around
Helne" Wagner now reVOlves a team
that has beaten everything In the
American league, and looks like it
champions this fall
Wagner is the pivot of the Red Sox
leaders He Is the key of the infield
and, without a stonewau infield, or
something like one, the Red Sox could
never nave approached first place
There is no doubt Wagner is far and
away the best shortstop in the Ameri-
can league.
Strong in OutfieId.
The Red SoX have had the best out
field in the league-probably the best
in the WOrld-fOr a long time. Last
year the pitchers did not work up to
championship form and the infield was
a patchwork all season. Wagner's arm
went bad and he had to play second
base, when he played at all
A second division team resulted This
year the pitchers are going good"
field, with Jake Stahl back in harness,
finishes the championship baseball out
fit
Wagner is the man who adds to the
team just what was needed to win the
pennant- His return to form has given
the other infielders confidence. They
are the ballast, he is the driving power.
ShortstOp is the hardest place to
play On the diamond Wagner is here,
there, everywhere. Draw line just !
back of the pitchers box straight to !
the first-second base line, then carry
it over around second, out into center |
field about 70 feet, then across the |
outfield to a point outside the left foul |
line, then in and around the position /
occupied by Larry Gardner, and you 4
have Wagner's territory
Any fly ball that comes into this 4
territory will be taken, of a surety. by 4
"Heine" Wagner. except when '.Heine"
is drawn out of position, or when it
happens TO be in Speakers own pet
preserve. He is death to fly balls, and
is particularly strong for those little
Texas Ieaguers that usually drop back
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16

circuit, took q trotting record Of 2:16A
at the Gentlemen's Driving park, Bal
tlmore, three years ago. Wilkes Heart,
II /, C. Charley Mitchell, Esther W,
HaiIworthy, and a dozen lesser Grand
circuit nights all got more or less OF
the education that later made them
famous on the Gentlemen's Driving
park track.
Jack Johnson's bankrou Is apparent
ly getting smaller and beautifully less
these days. Pipe the yarn that he will
train for Just one more fight Pray
deliver the American public from. d
The, Tigers have acquired another
hitter in the person of Veach, Indian
aPolis outfielder.
Ad Wolgast and Packey Mcfarland
have signed for 10 round mill on
October s. Mr. WOlgast's price has
not been mentioned Mcfarland can be
depended upon to get his bit"
Is the baseball in the American
league today faster than it was 10
years ago. In 1902, when the St
Louis Browns put their first club in
the American league, they finished
second and had a great ball club with
Burkett, Heidrick and Hemphill in
catchers, John Anderson on first, Dick
Padden at second. Bobby Wallace at
short and Hunter Hill playing third.
The pitchers were DOnahue, SudhotI,
Powell and Harper, aSOOd bunch OF
boXmen, too. The Athletics of that
year contained Fultz. Hoffman, Harsel
and Seybold as Outfielders; Davis,
Murphy, Monte Cross and Lave Cross.
infielders; Schreck as main catcher,
and Waddeu, Henley, Bender and Plank
as pitchers They were pennant win
ners. Cleveland had a team contain
ing Lajoie Hickman, Gouchnaur, Brad
ley, Bemis, Zimmerman, Flick, Bay Nc
Carthy. Joss Bernhardt. Moore johnny
McGraw, Jimmy Williams and. that
bunch were in Baltimore. Chicago
had Griffith, Callahan. Fielder Jones,
Sullivan. Mcfarland. Isbell, Green and
Holmes BOSton's team contained La
Chance. Ferris. Parent, J. Collins, Win
tiers, Cy Young, Hughes. Dinneen. Glib
son, Farrell, Criger. Chick Stahl and
Dougherty. They were great teams in
those days, but they didn't come up to
the wonderful machines of the present
day.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16
Facts and Fancies For Fans

