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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14
BADEN" rs FEATURE
AT FORT ERIE RACES
Lowers Own RecOrd-FOur
Stirring Races in the
Afternoon
AfternOOn.

Buffalo, n. Y. Aug. 1.-THE first
days racing of the Grand Circuit s,ars
at the Fort Erie (Ontario) track vas
ushered in with a banner attendance.
-Four stirring races were witnessed.
three going to favOrites. The track
was fast and one horse madt a new
mark.
The feature yesterday afternoon was
the King George Y stakes. $4,000 for
PIP trotters. 1t resulted in an upset
Five heats were trotted to get a win
ner. Esther W. sold favOrite in the
pools and won the first heat Handily
in pos II. Baden finished fifth. at
ter going to a bad break at the start
In the second heat Esther w -OOk the
lead, but Baden's nose was at CON's
wheel at the half In beautiful urive
down the stretch. Rodney closed the
gap and Esther W. broke close to the
wire. The time for the mile was
2:O6 IA. a second faster than the stall
lions mark
Baden won the third heat easily,
when Esther ". broke at the five
eiShths pole In the fourth -at Baden
stepped on a stone at the distance flag
and lost the heat to Oaklade. The final
heat went to Baden. but claim OF
foul was registered with the judges by
Snow. driving Oakdale. He claimed he
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14

been boosted in price from Il to Is
cents with the demant growing
greater all the time Old John d.
ought to be ashamed of himself just
as the auto owner gets ms car pald Tor
and is beginning to enjoy the cool
evenings on the country roads, up
Jumps the price of the precious fluid
which is known as gas on auto row,
car said autoist is figuring out how
r1uch his gasoline bill is being boosted.
Harness horse racing is having a re-
one branch Of the horse breeding bust
ness for racing purposes which has
not been tainted with the crook edneSS
of the running horse track, the har-
snort calendar of all true Sportsmen
since Robert Bonner drove Maud IS.
and the game was the big one OF ne
country The Pittsburg, Detroit md
have attracted more attention than
ever and the legitimate purses which
were won by the Ylctors nave peen
large. \ bill is TO be introduced in
PENNSYLVANIA to make harness racing
under state supervision keep up the
roads of the state The idea is good
one, but there is a rider which legal
ICES pool selling. This puts the eternal
kibosh on the plan, for wherever there
is pool selling at that identical place
gambler.
Manager Doom, of the Phillies. has
al last been indicated in his crusade
against the eXpectoration bill. Doom
has been making his fight against the
splitter on the same grounds. as old
Doc. Wiley has been fighting the adul-
terated food factories. Doom Id
that the practice of eXpectoratinS on
the horsehide was unsafe and unsani-
tary He was given a rude laugh when
ne argued with his pitchers against
the practice. Now that pitcher Ad
Brennon has had a serious attack of
diphtheria, manager Doom has been
able to put over an Il told you SO" re
mark Brennan pitched a game for
the Phillies while he was suffering
from what he believed was a sore
throat. It developed that he had the
disease and he was quarantined As
he was using the splitter uu.-.s the
game in which he participated prior to
his enforced retirement it was possible,
SO Doom pointed out, to give the en-
tire team the disease.
Hurley, " NJ has broken into the
baseball game with a fast playing am
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14

