El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-12

- F all the prospective cdtaS lAS-
ples reported in the American
~ league the one which declares
that Hughie Jennings, because OF the
ss,utomobile accident OF last fall in
which he almost lost his lie, may n0t
be able to coach in his old time sly 10
is the saddest
We can do without a whole lot OF
things in the American league put
what. oh what will the league De
without the spontaneous Jennings mop
ping on one foot then the otner' wee
Ahing as only Hughie cam
Fen Yah, and whistling as only
Hughie can whistler
The little brick topped Detroit man
ager introduced a new style OF coacn-
ing into the American league he
enVeloped his work with personality
and il was the force of this 1rreslst-
ible factor combined with his tlllmlt-
able enthusiasm which brought the
first pennant to Detroit in the Ameri-
Can HIS enthusiasm alone brought
a ball club rended into shreds by
internal dissensiOn into one cohesive
whole.
II IS reported that one OF Hughes
legs is so stiff that he cannot stand
on ii, or jump from one foot to the
other while eXuding his famous zen
Yah, and that his arm is so badly
hurt that he can't raise his myers
TO his lips to get off that piercing
whistle which had the American
league in a turmoil for many days
1t will be recalled that Ban Jonn-
son tried to make Jennings stop that
diabolical whistle but there was no
rule under which he could legitimate
" put a stop TO 1t and though ne ana
the American league maShdtes hlnteu
to Jennings that he was making too
much OF q Jest Of coaching, with the
Irishman's native perunaclty Jennings
persisted and that persistence did
much 10 bring the flag to Detroit
Staid old pitchers and batters be
came afflicted with the fidgets when
Jennings took his stand IN the coacn-
ing box and hurled forth that tiger
ish Eeh Yah and that piercing whistle
Just to give a little more undeserved
space 10 little Able Atten We must
step I'D to announce tat to all ap-
pearances Able tried to pun another
one over on the dear American boxing
public in his fight last Saturday with
Harlem Tommy Murphy.
Murphy refused to lie down" in 9TH
er words, perpetrate fake knock
out and so Able went in and battling
toe to toe with Murphy for twenty
rounds, lost the decision.
AS we related sometime ago through
these columns the news that Atteu
IS a faker is no news. Few fans can
remember back far enough to tab the
first fight that Able ever pulled He
has cris-crOssed the boxing fans more
than any fighter in the ring today
That does not mitigate the fact that
he is top notch. wonderful fighter
but il does create wonder that the fans
are still standing for him and probably
viii continue 10 do so.
But little Abraham is in" now about
as bad as he ever was in his life. He
is barred out OF New York by the
boxing commission there. He is in
Copenhagen with Los Angeles and
now that the Frisco story has been
sprung he viii, Notwithstanding the
fact that that is the town OF his ma
tivity, be in wrong with the Golden
Gate.
No doubt Atten figured that If he
could get Murphy to lie down that,
Murphy Weighing IL pounds more
than himself. he could Immediately
claim that he was bunked out Of the
fight with Kilbane. That is something
which Able very much desires.
Now IL remains to be seen what
looks like the tall and cut for a while
for little Abraham
With the burden Of much worry
plainly to be seen on his brow the
composing room foreman busted up to
the NJ. Els desk and said:
7 am Up on birds, I am up on beasts
know baseball and I know horse
races have always thought I was
q pretty good sportsman. but viii
someone kindly tell me what Gymkhana
means2"
The 81 E replied: I'm not sure
what IT is but I'll try just one. Put
a cherry in it."
Said the telegraph editor: It's a
new kind of Battle Creek breakfast
Then the sporting editor drew cards,