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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22
RUMORS OF FURTHER
CUTS WORRY PLAYERS

Continued From Previous PaEe.)
learned that Speaker smoked cigarets.
Right now Pm offa that fellow,
said Barney. I won't have a cigaret
smoker on my team. These fellows new
er amount to a darn-nO wind, no en-
durance, no nothing"
Whereupon, the Red Sox secured
Speaker and he became the sensation
of the American league. He ranks to-
day, despite the fact that he smokes
cigarets, as one of the greatest out
fielders the game ever has known. II
he were placed on the market he would
bring $4,000 at least.
The ball players are a bit worried
over reports that the magnates plan
further reductions in operating eN-
penses and that they would reduce traV-
cling expenses to a minimum.
One report has it that the ball play
ers, instead of riding in Pullman
coaches, will have to ride in ordinary
day coaches during day trips. Taxicabs
Tor ball players while on trips will be
taboo, as far as the club owners pay
ing the freight is concerned, according
to the same report.
In addition to this, the magnates are
said to be arranging for quarters at
cheaper hotels around the circuit. The
average hotel cost per day has been 81.
The magnates would like to find
place for their men at SO. This would
mean saving of 81 for each man IN
the squad-usually about 20. The teams
are on the road about so days during
the season, which would mean total
saving in hotel bills alone of about
$1,000.
Think how much champagne the
magnates could buy with that saving.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22
Texas Magnates Are Signing New Players
IL IL IL ii 81
San Antonio Has Already Acquired Four
BY f. w. MOsEBACH.

the Broncs. Although the contract has
been received here and the fact was
ready for announcement at this end 1t
was not permitted to escape from local
headquarters. This is in line with the
policy of the local boss, which is to
make an early start for the best play
ers available and to trot them on the
field without any fanfare, leaving it to
the public to pass on their merits when
they are seen in action. This Bram-
nell boy is evidently some backstop.
He has played with three pennant win
ners in the four years that he has been
out-in 1908 with Lyons of the Kansas
State league: 1911 with Beeville Of the
Southwest Texas league, and 1913 with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22
Shugrue Laments No Decision Ruling
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Would Have Been Lightweight Champ
By RINGSIDE.

FEW YORK, Dec. 22.-New York
N may follow the lead Of New Or
leans in permitting decisions in
losing bouts under the incoming ad-
mlnistratiOn, If plans now under con-
sIderatiOn assume concrete form.
Should gOvernoT-elect Whitman ap-
point three new members to the state
commission which supervises boxing in
this commonwealth, an effort viii be
made to amend the regulations calling
for referees decisions in 10 round bouts
here.
The present commissioners-Jam
Price, Frank O'Neiu and Major Dixon
are unequiv0cally opposed to the rem
dition Of official decisions The prof.
ect has been submitted TO them sew
eral times, and each time rejected
Under a new governing board there
is a Likelihood that the matter will re-
ceive serious consideration. Those who
have started the agitation to have de-
CisiOns permitted claim that such
rule would tend toward the betterment
OF the ring game in New York state.
J. is their contention that better bouts
would result as the principals would
not dare stall through 10 rounds, as
they often do now.
For and Against Betting.
These asitators also have an answer
fOI those opposed to decisions on the
ground that it breeds betting. The
supper Lels Oh the utE4SlDll llDN ElllCAlL
point out that a state law provides
that lit is Il misdcmeanOr to place a
wager on any form Of competition
they say that il this law were en-
forced the sure thitg" element would
quickly be rounded UP and eliminated.
ShuErue Lost Ont.
The recent contest between cham
pion Freddie i, elsh and Young Shu-
grue. the Jersey City boxer, revived
the talk of allowing decisions to be
rendered in local bouts. Shugrue's fol-
lovers are bemoaning the fact that no
official verdict was rendered, for then
their idol would have been the light
weight champion of the world, a. Shu-
grue was the undisputed victor over
the title holder.
White Also Unfortunate.
Young Shugrue and Charley White
have been treated unkindly by the
fotee ne regards decision" fights. Be
fore Willie Richie left for England
TO hand over the lightweight crown
to Freddie Welsh. White mau!ed
Richie all over a Milwaukee ring Tor
10 rounds. The Chicagoan was unani-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22