ateur team which is out with chal-
lenges that are backed up with all
kinds of guarantees Hurley defeated
the crack Santa Rita team Sunday in
low score of 5 to , There is nothinS
grasslot about this kind of ball PLAYING
and TO see such teams as the Hurley
and Santa Rita in action in Ell Pas0
during the proposed street fair This
fall would be an added attraction.
The proposed baseball players IN
ion has won a friend and found a foe
President Ban Johnson of the Ameri-
can league, has expressed himself as
favOring the new union of players. But
Garry Hermann, owner in part of the
Cincinnati Reds and one of the bic lit
his heels against the union. As Gin
cinnati has been having no end of
trouble this season there may be some
thing more than an offhand expression
of opinion in Garry's declaration
against the players union. Whatever
the opposition, the players have the
game by the tail and should they de
eide to organize and demand purple
eggs for their breakfast, the managers
would have to come through with the
tinted hen fruit for the player is the
game and without him there would be
a fine field and nothing more.
The king is dead long live the kingl
Hughie Z. KeouSh, the nationally ia
nous BY Hex of the Chicago Trib-
une, died recently and his column, In
the Wake OF he News has been dis
continued since for the very good rea-
son that there was no one around the
Trib. office who had the nerve or heart
to undertake the great little writer's
game. Now Hughie Fullerton, the his
torian of the national game, has taken
up the fallen pen of the sport writer
and is running the Wake again. 1t is
a compliment both TO the memory Of
Keough and to Fullerton that the lat
comment on the passing show. Full
lerton recently quit one of the Hearst
papers in Chicago to do magazine work
and he has been persuaded by the
Tribune management to write the
daily breeze column and il is some
little column now as it was in the days
Of HEX
John A Johnson wishes to come
back for about 80 minutes and $4,000
more of fighting. Having been in re-
tirement for two weeks and not had
his name on the front page, Johnson
has announced that he is ready to meet
tary consideration Johnson has re-
tired from the fight game in fact His
efforts now are solely to corral as
much coin as possible before folks for
get him in the mad rush 1t is a safe
bet that Johnson will no negotiate
with Langford on any but short dis
lance route, for he knows he mas lost
his endurance via the fast life and
that Sam might hang it on him in the
long distance go.
The rebels are asking for waivers on
Orozco and it looks as If he was due
for the minors
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14
Facts and Fancies For Fans
~ RESIDENT BARNEY DREYFUsS.
~ of the Pittsburg club. is back

~ RESIDENT BARNEY DREYFUSS,
~ of the Pittsburg club. is back
- from his short scouting trip. He
spent a day or two in Columbus in the
American association and watched the
ators. RumOr has it that the player
whom the Pirate owner watched vas
shortstop Artie Butler, of the St Paul
club, and it will not be surprising If
this promising yOungster is found to
have been corraled by the Buccaneers
when the list of August purchases IS
announced by the national commits
sion.
one feature that gives a baseball
man the impression Pittsburg has first
claim on Butler and has made some
sort of an agreement with st. Paul Is
that outfielder Ralph Capron has been
turned over to that club as an addition
to other talent sent there from Pitts
burg earlier in the season
kid" Smith, the Birmingham pitch
er. whose sale to the White SOX is an
nounced by manager Molesworth, has
had a most meteoric rise in profession
al ball Two years ago he was selling
peanuts and soft drinks in the park at
Birmingham.
smith went out to the park early and
frequently went on the slab during the
batting practice. At first no one paid
so the best hitters could do nothing
with his delivery Then MOlesworth
became interested. He went behind the
kid" in practice and looked over his
assortment Near the close of the 1910
season Wordsworth signed Smith at so
per month. When Smith reported IN
the spring Of 1911 he worked too hard
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14

early in March and his arm got sore.
This spring he was again signed as a
3 regular and proceeded to win seven
straight games. To date his record is
Il won and lost the best percentage
in the league.
Outfielder Jimmy Johnston also goes
to the White Sox in the same deal
the chicago team couple OF years
ago. but was not up to big league
standard.
THE New York Giants-AIl American
all around the world tour, incOrporat-
ed," has been chartered in Albany with
a capital of $50, 600 The baseball cor
poration is designed to conduct
world tour of the New York 1.ationals
OF the season should New York win the
pennant. The start would be made in
the fall, and the itinerary would in
cIude Europe and Australia 1t is un-
derstOOd that advance agents are al
ready abroad laying plans for the trip
Mike Donlin. the Pittsburg center
fielder. reports that his wife, Mabel
dite the actress, has rallied from the
effects of her recent surgical operation
and her condition is so much improved
that he viii continue playing ball.
Ray Schalk. catcher for the Milv au-
kee club of the American association
has been purchased by the 'hicago
American league club. For some days
Il has been reported that number
of major league clubs were seeking to
add SchaIk TO their batteries. No
statement as to the price paid the Mil
waukee club was made, but advices
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14
Athletes Are Uniting To Put Ban
On the Olympic Marathon Race
Racing
Having Revival-Sport Gossip.
By NORMAN NJ. WALKER
~ PILL IRWIN had a splendidly

