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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22
GIints From the Diamond

They stepped over the platter to reach
wild pitches and hammered sullivan
with gustO. Sullivan is a wize gazaD
and he kept them wallOping at the bad
ones. Sully hasn't got much, however,
besides his head and his glove.
Fisher famed MuIberger with the
bases full and defeat staring the Mill
ers in the face by the old quick re-
turn delivery It caught Mul off his
balance and he swung wildly.
Lieut.. Terrell covered himself with
glory with three pinch hits, driving in
the majority Of the Army's runs ahead
OF him
It was a field day for the high school
and institute athletes, most Of tho
members Of each team being in uni
form
Both Chenoweth and Hoover distin-
guished themselves, the former in the
field and the latter at the bat
BedregOn has a fast breaking curve
ball which had the SOX swinging wild
Seventeen innings Of umpiring bases
and balls is a pretty tough test for an
umpire the first time out. Lortz got
away with the jub we'll
II. Grady stepped in at the first sacl,
the last minute for the AIillers.
HammOnds ran up against about as
much hard luck as falls to the lot OF
a gardener. when he booted three in an
inning.
Lieut.. CARRIER wasn't a bit dfsan-
pointed, or. If ne was, he didn't show
it. over the Army's defeat Wait TN
we get going" he said. Lieut. Halfor6
was as confident.
The Army probably viii play two
practice games with the high schOo
this week
Opett. with his short. jerky windup
was easy for the AIllers- He certainly
was received with open arms by them
Holland the second baseman Of tn,
InternatiOnals. famed four times OF
Sullivan's shoots. Culver. Of the Whit,
SON. almost tied him. biting tn,
ozone three times Culver has a goot
swing, however, and will connect some
OF these days.
The crowd was loyal to the games
the remainder of the fans stiackine
through almost the entire II innings.
Vice president James Caplinger made
himself very handy about the side.
lines as commander in chief of the ne
gOtiations TO make things more pleas
ant for the players
Four snappy double plays enliveneC
the action Of play
The high wind had the infielders. and
Outfielders trembling every minute
Several hits which started foul were
carried into the diamond by the wind
High flies had the men standing or
their heads
1t looks like big year for the semis
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

great Frenchman, Louis G. Wagner, the
American born Italian Ralph DePalma
and our own David Bruce-BrOwn COM
prise the trio. These three drivers
are probably as good a team taken as
whole, as il is possible to form in the
world today and make a formidable
combination Of mechanical knowledge
and driving skill Considered as team
IL would be difficult to find a trio Of
drivers to compete with them in a long
distance race
The famous Wagner. with his mar
velOus knowledge of motors and speed
driving has but one drawback That
Is his violent temper which it seems is
almost impossible for him to curb when
the race is at criss. Ralph DePalma
with his deep mechanical knowledge
is probably one OF the most sensa-
tiOnal drivers that ever sat behind the
steering wheel OF a speed motor jugger-
naut. He has been peculiarly unfOr-
tunate in never having won a road race
of major large Importance, but his rec
ord on tracks and speedways speaks for
itself-in these events he stands in
class by himself
His performances at the wheel OF the
Mercedes entry. the same make Of car
that he VIII pilot in the next 50O-mile
race at the Indianapolis Motor speed
way May 30, is still fresh in the minds
Of the race followers, for he drove re
markably wei in the last Grand Prize
and Vanderbilt at Savannah with this
car and showed marked ability in keep
ing his car going.
Bruce-BroVvn Is King.
In David Bruce Brown the Fiat has
to my mind the most natural driver in
the racing game. With his dash and
fire coupled with his knowledge OF
motors he is the equal of the famous
Szalzer. His ability to drive road races
viii stand him in good stead and MS
wonderful physique viii make him a
contender from beginning to end. The
racing fans know what Bruce-BrOWn,
born the heir to millions, has done lie
has finished in every race he mas en-
tered during his career except the last
Vanderbilt he has won the American
Grand Prize twice. in 1910 at the wheel
of a Benz and in 1911 driving monster
Fiat He has defeated in these races
such pilots as the French driver Nag-
ner. Victor Hemery, DePalma and the
Americans, Burmau, Milford, Hearne,
Bragg. DisbrOw. Aitken, Zengle and
Dawson. He finished third the first
5O0-mile race at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway. 1t might be noted that this
is the first time that the Old World has
ever placed American drivers at the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