mously proclaimed the winner, but the
referee was not empowered by the
state to give an official decision ana
Charley will have to wait until ne
gets Freddie Welsh for 20 rounds,
with decision attached, before he can
hope to win the championship.
Shugrue rather regrets that referee
Roche could not lift his hand that
night and make him the happtest fight
er Jersey ever produced. But it was
not to be; so Joe finds solace in re-
calling his moral victory over
worlds champion.
TOrtOrich Builds Fight Arena
After five years of declslonless DoutsS
New Orleans has been rewarded with
a law calling for official Verdicts IN
p round bouts. The first DattIe over
the route under the new law did not
draw as well as anticipated; and the
lack OF interest was ascribed to the
fans having so wearied of no decision
bouts that it will take some time Tor
the sport in New Orleans to be re-
stored to its former high plane.
Promoter TOrtorich is optimistic
over the boxing outlook in the south
stree the game has been abolished IN
California. He has under construction
an enormous fight arena with seat
ing capacity of $4,000.
Tortorich, however, has one kick
coming. He resents the intrusion OF
Tom McCarey, the California fight pro-
moter. into the New Orleans field. But
this objection will avail him nothing
as McCarey is well liked in the south,
and will be a formidable rival to Sir
Dcminick
Can't MOnOpOIize Field.
Tortorich should know better than
to try to restrict the field, or to at
tempt to have a monopoly on the fight
promoting game in Louisiana. Nc
Carey has an International reputation
as a sa ga cious matchmaker, and it VIII
( be a fight to the finish between Tor
! torich and McCarey. New Orleans
will benefit. as each of these two VIII
! constantly be trying to improve on
! the opposing attraction.
Welsh Takes Rest Cure.
The eminent Mr.. Freddie Welsh Is
taking the rest cure. The lightweight
champion decided to ease up in his
work for several weeks, so as to re-
! cover from the strain of fighting seven
bouts in six weeks. The reversal al
/ the hands of Shugrue has made Welsh
realize that he has been OverWOrkeds
J ana was in danger Of going stale.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22

ATEw YORK, DEC. 22.-Fourteen
M years have passed since Boston
- and Chicago have been the prin-
Clpal actors in a big league pennant
battle, but those thrilling scenes Oh
1901 will be duplicated next season un-
less all indications fail The events
o. the present winter off season nave
made the Red SoX and the White SoN
loom up as almost certain to dispute
the ownership of the 1915 American
league flag.
the Federals and Eddie Collins was
sold, the champion Athletics were
broken up beyond all possibility OF re
rair before the season starts. The &C
Quiring Of Collins by Chicago Just
about makes Comiskey's team, which
otherwise is formidable chiefly be-
cause Of a powerful pitching staff.
The Red Sox, a balanced club without
any new additions, cannot be figured
as other than outclassing every rival
with the possible exception Of the
White Sox, for the Detroit Tigers,
which made more or less of noise
last year are too Indispensable to be
counted as a pennant factor.
This impending battle between the
hose Of white and those Of red viii re
call memories among old timers OF
three Chicago Boston high spots on
the road to baseball history. The sea-
son Of 1901 was the last of these. Chi
cagO beat Boston that year for the
American league flag. Looking far
Their back, the National league offers
two instances Of the Hub and the mid
die west metropolis mixed up in a
clinch for the championship. Boston
won both those scraps, which were in
1891 and 1885, Chicago being second
each time. Thus the count is now
two to one in favor OF BeantoWn.
Announcements and denials to the
contrary Notwithstanding il is a fact
that the Federal league magnates have
decided to sign every willing jumper
from the big leagues who cannot be
forced by a court Of law to play with
his original employers or be idle.
Get every good man that you can
is the order sent secretly to every
agent that dickers for new players.
One of the leading Fed magnates him
self has allowed this fact to leak out.
The Feds realize they are not quite
up to the caliber of the two major
leagues, though the organization as a
whole contains at least Is or 20 play
ers of first caliber. Accordingly they
are going to keep on building up even
a. great expense.
The Feds idea in a few words is this
"If we spend lot we may offer a
good enough attraction to the public
TO enable US to break even or even
make a little. If we spend a little,
We are sure losers Of a little, COM
paratively speaking. We must take
the desperate chance rather than stand
the sure thing lose"
All the time. deep back among the
irnermost thoughts of each Fed, is the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22