Nv PILL IRWIN had a splendidly
M written article in a recent
w number of Golfers on the
Olympic games at Stockholm. Irwin
is the staff writer on this weekly pc
riodical and he was sent all the way
to far off Sweden to write one story
OF the great world contest. He made
good in his story Of the contest and
! he gets all kinds of color INTO his de-
scriptions of the various contests, of
the crowds and conditions in Stock
holm.
One thing is settled by TWINS story.
That is that the Marathon must go.
The % mile contest under conditions
as they have been during the past two
olympic meets are not sport ana as
the writer says is an approach to the
old Roman gladiatorial contests. The
contestant from Portugal died the day
after the running of the 1912 contest,
and Dorondo, the famous Italian run
her, fell exhausted within a few feet
of the finish at the London contest All
OF the American crew say that the
long distance run under conditions
such as they were at Stockholm is
dangerous and liable to prove fatal
In New York there have been
number of modified Marathon con-
tests. These are run under rules
which prevent rather than encourage
overStralnlng of the body and too
great eXertion Of the muscles. These
races are run over distance ranging
from 10 to 10 miles and the winners
have all finished in good condition.
The racers of the 1912 Olympic tell
OF men losing their mind while running
under the weather conditions which
prevailed during the stockholm race.
Berlin will do well to modify the Mar
athon or eliminate il entirely at tie
next Olympic contest as the lesson of
Stockholm has been a costly one with
one contestant dead and another per-
manently injured as the result of tL~ir
efforts to win the ancient trophy.
Uncle Sam has put the indian label
on ali prize fight films, both foreign
and domestic. Notice has been sent TO
the various collectors of customs TO
watch carefully for any film importa-
tons into the United States in crd>
that no fight films may be imported
under other classifications. The pro-
test against the Jeffries-JOhnson fight
started the antifight film agitation
and it has resulted in a federal law
AGAINST fight films
John D. has lost another golf ball
or endowed another church. Gasoline
the juice which makes the underslung
model of the modern mare go, has
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14
JACK JOHNSON AND
JEANETTE TO FIGHT

Chicago, III. Aug Al expect to
sign papers today or tomorrow that
VIII close arrangements for 10
round bout with Joe jeanette in New
York City" said Jack Johnson. cham
pion heavyweight pugilist- I have
decided to fight this battle for the
sake OF my wife only"
Johnson weighs 247 pounds. Just
three pounds less than when he started
to train for his fight with Jim Flynn
at Las Vegas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14
SAN PEDRO. ARIZONA. TEAM
LOSES TO SHELTER PTATE

Hayden. Ariz.. Aug. 1.-THE san
Pedro and shelter ball teams played
here, a 500 side bet having been raised.
strated that by a little hard practice
work good contests can be put up for
the fans in the future. The final score
was 10 in favor of the smelter aS-
Eregation. the money therefore falling
into their hands. A four team league
now talked of to comprise the teams
of san Pedro. Winkelmau, Ray Con
and shelter for games this fall and
winter. The Ray Consolidated had one
Of the best teams in this vicinity last
spring and nearly ali of the players
are still residing here
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14

was shut off by Rodney after the start,
forcing the gray gelding TO a break.
The foul was not allowed. although the
UteS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At Boston r. H Z.
Boston , o
Chicago NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Batteries: Boston, Perdue, Tyler and
King; Chicago, Reulbach and COtter.
At Brooklyn r. H Z.
Brooklyn NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Pittsburg NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 13 !
Batteries: Brooklyn. Yingling and
Miller; Pittsburg, Robinson and Glib
son.
At Philadelphia r II. z.
Philadelphia ..... Is o
Cincinnati NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10 1
Batteries; Philadelphia, Schultz and
Kiuifer and Doom; Cincinnati, Hum
phries, Suggs and Mclean.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Games Thursdny.

Boston at St Louis
Brooklyn at Cincinnati
New York at Chicago.
Philadelphia at PittsburS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Games Thursday,

Games Thursday.
Chicago at Washington.
Detroit at New York
st. Louis at Boston.
Cleveland at Philadelphia
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14

Mike Gibbons, welterweight, cham
pion of the world has received an offer
from the matchmaker OF the Garden
Athletic club in New York to stage a
battle between Gibbons and George
Carpenter, the French middleweight
champion. Carpenter has met some OF
the best middleweight in the profess
sion and is likely to give Gibbons n
hard fight. The date will probably
be some time in early September.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14

The rebels are asking for waivers or
Orozco and it looks as If he was due
for the minors.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
TUESDAYS Results.

