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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WANTED TOBE FIGHTER
Could Bend Tenpenny Nails With His Fingers There
fore, Declared His Friends, He Logically Must Be
Real fWhite Hope''-A Bout Staged by
PugiEst John L. Sullivan.

The writer must be pardOned this
story. but as an amateur raconteur It
appeals 10 him In the light OF the new
white hopes" who are constantly being
unearthed from here, there and every
where. until now It is a country bar
zen 81 physical proves indeed which
has not the illuminating figures OF
one OF these "dopes"-We mean hopes
behind f.
II was IN Detroit several years ago
when John L sullivan was en- tour
then packing about the country with
burlesque show and giving boxing
exhibition with a staiWart young man.
whom for want Of a better title we
shan call Mark
John l. had just climbed aboard the
water cart for the fifty-eighth public
and one-thousandth private time ana
he declared that in the hereafter ne
would take nothing stronger tnan tnat
which composed his matutinal aolu-
lions. II may be parenthetically added
that John l. stuck 70 his guns ana
waved sloft the white flag OF prohl-
bftion for many blue moons after this
particular vow
There was at that time in Detroit
& blacksmith, yclept Potter VINO was
uoseessed OF the prOdigious strength
that he could bend tenpenny nails
with his finger muscles Hence ms
eobrfouet the Nail Bender
Was there ever anything more nat
ursl IN the world than that the well
meaning friends Of this SandOw smithy
should kid him into the idea that he
was a likely aspirant for heavyweight
honors2
heavvweight champion must have
strrnErh. Potter was absolutely re-
dudant int his respect It doesn't there
fore take a geometrica1 demonstration
10 urove that the logical deduction
was that Potter should switch from
his festive vocation Of Cutfitting
horses. or equine haberdasher, as It
were. and fit into the realm OF heavy
weight pugilism
At this time the adIPose Sullivan
was giving adipose publicity to his
man Mark as the coming champion.
Every Detroit sporting page announced
that Mark would meet all corners any
night IL the "Avnoo" burleQue house.
HIS aFriends" FIX 1t.
Can you picture to yourself Pot
tiers friends assuring him that this
was his chance. He must get a toe
hold on old man Opportunity that
would send his (POtter's) name boom
ing down the centuries as the only
genuine incandescent Of the fight
game he was 10 out-Figg, Jim Figg-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20

fight"\shalI go to Charles O'Malley at
CHARLEY has a hard row ahead to
hoe Gov. McDOndl has stamped the
e-ubernatorisI seal Of disapprOval on
the battle and there are other obstacles
which loom up formioaDly-, - Marcy
has the site for the fight and the
brains and the gRmeness to go through
with il II possible, but from here 1t
looks as though IL viii never mater
ialize Sentiment among sporting eX-
perts Of the country is so much against
IL that II will have to weather q terri
fic storm of anti-publicity This viii
be more conclusively shown as the
time passes
Yale has taken up pony polo
The one feud which never. grows old
is that between Chawles Webb Murphy
and Ban B. Johnson
Baseball a baseball periodical, dedi-
Gates its current number to Tyrus
Raymond Cobb. II a sporting cele-
brity demanded more adulatiOn than
Cobb receives in this number he must
be egregiOusly Tain. indeed
Tomorrow We shall tell why we be-
lieve that Johnny Kilbane has a great
chance to tie and possibly beat ABE
Thursday. 1t stacks up like great
mill
Speaking OF "jinxes" and bail play
ers superstitions a baseball periodical
gives the following weaknesses OF
some Of the start players Of the Dig
circuit:
Chief Bender, the brainy indian
pitcher Of the Athletics, never throws
to anyone save Ira Thomas, when
warming up Rather than pitch to an
other. or to the first baseman, he jug
giles The ball until Thomas has dOnned
shin guards and protector.
"Ty Cobb always swings three pats
as he walks TO the plate. The Iact
that one bat is so much lighter after
holding three IS a truth, aside from the
superstition of the thing.
Nap LajOie always draws a line IN
the dirt OF the batter's box before
taking his position. He viii not race
the pitcher without this preliminary.
Barney Petty must throw a curve
ball lust before starting in to pitch
His last TO the catcher, when warm
ing up between innings, is always a
curve. 49,
"Rube Oldring insists on the little
mascot Of the Athletics standing IN a
certain place when he is at bat.
Always, before delivering the BAH
Russell Ford adjusts his cap
After receiving the ball from the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20