Gem billiard hall for the three cushion
championship. In the first game both
players showed a complete reversal of
form. W. Roth, who has been allotted
handicap of Is, easily defeated g.
Weston, who is given only 10. Roth
would have won on straight shooting,
the score being IS to 80. In the second
game H. BueteIl. n scratch man. defeat
ed Kid Perry. who is allowed Is points,
by a score of rs to IS. There is no dis
grace attached to Perry's defeat On
the contrary, he did better than even
hoped for, as he ran within 10 of Bue-
tell, who shot by far the best game
that has ever been seen in Ell PasO.
Buetell ran out in 80 innings, having
n percentage of 500, and in addition
made six runs of three and two of four
Considerable interest was added to
the match by the presence of Tony Sar-
conf of Denver, Colo. Mr.. Sarconi, who
is one of the best known billiard men
in the country, recently engaged in a
tournament in New York and is on his
way to California to take part in a
tournament in San Francisco. Learn
ing of the tournament being held here,
he stopped over to view it and to take
in the sights in and around FL Paso.
Tuesday night the fifth and sixth
games in the second round will be
played at the Gem. In the first game
of the evening Tom Kelly, a scratch
man, will play D. Murphy, who has a
handicap of 10. and i'll the second game
w. Harper, with a handicap of Is. will
meet Fred HardiNer, who is allowed 10.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22
This Referee Gets Plentiful Warnings
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Managers And Seconds Produce Old Stuff
By DAMON RUNYON.

Mist Roche? Don't let i'm do it to US
tonight. Make i'm box nice, Mist
A Third second-Yeh' amt at again
the rules, Mist Roche?
A Fourth Second-Yeh, and you bet
ter watch at guy about hittin' low, too,
Mist Roche. He loves to hit low. I've
seen him.
A Fifth Second-An' buttin' Som'pin
oughtah be did about i'm buttin'. He's
a regular goat.
First Manager-Aw, where do you
git at noise? Who butts2 You people
horn around 18th your elbows. Watch
EN- elbows, Billy.
just Trying to start Something.
Sixth Second Can old timer. who Is
greatly bored by these ante battle con-
ferences) - Lissen, Bill When we
knock this fellah down, do we haftah
takin' the count, or kin we stan over
him? Thass whud I wantah know.
I'd like to hear about at? (Winks at
the referee)
Who's goin' to knock who down? Where
do you git at at?
One of the Seconds-Aw, Sans juss
kiddin' He's tryin' to scare SOM
buddy. Ats aw-ride Sam.
Another Second-They cudden knock
nobuddy's hat off. they cudden.
Sixth Second-'Scuse me, gents. I
was iusS astin
A Third Second-Ten Billy how at
guy sticks his thumb in peoples eyes
if the rufuree amt watchin'.
A Fourth Second-Hey, Mist Roche,
up at the FairmOnt one time 1 see
HOozis there heelin teaches Cross
mpin turrible. Amt at agin the
rules? How does he git away 18th at
stuff You wantah watch him about
at heelin, Mist Roche.
A Fifth Seconded take a look at
at guys gloves, Mist Roche. He'd put
som-pin on EN- if he gottah chanst
Rawsum, or som-pin.
Platntive Voice (frOm audience)EAw,
say!
First Manager Well, thass all, Billy
Thass all we gottah say. No sneakln'
punches or hOldin on, or nothin'. We
amt lOokin' for the best of 1t, but
kindah watch them other people, will
you. Billy?
Second Manager-We're sassified,
Billy We don't asst no shade. All were
lOOkin' for is an even break. and we
know well git at from you, Billy. Juss
keep an eye on mem guys and you'll
see whud we say is so. Thass all
One Of the SecOnds-Thass all
Echo (frOm Third, Fourth and Fifth
SecOnds)-AI!
Sixth Second-WeII. amt it a-plenty
Plaintive Voice (from audience( -
Never again, 1 tell you, Newer agai-
en-.
Referee Cwearily)-Y' boys unner-
stannath rules aw-ride? Ready?
First Fighter-Yup!
Second F1ghter-Uh-huhi
Referee-Shayh hans. Go t cOrnz
CTO timekeeper): Letter go
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22
VIII White Sox or Red SOx Win Flag?
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Federals Are Signing Every Jumper
BY MONTY.

