El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-29
ST. Louis Browns Are o Be Given
Training In g fntle Art Of Running
Eed Honee Ia Add Efficiency with Speed Ad Wolga Plans
ing Into Mddlewe ght Class

- HE ST. Louis Browns are 70 nave
special coach to train them
in sprinting. There is no ques-
ton that many baseball players who
would otherwise be extra good do not
know how TO run. So owner Hedges
OF the Browns, believes that with prop
er coaching the athletes identified with
the national pastime could be devel-
oped into some Of the speediest sprint
ers in the country By. increased knOwl-
edge Of the inside tricks Of the run
ming game. lie does not believe that
they know how to put their speed to
the best advantage, and believes if they
were instructed i'll the art of starting
and how to use an improved stride
that more base pilfering will be in
evidence in the work Of the team for
this year.
Many baseball players run flatfooted
and with a short stride. The coach
that owner Hedges wants is Tom Ait
ken, probably the best known man
identified with athletics in St Louis,
and a Sheffield handicap winner in his
prime He held the position as coach
and trainer for Amherst college teams
for several years. and also took a
picked team to England for meet
He turned out most Of the track and
field stars in st. Louis Of a number Of
years ago and many of the old high
school students were directed by him
in their early athletics. Later Aitkeu
affiliated himself with the triple A
and was coach Of the track teams at
Forest park. AT present ne is the golf
professional Of the triple a
The tan pitcher of the Maps, Cy
FaIkenberg, who is to so to the Toledo
club for the season Of 1872 is setting
a torrid pace for the boWlers in Cleve-
land In his league he has made the
high average with the mark Of 2o5.
Here's a new one right hot off the
sport hop: The American league ar
bitrator and chairman Of the rules
committee, Tommy Connolly is going
to establish at his home a school for
umpires. of which he will be the chief
Instructor. He believes that the school
will fill a long felt want, as many
young men break into the game seri-
ously handicapped by the lack Of
judgment and knowledge Of the rules
Of the game
Ad Wolgast wants to be a middle
weight champ. He has an interesting
ambition In his own words he says:
Before finish my fight career, in
tend TO take a crack at the middle
weights. I don't see anybody IN that
division ] couldn't lick Next sumner
/ am going to fight a few short fights.
All these fellows who have been afraid
Of me viii be after me like wolves
after a wounded buffalo. But I VIII
show them all. I'm going to -cinch my
lightweight title again; then I'm going
after the middleWeight championship
I'm pretty small. III admit I viii al
ways be light for q lightweight, but j
can hit and box faster than any OF you
fellows think. Unless some body a
whole lot better develops in the mid
dleWeight division. 1 am going to pick
up that title, too.
Discussing fight matters before the
public. Wolgast has a number OF re
marks to pass For one thing, ne
thinks that the newspapers ought not
to print a line about the Flynn ohn-
son fray, as he has no use for either
fighter In discussing. the Abe Attel-
Knockout Brown fight, Ad says L
believe the fight was on the level as
far as Brown was concerned, but
5onsf believe he tried very hard. Abe
IS a queer fellow It's hard to get MIN
10 fight his best There IS nothing TO
Knockout Brown except a 1oXy mana
ger If II wasn't Tor MS manager ne
would be bObbing around like CORK
in a creek
Ad admitted. however. that knock
ont was a puZzling fellow to hight
ssEIe stands with his right hand 70 the
front and his crossed eyes 1901 you
They have a queer 1ascinauon- one
81 them turns right in on MS nose
That eve kind Of fixes you and you
get to watching It and suooeniy
Tvhang. And say, that boy can swing
some with that left
This much fought over Flynn Smoke l9
affair. and the stalling OF Abe AItell
and some OF the other Der1orInan noes
that have recently been pulled OF nave
---o-I-eT m the, assemblymen OF Al
banv to introduce through assernOl
man Allen measure that II passed
will cIau the lid down on boxing II
New York state harder than 1t ha
ever been 5efore
Ad WelgaSt and Jim Jeffries are
hobnobbing lately TO conslleraDie
extent They recently set OF on .
hunt in the mountains, travelng u
ADS car. with their guns packed IN
der the seat Ad is predicting Inal
he wiz gain ten pounds IN the seven
DAYS he expects to be out In the via
The pair have promised each otner no.
TO SPEAK more than 1ltty WORDS uuIlHs
the entire trip. Wonder why?
Well. the New York athletic COM
mission has come back at Aoe AtuelL
featherweight champion, with the pen
aItv Of suspension for six months toI
taxing IN the much talked about IlShl
with Knockout Brown The action OF
New York's boxing commission VIII
not affect Abe's going to Los Angeles
nor his engagement with Johnny kh-
bane Manager Tom McCarey, the Los
Angeles fight promoter who VIII stage
the battle. has this to say;
"Atteu never did anything crooked
TO me. and I refuse to accept the YER
dict OF the New York people ouI
fight viii be staged, and imagine
every one will be satisfied AtteH nae
too much at stake in the recent Ne"
York fight, and was worrleo-
Manager Henry Wolverton, OF IS
New York Highlanders, IS stll on S9e
outlook for a catcher AFTER a WSSh !
ecol7ffnr he had to return to New YORK
with the discouraging news that al
schemes to secure a backstop hsFe
been futile so far He Is said 70 nave
his eagle eye trained on some gooo