El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-04
A Little Sport; A Little Gossip

- HRISTY MATHEWSON disagreez
with most critics on many sub
/ ~ jects. The late Addie Joss, him
self a famous HEAVIER. once opined that
/ a good pitcher represented so percent
! Of a clubs defensive strength. Now
comes Matty, likewise a wonderful
I curvist, with the statement that a
} pitcher is only Is percent Of a ball
club. AIatty saws in part:
The failure of the Athletics to finish
! one-two last season shows that pitch
/ ing is the most important part Of base
/ ball However, according to my rating,
/ a pitcher represents only Is percent
/ Of a clubs defensive strength other
/ experts disagree with me, but you must
! remember that there are eight men be-
| sides pitcher out there. OF course
I without a good pitcher a ball club is
practically helpless
Ollie Chapman, a Cincinnati ball
I player has invented a protective sleeve
Tor pitchers and catchers to prevent
tneir arms from cooling off between
innings He has secured q patent and
viii put II on the market.
Dixie Kid, of Boston. was defeated in
a 20 round bout at London by Johnny
MathiesOn. The negro boxer made a
good showing early in the fight, but
! toward the end MathiesOn had him
I
Matt Wells, the English lightweight,
mas been matched to box Hughie Ne
+ negan, OF Australia, in London, on
February "A.
Harvard is to drop Dartmouth from
her 1913 football schedule. The pow
ers that be in Harvard football be-
ueYe that the big Green team did not
play a sportsmanhke exhibition last
fall at the Stadium Brown will be
moved from her usual setting. the last
saturday in October, TO November Is.
the date usually assigned to Dart
mouth, the last contest prior to the
annual game win Yale.
Arie Latham, former coach of the
Giants, is said to be pining for a job
as target for pop bottles The Central
league has signed its last jumps"
His Job with the PhilIies sewed. man
ager Doom is again appearing before
the fOOtlights. He will endeavor TO
amuse the public for another five
weeks.
But five Cleveland players who went
on the spring training trip last season
this year. None of the five got On as
regular last year
Kid Coffey,. the Pittsburg feather
weight. has been matched to tackle
Tommy Moore, Of Chicago, in a 10
round bout at Depere, Wis, on Febru-
dry T.
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Harvard's baseball nine has so games
on this years schedule. The Crimson
Will open against the worlds cham
pions, the Boston Americans. at Bos-
ton. on April s. On the southern trip.
Harvard will plav Annapolis, Johns
hopkins, Georgetown and the Balti-
more team Of the International league
The games with Yale, as usual, close
the season.
It is reported that manager .McGraw
signed James Thorpe for his team with
the sole purpose Of completing the first
redskin battery in the history Of base !
ball If he should develop into a big
League pitcher he viii have chief /
Myers for a be ttery mate. The salary 4
TO be paid Thorpe has not been given 4
out but 1t is thought to be greater l
than S45O0. which was the amount Of /
fered by the Cincinnati Reds
The New York state boxing and /
commission has informed the 1
OFFICIALS of the Washington Athletic /
club at Brooklyn that they will not /
be permitted to hold any more boxing j
shows until an INVESTIGATION has been
held into the death of ''Chfc" Rose. who