IS called a SINK" and It IS the
worst fate that can befau an ath-
y lete or team. Ever hear Of the
baseball "jinxg" It sometimes mani
tests itself in the form Of a cross
eyed girl sitting on the third base
bleachers. The visiting team simply
cant win with this combination
stacked against IT, Cali II supSIstl-
ton IL you viii. To the ball player
81 is more than that There IS some
thing o. the occult In IT, IL IS AKIN =
the crossing Of the bats. the seeing OF
a white horse and a load OF nay OF
red headed cripple
When these objects are sighted a
metaphysical tremor shoots through
the whole team as an Individual ~
S. all off for the day. The game Is
as good as lost
But the '.jinx'' is manifest in a num-
Der or other ways also There IS the
accident -jinE' I'm which every mem
Der Of the team seems sooner or laLeI
tncapacltsted. This is one most dreaded
by managers as IL lasts longest W men
3 team linked" by & red headed Doy
nr q cross eyed girl on the third base
bleschers get out Of town they put
behind them the link" But the &C
cident ink" follows club through
the season
There are pitchers who have the in
dian sign on certain teams, therefore
batting and team percentage IS af1ecreo
as link" pitchers 1t works vice YER
81 A team may be a link for GER
tain pitcher who against any other
team IS g wonder, but who for some
reason tumbles when he meets his
sink" team Wise managers refrain
from putting a pitcher thus linked
against the subject Of the hoodoo.
Yes. sir. "jinL' IS a wonderful and
complex thing Tt can take q team IN
the midst Of a fine winning streak
and make il lose Is games In a row
A man who was never sick in his life
becomes an invalid under the baleful
influence Of the ''jinX.'
Prize fighters are beaten before they
enter the ring when this Saturnlne
body asserts itself
- II you never heard OF fl and are
an athlete. beware the jinx-
Merchant. the latest English light
weight TO come "hacrOsS" demon
strafed in New York the other night
that he knows what his two hands
were made for -Crickets" at the ring
side said his showing was very favor
able.
Wen i had 10 come. The report is
that Jack Curley has finally decided
that without further ado the big
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
ASSURE NATIONAL
ROADWAY PROJECT
Automobiles Follow 1t
Avidly-S Section of Pc
posed Route.

The proposition OF a national ooule-
ward is being followed with avidity by
Automobiles across the whole coun-
try. The unanimity OF sentiment for
the paving OF this trans-continental
highway is a guarantee that It's ma
retaliation is assured without
Pertaining to this section Of the
route. the following interesting us
patch comes from Douglas, Ariz.;
The interest Of FL PasO in the pro-
posed ''Trans-continental BOrderland,
All-the-Year-R Round Automobile Route,
is shown by a blue print map. the work
ceived by the local chamber OF com
merce.
The route shows the road from Fl
Paso to Deming, a distance Of 80 miles
from Deming to LOrdsbUrg. SO miles
Lordsburg to ROdeO. IS miles, ROdeO &c
Douglas so miles, Douglas TO Bisbee
"a miles. Bisbee to Tucson, ITO miles
Tucson to Florence, so miles; Florence
to Phoenix, 60 miles. This is the route
along which the FL PasO-to-PhOeniZ
pathfinder journey is being made.
East Of FL PasO. there are thre6
routes proposed The southern route
proper starts at Jacksonville. Fla. go
ing by way of Pensacola, Fla; Mobile
Ala. New Orleans La. Houston. SaT
Antonio and FL Paso. Tex For those
who desire to visit the central portion
OF 1eAOS ana tSNdE6 the u4l d--NSS q
practically barren country for som,
distance west Of San Antonio. there Is
another branch Of this route, which
leaves the direct trail at DeQUincy
Tex. trending northwest by way o.
Dallas and Fort Worth. then fOllOwins
the T. & P. line by way of Sweetwate
and Midland to the Pass CITY
On the northern route it is proposed
that tourists shall turn south at DOdgl
City, Kan. thence by way of Roswell
and AlamagOrdo n. NJ. into FL PasO.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
Catarrh and Cold in the Head
Easily and Quickly Relieved

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the result Of years of scientific study
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II YOU would be rid OF your watery
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Price soc For sale by all druggists
or sent by mail postpaid b. the man
ufacturers, Clover Leaf Pharmacy.
CIoverdale, Calf.
send TO the manufacturers for a free
sample
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20

