El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-22


fall a little below John McGraw's ST.
pend Of $50, 900 per year. Hughey and
president Z. J. Navins OF the Delroll
American league. had a little poW-WoW
in Scranton, Pa, lately, and liked eF-
erything ali up. After the papers were
signed the two Tiger leaders arranged
for the spring training trip OF the
team. The youngsters leave Ior Mon-
roe, La, on February a. and the vet
Grams leave on March 9.
NaTin pooh-pOohed the new outlaw
league. He says the promoters nave
not a chance TO gain foothold IN the
major league cities
I can see where they might have
fair chance in New York, because there
are enough people to patronize dozen
clubs hut they show their hands when
they try to bluff into such towns as
Needing said NsviL.
Among other things the Detroit mag
nate denied was the reported trade OF
fIir5 I,9seman N3riarity to Cleveland
for Graney and Stovan he viii not
have any use for StOvall, he said as
physicians assure him that Gaynor VII
be in fine shape, and it is settled that
Moriarity win be seen at his old place
at third base again next season
Jennings is considering the aoFlsa
bflifv Of taking q chef and a corps OF
waters on the training trip IN oIoeI
TO condition the Tigers to proper oleL
He viii quarter his men In one large
building near the grounds If the tram
ing table plan is adopted.
one Round Hogan and Knockout
Brown are fixing up a little match Tor
some time in the near future, as a re-
suit of a bet Dan Morgan BrOWns
manager, says he is willing TO put up
$4,000 that his boxer could oeIeat no
ran of the one round gait Hogans
MANAGE. Boag. is willing TO match his
man with Brown on these conditions
First, that the $4,000 posted DC
1vaEered at the prevailing ooos' sec
oud, that the weight be $50 rlngslos'
and third, that the winner take al
This last point is the one that Boas
says he VIII insist on. Pacific COAST
fans are awaiting with considerable
interest Morgans reply to the condl-
lions. Hogan is favorite on the "a
cific coast, but Brown is known only
by reputation
Willie Richie has been matched to
meet Paul Kohler at Cleveland ONO
tonight in a u round bout The boxers
will weigh in at z35 pounds at O'clock.
Senator James A. Frawley, author Of
the new law for the regulation OF box
ing in New York, is about to introduce
a hil1 into the New York legislature
that win cause much excitement IN tne
ranks Of baseball men 1t is FraWley
plan TO tax the gross receipts OF Dass-
bail clubs exceeding a certain limit
turned over to the public Fairgrounds
in the leading cities and towns Of the
state The bill names 10 percent tax ana
viii affect directly the New OK Ma
tional league, the New YORK AIneIl l-i
league and the Brooklyn National
league. The bill-making senator wants
10 put professional baseball under the
control Of the state athletic comInls-
sion that Is managing the ooWIlns I
zane 1t has been reported unO1Ll- I
cfalIv that the profits Of the New YORK /
Nationals have exceeded $SOO,OUU N I
good baseball seasons. though the OH
Gals Of the major league CLUBS nave ,
never made public the total amount o. I
their gross receipts, expenditures and /
profits. There IS no doub-s however
that the returns are enormous
since Charlie Doom has signed Up 4
to continue TO pilot the Phillies the 4
sorreI-topped leader has started to make
predictions Doom expects the Bnlllles
10 win the National league pennanL
The only thing needed is to break the
,hOodOo Of III luck that kept butung IN
to the PhiIlies all last season an
confident" says bricktOp. that II the
PhiIies had been as free from acct
dents as McGraW's men, We would nave
made It mighty interesting right UP 70
the finish. We had played half our
games up TO the time I was injured
After my injury the tables were
turned and we took only two games
from McGraW's men, while they were
trimming Us nine. Baseball players
are always optimistic, and I cannot be-
lieve that I'D luck viii follow Us anoth-
er year" Doom considers the Phillies
pitching staff right up TO snuff, with
Earl Moore and Grover Cleveland A.
exander as & nucleus Doom is bank
ing on the trade he made last year BY
which he got Lobert from Cincinnati
He thinks II was corker for the phil
lies as Lou" has turned out a good
= mn-H Hrm I'D
making the team as successful as Il
was.
The Pittsburg Pirates are sorry that
they ever traded Han Hyatt, the famous
pinch hitter After he had been sent /
to the Kansas City club. the Pirates 4
were Handicapped for three-Quarters Of 4
the season for lack Of a dependable I
emergency batsman- When the Pirates /
realized their loss manager Clarke per
suaded Vim Campbell to retire from the 4
brokerage business temporarily and /
Join the pirates, but even Campbell was !
not able to render much assistance at I
the start. because he lacked practice
While he finally struck his gait and (
made Up for lost time, finishing the
season with a batting record OF 81,
still the fact remains that ne old not
iii the bill Of a pinch hitter and thae
II Ham had been on the job several
games might have been saved for the
Pirates. Manager Clarke never want
ed TO let Ham go in the first place Dut
could not help himself Now he has
Ham back again for this season, and
the Pirates can work easier with the
knowledge that they have q good pinch
hitter back OF them to iii any emer-
gency-
Manager Clarke has never been quite /
satisfied with the preparation Of his
batteries in previous years, 50 this sea
sons training viii be superintendent by
the Pirates manager personally. One
Of the greatest difficulties in this
training JOB Is that the veterans have I
to be urged on and the youngsters hold
back Ambitious recruits are apt to
forget that the training games do not |
count. and are liable in a pinch TO put 4
everything they possess on the ball be-
fore their arm IS seasoned TO stand the /
strain, with the result that the pitch
ing arm Is thrown off and the PLAYER
rendered useless By taking his pitch /
ers and catchers a week ahead OF the |
others to West Baden, the training /
camp, Clarke believes that he can
nurse the young twirlers through the {
preliminary period so that they viii I
be in shape to show something By the |
time the spring games at Hot Springs /
are due. Tt Is also his intention TO 1