The paid admissions fell just short
Of 500.
So far as the financial end was con
cerned, it was a peach Of an opening
day.
Doering uses bat which weighs
slightly less than a ton. Meeting the
bali squarely. a home run was inexit-
able. At that, Schamehorn showed bad
Judgment, as he had two strikes and
but one, ball on the Millers' catcher
when he "groOved" it.
Cliff Hill got his first real pounding
Of the season and with any support he
wouldn't have got that
Two Of the pyettiest infield whips in
the league belong TO young Bill Grady.
Of the White SOx, and Fisher Of the
Army.
II the Internationals can walloP
other pitchers the way they trimmed
Sullivan. they are going to make lot
OF trouble in the going this season.
As it is. speaking largely off hand
and as they played yesterday, the Army
and the Globe Mills look the class
A word about the umpire Sargent
Imam T.o~fz gave the best exhibition
OF semi-pro arbitipg that It has been
the privilege Of good many persons
to witness. in a ball game, either the
umpire runs the game or the players
I.ortz proved conclusively that he is
going TO be the whole cake or nothing
He tin-canned. II. Grady and Doering
from the game and probably had good
reason for ostracizing both The Mill
ers were a little bit surprised and
peeved by the come back ability OF
the soldiers and it was certain that
the jumps was going to have-a Few tor
rid moments He grabbed the bull Dy
the horns and as a result his job viii
be the easier the remainder Of the sea
son He looks good, and either GRADY
or Doering win probably admit II TO-
day.
whole lot Of class about that first bag
His fielding is all to the Hal Chase or
Tiggs Donahue, as you prefer. as ne is
q s0uthpaw with the will-o' -wisp speed
which made both those infielders
me manager Of the White Sox is
keeping a pretty sweet hitter on the
bench when he keeps Vern Lyman out
OF the game.
corners Of the lot. They were so
Snxious to hit that IL didn't make any
5ffference to them whether the ball
came over the plate or a yard outside.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

wheels Of European cars in the big Gas
sizes OF the Continent
Bruce Brown also told me that while
he was in Europe he saw the new rae
ing creations Of the LOrraine-Deitrich
and that TO his mind they are wonder
full productions Of the speed inclined
automobile engineer. He also stated
that the French firm had obtained one
Of the engineers from the Benz factory
at Mannheim. Germany. that had pro
duced the famous speed monsters that
hold the straightaWay. records and thar
had they had the time to build another
car they would have made entry TO the
5OO-mile race at indianapolis and prob
ably sent the famous Hemery to de-
fend their cOlOrs on the brick oval
With the Lorraine DIETRICH and the
DarracO again back in the game the
French manufacturers are going TO be
able TO compete with the German and
Italian builders in marketing their pro-
ducts Tt is safe to say that the Oar
racO viii have a team OF skilled driv-
ers although they cannot hope to excel
the driver standards Of former years.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22
ByLewis Arms
Harry Unhappy Utterly Incapable Of Gaining
victOry-Oth Interesting SideHghts Sport.

mind Billy Nolan the iron jawed' man
ager who made a fortune out OF Nell
son
Nolan has reentered the fight game
on the managerial end He now has
charge OF Abe Attell and announces
that ne viii not let Abraham fight unr1l
after July ] and then he viii let MIN
meet Johnnie Knbane only
Nolan believes that AtteL has brought
his recent troubles down on his own
head by lack of training He is there
fore going to take the little Hebrew
upon his ranch, many miles from the
white lights" and Nolan Is going 10
undertake to personally supervise the
regeneration OF this Wizardly feather
weight who held the title for so many
years.
The sporting fraternity has lot OF
confidence in Nolan He is OF the type
of men who inevitably is on a winner
If Nolan goes behind .Attell it IS q
copper riYeted certainty that the light
ming feather viii at least be in condi-
tfOn the next time he enters the ring
for a 20 round engagement
frankie Klaus has been rematched 10
meet Eddie Dillon in a 10-rOund match
in New York These are the two
youngsters who fought so fOully in san
Francisco a snort time ago that the
spectators 'boOed/ them
II ever a team seems "jiuXed" that
team is the Philadelphia Nationals.
Manager Red Doom is out Of the game
threatened with appendicitis Follow
ing are q few more Of the starts out
of the going and their ailments
Outfielder 1Iagee-BrOken wrist
Utility man Walsh-BrOken ankle.
Infielder LObert-Broken rib.
Catcher Killefer-A broken hand.
Pitcher Chalmers-Torn shoulder
ugament
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22
BEGIN CITYLEAGUE
RACE AUSPICTOUSLY
Globe Mills Tro1nce Army in an Extra Inning Game
While the Internationals Have Little Difficult
ty in DispOsing of the White Sox