He was to reduce Jeffries, Johnson ana
the rest 70 a state Of coma
Be II asseverated that Potter was
not backward. He realized with his
friends that this was his chance Ine
muscles on his braWny arms were
strong as iron bands" etc He mad
always craved a chance. Here II was
reckoning to him
friends phalanxed themselves in the
orchestra pit After the burlesQue
queens had kicked so high and so
much that their pedal gyrations had
everyone dizzy, the stage was cleared,
an imprOvised ring set up, chairs put
around IL and John l., himself, acIln8
as referee, timer, second, announcer
and a few other things to keep MIN
really busy, made ready for the Mark
Potter combat.
Stripped Potter looked like a CORFU
gated roof The muscles stood out on
him in punches. To the wonder OF the
gallery gods and the gaping. OF MS
admiring friends, to substantive his
title as Nail Bender he undeniably
bent several big nails
II Really Seemed Too Bad.
Some Of US were beginning TO teel
a bit sorry for Mark There were no
foot hills OF muscle on his body wnen
he appeared for action. he was smooIn
ana white and beside the smithy he
looked incapable and Inadequate
The bell changed and the bout was
OH Potter $1,000 ike q llOunLaAA We---
ing for a MOhammed to come TO him
He had about as much foot Work as z
courthouse Mark at the bell seemed
to be transformed into a WalIzlhs
hitting demon who had as many arms
porter lad the "cover-upr game
down better than an undertaken Hs
must have known how to snoe hoIst
but he couldn't hit q moving van witf
In It-''9--I nin1te Mark cut it loose Tt
vas a hay-maker to the Jaw tina
lifted Potter onto the ropes whence h'
bounced to the floor
Hone Of Hopes on Floor.
FTfs-friends were in a turmoil Iner'
Law their hope OF the hopes on ne 100
and he seemed greatly dlsincuhed u
get no. although nothing appeared u
ba the matter with him. Yelled at by
80 friends to get to his feet POttel
arose slowly and the way Mark cop
0ed him Oh the jaw just as ne stood
erect was better schedule than rail
way time table
aeafn He was not really hurt bu
ne began to see that the fight game
vas more than getting your picture
in the paper and that 1t took more
than nalr cut ana a shave 10 WIN
Again his stunned friends yelled a
him This time Potter evidently
thought ne would take matters int
his own hands and violating all the
precepts Of ring ethics he started OF
his hands and knees to crawl between
the ropes out OF the ring, anywhert
to get away from the stingeree Ct
that right wallOp.
Potter crawled through the rope
amid pandemonium and with the ring
! side fans trying to kick him back into
| the arena They dropped the curtain
and the show ended.
II for six months after YOU asked
/ an erstwhile supporter of Potter how
/ his hope" was coming he wanted Il
I fight-and quick.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
O'NEu HAS FOOT
ON THE SOFT PEDAL

Lincoln. Neb.. Feb. 20.-President
Norris L O'NeiI. Of the Western
league, who was IN Lincoln yesterday,
was asked II his mission had to do
with the possible transfer OF the Den
yer franchise from Denver to chicago
in an effort to decrease the mileage
Of the eastern clubs in the league
He would not confirm the rumor. but
said he was looking ahead to the fu-
ture interests OF the league.
i don't believe the Western league
is looking for an opportunity to IN
crease Its mileage" is the most sug-
gestive remark he would make The
suggestion that a ten club league was
under consideration, adding Chicago
and Oklahoma City. brought no con-
flrmatiOn from the league president
Mr. O'Nen had only good words to say
for Denver as a baseball town He left
for Denver last night. His visit here,
ne said. was chiefly TO confer with
president Despair. Of the Lincoln club.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
MORAN TOO STRONG
FOR BROOKLYN PUG

New York. y Y. Feb. 2O.-Owen Mo-
ran. the English lightweight, complete
" outcIassed Joe Bedeu. OF Brooklyn,
in a 10 round bout in Brooklyn last
night Moran practically knocked out
his opponent in the ninth, but at the
count Of eight the bell rang. saving
the Brooklyn man. He was revived
and tOed the mark in the tenth and
fought gsmely. being knocked down
for the count OF nine in the last min
ute.
In the sixth round Moran began to
hammer his opponent hard and the
effect OF the blows was plainly seen.
The fighters weighed in at 1874
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
GET YOUR MONEY BACK
II This Medicine Does Not Satisfac-
foriIy Benefit fou.

