El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-23
Good OldDOpe Names Football Winners
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Ban johnson Resolutely Defies Feds
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/ NT LOUIS. No. oct. c3-Good old Dope
I who was thought to be fatally injured
~ after being run down and backed over
by George Stalliugs's 1914 model. nine
cylinder IuEgernaut car. has escaped from
/ the hospital. apparently fully restored in
His quick recovery is said to be due TO
the coming OF the football season. which is
good medicine for Dope Dope remarked
I missed that II was easy 10 dodge these
football trucks. which some coaches dignity
by the titles OF machines
I can pick the champion in every sec
tion Of the country with one hand tied be-
hind me, this fall" were the last words
uttered by e. O. D. before he disappeared.
that Dope was still slightly off in his
belfry, though restored in body.
Can't Blame Dope.
However there ~~-1 be a lot Of Us be-
sides Dope subject TO observation for a
Similar halluctnatiun- Form in football,
follows somewhat clearer lines than in base
ball and reasonable deductions may coca
sionaily be realized
Thus. at present. good old Dope and a
Few Of his satellites have il that the
western conference championship IS cinch
for the great eleven OF Illinois university.
in charge Of coach Zuppke- Comparative
scores shrw the Illini 20 be superior 10 the
Chicago Maroons. their nearest rivals
Ne2ras, s,, seems TO have an equal eineh
the only present unknown factor.
c. B. c. Best Local Team.
Locally C. B. c. is the best eleven shown.
although 10 IS what is known as a re-
cruited team Coach Zuppke, OF Illinois.
told coach Ward. Of O. 3. C.. that the 81.
Louis team was stronger than the Missouri
eleven Of 1913 The G. B. C. victory over
Haskell appears TO bear out this view.
In the east-weu ask an easy one Since
Brickley is done FOR the season and the
Crimson otherwise crippled. the big three
VIII nave 10 scramble on the field before
honors can be decided Brickley in line.
Harvard appeared the winner
internationally something will have 10
happen before Michigan can win from H7--
ward. Notre Danes fate indicates that the
eastern football is founded on sounder prin-
-iples than in the west
Over Bans Dead Body
II the Federal league comes into the fold
n organized baseball it viii be because Ban
Johnson has passed out as car Of base
ball Although peace talk is plentiful Ran
looms up in the background intrenched to
resist all assaults and prepared to fire on
the flag Of truce. the Red Cross or any
lther disguise assumed by those interfering
Ban is unalterahly opposed TO making
terms with any outlaws. for the reason Z
that even a semi-suCcess by the invaders I
would render the organized trenches 1fsb1e /
o assault from some other enemy al a 4
alter date.
once the idea gains a foothoId that the 4
iocaled baseball trust can be whipped
everybody viii take a punch at the AFRO i
-ant old combination in restraint OF giving /
layers an that's coming to them
II the Federals are let in TO the organ
5
lostern gate and through treachery within 4
Ban himself. is a fighter and will stick
Cardinals Not Yet Wrecked
II reports are true that an but f--o ~
he less important men OF the Cardinals
cam have been signed beyond tsulpa-f7.-
N the part Of the Feds HugEins's cIub Is
ar from being wrecked. Pe-ritt's loss il
he serious one. Even so. the pitching corns
Z the Cards. as well as the catching. IS
til a good one.
a little tincture OF iron. however. is needed
the Rabbits team The club showed q J
ildness when facing a crisis that bespoke ]
8 newness and the timidity OF some OF tbe /
len. eEcusable on several accounts
You can't suddenly transplant a Iowlanda- I
rom the cellar to the first division height, l
ithOut causing a certain amount Of YER
60
II the Cards should get away 70 a good
art next season perhaps they would show
stter under fire They made miserable |
isplsy under pressure this season.
Several Can Do 1t.
Dan Morgan, the Marathon letter writer