With the cover ripped off thus camp .
bell followed with single, Curt
chipped in with another rumble on
Hoover and Hill completed the enter
tainment bv hosting out a two sacker
which made the total runs for the IN
ming number three
Then the soldiers came back, ably as
sisted BY Mr. HammOnds in center field
who seemed to be suffering from some
sort of temporary dementia- He let
Fishers single dribble through him Tor
a pain Of sacks Then he made clean
muff of Mulberger's fly That counteG
one. ScamehOrn famed but Ierrell
was there again with a dandy double
which counted MulberSer- Kemp ana
Adams got singles ana Hammonos
shocked his friends again Dy musslns
up an easy fly. That tied the score and
left the bases full Gurtz raped tIy
to Campbell, who refused to aviate and
Erickson famed
Tenth Fast, Too.
The action was an electric in the
tenth. Shea famed TO begin things
Barker singled. Johnnie tassett was
hit Campbell also was NIT IllllnS the
sackerinos. BObbie Hoover wrote MS
name in the City League. hail OF Iame
by clouting a double which counted
three runs. he scored moment IaLeI
on Mulberger's bungle-
Again the sOldf6Cs. nothing daunted,
tried TO come back Terrell singled
and Kemp hit for three. Adams singled
Curt got single out Of high fly
which no one touched. That made two
scores and the bases full Fisher ended
it by tanning Mulberger.
The game between the White SOX and
the InternationaIs was not quite so
emotional In the first inning CanO
singled and counted on Manquera's
home run
White sOI Score One Run.
With the score two against them in
the second the White Sox got one. Wal
ker was safe when Pedregon threw
badly to first, pulling Calania OF the
bag He stole second and when Man
guerra tossed the bill wildly to third
he scored
1t was uneventful until the seventh.
Calania got a double and Walker Jug
gled Pedregon's slam. Cano doubled
scoring two. He scored a moment later
on F1Ores's drive. FlOres's drive was
good for a triple but he was called out
for cutting second
The scores
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22
The GIN Bad'' Manager OF the Majors
At Present Is Mr.. Wolverton

up in the going and the fans demand
that the American league representa-
tives shall progress as eILuIs e ny
which they very notably nave llOL Io--9-
So life is hardly worth WnlIe 90 SCRAP
ping Harry WOlvertOn- To make rnln5s
the harder his team got away 20 1ast
start Saturday and looked good 10 JOLT
the Boston Red Socks only to blow up
in the final few minutes OF play
As Bert Williams sings
Good luck eyes me, spies me- guys me-
constantly
Bad luck meets me. seeks me, greets
me. constantly
SOmetifes ] feel like a bird IN tree
Flying around just as gaily and Iree
But hard luck clips my wings TOT ms
constantly"
All of which just about sizes up the
case, at the present writing Ior one
Mister Harry WolyertOn-
These are Charlie Horse" days
among the track athletes pract1clng Tor
the Mesilla Park meet
Bonesetter Reese. the Idugpin among
doctors who are noted for repairing IN
jured athletes. took a look at Batting
Nelson's bum hands the other day and
informed the Battler that as ugnJlnS
machine he was done.
OF course Nelson protests this 1t Is
a fact. however, that he has never been
the same old battler since that memor-
able day at Emerysville, some months
ago. when Addie WOlsast gave him the
toughest beating perhaps that a man
ever took in the ring
Since that time Nelson has been
"abarnstorming' and ne found it quite
profitable. BOnesetter Reese very sell
dom goes wrong He probably IS cor
rect in his estifatiOn of the Batter
Speaking Of Battling Nelson brings to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