Practising physicians making a spe-
cialty OF stomach troubles are really
responsible for the formula from which
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Of acute Indigestion anG chronic uys-
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and healing TO the inflamed mem
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in pepsin, one Of the greatest digestive
aids known TO medicine. The relief
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a short time helps to bring about a
cessation Of the pains caused BY stom-
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the money you paid US for them v-ftb
out question or Formally. Thew com.
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store Kelly & Pollard. Peoples No.
store, S24 San Antonio street.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
ARIsTOCRATS OF
THE DAYS OF OLD
Some Of the Big Track Win
nings Made Back IN the
Sport s HalcyOn Days.

That the running race game Is IN
state of decadence is in no wise better
exemplified than by a comparison OF
fborougbbreds of today as compared
with those Of the halycOn days OF the
sport.
In 1911 Worth, a 2-year-old. sprung
into fleeting prominence as the olggest
money winner Of the season, tOtaling
S16.645. Only one other horse went
over the SIS. 900 mark. that being Gov
ernor Gray, who topped this figure oy
Now in contrast are published the
names and winnings OF the horses from
1902 to 1910. as follows:
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
TARVER MAY BOX
HERE FOR CATTLEMEN

Cass Tarver. the big Texas white
hope, may be the star boxer in an eS-
hibition bout at the big smoker to be
given in the chamber Of commerce
building the last night Of the Panhan-
die cattlemen's convention, March Z. p
conference was held this morning be-
tween Judge A 5. J. Eylar, Art Rick
ard and c. A Kline. and a telegram
was sent to Charlie CavanaUgh, the
big boys trainer, to see what terms
could be agreed upon. The purse for
the bout will be provided by the di-
rectors OF the convention committee, as
there will be no admission charges
The boxers to travel a six round mill,
and no decision TO be rendered.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
Ell PAsO WOMAN IS sTRICKEN
IN HOUSTON WITH MENiNGAIls

Hurrying several hundreds OF mlIes
10 nurse scarlet fever cases contracted
bv two of her grandchildren at Hous-
ton. Texas. Mrs ]. ". Adams, mother
of Mrs Harry Swain, of FL Pasos was
stricken with meningitis and To-Day Aes
at deaths door in Houston
Mrs Adams left last week for ner
daughters home with the maternal IN
stfnctfveness of nursing her little
grandchildren through the siege OF scar
lei fever and shortly contracted the
much more violent disease A tele-
gram TO Harry Swain this morning
stated that Mrs Adams was nos eN-
pected to live It IS the first case re-
ported in which an FL Pasoan has been
afflicted with meningitis
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
ACUTE INDIGESTION CAUSES
DEATH OF CHILD AT ALI

Alpine. Tex.--Feb. 20.-Hy ]. r., the
4 year old sonNof Mr.. and Mrs Nay
Bowles, of Alpine, died OF acute indi-
gestiOn-
District court has adjourned. Fort
Stockton viii be the next court point
in this district Court cOnvenes there
Feb. %. The last civil case disposed
Of here was that Of Arthur Thomas rs.
J. w Walker, involving the title to
state school land now occupied BY the
defendant A jury verdict was rend-
cred in favor OF the defendant
Washington's birthday anniversary
will be celebrated here by the schools
as ArbOr day and by horse racing and
wrestIing BY the sportlng fratsrnlty.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
ILLUSTRATING POINT
OF COBB'S MENTALITY

Ougenerad anoe
usuaI 1
Thn
out at rSf
Evans
few
slide back
Chase
plate player
generating an Cobb
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
METE OUT SUMMARY
FINES TO BOXERS

Anacortes.f Wash. Feb 2O.-Eddie
Marine and Pete AIcNeigh. the Seattle
liEhtweights who fought an eight
round draw here last Thursday. were
found guilty OF prize fighting and were
fined 500. Bert Van Horn. promoter
OF the bout, was fined q like amount
and kid" Ross. the referee, was fined
s25 The district attorney declares he
viii endeavOr to punish the spectators.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20

