El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-07
When Chance Meets Joe
Tinker; What VIII Occur?
Much Interest in Baseball Circles Over the Coming Meet
ing Between the Two Former Fast Friends, Now
Rivals of the Hottest Kind; East Prepares to Re
eeive the Homecoming World Travellers.
BY .9IoNTY1
VIEW YORK. Feb. THE s.

FEW YORK. Feb. THE scene IS
set for one of the most sensa-
tional little affairs OF the year
in baseball. 1t may occur any day now
or if NAV not occur for some time, DuL
it certainly will be worth "dLCl. .-7
when it does come to pass ~ 1 -.
figures in the act are 4 am -
Chance and Joseph - Il4heI -, ~
j. Farrell is a third name IAel1 may D-''
a part in the affair - r,i,1-e,,s
The situation arises out OF IlnhSr 5
jump to the Federal league anu - -
deeds as manager OF lle oii 'ss1f,1s9l7Dera'
Dlavers from the New Y OK AH1eIICdA
ieaeue club owned by Farrell and man
aged by Chance who has declared On d
number of occasions II - pJt,7I
Tinker is his best friend IN DdsepdI4-
When the big deal was put lHr OuEH
last winter that made 4lIlhTL Lle-IIe--7o
of the Cincinnati Reds ana nance man
ager of the Yankees tue w Ao 49,.
Cubs swore allegiance to eaeh other'
that each would do any lhlnS IN ms
power to help the other pulld up d SOoG
team and send it up TOWARD lne I'D %
the percentage column. No oppG ~ - -.
ties arose last season for either TO neIp
the other The only chance Tor e4LneI
to affect the others success at an came
with Tinker'S advent 70 LLle Gus De~
Tinker worked his pledges 20 CIle-LlS - ~
a reverse English manner SfaD D4A5
three of his men right of the reel ana
signing them up for the Chicago reds
pitchers King Cole and Russell For0
and infielder ROllie Zelder.
When Chance Meets Tinker.
Now. here's what's in the wind: Pres
ident Farrell of the Yankees, IS con
temDIatine sending Instructions to
Chance to leave his orange groves al
GIendora, Cal, and come east lmmedl-
ately, stopping off at Chicago 10 see
Tinker.
What will Chance say to Tinker? And
what will Tinker say to Chance! An,
there's the rub. as Willie Shakspere
would say. Or will there be any words
at all? That suggests still another pos
sibility. 1t may be all action and no
words
Chance. when manager Of the Cubs,
was famed for his ability to keep IN
rUly athletes under control Occasion
ally one of his bucking brOnchos needed
q thrashing- he always got 1t, for
Chance, be it known IS among the
most formidable men in baseball with
his fists. if not the most formidable OF
all The Big Bear" is q name he
earned, in the full sense of the word
earned, while dOmineering the Cubs to
four pennants in five years. The name
has stuck TO him.
Last season one of Chances New
York charges jumped the traces and
got out of condition. It was Ray keat-
ing, the big boy pitcher. noted for his
great physique who on one occasion
put circus strong man to shame by
offering to WreSue MIN ana then pin
ming the strong one TO the mat. When
Heating was RDbraided by Chance in
the clubhouse one afternoon last sum
mer the yOungster took exception to
what the peerless leader" had to say.
He tried to bluff Chance. But nobody
else ever got away with a bluff with
Chance, so far as known. and Heating
was no exception. When the affair
was over. Chance was nursing a sore
knUczle, while Heating was hopping out
his right eve. which the manager had
punched to the size of an ordinary aD-