w TITH president Art Woods wear
NJ ing a new spring suit and
sporting the ear 10 ear, billion
dollar grin. the City league leaped into
blossom yesterday afternoon at Wash
ington park TO the yells Of something
less than a 1000 fans.
1T was a fine opening. The first
game was between the army ana the
Globe Mills, the millers winning 10
T. In the second game the lnterna-
tionals wallOped the White SON, 10 J.
The first game went ten innings and
was a rough and tumble affair any
thing short Of murder seemed perInls-
sible and even the ball was murdered
on several occasions.
Went 10 Extra Innings.
Scamehorn and Hill opposed each
other on the mound and at the. end OF
the seven innings the score was a ne
In the ninth both pitchers decided 70
20 on brief aviation expedition which
they did while each club hammered
home three runs which made the score
still a tie In the tenth the MIXERS
fell on the shoots of one, OpetI IKE a
gentleman at midnight on a de1enceIesS
chop suey and cl0uted out FOUR runs
Even then the soldiers refused TO know
when they were beaten and they PAD
died in two runs and had not MuIber-
ger slashed the air with three men On
the game might have been going yet
The soldiers took the lead in the
second ATurLL SlnEleQ anu was oAL Oh
EriCkson's deloer's choice FISHER con-
nected for a single. ScamehOrn drew
a base on balls and Lieut. Terrell
proved the dandy little pinch hitter
by Walloping a two sacker down the
third base line which brought across
two.
Ia the fourth the millers evened 1t Up
Grady was safe on CURTIS boot He
was caught trying 10 steal but Barker
industriOusIy waited out four frOWsy
ones and walked. he went to second
on a wild pitch to third on Doering's
out and he scored when Gurtz bungled
CamDbelTs clay shooter. Hoover and
HammOnds then contributed singles
which brought Campbell over the panni-
kin.
DOering Hit Home Run.
In the first part OF the ninth amid
the bowls Of the pOpulace DOering
caught a groove bal squarely and when
II stopped rolling the yOunCster had
crossed home plate. 1t was a dandy hit
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

" he hard luck gentleman and man
ager of the major leagues IS
without the semblance Of q
doubt Mr.. Harry WolvertOn, last sea
son Of Oakland Calf, manager Of
that club in the Pacific Coast league,
but now pilot Of the New York High
landers.
Woe has been unto Harry ever since
the season opened. Up to Sunday his
club had played six games and still had
10 win a single victory They have
lost by big scores and by little scores
but they have consistently and con-
stantly lost
There may be some fans who do not
appreciate what this means To have
such a team in New York, New YORK
whose fans believe they are the smart
est in the world and who, therefore. are
old Harry HypOcritical himself. but II
they do not know we may assure them
that il puts the manager in quite the
most embarrassing position baseballicly
possible.
It isn't that WOlvertOn IS a Door man
ager He is rather above the average
so far as that goes But his team got
OffsOn the wrong foot. They were away
to a stammering start and having lost
grounds they were as bashful and dir
fident and. as Incapable to show their
real strength and ability, as the little
boy who is suddenly called upon TO
speak a piece at school Friday after
noon before the superintendent Of
schools.
New York is already after Wolverton
and only the baseball manager who has
been I'm a similar predicament knows
what that means Griffith, Stallings
who could not make a go Of II in the
Dig city
one reason for this may be that
Johnny McGraw always has his Giants
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22
White SOx.

Batted for Hughes in seventh
Flores out. cutting second.
Interna tionals ......- 200 0 o 0 SIS
White Sox .-----. 100 0 0 0 O.
Two-base hits-Calania, Cano; home
run-Manquera; struck out11by Pedre-
gon s. by Sullivan. 4; bases on balls
off Pedregon 3, off Sullivan i; stolen
baees-Walker; double plays-Pedregon
TO Holland to Calania; Manquera to
Cano; hit by pitcher-Pedregon I'm
pire. Sergeant LOrtZ.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22
Rusties. u. purnnro. 9.