Called at the end of the eighth in
ming on account of darkness.)
At Indiana polis-Indian2p polls kasds
City game called in second inning N
account of rain
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14

President Johnson, of the American
league, in behalf of Detroit fans. has
presented Bill Donovan with a gold
watch. Donovan soon leaves to man
age the Providence team
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14

Columbus has received cash offers
from major league magnates for in
fielder Knisley, of Akron. He played
the outfield for Columbus part of last
season and was converted into an in
fielder He is hitting over 900 and
playing a great defensive game. Far
rel and Kyle, of the Akron club, also
are sought. They may be brought
10 Columbus before Aus 10 10 avoid
having them nabbed by draft.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14
BASEBALL RESULTS
AND CLUB STANDINGS

and Smith; Austin. Ashton and BobO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14

Hurley y. NJ, has broken into the
baseball game with a fast playing am
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-14
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.

At Los Angeles r H E
ernOn 1890 5000.
Oakland go. ..........3
Batteries: Vernon, Stewart and Ag-
new; Oakland, Killiflay and ROhrer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-02
FORTY MAY0R5TO
co TO AUTO SHOW
Showing Development Of
the Machine as Com
mercial Vehicle.

Mayors Of 40 cities are making plans
to attend the Chicago automobile
show, together with various members
Of their respective commissions on
public safety and public works, presi-
dents Of council. their fire and police
chiefs, superintendents Of streets
health commissioners, city engineers
and various other city officials. The
object Of their visit to the show is 10
inspect the various types Of motor fire
apparatus, patrol wagons, ambulancas
dump trucks suitable for street con
struction and street cleaning work,
and other special types of power Wa
CONS suited for the diversified require
ments of different departments Of city
work.
In all, it is now known that fully
so cities viii be represented officially
during the second week OF the Snow
February to 10, when only comfne
cial and industrial machines VIII pe
on exhibition. following immediately
after the weeks display of touring
cars, rUna bouts. limousines and
coupes. These cities are scattered
Scranton, Pa, TO Fort Worth, IeNas
and from MankatO, Mimi, TO Little
Rock, Ark. Twenty-four are IN III
nois. u in Iowa, II in Ohio, nine IN
MlcnlEan, llNe III EEllil69 a-A4Lor --N-
each ia Wisconsin and Minnesota, two
each in Indiana Kansas and Ken
lucky. and one each in Arkansas
Oklahoma, Texas and the District OF
Columbia
Cities Take Up Motor Propulsion
The widespread and earnest inter
est taken by city authorities in SELF
propelIe5 vehicles is revealed by com
muuscations received by manager
Niles Of the show, from numerous
municipal authorities For example
president c. II. Rudolph. OF the board
of commissioners, of washington, d
c. who proposes attending the snow
writes that S16.5OO has already been
apDropriated for the purchase OF mo-
tor vehicles for the capital city this
wear and that the fire, police, street
and engineering departments are IN
terested in the subject Mayor Won
Bergen. ir. Of Scranton, Pa, who eN-
pects 10 visit the show, in company
with the director of public safety, re
ports that his city has appropriated
S4l. 900 for the purchase Of motor We
hfcles for the departments OF puDhc
works and public safety. Fire chlel
Hafer. Of Little Rock, Ark, writes
that he is trying to get the mayor
and police and fire committee to at
tend the show and that his city may
buv two combination pump and nose
wagons Mayor Grant, Of Oklahoma
Citv. expects to visit the show with
the fire chief and commissioner OF
public safety.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-02