TN the attack of diphtheria, which
Ad Brennan has suffered. the
= Phillies have not only lost one OF
their two most dependable tWlrlers
but manager Doom has been furnished
with the best kind of an argument
in his agitation against the spit
ball.
One of the reasons that Doom has
been fighting this form of delivery IS
that expectorating upon the horse
hide is insanltary- He has claimed me
practice might spread disease from
one player to another. Many laughed
at this argument but now Doom has
his come back"
Every man who played in the game
against the St Louis Cardinals last
week and the two umpires ran the
risk of being infected with the germs
of diphtheria. Brennan was sick be-
fore the game started He thought
that his trouble was only an ordinary
sore throat, and before the game
started as usual fortified himself with a
piece of Hcorice. This he intended TO
chew and eXpectOrate upon the ball IN
case the opposing twirler used the
'spit-balP' delivery. The llcorice OFFSETS
the slippery condition OF the pail, ana
enables the "non-spitters" to get
good grip on the hOrsehide.
Brennan was undoubtedly suffering
the preliminary symptoms of dlph-
liberia last Wednesday, and the disease
could easily have been carried by the
ball to some other player or number
of them and the umpires.
II numerous reports are to be be-
lieved and the consensus of opinion
among the tennis players at the South
hampton tourney is expressive of the
correct state of affairs, William Lar
ned, the national tennis champion, VIII
not defend his title at Newport next
week. Larned is suffering with rheu-
matism; also. the new ruling of the
national association would require that
he play through the entire tourney
rather than merely play in the chal-
lenge round, and these are said to be
the principal reasons for his saying
he would not compete at Newport
With Larned off the courts 1t looks as
if Maurice Mclaughlin, the California
wonder would be the next national
champion. Ranking tennis players OF
the country are meeting on the turf
courts of the Meadow club at South
hampton, Long Island, this week for
what is regarded as try out for the
national tourney Eastern players ad-
nit their supremacy is more seriously
threatened than for many years. The
newer players, such as Mclaughlin,
the Pacific coast champion, and Thom-
as c. Bundy, the western star, or
Norris Williams the national clay court
champion will be watched with in
terest- Beals c. Wright and William =
Clothier. both former national cham
pions, are others expected to com
pete.
After having been in retirement for
two weeks. Jack Johnson is out again
He planned Monday to begin training
for Just one more fight" and, judging
from the number of promoters who
have been camping on his trail since
he recently announced that he was OUT
of the ring for all time, he will have
little trouble in getting it Jese and
Eddie Mcmahon, of the st. Nichols
club, were expected here from New
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16

York to make Johnson an offer for
fighting Joe Jeanette. 1t is said
Jeanette already has accepted the
clubs terms. I want TO show the
public that I have not gone back"
said the negro, in explaining his sud
den decision to reenter the ring.
These stories that I am all in make
laugh. Maybe l was a little slow in
the critics that I can box as well as
ever" Billy Mccartney also was eX-
pected to attempt to induce Packey
Mcfarland and Johnny Coulon to &C
cept some bouts before Billy Gibson's
Madison Square Garden club. Nc
Carney was in Cadillac Sunday and
obtained Ad WOlgast's promise to fight
Mcfarland in New York October ).
. James Thorpe. the Carlisle indian
wonder. may be induced to play pro-
fessionaI baseball in Boston. I like
the game" says Thorpe, and I like
Boston and the people here, but 1
would want to be with a winner" He
may team up with the SoX. There
will be no professional baseball for
me this season however, further de-
clared Thorpe. i am going to finish
up school first. 1 have another year
at Carlisle. Several big league scouts
have been after me and as much as
three years ago I was approached by
one of your Boston scouts, but l gave
him the nothing doing sign"
George HORNE, the American Olympic
high jumper, says the northern Eu-
ropean athletes will force America
to the limit at the next Olympic cham
piOnships at Berlin. They are sur
prisingIy quick to see the advantage
of the finer points of the game ana
absorb ideas just as quickly With
improved form to aid their great natural
ability, il will be a task to defeat
them. From every standpoint it seems
that the time is approaching when the
United States viii have its first battle
for athletic supremacy, and from quar-
tiers that were unlocked for up 10
within recent years
The big pacing. gelding, Sir James,
recently bought by Henry Copper
thite and that John Crawford has had
in hand for some time, is said to be
gradually rounding into racing shape,
and will soon be given race Sir
James has a record of PIG Ii 1t is
claimed he has paced miles as good as
2:12-
Instead of establishing a new South
ern league batting record as some of
the scribes predicted earlier in the
season. Sd baseman AImeida, Cuban
slugger. is gradually finding his way
back to the 300 class McGilvray 5
four hits against Chattanooga last
week against none for the Cuban
batting honors. Both men are now
tied with an average of .319. which
may drop a trifle lower before the
campaign is over
Just about the time baseball fans
were ready to extend their sympathy
to Otto Knabe upon his appointment as
manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Horace
FOsel declared there was no truth in
the TumOr.
Baden. the big black stallion that is
now one of the sensations of the Grand
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16

were ready to extend their sympathy
to Otto Knabe upon his appointment as
manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Horace
Fogel declared there was no truth in
the TumOr.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16

Baden. the big black stallion that is
now one of the sensations of the Grand
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16
PECOS WINS SECOND
GAME FROM ARTESIA

Artesia. y n, Aug. 1G--The second
game of ball between Pecos and Ar
tesla proved a smuggling match. the
visitors doing the most hitting. The
score was 9 to in favor of PecOs-
Bratton and Landlord constituted the
battery for Artesia until Bratton was
knocked out of the box and replaced
by Caldwell, who Eeld PecOs down to
a few scattering hits Southpaw
Voyle and Collins represented PecOs
until Artesia got to smuggling VOyle,
when he was replaced by Higginbot-
tom The game was very exciting and
was witnessed by 4 large crowd One
more game will be played between the
teams
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-16

The big pacing geldins, Sir James
recently bought by Henry Copper
thite and that John Crawford has HAD
in hand for some time, is said to b.
gradually rounding into racing shape
and will soon be given race. 81
James has a record of 2:19 IA. 1t il
claimed he has paced miles as good a.
PIP