The second Rusties defeated the sec
Ond Durango by a score of u to 9. the
feature of the game being the hitting
of the Rusties.
Score r H E.
Second RustieS ..... u 10 8
Second Durango .....-.... )
Batteries Second Rustiesa-Hagel-
sieb and ROdin Second Durango
Cinema and ApOdaca.
The Rusties played in the afternoon
and were beaten by the Arizona street
team by score Of 13 to II. The fea-
ture OF the game was the pitching Of
Feathers, of the Rusties. tanning 10
batsmen and allowing five hits
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

Two base hits-Terreu %, Adams,
Hoover, Hill Fisher. Three base hits
KEMP. Home run-DOering- Struck
out-Bv Hill II, by Scamehorn 6. by
Fisher ., by Opett J. Bases on balls
OFF Hill 2, off Fisher ], off ScamehOrn
Wild pitches-Scameho HILL
Passed balls-Fassett- stolen bases
C,urtz. Hammonds. Hit by pitcher
FISHER. Fassett, Campbell Double
plavs-Kemp TO Mulberger to Adams
HiIi TO Chenoweth to Campbell.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

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man. Call today and see the largest
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Snappiest and Classiesr. besides most
reasonable prices for highest grade
tailoring TO be found in FL PasO. p
Y. Pearson, no Texas. Home Of Royal
Tailoring
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

Cheek: Vernon, Stewart, Whalen and
AgneW.
At san Francisco r r. l.
Los Angeles. ..---.---.----------4
Oakland. . Il b -
Batteries. Los Angeles CneCh and
smith; Oakland, Durbin and Mite.
At Portland X h l.
san Francisco --------.------y
Portland ----.---- ---.---- .
Batteries san francisco. Miller Moves
and Berry. Schmidt; Portland, koestner
and HOWley-
Everitt cars. Valley Implement Co.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22
NATIONAL LFAGUE.

Results Sunday.
Cincinnati, Z, St. Louis, i.
Chicago, 6; Pittsburg, 0.
Games Tuesday.
Boston at Brooklyn.
New York at Philadelphia
Pittsburg at Chicago.
St Louis at Cincinnati.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

er: Cincinnati, Benton, Suggs and Nc
I Lean
/ 90 innings.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22
RIFLE SHOOTERS IN
WEEKLY COMPETITION

At the weekly rifle shoot at Sunset
Heights yesterday some good scores
were made before q group Of interested
spectators. Filler leads in the COM
uetirfou
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

Several practice scores were made
after the regular events, in which the
visitors took part
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

ADDITIONAL SPORTING
y NEWS on PAGE II =
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
SATURDAYS GAMES
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At Philadelphia RH.E
Philadelphia. $4,000. -.----1 1
Boston Observation-Disclosures. .
Batteries. Philadelphia. SeatOn and
Graham; Boston, Perdue and King.
At Pittsburg- R. n. Z.
Pittsburg. ......-...-----.7 II o
St Louis. .....--.,------.O o
Batteries: Pittsburg. Camnitz and
Gibson; St Louis, Harmon, Dale and
Bliss.
At New York RHE
NeI DIRK -.'.'.---4
brooklyn. I'D . i
Batteries: New York, Marquard Tes-
reau and Myers; Brooklyn, Stack,
Hucker and Erwin.
At Chicago RH-E
Chicago .........-..... 10
Cincinnati.
Batteries. Chicago, Richie and Arch
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22
$3.50 - :. r = :
CLUB STANDING.
800 +++++ =
A1TFRTCAN LEAGUE.

Results Sunday.
Cleveland. 4; Detroit, o.
Chicago, s; St Louis, 3.
Games Tuesday.
Chicago at Cleveland.
Detroit at St Louis.
Washington at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

Globe ~ mills oo62 0OO3 =
The Army 20 0 o 3 3 s
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

baLterles. PniIadeIplId, oedJ0n and
Iraham Boston, Perdue and King.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

At Washington r. H +,
Washington. --.-.-.......--3
Philadelphia. .-----.-...-6
Batteries: Washington, Walker and
Williams; Philadelphia, Coombs, Nor
gan and Thomas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

? ? NCONFIRAIED rumors are float
ing in America today that the
~ racing OF automobiles is on the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

w TITH president Art Woods wear
NJ ing a new spring suit and
snoring the ear TO ear. billion
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

IN the first part OF the ninth amid
the bowls Of the pOpulace DOering
caught a groove bail squarely and when
# stopped rolling the yOunCster had
crossed home plate. 1t was a dandy hit
LEa
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

Everitt cars. Valley Implement co.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-22

At Boston r H Z.
Boston. .-.-.--.--....-..---4 Il D
New York. ..----..--..s- ..6 3
Batteries: Boston, O'Brien, Hall and
Nunamaker; New York, Carrigan, Cald-
well. Quinn, Vaughn and Street.
Oh inningS.)