El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-04
ALittIe Sport; ALittle Gossip

T., last year when he registered more
| strikeouts than he allowed hits. He
/ was the only pitcher in the National
| league who struck out more men than
! were able to hit him safely. The Giant
1efthander took part in as games last
year, but Completed only %; that is,
| there were only % games which he
started and finished Most of the
others that went to make up the As
were games that he finished for some
other pitcher. In his 45 games he
struck out 237 batters, while only 221
hits were made off him He pitched
2TS innings, or almost exactly 81 games
of regulation length. So that he av-
eraged practically eight strikeouts to
the full game, but allowed only a little
over seven hits. No other pitcher can
show any such form as that Marquard
is not striking out so many men this
season, for he has learned that there
is an easier way to win.
'Tol" Pendleton, the famous Prince
ton football and baseball star, more
than likely will be found in a Yankee
uniform after college closes next June.
Pendleton called on his friend, Charles
Sterrett, the Highlanders' backstop.
and later engaged in long CONVERSE
ton with manager Wolverton. Close
friends of Pendleton state that he has
virtually given Wolverton his word
that he would sign a contract after he
graduated from Princeton in June, 1913.
Pendleton and Sterrett are close
friends.
What no, warderi Put some extra
pads in cell No. % and have a couple
of straitjackets handy. There's a new
"bug" loose He's the guy who got it
into his noodle that Clark Griffith
would sell Walter Johnson for $4,000.
According to an exchange he goes by
the name of James McAleer and he's
been under suspicion before
Griffith says the St. Louis Browns
beat his club out Of a pennant chance
OF course, it was Griffs inability to
hold the pace that told. The Browns
simply happened to be improving as
the senators were slipping. It does
appear, at times, as though weak clubs
get the indian sign on stronger ones
and hold them helpless Thus the Red
SoX, prior to 1908, had been the
Browns pet aversion. They seemed
unable to win against the red-hosed
lads.
Promoter James Coffroth, is stil
without card for California for Ad-
mission day. His effort to sign Hogan
and frankie Burns of Oakland was
without result owing to unwillingness
to accede TO the demand of Hogan's
manager, Gil Boag, that a guarantee OF
$4,000 be posted for the San Francis
can
Within a short time Harry Wolver-
ton, manager of the New York Ameri-
cans, and former manager of the Oak
land, Calf, team will sign a new con-
tract to manage the New York club
for another season 1t is said that
Frank Farrell, owner of the New York
team, realizes the fact that numerous
accidents have kept his club at the
foot of the league, and WolvertOn,
without doubt has had more with
rr-h oh 70 10
matter of hard luck than any other
manager in the league.
Connie Mack, manager of the Ath-
letics, has declared that no more of
his men are slated to go He also
stated that if some one will show him
a pitcher as good as Bender he will
pay $4,000 for him.
JOHNNY Kilbane, featherweight
champion, will probably take a trip to
England and Ireland this winter as he
is anxious to see both countries.
Harry Dell, bantamweight champion
of the Pacific coast, has received an
offer to box Tommy Dixon, at Kansas
City, sometime in September, in a 10
round bout, if suitable inducements
are offered. While Dell can easily
pounds to the fighting tar, as the
weight will be 122 pounds.
A Cincinnati sporting sheet says
that Marquard balks in the most de-
liberate and open fashion. He caught
Mitchell by wheeling and throwing
after he had not only taken up the
pitching position, but had started the
swing of both arm and leg, with one
foot high in the air. 1t was the rawest
balk imaginable, but he was not stung.
nor is any New York pitcher penal
lied by the umpires.
Sim Coffroth, San Francisco fight
promoter. is planning a heavyweight
elimination tournament in that city.
The start of this was the Jim Flynn
Charley Miller 20 round bout which
took place Monday. After that fight
Al kaufman was to fight the winner,