El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-27

IAN ANTONIO. Tex, Aug IL
With the Teas league season
~ closing one week from Monday, 1t
looks IKE a cinch for Houston to win
in the remnant race by a neck Inc
loss nv san Antonio of two games 70
Houston and the fact that the day 4OI-
lowing, Houston won double hedueL L
from Beaumont practically put oe 1-l
Antonio out Of the running WlIhout
a serious and almost unpreceden Ieu
slump on the part of Houston the last
week Yet there are less than IlVe
games separating the TWO teams anu
with that margin anything eou4o
happen.
Houston Depends On Pitchers
The season just closed is as eXcit-
ing as any Texas has ever seen
While Houston has been Ieadlng, d.
most since the beginning OF the sea
son, Waco and San Antonio have been
so close on the teams heels that there
has been at no time certainty as "
the pennant winner. At one time, san
Antonio and Waco were both at the
top and even Beaumont was Tor a lie"
DAYS in that commanding position
Had Houston had anything ike the
batting team San Antonio had II would
have been a walkaway for that team
Houston has had 70 depend too much
on the pitchers TO get good results
The showing made by Galveston on
the home stretch has again shown Ma
loney to be one of the real managers
of the Texas league With Dunch
of raw recruits to start with he IS
finishing the season with a team thaI
II makes the other organizations nus
tie to beat. During the past three
weeks. Galveston has been winning
more than half the games played ana
has held its own with Houston ana
Waco. If MalOney can keep his team
together next year he will have
bunch that will start the season with
every hope Of making a showing IN
the pennant race.
More Texas Men Sold.
Since last week two more Texas
players have been purchased by the
big leagues. Pitcher George roster
of the Houston team has been sold 10
the Boston Americans Fosters work
in this circuit this season, mas Deen
excellent and he deserves trial N
faster company. He will finish the
season with Houston, reporting I'M
mediately after the close to Boston
If BOSTON wins the pennant there Is a
chance for him to show in the worlds
series. Wiley Taylor of the AUSTIN
team has been sold to the chicago
White SOx for immediate delivery ana
has gone north to don a major league
uniform. His Texas record is such that
it warrants the prediction that he viii
make good in the faster company TO
which he has been called
AII-Texas selection.
where the selection of an All-Texas
league team is warranted by the rec
ords of the men. While naturally II
would be hard matter for experts to
agree on the entire personnel OF the
teams it is an easy matter as to the
majority of places. The first team
would be about as follows:
Pitchers: Foster. of Houston; Rose,
of Houston; Goodwin. of San Antonio;
Perrett. Of Fort Worth. and Moore, OF
Galveston Catchers: Carson, of Waco,
and Gibson, of Dallas; first base. Metz,
of San Antonio; second base. Dugey,
of Waco; third base. Aiken, of Waco;
shortstOp, Aidkiff, of San Antonio;
utility infield. Ems, of Dallas; left
field. Whiteman, of Houston; center
field Davis, Of Houston; right field,
Rennard. of waco: utility outfielder,
McLaurin. of Waco
In the list Waco and Houston play
ers lead This is based on the field
ing and batting averages san An
tonic players have the best batting
averages. but some of them are not
so fast on their fielding
For the first base it was a hard pick