Jim Mcclure, whose last claim 20
fame was his management OF the Maps,
6as been signed by Detroit as train
iDr adviser and scout" He will alter
nate with Joe Sugden IN curling the
ambitions Of the Tiger youngsters
Tonneman is the fifth catcher shared
bv WOlverton, but he probably will
rank second only to Sweeney, for VIII
liams. Bergen and Appleoy belong to
the experimental class, while Tonne
man has made good with two clubs
in the highest minor league society
washington viii return shortstop
Scott and Pitcher Ainsworth to YOungs-
town They were taken on by Nc
Aleer as a matter Of accommodation
10 his home town and the Youngstown
club was IN a stew for fear that Clark
Griffith meant to keep them
Mrs. Mary McGuHcuddy, mother OF
Manager Connie Mack. died in Phila-
delphia on February 1 at the age Of
rs years She made her home with
for several months. Three other sons
besides the leader Of the Athletics sur
vive her
Bobby Wallace. OF, the st Louis
Browns. viii have recruit with MIN
in the spring who is feet IN height
and weighs 1S5 pounds. His name IS
Brief Not much brevity about this
10 the expected length OF his stay on
the st. Louis pay roll
The Chicago White sox have claimed.
by refusal 10 waive. Jack Fourier
bought by the Boston Red SoX last
summer from Vancouver. He is a
catcher and first baseman and last sea
son played with Moose Jaw IN the
Western Canada league under option
from Vancouver. He led the western
Canada in hitting, with an average OF
.377-/
Jack Sheridan. veteran American
league umpire. is spending the winter
in san francisco. Il see by the papers
that the American league has voted
to pension me and give me mccall
to wear on my breast said sheridan
recently But I guess when the oell
rings RI be back in harness Ban
Johnson viii need me when the Ilsh'
grows hot"
Some American league follower has
summarized the requirements OF the
various teams IN Ban Johnson's cir
{ cult He leads off by saying that Phil
adelphia needs nothing and winds VI
/ with this list Of absolute essentials
/ for the Browns: Two catchers, foul
3 pitchers first basemen, second base
man. three outfielders- COngratula-
/ tions to Wallace and Austin are II
/ order; others need not apply.
! President McCredie. OF the Portland
/ Pacific Coast league club. objects Il
/ the idea Of losing Catcher Walter
! Kuhn through the combination of re
I instatement and release to the Chi
/ cago White Sox and says he will ash
/ a hearing In the matter. Perhaps
/ Cleveland. which drafted Kuhn and
F. then lost him on the ground that h
! was Ineligible. may ask If the draf
Z should not hold II Kuhn is to be al
/ lowed to play outside the coast league
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
ALL RECORDS ARE BROKEN
N 1919 ROWLING. CONc-nr

Chicago. H. Feb. 2O.-Official an
nouncement last night OF the entry list
for the American Bowling congress-
tournament. which opens here March >
shows that all records for previous
tournaments were broken
Secretary Langtry announced that
$50 five-man teams 1888 tvvo-wan
teams and 2S2S individuals had entered
the tournament The entrance fee to-
tailed S4A77O. 1t was announced that
close to $4,000 would be distributed
in cash prizes.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
MATRON STAKES TO
PITTSBURG MEET

Cleveland. o.. Feb. 2O.-secretary
George DIETRICH. Of the Grand circuit
announced yesterday the Pittsburg
Driving club, the new member OF the
circuit has been allotted the Matron
stakes. one Of the most important OF
harness colt races, the stake coming
To a value at maturity Of between $1,000
and $4,000. -
The Pittsburg meeting viii be helo
the week of August So
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
Twelfth SERIES IN COMMERCIAL
LEAGUE TO BE PLAYED TONIGHT

With the bronze trophy race in the
Commercial league Of the ~" narrow
ing down TO but four more series OF
basketball games, the interest is keen.
The twelfth series Of games will be
played tonight at the ~" The teams
viii be pitted against each other in
the following order: First game, Fl
Paso Piano company vs.. Popular: sec
ond game, Shelton-Payne VS.. FL Paso
Household company, and the Bryan
Bros VS. the Wall team for the final.
The games begin at S o'clock
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20

Many cases Of
typhoid fever,
appendicitis a nd
other severe dis
eases are trace
able to prolonged
clogging Of the
bowels. Regard
the effects Q T
constipation, c..
F. Ayers, @ Sabin
St, Montpelier,
VT, says:
Il was afflicted
with constipation
and biliousness for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
ZBYsZKO. As USUAL. PUTS
OPPOSITION SHOTInFRS No n i. q

Boston. Mass, Feb. 20.-Zbyszko de-
feated Henry Ordemann. OF Minneapo-
lis, in a hard wrestling match here
tonight. winning two straight falls. the
first in IS minutes and 10 seconds and
the second in Is minutes As seconds
DR. Roller dereated harls, the HindoO.
IN two straight falls.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-20
GO OVER TEN ROUND COURSE
ARRIVING AT USUAL DRAW

New York. y y. Feb. 2O.-Leach
Cross and Tommy MalOney. local light
weights. fought ten fast rounds at the
Olympic Athletic club last night The
majority of the ringside critics gave
Cross the better of seven rounds and
Naloney one, two being even.