El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-31

: this year That team is already look
ing around for a new man.
elise Hardy is sure to stick at Waco
he has been able to be among the lead
ers each year and has always built VI
a line team from green material i
ne had money to buy few good men
ne would win pennant He is deYel-
oplng more good men than any man.
ager in the league
Metz viii have no trouble in holding
ms berth with San Antonio. He has
Deen Ilghting close to the top all the
year and has a team which is splendidky
disciplined.
Metx VIII Lead League.
The most recent batting averages
show cOnclusively that Metz, Of San
Antonio will end the season as the real
leader of the league. His average will
be about 800 for the year Hopkins OF
Galveston, who has played on "a games,
IS leading Metz and the indications are
tnat he will top the league, but ON ac-
count of the few games played he can
not be accounted the real leader. Hop
kins is an eX-big Lacquer. Dode. Crisis,
Tor so many years with the st. Lo- 5
Browns as a pinch hitter, is again in
a Houston uniform, playing the out
field He has batted .309 in II games,
and his Whacking of the ball has been
test w Allen, also a big Lacquer, who
has been shifted to the minors, has
been hitting .S21 for San Antonio in
10 games. These three men did not
come until late in the season. Crisis
played in the Texas league a good
many years, going from here to St.
Louis. McIver, another st. Louis dis
card, is batting .295 for Austin.
Houston Pitcher Holds Record
In the pitching line Foster, of Hous-
ton, will finish the season with the
best record. Rogers and Goodman, of
san Antonio, will be second and third,
and Edmundson and Rose of Houston
will carry off the fourth and fifth
laurels
The MidcOast league, which was or
gained this season, but too late to
file on territory, will get into the game
IN good fashion next year, and efforts
are now being made TO secure players.
This will replace the Southwest Texas
league which proved such a fruitful
training ground for the Texas league.
Victoria, Bay City, Corpus Christi,
Brennan, LAGRANGE and Beeville will
probably be the towns which will form
the league This will make a compact
league with little mileage and with
cities Of sufficient population to sup
port league baseball Robert Scott
Israel is president Of the league and he
is now working hard to stir up interest.
There seems to be little doubt but that
the league viii get on its feet in good
shape with the opening OF the season.
AII-Stars to Tour Mexico.
An all Texas league team will tour
Mexico following the close of the sea-
son if present plans are followed out,
Conditions are disturbed, but games
viii probably be played in Monterey,
Mexico City, Guadalajara, Veracruz.
and a number of the larger mining
towns. Some of the mining towns,
where there are a number of Amer
leans, have good ball teams and much
interest is manifested in the national
game If the Mexico venture proves
a success it is also very probable the
team will go on to Panama
The season which will close Labor
day will not be successful one from
a financial standpoint The attend
auce has been poor. Waco, Austin,
Fort Worth, Galveston and Beaumont
have not made any money and all of
them have lost small amounts. Austin
ana Galveston are badly in the hole.
There is a possibility of the circuit
again being reOrganized next year.