El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-24

the many baseball players
who have drawn princely sal
- aries for appearing on a stage
and telling the audience some Of their
narrowing experiences on the diamond,
Rabbit Meanwhile outshines them ALL
just as he outshone all shOrtstops dur
ing the 1914 season. The Rabbit has
introduced a new stunt in the way Of
exhibiting sliding. While perform
ing at Lewiston, Maine, recently, some
one in the audience yelled at Maran-
willie to show them how he slid IN the
worlds series. Just TO show what an
accommodating little body he was, he
did II, and it is very likely that his
slide was a new worlds record. start
ing from the upper left Of the stage
he started for the lower right. When
he got to the centre of the stage he
hurled his body in the form for the
hook slide He had intended hooking
TO the right side Of the stage. He
missed his calculations slightly, how
ever. went all the way over the foot
lights, bounced off the heads of the
trombone and piccalO players and
wound up in an aisle. It was certainly
some nifty slide.
Perhaps, as they say, Car Ban and
the magnates Of the American and Ma
tional leagues consider the Federals a
colossal Joke. But it is unlikely that
they burst into wild peals of laughter
when Walter Johnson, Chief Bender,
RUDE Marquard, Jack COMBS Eddie
Plank and the numerous other baseball
satellites signed with the outlaws 1t
is quite impossible that the magnates
will awaken within the next year or
two 10 discover that constant assOcia-
tion with Ban Johnson has warped
their sense of humor and that the Fed
erals are far from a joke.
1t appears rather unreasonable TO
the outsider to call an organization a
joke which can pay the prlncely sal
aries handed out by the Feds and can
obtain the signatures, as they have, of
some OF the greatest stars in baseball
Walter Johnson did the reverse sOmer- (
sault. but the Feds claim they have his
signature to an iron clad contract and
that they will restrain him from play
ing with any ether league than theirs |
II they can stop him from playing with /
Washington they will be accomplishing ,
much. even though he does not play
with them; and his non appearance will [
certainly not tend to enlarge the mag !
mates bankrOlls, as he is always sure
to draw large crowds when he is
scheduled to pitch.
And regardless Of what the magnateS i
think Of the Feds, the managers GER ]
tainly do not consider them a joke. I
Any number Of deals both large and !
small have been started. But they got |
no further, as the managers did not 4
wish to make a trade for some player /
only to see him elope to the Federals. /
As in other years number Of trades /
will be pulled off But that will not /
occur until the managers know eX-
actly where the players stand in re-
gard to where they will play.
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In the National league George Stall (
ings will undoubtedly stand pat with f;
the Braves. except, Of course, for the
he has secured John Nc
Graw, however. is certain to attempt a
shalzeup with the Giants. He will bend
every effort to secure a good pitcher
10 take the place Of MS deseruer, Mar /
guard. He will also use every method
10 secure A first class third baseman.
Neither OF the men whom ne had at the
difficult corner showed enough in 1914
10 warrant them a position on a cham
team Grants averages were
very good, but he lacks speed. St
Louis will try to arrange a trade /
whereby they can secure a good back I
stop to take the place of Ivy Wingo
All the other teams Will also endeavOr I
% strengthen. In the American league
Clarke Griffith Will try to secure a
good pitcher as it is very unlikely that