idea that the outlaws ultimately " W.
be recognized by organized oaseOa'-'
=
For several years the idea has peeI
gaining ground that a good manaso -
is a good manager, regardless
whether he is a minor league or d mo
Tor league chief. Any NUMBER Oh Ca- ST
have cropped up lately OF succe $50
heads Of minor teams oelhg col1 soIio1Js-
for Jobs in charge OF the DIG 1eL to,,ce
OF course the most notable ms ~
or q minor chieftain being eleVaIeu -
the management of a big league cruz
is that of George Stauings, who won
the worlds championship with tnC
Boston Braves this year. The StallIllsS
experiment in Boston was such pr
nolnced success that it may be repeat
ed often in the future. $500
Wild Bill Donovan of Providence,
John Camel of Rochester and JacA
Dunn of Baltimore are prominent can
didates of the sort from the Internal
tional league, while Jack Hendricks OF
INDIANAPOLIS is the leading example Oh
the kind in the American ASSOCIATIONS
George Stallings is busy rounding up
the party of his friends that will spenu
a week hunting on his plantation az
Haddocks Georgia, just after, Ne"
Years day. Those who are almost ce se
tain to be in the party are Jim Gan Gan
ney. owner of the Braves; John Heyu-
Ter secretary of the National league
John Conway ToOle, chief legal al
wiser of organized baseball; John Can
Eel. manager of the Rochester clupi ,
Harry eastman and Jim McBeth, New
York newspaper men, and Dick Ru-
delphi. star pitcher of the Braves.
StaIlings has forbidden shooting OF
! anv kind of game on his preserves tor
! months past. which means that the
/ tbiclxets will be full of rabbits, ducks,
! raccoons. bears and elephants by the
| time the regiment swoOps down. stall
! inrs Indignantly denies the report that
J the members of the party viii use
! bombshells to insure their hitting
! something.
] John AIcGraw is really sincere in his
| announcement that George Burns may
! be transferred from the Giants out
field to third base next season. Burns
! who is regarded generally as the best
! outfielder in the National league, IS
/ one of the best infield possibilities
! McGraw ever knew, according to the
| admission of the Little Napoleon he
/ is quick as a cat and has a fine pair
] of hands and a strong and accurate
/ throwing arm. Not one outfielder IN
/ the league compares with Burns at
! handling ground balls, says McGraw.
| Some people say I will be wasting
a fine outfielder for only a fair IN
/ fielder" says the Giant manager But
/ suppose they are wrong and Burns
! becomes the greatest third baseman IN
! the game. What will they say then?
/ With this possibility confronting me,
would be a boob if I didn't take a
! chance on it. If Burns should fail TO
! make good at third base. I can shift
/ him right back to the Outfield, can't
lip
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22

X CENE-The ring at any prize fight.
The referee has summoned the
- TWO fighters to the center of the
roped arena just before the gong
sounds for the opening round, and the
managers and seconds of the fighters
have followed They all stand in
cluster in the ring, their heads close
together.
Referee (perfunctorily)-W how
you boys wantah box, now?
First Manager (eagerly)-WeH, we
don't want no hittin' on the break,
breakaway is not permitted under the
rules, anyway
Second Manager-No, no hittin on
the break Thass ride. We don't
wantah have no hittin' 'attaway. No
one Of the seconds-No. and no
holdin'. (Holding is prohibited under
the rules.)
Another second-No, less not have
A Third second-No. don't let EN-
A Fourth Second-No one around
here wants to hold. Thass bad stuff.
Plaintive Voice (frOm audience)-Td
like to know whud mem stews talk
about wen they're out there, ats whud
I'd like TO know.
First Mana ger-When you say break,
the boys wantah break ride away, hey
Bill2 Ride-aWay2 Amt at sO2
Second Manager-Fur's we're con-
cerned. no buddy needen be dOin' any
wOrrin about us breakin' when Bill
SEE so. Wen break nice, aw-ride
CDarklyD But they's some people
around here at don't always break
when the rufuree says to. I've seen
hOldin, 1 have.
one of the SecOnds-No rufuree sh'd
haftah to be rasselin a cOuplh guys
around tryin' to split em out. It
crumbs a fight. Well, they needen
worry about US.
First Manager-Oh. Wen break nice
aw-ride. You wantah watch at other
guy, though, Bill.
Second Manager-Where do you git
at stuff?
Another Second-Lissen Mist Roche
Whud about this: Ioozis there has
gottah way o. clampin' a guys glove
under his arm so he can't pull away.
Amt at holdin? Whut about at
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22

IAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. 22-Much
is transpiring these days in prep
~ aration for the 1915 season of the
Texas league, and while the magnates
are guarding their plans with secrecy
that would make the war office of any
of the European fighting nations re-
semble a publicity bureau, 1t is known
that they are busy lining up their
players for the ensuing year They
admit it. But further than that they
are as mum as the proverbial oyster.
A sample of this reticence came to
light in a dispatch from Kansas City,
Mo, announcing the signing of back
stop Bill Brammell by boss Block for
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22
BILLIARD AND CAMPBELL
WIN IN SPECIAL MATCH

