El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-07


\ Ritchie's remarks that the fight
ing public wants to see knockouts, and
that it isn't overly keen about seeing
fights where both men are on their
fee; at the finish.
Mcfarland, Welsh and many Of the
other fighters, who claim to know
what the public wants, say that the
public enjoys a decision on points bout
even more than it does a Knockout
1 believe that the public soon becomes
bored and tired OF seeing men fight
who do not try for knOckouts. The
public wants to see something excit-
ing and thriHing-with a real climax.
And knockout is the climax that the
fans want, l try to give Il to them
whenever 1 can
Over in England, tits said, the native
golfers are considerably worried be-
cause Of the invasion by the stellar
American players who are going TO
compete with the Britons in May in
the amateur tournament. The English
figure that with Ouimet, Travers,
HerreshOff and perhaps two or three
other Americans arrayed against them
they aren't going to have any easy task
keeping the title in their section of the
world.
It is quite likely that the boxing
game will be revived at Coney Island
QuL4LS the cunning summer dA NCL y ears
of inactivity because Of the now dead
Horton boxing law. It was at COney
that such memorable battles as the
Observation-Disclosures, Corbett-J effries,
Sharkey- Jeffries, Mccoy Maher, Shar-
Key FitzsimmOns and the GriffO-Mc-
Auliffe bouts were staged.
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Here is a story that is being told
about John McGraw, the Giant mana
ger, to show just what a strategist
he is.
Two years ago when the Giants, after
a big lead earlier in the year. began to
wobbIe in a horrible fashion, the club
stacked up against the Pirates for a
four game Crucial series in the StO-
gle City. Claude Hendrix, in his first
year as a big Lacquer, was having great
success as a Pirate pitcher. He worked
in the first game against the Giants in
that series and took their measure in
easy fashion.
again in the last game. And he knew
that Hendrix, confident and cocky
through the first easy victory, might
duplicate the trick unless he (McGraw)
could rob the said Mr.. Hendrix of that
So after the first game McGraw
halted Hendrix as he was hustling TO
mice zane YOU pitched, my hoy"
said McGraw. in a sort of fatherly way.
Nice work. By the way, what are the
Hendrix told him. It wasn't any
big salary. as salaries go these war
time DAYS but it was pretty big sal
arv for a youth just fresh from the
bushes And Hendrix was proud of
that salary.
How much2" asked McGTaW again.
in seeming surprise.
Hendrix repeated the figures
"Huh" grunted McGraw sarcastt-
calIy. And then he walked away.
That "huh" sunk home. 1t changed
Hendrix right there from a SATISFIED,
confident. somewhat conceited youth TO
one sans cOnceit, to one lacking his for
mer confidence and made him somewhat
And in the next game Hendrix
worked AGAINST the Giants-he wasn't
himself That "huh" still hurt and he
couldn't get his mind off OF It. and the
Giants grabbed the game thar marked
the turning point for them, lifted them
ont of the rut and sent them breeziug
along to the pennant.
Canadian hockey PLAYERS rank with
the highest paid athletes in nc world
In fact. some of them get more, money
ner minute than do some OF inc nlsnest
salaried ball n1ayers and biggest purse
grabbing pugiiists.
How'd YOU like 70 be Eddie McGoortv
or rather, how'd you like to nave his