ing the life and after the death Of
the greatest natural fighter OF them
ALL Stanley KetcheL =
Coulon has MS two brothers as train
ers and always has conditioned him
self excellently for every mill in pro-
lection of his title. From several
states away it would appear that the
battle between the two tomorrow
should go to draw the same as their
ught year ago If there is to De
winner CoUlon is the logical evolution
as such. COnley is a plugger and
tough man TO beat bur he will have
to travel faster than anyone has ever
seen him travel If he catches the
young Chicago champion over the
mapped 20 rounds.
Few, if any, could have predicted the
wonderful develOpment Of the auto
mobile game five seasons ago Ihere
are in use today it is estimated some
stretched into a continuous line, Civ
ing ten feet for each machine, they
would reach from Des MOineS to New
York City. or 1889 miles.
1t is difficult TO get an authentic CEN
sus on the present motor situation as
the figures are taken but once in flVe
years but it is safe to say that the
above is conservative
The state of California leads in the
registration of cars with $4,000 while
California is second with $500. The
wonderful bOuldevards and the climate
is largely due for CALIFORNIA; show
ing.
1t is reported that %. z51 commercial
vehicles are in use by firms today
which shows absolutely a miraculous
growth in this side Of the game. Many
Of the factories now have bureaus OF
information prepared TO show that de-
livery. whether the load IS large or
small, is cheaper by gasoline than by
horse.
The provisional regulation snent
summer baseball as applied to the col
lege athlete by the big eight is the
biggest burlesque that TINS lnsuiar IN
stitution has yet put over.
The player may play with any club
which Is not under the head Of organ
lied OF outlaw ball and he must re-
ceive no remuneration for his services
either in the shape of money or prizes.
This virtually means that the col
lege athlete viii play ball with indie
pendent teams and viii take money for
his services. 1t Obvlates the need OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-02

Remember, LajOie and Wag-
ner Have Been at
It Long.

A Detroit newspaper went to the
trouble and expense Of copying half
page story with figures attempting to
prove that Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the
4riper outfielder, is the king Of all ban
players. You can't blame the DeLIolI
ers for trying to make Iyrus l00A
great. and there is no discounung ms
The Georgia Peach is a real star. and
is entitled to all the credlt IN the
world for what he has aecoInyl lsi Ne
during his major league career ouJ
figures do not lie. and the slatemenl
that Cobb is the greatest all-arounQ
ball player ever IN existence Is HOt
borne out by glance through the dope
Do Figures Fabricated
III is significant that the very figures
which the Michigan writer used IN ms
attempt to prove the greatness OF CoDD
might be applied as PROOF OF the su-
Derioritv Of Hans Wagner Of the RI
rates for fl was Cobb, Wagner and
I.ajoie who were compared IN the aTt-
In a comparison Of this kind. it must
be remembered that Tyrus has been IN
fast company only seven years. while
Wagner has been playing IN the Ma
fional league for 10 seasons, ana
I.ajoie IN the National and American
for one year longer than the Flying
The figures. which, by the way can
not be copyrighted, show that wagner
has taken part I'm Is years in $50
games more than has Lajoie in I6
seasons. HOnus has played in zOzS
diamond battles. while LajOie has taken
part in 1858 contests. Cobb has been
in $50 games in seven years. apd even
II he lasts for eight more seasons, ne
will have to average more games per
season that he has done 10 date to give
him q grand total as large as Wag-
ner's.
1881 and WAGNER 1410. Wagner's
average in runs scored for is years
IS "a, only eight less than Cobb's FOR
seven years, and the chances are great
j. against the Detroit star maintaining
his present average for eight more
years I4ajoie IS out OF the running
with an average Of only ~ In hits
Wagner has an advantage II his length
OF service Is considered, for he has
averaged ~ hits per season. while
Cobb's average IS 178. Lajoie's IS only
161
Surely a Wonderful Player.
Now. then. admit that Cobb IS
wonderful all-arOund ball player-that
he can bat, field, steal bases and score
runs And then consider for a moment
that Wagner has been playing the
game more than twice as long as has
notcher to prove the leading batsman
in 1911, and you must surely admit
that II the Detroit luminary expects
eight years hence to be able TO boast
favorably compare with Wagners
achievements at present. he viii have
10 stand a terrific pace
Baseball fans forget easily. and few
OF them recall the marvellous perform
ances Of Wagner during his first few
years in the game. OF course there Is
q vague recollection, but most Of the
fans have forgotten that in those days
Honus was doing everything that Cobb
IS doing now That he has kept II up
for 10 pears is certainly remarkable