A two man team special match was rolled
on the Wigwam alleys Monday night be-
tween the Davis and Jones team and the
billiard and Campbell combination rms
affair was in the nature Of return match
Tbo last time the teams met Davis and
tones who had been beaten all the way
through, nosed out a victory in the last
game. Monday night, however billiard and
Campbell reversed the result Of the last
match. that team winning by margin OF
s6 pins. which is fairly close in ten game
match. DHlard had high total and average
upsetting 1857 pins for an average OF al
most IN in the ten games Lee Davis was
second in total and average, getting ItoL
pins for an average of l75, and scored hlgh
game for the match with 2lS-
The teams will play the deciding game
for the special trophy offered on Wednes-
dav at the Wigwam alleys. Unless Jones
falls down badly the Dayis-Jones combina-
ton will win, as Lee Davis is by far the
hest money bowler in FL Paso- That Is,
he always rolls high when there is a shield,
cup or any other trophy offered on single
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22
OFFICE AND FACTORY
TEAMS BOWL MATCH

There was no regular bowling game sched-
uled on the Cactus club alleys Monday night
but n specfaI match was rolled between the
office and factory forces Of the Cement
Plant The office force won by the very
close margin Of 80 pins Their victory was
principaIly due to the splendid bowling OF
A. c. Hinsdale who had high game Win
1S2. and high total with 5O2, giving him an
average of better than 167 for three games;
E u. Clarke. with a game Of 16S, and
total Of 49, was only a short distance be-
hind Hinsdale.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22
COL. DOGGY GOES BLIND BUT
WILL PLAY GOLF CHRISTMAS

Old Col. Bogey has gone blind but
in spite of this handicap, he will play
his annual golf game at the Country
club Christmas day
Dave LIVE, golf expert at the club
has announced a blind DOGGY contest at
the suburban club for Christmas day
Each player will select his own handi-
cap for the match and the one turning
in the score nearest to the secret DOGGY
viii be given the first prize.
A second prize viii be awarded In
the same way. The match will be in
progress all day ana the players may
compete at any time they wish.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22
PHONE r.lS1- s EnR

Coal. wood anu kinuHng. Service best
ever Try us and 6e convinced.
NECESSITIES co. Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-22
BUETELL MAKES SPLENDID
RUN OF BILLIARDS IN CONTEST

Despite the inclement weather good
crowd turned out Monday night to wit
ness the games being played at the
Lower coast gazette., 1914-11-21

salvation there just as the farm
ers of the West did in the great
states that we have named here
inabove and with the advent of
these men and such men as these
and those who came to US ten,
twenty or thirty years ago, our
parish will present an incompar-
ably more prosperous appearance
than it does at the present time
and increase in wealth far be-
yond anything that many of US
now consider possible.
Under the fascination of the
one crop idea, American cotton
planters are now losing several
hundred millions Of dollars and
for a time were completely para
lyzed and did not know what to
do. Under the same fascination
!! our sugar planters have made
the bulk Of the Louisiana sugar
crop for sale to a single buyer,
who declined to buy and the
sugar planters stood paralyzed
for some days and until relief
came to them with more distant
buyers. There has been no such
independence among these tillers
of the soil in the fertile fields of
the South as has existed among
the sturdy farmers Of the North
and West, where Investigation
was the rule from the start and
has brought the splendid success
that they there have earned. A
still greater future awaits US in
the South when We shall have
availed of these lessons SO recent
ly taught to us.
Lower coast gazette., 1914-11-21
Back Levee Board Reorganized.

Back Levee Board Reorganized.
The Plaquemines Parish East Bank
Levee Board met at the Courthouse
last Tuesday and went into reorganiza.
ton with Warren Buckley, as presi"
dent, succeeding Anthony Lafrance,
Jr., and Pat. N. Adsms. IS secretary,
succeeding Clay A. Cosse.
The fact that this Board has been
again placed on q working basis will be
welcome news to the property holders
residing in the district. That the COM
missioners have chosen wisely in their
selection Of officers 10 self evident. Mr..
Buckley, the manager Of the vast Har-
lem plantation interests. owned by his
father, is one Of our most progressive
and energetic young citizens and is IN
every sense fully equipped to fill the
important position to which he has
been called. The new secretary. Mr..
Adema, is the able son of MI. Victor
Adema, one Of our good and suhstan"
tial citizens, and is also veil qualified
to discharge the duties Of his newt Of
fee. !.
The Board adopted a resolution pro
viding for an immediate inspection Of
the line of levee BY the entire Board,
for the purpose Of determining the con-
dition thereof. It 10 said that the levee
has been damaged by the work Of
musk-rats. especisllv IN the lower dis
tricts, and it may be found necessary
to remedy this.